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My mother fled Ukraine in World War II. She says this is worse.; Team Biden believed their own hype — and that has cost them; Biden hasn't lost young voters' love. He never really had it. ; Abbott and DeSantis reveal the new GOP perspective on capitalism; Macron may have won comfortably. But this is no time to let down our guard.; Marine Le Pen is now part of France's mainstream. That should scare us all.; Dean Baquet's hands-on Times run is coming to a close; Virginia's attorney general sends a dangerous message to police ; Utah could serve as a model for saving democracy; GOP handling of Kevin McCarthy's treachery sinks to abysmal lows; The West is finally giving Ukraine the weapons it needs to win; Is this the Western alliance's last hurrah?; Why pluralism is so hard for democracies; Youngkin's hyperpartisan veto undermines his own agenda; Another win for parental rights in Virginia; What I wish I'd known when I was 19 and had sex reassignment surgery; Extending the pause on student loan repayments makes no sense; Why real cowboys see 'Yellowstone' cowboys and just have to laugh ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

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