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Ultimately, CPAC conservatives believe Trump is their best bet to defeat the radical-left “desecrators” who seek to thwart him at every turn.
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A second Trump presidency will damage American democracy. The reason has less to do with Trump and his ambitions than with how power dynamics have shifted within the Republican Party.
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In these battles over protecting the safety and rights of transgender kids, we’re confronted with the politics of questions that shouldn’t be political.
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The Michigan experiment marks a departure from how redistricting has usually been done.