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The Wretched of the Earth

Democrats face an identity crisis after Hamas’ attack on Israel.
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New York Rally Held In Support Of Gaza As Israel And Hamas Wage War
Palestinian supporters participate in a rally in midtown Manhattan following continued fighting in Israel and Gaza that has now claimed the lives of over 1,500 people on October 09, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

We begin with a message from the secretary of state.

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You’ll search in vain for that post today on The App Formerly Known as Twitter. It vanished on Sunday. In its place is this:

That wasn’t the only official U.S. government statement to disappear mysteriously this weekend. This post from Saturday, published while the pogrom in southern Israel was still in motion, also evaporated into the ether:

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Nick Catoggio is a staff writer at The Dispatch and is based in Texas. Prior to joining the company in 2022, he spent 16 years gradually alienating a populist readership at Hot Air. When Nick isn’t busy writing a daily newsletter on politics, he’s … probably planning the next day’s newsletter.

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