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April 4, 2024
Politics
War

‘Stop It Now, Joe!’ – Jill Biden is Blaming Her Husband for the Continued Gaza Conflict.

First Lady Jill Biden has become one of the White House’s most vocal critics of her husband’s lack of action to reduce civilian casualties in the ongoing Gaza conflict. President Joe Biden revealed his wife’s criticism during a meeting with Muslim community leaders at the White House on Tuesday.

Responding to an attendee who said his wife was disappointed he was attending the White House meeting because Biden supported Israel’s war against Hamas, the President said his wife has been pressuring him to help end the conflict. “Stop it, stop it now, Joe,” Biden said the First Lady told him.

While attendees at the meeting were left with the impression that the First Lady was expressing opposition to Israel’s war, the White House later clarified that she was only addressing the lack of effort to reduce civilian deaths. “Just like the president, the first lady is heartbroken over the attacks on aid workers and the ongoing loss of innocent lives in Gaza,” a spokesman for Jill Biden said in a statement. They added: “They both want Israel to do more to protect civilians.”

The First Lady’s criticism comes as President Biden is facing mounting pressure from Democrat lawmakers and voters to step up humanitarian aid for Palestinian civilians in Gaza and push Israel to end the war. Senator Chris Coons (D-DE), a key ally of the President, has signaled he is open to putting restrictions on U.S. aid to Israel. “If Benjamin Netanyahu were to order the IDF into Rafah at scale… and make no provision for civilians or for humanitarian aid, I would vote to condition aid to Israel,” Coons said on Thursday during an appearance on CNN.

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Economy
News

US Home Prices Decline Continues for Third Month.

Housing prices in major cities across the United States saw a marginal decline in April, with significant regional variations highlighting the uneven impact of economic pressures.

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: Home prices across the top 20 cities in the United States fell in April, marking the third consecutive month of decline.
📺 DETAIL: According to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index, the leading benchmark for single-family residential homes in the United States, home prices experienced a 0.04 percent decrease in April. This modest decrease marks the third consecutive month of slight declines in the cost of housing. This is despite the year-over-year growth in home prices ticking up from 0.88 percent in March to 1.14 percent in April. While the dip is less than the predicted 0.10 percent decrease across April, prices are expected to fall month-over-month across the top 20 cities in the U.S. Specifically, Seattle (-2.3 percent), Denver (-1.8 percent), Tampa (-1.8 percent), Phoenix (-1.7 percent) and Dallas (-1.6 percent) experienced the largest year-over-year declines out of the top 20 U.S. cites, while Chicago (6.5 percent), New York (3.8 percent), and Cleveland (3.2 percent) experienced the largest year-over-year increases in prices.
💬 KEY QUOTE: “Geographic dispersion remains pronounced… Midwest and Northeast markets are still leading moderate growth, while many Sun Belt and Western metros see ongoing declines… The affordability pinch remains a key headwind,” said Nicholas Godec, Head of Fixed Income Tradables & Commodities at S&P Dow Jones Indices.
🎯 IMPACT: The approximately nine percent gap between the weakest and strongest market underscores the localized nature of housing costs. While affordability is a key concern for all Americans, it’s evident that markets vary significantly by region, and thus may reflect differences in political priorities. However, this data also suggests that inflation-adjusted housing wealth has now declined for 11 consecutive months, showing that while some areas are becoming less expensive than others, the affordability of housing remains a nationwide issue.
📺 FLASHBACK: Earlier this week, it was reported that a study from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas revealed that illegal immigration under the Biden government resulted in higher home prices and rent costs. The paper showed that illegal immigration caused housing demand to outstrip housing supply, leading to a 2.2 percent increase in home prices and a 1.4 percent increase in rent costs. Researchers noted that illegal immigration accounted for approximately 30 percent of home-price growth and about 20 percent of rent cost growth in metropolitan areas between 2021 and 2024. Since then, research has shown that the Trump administration’s policy of mass deportations of illegal immigrants has made housing more affordable. President Donald J. Trump has been pushing for legislation to bring down the price of single-family residential homes, but progress has been stalled as Democrats continue to delay the passage of the SAVE America Act, the administration’s cornerstone election integrity and anti-fraud bill.

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Health
News

Obamacare Enrollment Declines by 3 Million Amid Fraud Crackdown.

A significant decline in Obamacare enrollment has ignited discussions about healthcare affordability and the Trump administration’s efforts to combat fraud in the program.

