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Welcome back to The Best & The Brightest, holiday pregame edition. The anniversary of the Declaration’s signing is the most sacred time of year for conservatives—so sacred, in fact, that members of the movement are pushing back against Juneteenth as a “woke” federal holiday that distracts from Independence Day—which means that I (Tina), a freedom-loving graduate of Claremont McKenna College, must beg forgiveness: I will be spending the Fourth of July at a wedding in Canada.
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Welcome back to The Best & The Brightest, holiday pregame edition. The anniversary of the Declaration’s signing is the most sacred time of year for conservatives—so sacred, in fact, that members of the movement are pushing back against Juneteenth as a “woke” federal holiday that distracts from Independence Day—which means that I (Tina), a freedom-loving graduate of Claremont McKenna College, must beg forgiveness: I will be spending the Fourth of July at a wedding in Canada.

Before you flog me for insufficient patriotism—can I make up for it by rereading The Federalist Papers?—a report on the latest push in Congress to sate the bloodlust of the Republican voter base. (Incidentally, it would be good to read Federalist nos. 65, 66, and 69 as impeachment-related food for thought.)

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