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In today’s **Front Page**: New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s “race libels” against Jews. (Stephanie Keith via Getty Images)

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By The Free Press

11.12.25 — The Front Page

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It’s Wednesday, November 12. This is The Front Page, your daily window into the world of The Free Press—and our take on the world at large. Today: Our pointless debt crisis. Enrollment in remedial math is surging at UC San Diego. Why Socrates was the first punk rocker. And more.

But first: Zohran Mamdani and the vicious libel cycle.

Over the last few year…

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