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The fascinating backstory behind a bizarre State Department Substack post

The fascinating backstory behind a bizarre State Department Substack post

Last week, the State Department published a strikingly radical screed on its official Substack. Titled “The Need for Civilizational Allies in Europe,” the piece accused Europe’s governments of waging “an aggressive campaign against Western civilization itself.” These Western nations, according to author Samuel Samson, have turned on their own heritage: abandoning democracy in favor of […]

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