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The new cleavage in American politics isn't left-right. It's reality-unreality.

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Jonathan V. Last
December 18, 2020∙ Paid

First: Big screw-up on my part yesterday. I said that 1 in 100,000 Americans had died from COVID. I did my math wrong. It’s 1 in 1,000. So far. I regret the error.

Second: Thanks to everyone who came out last night for the holiday livestream. The best part, as always, was the chat. If you’re looking to hang out with other Bulwark readers, you can go to t…

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