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Two Battles for Democracy

The one in Ukraine still needs our help.
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Democracy is under attack everywhere, and today I want us all to remember that while we’re calmly peeling back the layers of the January 6 conspiracy, people are dying for their right to be free in Ukraine.

But first, here are three new stories from The Atlantic.


No Letup

The January 6 committee will be back in session of the White House lawyer Eric Herschmann telling the coup whisperer John Eastman, in effect, to go home and .)

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