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: Obamacare enrollment dropped by 2.9 million in 2026, falling from a peak of 22.1 million in 2025 to 19.2 million as of February, according to federal data. This decrease has sparked debates about whether the decline is due to rising premiums or Trump administration efforts to combat fraud and waste in the program.
📺 DETAIL: Administration officials say tighter eligibility verification and program integrity measures prevented about 2.9 million people from receiving subsidies they were not entitled to, while estimates of fraudulent enrollments have dropped from 5.6 million to 2.6 million. However, some critics argue that people have lost coverage as premiums climbed, with health research group KFF reporting average monthly premiums increased from $113 in 2025 to $178 in 2026, and benchmark silver plan premiums rose about 25 percent. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz said many enrollees were improperly enrolled, citing low policy usage as evidence. Obamacare enrollment expanded rapidly during the COVID-era public health emergency, when eligibility checks were relaxed, but despite the latest decline, 2026 enrollment remains higher than every year except 2025.
💬 KEY QUOTE: “Excessive subsidies and zero-premium plans created unusually strong incentives for improper enrollment, while weak verification systems…allowed those incentives to be exploited at scale.” – Brian Blase, President of the Paragon Health Institute
📺 FLASHBACK: Prior to the enhanced subsidies introduced in 2021, Obamacare enrollment had been declining for four consecutive years. The pandemic-era policies temporarily reversed this trend but also introduced vulnerabilities to fraud and waste.

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News
UK

First Suspected Ebola Case Detected in Britain.

A hospital in Glasgow, Scotland, is testing a patient for suspected Ebola, marking Britain’s first suspected case since an Ebola outbreak in Central Africa was announced in May.

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: A patient is being tested for Ebola at a hospital in Glasgow, Scotland.
📺 DETAIL: On Tuesday, it was announced that a patient was being tested for Ebola at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow. While Public Health Scotland (PHS), the country’s main public health agency, has stated that there are currently no confirmed cases of the virus in Scotland, if the patient tests positive, it will be the first case of Ebola in the United Kingdom since the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was announced earlier this year. The World Health Organization (WHO) has since declared the DRC outbreak a public health emergency. Since it was reported that the patient was being assessed for Ebola, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) Returning Workers Scheme (RWS) has been activated to monitor people returning from high-risk regions. “Where required, contact tracing will occur and contacts may undergo clinical assessment and precautionary testing,” said a PHS spokesman.
💬 KEY QUOTE: “There are currently no confirmed cases of Ebola in Scotland and the risk to the general public remains low.” – Public Health Scotland spokesman.
🎯 IMPACT: If confirmed, this would mark the first case of Ebola in the United Kingdom since the DRC outbreak was declared on May 15. The last time the country had Ebola was 2014, when a Scottish nurse contracted the virus after visiting Sierra Leone, a country on the west coast of Africa. Ebola is rare but deadly. Ebola normally spreads from direct contact with bodily fluids, mainly blood. Symptoms appear after two to 21 days. Early symptoms include headache, fever, and tiredness. More severe symptoms include diarrhea, vomiting, organ failure, and bleeding, both internal and external. The recent outbreak involves the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, which has no vaccine or specific treatment, making it hard to contain and cure.
📺 FLASHBACK: This story comes roughly a week after it was reported that Ebola had spread to Europe. Earlier in June, France confirmed its first case of Ebola after a French doctor returning from Africa tested positive for the disease. The doctor had been on a humanitarian trip to the DRC. At present, over 1,000 confirmed cases and 277 deaths have been recorded. “Normally when we have these Ebola outbreaks, and I had three of them when I was CDC director, all of which were in the DRC, normally we recognize them when we have five, ten cases, you know, at most… This one really wasn’t picked up until there was over 100 cases,” said Robert Redfield, former Director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in an interview in May.

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Politics
World

Another Right-Wing Victory in Latin America as Keiko Fujimori Clinches Peruvian Presidency Over Leftist Rival.

Right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori’s narrow victory in Peru’s presidential election signals a continuing and significant rightward shift in Latin American politics.

