Plus: the families in Chicago preparing to be separated; and drinks with a recently imprisoned environmentalist.

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In Chicago, families are preparing for the possibility of being separated by deportations.

The evisceration of U.S.A.I.D. isn’t a policy fight—it’s an execution designed to strike fear in our own government.

Proposal: “Mar-a-Lago 2.” Formal Title: Decreasing the Burden of American Allies. Effect: Annexation of Okinawa.

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