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Why this year’s Democratic race in New Hampshire is so weird · Apple News Today

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  [MUSIC FADES IN]
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  Gideon Resnick, Narrating: Good morning. It's Tuesday, January 23rd.
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  I'm Gideon Resnick, in for Shumita Basu. This is "Apple News Today."
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  On today's show, it's primary day in New Hampshire,
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  the parents of a teenage school shooter face justice,
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  and how American laws are changing for animals.
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  [MUSIC FADES OUT]
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  First to New Hampshire,
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  where some of the primary votes came in while you were sleeping.
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  [START THE INDEPENDENT ARCHIVAL CLIP]
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  Unidentified Speaker: A vote for Nikki Haley, another vote for Nikki Haley. So that's…
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  [END THE INDEPENDENT ARCHIVAL CLIP]
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  Resnick, Narrating: That's the counting in Dixville Notch,
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  the tiny town that is famous for its midnight voting.
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  Nikki Haley got all six votes cast.
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  She's going to need a lot more than that to make a strong showing
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  against former President Donald Trump.
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  But New Hampshire is seen as more favorable to Haley than Iowa was.
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  Independent voters can cast ballots in the Republican primary there,
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  and many could come out to support her.
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  She also has the endorsement of the state's Republican governor,
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  Chris Sununu.
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  He told "CNBC" Haley worked harder in New Hampshire than Trump.
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  [START CNBC ARCHIVAL CLIP]
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  Chris Sununu: She's making meaningful connections.
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  She's going to businesses and craft breweries and town halls.
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  And, you know, we're at the hockey game yesterday,
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  meeting hundreds and hundreds of voters.
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  Those things really matter.
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  Trump flies in, does a rally and flies out.
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  [END CNBC ARCHIVAL CLIP]
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  Resnick, Narrating: Now, the Republican contest has the real stakes,
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  but there is technically a race on the other side.
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  The weird thing is,
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  there are 21 candidates in the Democratic primary,
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  and President Biden is not one of them.
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  If he wants to win New Hampshire today, he'll have to win it on write-ins.
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  So if you're wondering why names like Dean Phillips and Marianne Williamson
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  may be showing up on the Democratic results tonight,
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  "USA TODAY" has some of the backstory here.
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  For years, critics have said New Hampshire is not the best place
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  to start the presidential race,
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  since it is far less racially diverse than other states.
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  Last year, the Democratic Party, with Biden's encouragement,
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  finally did something about it.
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  They changed the primary calendar to put South Carolina at the front.
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  But New Hampshire has a state law that says it must be
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  the nation's first primary.
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  So, the state legislature scheduled it that way.
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  And once that happened, Biden declined to run in New Hampshire.
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  But a lot of Biden supporters in the state do not think it'll be
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  a very good look if he doesn't win there.
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  Biden's critics could claim that a poor showing is a sign
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  of a weak candidate.
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  So, they've organized a write-in campaign.
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  These are always tricky because voters have to follow
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  very specific instructions or their votes don't count.
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  They can't just fill in a bubble like they can for other candidates.
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  They have to choose the blank write-in line all the way
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  at the bottom of the ballot and write Biden's name clearly.
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  [DRAMATIC MUSIC]
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  The polls may show Biden dominating in New Hampshire,
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  but that is a little harder
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  to turn into electoral reality when you're not even on the ballot.
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  Today in Michigan, a high-profile trial will begin
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  involving the parent of a convicted mass shooter.
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  Jennifer and James Crumbley have pleaded not guilty
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  to four counts of involuntary manslaughter
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  for the 2021 shooting at Oxford High School in suburban Detroit.
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  Their son Ethan, who was 15 at the time,
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  killed four people and injured several others.
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  He used a semi-automatic handgun his parents helped him buy.
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  It was the deadliest school shooting in Michigan history.
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  The teenager was sentenced to life in prison without parole.
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  His lawyers have appealed and sought to prevent him
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  from testifying in his parents' cases.
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  The trials for the Crumbley parents are getting a lot of attention
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  because they mark the first time that parents of a school shooter
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  have faced homicide charges linked to their child's shooting.
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  The Crumbleys will not be tried together, as they decided to separate their cases.
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  As a legal analyst points out to "NBC," that could lead to trials
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  where each parent points the finger at the other as defense.
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  Jennifer Crumbley is up first, with jury selection starting today.
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  The day of the shooting, the parents were told
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  that their son was putting violent images and messages in his homework.
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  One key question is whether buying the gun,
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  and potentially ignoring their son's mental health struggles,
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  makes them responsible for what he did.
