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This piece features one bone-chilling quote after another: “Most Americans ... may assume they can keep their heads down for four years, make concessions, and then regain their independence on the back end. But history shows—and the Hungarian experience shows—that they would be mistaken.”
May 6, 2025, 6:13 PM
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