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10.16.25 — The Front Page

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It’s Thursday, October 16. This is The Front Page, your daily window into the world of The Free Press—and our take on the world at large. Today: The new American Luddites. How MAGA warmed to weed. The latest episode of Old School, our new podcast on literature. And more.

But first: Civil rights at the Department of Justice gets a new interpretation.

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