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The Cost of the Comforting Lie

On Louisiana v. Callais and a politics that won't look at itself.

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Steward Beckham
Apr 30, 2026
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The Story We Wanted to Believe

For about a decade now, much of the pro-democracy coalition has accepted a story that, on quiet reflection, none of us has ever been quite sure we believe. The story told most insistently by The Bulwark, The Dispatch, and the various Never-Trump remainder firms now runs roughly as follows: th…

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