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The Front Page: America’s Weakness Is a Provocation
The Front Page: America’s Weakness Is a Provocation
Participants look at the Topol-M mobile launcher of intercontinental ballistic missiles as it leaves the Red Square immediately after the Victory Day Parade in May. (Photo by Vlad Karkov/LightRocket via Getty Images)
General H.R. McMaster on the dangers of ‘de-escalation.’ Plus: River Page reviews ‘Reagan.’ ‘Brat’ summer is over for Harris. And much more.
By Oliver Wiseman
09.09.24 — The Front Page
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The Front Page: America’s Weakness Is a Provocation

It’s Monday, September 9, and 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 media can’t decide who is winning the election, the keys to victory in the Keystone State, River Page asks: Is “Reagan” being trashed for being conservative—or is it just plain bad? And more. But first: …

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Oliver Wiseman

Oliver Wiseman is the deputy editor of The Free Press. Previously, he was the executive editor of The Spectator World and a regular contributor to UnHerd, City Journal, the Evening Standard, and a range of other publications.

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