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: Right-wing presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori has been elected as Peru’s first female president, narrowly defeating her leftist opponent.
📰 DETAIL: Fujimori secured 50.135 percent of the vote, defeating leftist rival Roberto Sánchez by 49,641 votes, who refused to concede last week. The final results make this election the third-closest presidential run-off in Peru’s 204-year history. The first and second closest run-offs were also contested by Fujimori, both of which she lost in 2016 and 2021. The final results were reported on Tuesday. Fujimori is the daughter of Alberto Fujimori, the former President of Peru who led the country through a period of economic turmoil and social unrest, including the Shining Path insurgency, a far-left Maoist rebellion that began in 1980. Supporters of her father, popularly known as Fujimoristas, regard him as the leader who saved Peru from economic ruin and social collapse, while opponents characterize him as authoritarian. Keiko Fujimori’s campaign presented the election as a choice between “order or chaos,” echoing the rhetoric used by her father during the war against the Shining Path. Her campaign drew heavy support from Peruvians living abroad, many of whom fled the country during leftist administrations prior to the election of her father.
💬 KEY QUOTE: “We are getting closer and closer to starting a path of order and hope for all Peruvians,” posted Keiko Fujimori on X (formerly Twitter).
🎯 IMPACT: Fujimori is expected to assume the office of President on July 28, 2026. Her victory in Peru represents another victory for the right-wing in Latin America, potentially aligning with United States President Donald J. Trump. As the country has seen nine presidents in ten years, spectators will be looking to Fujimori to provide much-needed stability.
👀 FLASHBACK: Earlier this month, it was reported that Abelardo De La Espriella, a Colombian presidential candidate backed by President Donald J. Trump, had won the country’s presidential election, defeating a leftist rival. In addition to Espriella in Colombia, right-wing candidates have been elected in Argentina, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Chile, Ecuador, and Paraguay, meaning that, as of June 2026, a majority of South American countries have a right-leaning president. As noted by commentators, this coincides with the Trump administration’s decision to end funding to far-left non-governmental organizations (NGOs) through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).

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Bonkers Britain
Immigration

Locals Revolt as Dozens of Asylum Seekers Given $331k Homes.

English villagers expressed anger over plans to house asylum seekers in $331,000 newly built homes originally intended for public housing.

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: Residents of Stoke Heath, a village in Shropshire, England, have protested plans to house about 83 asylum seekers and their families in 21 newly built $331,000 homes originally believed to be intended for affordable housing for locals.
💬 KEY QUOTE: “We feel like we’ve been lied to… It’s not who they are, it’s how many there are.” – Emma O’Sullivan, local resident
📰 DETAIL: The development, dubbed “Migrant Street“ by locals, has sparked complaints over a lack of transparency from the government, concerns about pressure on schools and other local services, and frustration that new homes are being allocated to asylum seekers rather than local families. Former serviceman John “Basil” Brockhurst said housing should go to people already struggling in Britain, while local residents argued it was unfair that asylum seekers would receive newly built homes at no cost. West Mercia Police and Crime Commissioner John-Paul Campion also criticized the proposal. The government defended the policy as part of its strategy to phase out asylum hotels, noting that more than 20,000 asylum seekers were still living in hotels as of March. However, few members of the public unhappy about migrants being housed in hotels are likely to be happier to see them given free houses instead.
🎯 IMPACT: The decision has led to public anger over migrants receiving brand new houses over locals who often wait on affordable housing lists for years. Zia Yusuf, Shadow Home Secretary for Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party, commented, “Want a brand new home worth £250,000 but can’t afford it? Simply break into Britain and you get to live in one for free. Remember, this is what the Tories and Labour did to you.”
👀 FLASHBACK: In 2021, Shropshire Council, under Conservative (Tory) Party control, declared itself a ‘Council of Sanctuary,’ likely contributing to the current situation.

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3 hours ago
Bonkers Britain
Economy
News

UK Treasury Abandons Numeracy and Verbal Reasoning Tests to Boost Diversity.

A Freedom of Information request has revealed that the United Kingdom’s economic ministry phased out numeracy tests for new applicants in an effort to boost diversity in the department.

