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Reality rarely penetrates the Byzantine and self-referential court of the paper, which was on full display at the recent memorial for Joe Lelyveld, who died earlier this year.
American political leaders display a widening disconnect from reality intended to mask their complicity in the seizure of power by global corporations and billionaires.