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On Sunday, J. D. Vance was presented with the simplest moral test: denounce commentators who traffic in medieval blood libels,...

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When I rode the escalator into the lobby of the Phoenix Convention Center on Thursday, one of the first things...

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This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day,...