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Unity is Not a Declaration. It’s a Discipline.
How does a country move from argument to action? The shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner is not an isolated event. It is part of a pattern, a deepening reflex in this country to divide the world into friend and enemy. We have been moving, steadily and dangerously, toward seeing one another not as fellow citizens, but as sides...
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April 27, 2026
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