“I’m a pariah. Nobody in the Democratic Party talks to me.”
— Robert F. Kennedy Jr., in Harper’s Magazine.
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Carter Was America’s Most Effective Former President
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What the ‘Year of Democracy’ Taught Us
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Victoria Sparz Not Ready to Vote for Mike Johnson
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Elon Musk Wears Down Global Resistance to Starlink
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Trump Backs Mike Johnson for Speaker
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Jimmy Carter’s Parting Gift for Trump
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