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November 21, 2020

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Ending the Forever Wars, by Any Means Necessary”

Trump’s partial troop withdrawal is cynical and incoherent, but that doesn’t mean it’s wrong.

By Jacob Silverman

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	The Supreme Court Faces a Matter of Life and Death A jury spared Calvin McMillan’s life, but a judge sentenced him to death anyway. Will the Roberts court save or condemn him?By Matt Ford

	Can the Media Break Its Trump Addiction? For the last five years, the press has breathlessly followed Trump’s every turn. It’s finally time to move on.By Alex Shephard

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	Barack Obama Doesn’t Have the Answers The former president seems unable to reckon with the failures of his presidency and diagnose the Republican Party’s incurable nihilism. By Osita Nwanevu

	The Unpardonable Sins of Lindsey GrahamThe South Carolina senator seems determined to go down in history as the ultimate Trump dead-ender. By Osita Nwanevu

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	The Supreme Court’s Obamacare Bait and Switch The high court’s rescue of the Affordable Care Act might end up imperiling Biden’s entire executive agenda.By Simon Lazarus and Robert Litan

	Don’t Blame the Left for the Democrats’ Losses There’s scant evidence that controversial policy positions doomed down-ballot candidates on Election Day. But the party’s organizational defects are well documented.By Osita Nwanevu

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