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The Epstein files are a sledgehammer for the US midterms | Katie Phang

Voters have a chance to break America’s two-tiered system of justice and hold powerful people accountable Welcome back to How We Win, a Guardian opinion series with leading thinkers, offering bold ideas for America’s political future. Last week, Guardian US columnist Rebecca Solnit wrote about the GOP’s alignment with the tech overlords . Today’s edition was written by Katie Phang, an independent journalist, trial lawyer and political analyst. Sign up for future editions here . When Americans go to the polls a week from now, accountability will be front and center. Instead of enforcing the law, the attorney general of the United States has been busy subverting it Continue reading...

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Voters have a chance to break America’s two-tiered system of justice and hold powerful people accountable Welcome back to How We Win, a Guardian opinion series with leading thinkers, offering bold ideas for America’s political future. Last week, Guardian US columnist Rebecca Solnit wrote about the GOP’s alignment with the tech overlords . Today’s edition was written by Katie Phang, an independent journalist, trial lawyer and political analyst. Sign up for future editions here . When Americans go to the polls a week from now, accountability will be front and center. Instead of enforcing the law, the attorney general of the United States has been busy subverting it Continue reading...

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According to The Guardian’s source item, The Epstein files are a sledgehammer for the US midterms | Katie Phang, Voters have a chance to break America’s two-tiered system of justice and hold powerful people accountable Welcome back to How We Win, a Guardian opinion series with leading thinkers, offering bold ideas for America’s political future. Last week, Guardian US columnist Rebecca Solnit wrote about the GOP’s alignment with the tech overlords . Today’s edition was written by Katie Phang, an independent journalist, trial lawyer and political analyst. Sign up for future editions here . When Americans go to the polls a week from now, accountability will be front and center. Instead of enforcing the law, the attorney general of the United States has been busy subverting it Continue reading…

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