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: The Treasury of the United Kingdom abandoned numeracy tests for new applicants in order to boost diversity following the death of George Floyd, according to a new report.
📺 DETAIL: His Majesty’s (HM) Treasury, the United Kingdom’s ministry for the economy and finance, ditched its Numerical Reasoning Test (NRT) following evidence that it was reducing the diversity of new hires. The NRT was abandoned in 2020 following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on May 25, 2020. The NRT was designed to filter applicants by mathematical ability to ensure they were qualified to work in the department. In 2023, after a larger number of candidates were allowed to advance through the early assessment stage to boost diversity, HM Treasury found that ethnic minority applicants were disproportionately affected by higher cut-off scores later in the process. HM Treasury further received evidence that its Verbal Reasoning Test had a negative impact on diversity, resulting in it being scrapped in 2024. The test was ultimately replaced with a personality-based assessment. The revelation came on Tuesday following a Freedom of Information (FOI) request from The Spectator.
💬 KEY QUOTE: “The Numerical Reasoning Test (NRT) was removed due to evidence of the test having adverse impact on candidate diversity. Subsequently, the levels of adverse impact decreased in the 2020 campaign.” – HM Treasury’s response to the FOI request 
🎯 IMPACT: This revelation shows the extent to which Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) has captured the British state, including its critical functions. The fact that HM Treasury continues to prioritize diversity targets, even as the country grapples with an array of economic problems, such as affordability, reflects a pattern seen in other departments. For example, it was reported earlier this month that the British government had paid Europe 15 times the normal rate for emergency electricity imports while continuing to block new oil and gas drilling in the North Sea to pursue climate targets.
📺 FLASHBACK: Nigel Farage, leader of the Reform UK party, recently issued a warning that DEI was damaging the country. “We’re not treating everybody the same. This is a road to disaster,” declared Farage in an interview earlier this month. Earlier the same month, Farage announced that Reform would abolish DEI by repealing the Equality Act of 2010.

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UK

WATCH: Farage Blasts Anti-White DEI Agenda for Weakening Britain’s Armed Forces.

Nigel Farage, leader of the Reform UK party, has condemned the impact of DEI policies on the effectiveness of the British armed forces.

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage criticized the British armed forces for prioritizing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies over meritocracy in a video statement published on Tuesday, arguing that it has undermined military readiness and effectiveness.
💬 KEY QUOTE: “We’ve decided it’s better for the DEI anti-white agenda to pervade rather than pick the best people for the job. Our military need to be an absolute meritocracy. We need to take the absolute best, those that are physically and mentally the fittest to do the job.” – Nigel Farage
📰 DETAIL: Farage highlighted scandals such as the resignation of Group Captain Lizzy Nickel from the Royal Air Force (RAF) after senior officers refused to listen to her concerns about what was eventually ruled to be an unlawful recruitment policy of discriminating against white male applicants. “[T]he RAF in the last couple of years have now sunk to new lows. Absolute new lows. Like the Army, there are DEI units all the way through the organization,” he said, vowing: “Reform are on the side of our armed forces. We will make sure that the DEI agenda is swept away.”
🎯 IMPACT: Farage noted elsewhere in his speech that “the effectiveness of our armed forces is nothing like it used to be,” recalling how it took “three weeks and one day to send a single Royal naval vessel down to Cyprus to defend an RAF base a couple of months ago.” As well as the DEI agenda, he attributed this to years of cutbacks when the Conservatives (Tories) were in government from 2010 to 2024, with the incumbent Labour Party showing “no inclination to change any of that, leading, of course, to the recent row with the resignation of the Defence Secretary and a defense minister.”

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Politics
World

Paris Deputy Mayor Blames Americans Having AC for Europe’s Deadly Heatwave.

The socialist Deputy Mayor of Paris has publicly attacked the United States, blaming the country for causing the deadly heatwave that hit Europe last week, resulting in over 1,000 excess deaths.

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: The far-left Deputy Mayor of Paris has blamed the United States for the heatwave affecting France and Europe more broadly.
💬 KEY QUOTE: “As the second-largest emitter of greenhouse gas emissions in the world, you bear a significant amount of responsibility for global warming and the consequences we, in France, are experiencing.” – Audrey Pulvar, Paris Deputy Mayor.
📰 DETAIL: Paris Deputy Mayor Audrey Pulvar has publicly blamed the United States for contributing to the deadly heatwave affecting France and wider Europe. Pulvar claimed that the United States bears a “significant amount of responsibility” due to its CO2 emissions. Notably, the U.S. is responsible for approximately 13 percent of world’s CO2 emissions. By contrast, Communist-run China is responsible for 32 percent, and Europe’s carbon emissions increased by 0.5 percent last year, almost as much as China’s 0.7 percent increase over the same period. Pulvar’s comments come as the European continent faced record high temperatures last week, which, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), has resulted in over 1,000 excess deaths, as well as reduced hours at major landmarks and attractions in Paris, the capital of France, such as the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre, in order to protect tourists. In addition, local authorities across Europe have imposed restrictions on public gatherings and alcohol consumption. Europe has struggled to grapple with the heatwave due to the lack of air conditioning (AC). Only around 20 percent of European households have AC, according to the International Energy Agency. By contrast, around 90 percent of U.S. households have AC. In response to Americans pointing this out online, Pulvar posted on Instagram: “Dear American journalists and social media ‘influencers’: for days, some of you have been criticizing and making fun of Paris because the city does not have A/C in every room…OMG, this is so rich!”
🎯 IMPACT: Air conditioning has become the subject of intense political debate in Europe. Leftists, such as Jean Luc-Melenchon, leader of the far-left La France Insoumise (France Unbowed) party, argue that using AC would make the heatwave worse. By contrast, Marine Le Pen’s Rassemblement National (National Rally) party has called for a nationwide rollout of AC.
📺 FLASHBACK: Europe’s lack of AC is not the only thing that has been brought to the fore by the heatwave. Earlier this month, it was reported that the British government has paid Europe 15 times the normal rate for emergency electricity imports as energy demand surged past domestic supply due to the heatwave. All the while, the Labour government continues to block new oil and gas drilling in the North Sea. President Donald J. Trump has continuously warned the British government, especially outgoing Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, of the risks posed by the country’s current energy policies. 

