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CALLING ALL COMRADES: I’LL BE TAKING ALL QUESTIONS THIS WEDNESDAY BETWEEN 2 AND 3 P.M. ET—start firing away in the comments below! A lot has changed since I donated a couple bucks to Bernie Sanders in college. It’s hard to tell who’s changed: the party or me? JK, it’s the party. I know because I’ve been reporting on far-left extremism since joining The Free Press in late 2022 (one of our first hires!).  Almost no one told me to take this job. I come from a background in legacy media, coming up

I just visited Sweden and Finland for a family vacation and found that, like many other countries in Europe, both nations have a lot of Muslim immigrants living in urban areas. That being said, I noticed that racial tensions seemed less present than in urban centers in France, UK, and Germany (if you'll grant me the entirely vibes-based analysis). I wondered if this relative harmony had anything to do with a law passed recently allowing the Swedish government to revoke immigrant visas for 'bad b