Sometimes amid the hoopla and hogwash of political events, I find myself jerked alert by an accidental truth that manages to break through.
Such appeared to be the case when Senator JD Vance, the Republican nominee for vice president, urged Democrats to "tone down their rhetoric," while not doing much to tone down his own.
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