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Such a terrible schemozzle you caused that I couldn’t take you back after that.” The scandal, which became known as the ...

A version of this column originally ran in Le Devoir on December 2, 2024. Translated from the French by Elettra Pauletto. The darkest moment of the Democratic defeat on November 5 must have been the ...

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"The overall impression I came away with from the court decision was that Jarvis Jay Masters was considered a low-grade person who only deserved a low-grade trial. It’s certainly what he got." ...

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