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  Michael Bullota is a former federal prosecutor
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  who is now a criminal defense attorney.
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  He told the Detroit "ABC" affiliate that the cases could end in mistrials.
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  [START WXYZ DETROIT ARCHIVAL CLIP]
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  Michael Bullota: Because there could and there probably will be some jurors saying,
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  "This is so horrible, these parents are terrible,
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  they need to be held accountable."
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  And then there's other jurors that may say, "Hey, I'm a parent,
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  I don't want to be responsible for the actions of my children."
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  [END WXYZ DETROIT ARCHIVAL CLIP]
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  Resnick, Narrating: If they are found guilty,
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  the Crumbley parents could each face up to 15 years in prison.
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  [OMINOUS MUSIC]
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  Now, let’s take a look at some other big stories that are in the news.
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  The man suspected of shooting and killing eight people
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  in suburban Chicago is dead.
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  [MUSIC FADES OUT]
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  He died by suicide, hundreds of miles away in Texas,
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  when confronted by law enforcement.
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  Joliet, Illinois, Police Chief William Evans talked
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  about the multiple locations where people were found dead yesterday
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  and Sunday.
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  [START CBS 2 NEWS CHICAGO ARCHIVAL CLIP]
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  William Evans: I've been a policeman 29 years.
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  This is probably the worst crime scene I've ever been associated with.
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  [END CBS 2 NEWS CHICAGO ARCHIVAL CLIP]
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  Resnick, Narrating: Abroad, the Israeli military says 24 Israeli soldiers were killed
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  in fighting in Gaza.
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  That's the worst one-day death toll since fighting began there.
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  Israel says more than 1,200 people have died in Hamas attacks on Israel.
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  And Gaza officials say more than 25,000 people have been killed there.
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  In California, a massive strike of Cal State University faculty is over.
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  The union reached a tentative deal with the university system.
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  That meant a strike that was planned for five days ended after just one.
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  Professors have been asking for higher pay, smaller class sizes,
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  and better parental leave, among other things.
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  [CLAPPING]
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  And the Oscar nominations are now out.
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  [START ABC ARCHIVAL CLIP]
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  Jack Quaid: And now for our final category.
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  Zazie Beetz: I can't wait!
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  [QUAID LAUGHS]
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  Let's read them together.
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  The nominees for Best Motion Picture of the Year are…
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  [END ABC ARCHIVAL CLIP]
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  Resnick, Narrating: They included "Oppenheimer," which had the most nominations overall with 13.
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  "Barbie," "Killers of the Flower Moon," "American Fiction," and "Maestro"
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  were also among the Best Picture nominees.
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  Lily Gladstone, from "Killers of the Flower Moon,"
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  became the first Native American nominated for Best Actress.
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  Also, Martin Scorsese got his 10th Best Director nomination
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  for that film.
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  That puts him ahead of Steven Spielberg as the most nominated living filmmaker
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  in the category.
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  And for the first time, three of the Best Picture nominees
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  were directed by women.
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  [UPBEAT MUSIC]
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  You can read full coverage of all the nominees on the Apple News app.
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  The ceremony is Sunday, March 10th.
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  And finally, a look at some big legal changes
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  that are affecting animals.
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  "National Geographic" looks at several new laws aimed
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  at improving their quality of life.
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  There's Illinois, where you can no longer take a selfie with bears or monkeys.
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  A new law limits close contact with them.
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  The hope is that it would keep people from captive breeding of these animals
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  to serve as photo props at events.
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  Meanwhile, in New York,
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  wildlife killing contests are becoming illegal.
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  For example, hunters in the Catskills hold annual competitions
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  to see who can kill the most coyotes.
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  That will no longer be allowed.
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  In a few more states, it's now illegal to sell eggs from hens
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  that are kept in cages.
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  This is part of a trend of moving away from the kind of production
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  where hens are kept in spaces too small to even spread their wings.
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  And several other states are barring pet stores
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  from selling dogs and cats.
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  The idea is to get people more focused on adopting strays and avoiding sales
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  that could support high-volume breeding mills that treat animals badly.
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  You can find all these stories and more in the Apple News app.
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  And if you're already listening in the News app right now,
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  don't go anywhere.
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  We've got a Narrated Article coming up next from "New York" magazine
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  on the 2024 election.
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  It looks at the coalition that rallied to defeat Trump in 2020,
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  and how it appears to have lost momentum in the years since.
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  If you're listening in the Podcasts app, follow Apple News+ Narrated
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  to find that story, and I'll be back with the news tomorrow.
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