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The Left’s two worst ideas

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Don’t let that headline fool you – I bat left. I don’t believe Donald Trump is the real American president; I do believe abortion is a woman’s right; I’m sure the Covid vaccine doesn’t rot your brain and I know that climate change is real and alarming. I bat left but I can switch-hit. When my team comes up with a terrible idea, I say so. When it

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