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World

Historic Former Convent Burned Down Near St. Patrick’s Burial Site.

A historic former convent near St. Patrick’s burial site in Downpatrick, Northern Ireland, was intentionally set ablaze, according to Northern Ireland’s fire service.

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: The former Convent of Mercy in Downpatrick, Northern Ireland, was engulfed in flames on Sunday, with the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service confirming the fire was started “deliberately.” The destroyed convent is just a short distance from the grave of St. Patrick, the Patron Saint of Ireland, at Down Cathedral.
📰 DETAIL: The fire began on Sunday evening and required the efforts of around 70 firefighters, who battled the blaze until Monday morning. The convent, although derelict, was a well-known landmark in the town.
💬 KEY QUOTE: “It’s really sad to see the former convent in Downpatrick on fire,” said South Down MLA (Member of the Legislative Assembly) Colin McGrath, highlighting the building’s significance to the local community. “Although it’s been lying derelict for some time, it’s still one of those buildings that people in the town know well, and it’s difficult to watch it being lost like this,” he explained. “Many local people will have memories of the convent and the role it played over the years. Even in recent times it has remained a familiar part of the Downpatrick skyline, so seeing it go up in flames is upsetting.”
🎯 IMPACT: The destruction of the convent is a significant loss to the Downpatrick community, and comes amid a period of heightened tensions in Northern Ireland. While no suspect or suspected motive has been publicly identified as of the time of publication, migrants have been involved in a spate of arson attacks on Christian religious buildings in Europe in recent years. Northern Ireland recently saw a Sudanese migrant attempt to behead a local man in the provincial capital, Belfast, resulting in anti-migrant riots.

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SCOTUS

Thomas Warns Supreme Court’s Birthright Ruling ‘Devalues’ American Citizenship in 91-Page Dissent.

Justice Clarence Thomas dissented strongly against the Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision to uphold birthright citizenship for the children of illegal immigrants, arguing it misinterprets the 14th Amendment.

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: The Supreme Court upheld birthright citizenship for the children of illegal immigrants in a 6-3 ruling on Tuesday, with Chief Justice John Roberts and the Court’s liberal justices being joined by Amy Coney Barrett and Brett Kavanaugh, despite the latter offering a partial dissent. Justices Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, and Clarence Thomas dissented, with Justice Thomas criticizing the majority for misinterpreting the 14th Amendment in a 91-page dissent.
💬 KEY QUOTE: “The Court says that the Citizenship Clause incorporated the English feudal principle that subjects owed lifetime servitude to the King who owned the soil on which they were born, but Americans—unsurprisingly—rejected this feudal principle.” – Justice Thomas
📰 DETAIL: Justice Thomas argued that the Citizenship Clause was intended to grant citizenship to those not subject to foreign powers, such as black Americans post-Civil War, and not to children of foreign visitors. “Blacks were entitled to citizenship because they were Americans. They had no other homeland, owed no allegiance to any foreign power, and were subject to no other authority. They ‘fought and bled in the same battles,’ ‘gained and gloried in the same victories,’ and were ‘liable to be called upon to defend [America] in time of war’ alongside every other citizen… The Citizenship Clause thus guaranteed them the ‘dignity and glory of American citizenship,’ so as to ensure that they would never be treated as second class under the law,” he wrote, adding: “The same could not be said for the children of foreign temporary visitors. Foreign temporary visitors were attached to their home country, lacked similar bonds to this country, and would not be called upon in time of war.”
🎯 IMPACT: Thomas wrote that he was not sure that the Court’s decision on Tuesday would “stand the test of time,” explaining, “The Citizenship Clause ‘added greatly to the dignity and glory of American citizenship.’ Today’s opinion devalues that citizenship.”

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