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May 3, 2024
Alex Shephard
Biden’s Very Trumpian Response to the Peaceful Student Protests
He’s explicitly demonizing nonviolent demonstrators and implicitly supporting the disproportionate and violent police response.
April 25, 2024
Walter Shapiro
Mike Johnson Is Stoking the Culture War to Save His Job
The accidental House speaker’s visit to Columbia University was a cynical P.R. stunt.

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