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In Ñspel: The Guardian view on the US midterm results: the red wave that wasn’t

Democratic New York governor, Kathy Hochul, and lieutenant governor, Antonio Delgado, celebrate victory on Wednesday. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
Deṃcratic Ny Yorc guvnr, Caʈi Hochul, n leftennt guvnr, Antonio Delgado, seḷbret vicṭri on Wnzde. Foṭgraf: Anadolu Ejnsi/Geti Iṃjz
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Ɖ Gardịn vy on ɖ YS midtrm rzults: ɖ red wev ɖt wz’nt

(Transcription of a Guardian editorial of 9 Nov. 2022)

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Ɖ Rpublicnz férd wrs ɖn xpctd, bt ɖ ćaḷnjz fr ɖoz hu cer abt funḍmntl rîts rmen imns

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Wnzde 9 Nvmbr 2022

Sm setbacs cǎnt olmst az gd nyz. Clirli, ɖ Deṃcrats hv lost grǎnd in ɖ midtrmz. Ẃl it me b wīcs bfr cntrol v ɖ Senit z dtrmind, f Jorja gz t a runof, ɖ Rpublicnz stl apir lîcli t tec ɖ Hǎs, ɖo mor naroli ɖn hopt. Ɖe wl yz cntrol t mîr ɖ admiṇstreśn in lejsḷtiv dedloc n cmiti invstgeśnz. Hî-profîl Deṃcrats sć az Stesi Ebṛmz in Jorja n Beto O’Rurc in Texs wr olso īẓli dfitd.

Bt ɖs wz “defiṇtli nt a Rpublicn wev, ɖt z fr darn śr”, ɖ seṇtr Linzi Greym acnolijd az rli rzults cem in on Tyzde nît. Ɖ sns v ɖ GOP fōlñ śort z nt jst abt prīpoul punditri. Jo Bîdn me b on trac fr ɖ bst pformns bî an incumbnt in ɖ midtrmz sins 2002, ẃn Jorj W Bś injoid xtrordnri popylaṛti in ɖ wec v Sptmbr 11. Mr Bîdn’z apruvlretñz r mīdiocr at bst, ʈancs in larj part t hî infleśn. Yt ɖ prezidnt apirz t hv dn marcidli betr ɖn Barack Obama dd in 2010 on similr figrz.

It wz olso a bad nît fr Doṇld Trump, xpctd t dcler hiz 2024 canddsi ɖs wīc. Ɖr wl b an incrist Maga cōc̣s in ɖ Hǎs (gvñ Cevin MCarʈi, cuṛntli mnoṛtilīdr, a hedec). Bt ẃl ɖ formr prezidnt’s s’port me b criticl in prîṃriz, it lcs les hlpfl in jenṛl ilex́nz. Tru, JD Vans wún hiz Senit rês in Ohîo; bt ɖ Deṃcrat Jon Feṭmn flipt Pnṣlveńa, dfitñ Mehmet Óz, n in Miśign, ɖ guvnr Grećn Ẃitmr sw of ɖ ćalinj fṛm Tydr Dixn. Tū Rpublicn vicṭriz wr olmst az unwelcm t Mr Trump: ɖ riilex́n v Jorja’z guvnr, Brayn Cmp, hu dfaid hiz preśr t oṿtrn ɖ rzults in ɖ stet in 2020, n ispeṣ́li ɖ landslîd in Floṛda fr Ron DeSantis, sìn az ɖ most lîcli ćaḷnjr fr ɖ preẓdnśl noṃneśn – az Mr Trump’s ʈrets t ɖ guvnr śo.

In mni wez ɖ Deṃcrats’ pformns lct mor lîc ɖ rzult v a vot agnst Rpublicn xtrimizm ɖn a vot v confidns in Mr Bîdn’z parti. Infleśn wz ɖ top iśu fr votrz, bt aborśn cem clos bhnd – n ǎtranct it in Pnṣlveńa. Dspt GOP canddets’ last-minit atmts t blŕ ɖer hardlîn anti’borśn stansz, az ɖe riylîzd ɖer unpopylaṛti, votrz trnd ǎt t dfnd wimin’z rît t ōtoṇmi n hlʈcer. Caḷforńa, Miśign n Vmont s’portd baḷtmeźrz ɖt ifctivli privnt stetlejsletrz inactñ banz. In Norʈ Caṛlîna (a ci desṭneśn fr ppl fṛm anti’borśn stets), Rpublicnz dd nt gt ɖ sūṗmjoṛti ɖe sòt in ɖ stethǎs, ẃć wd hv alaud ɖm t inact a totl or six-wīc aborśnban. Pṛtctñ dmocṛsi wz anɖr ci cnsrn fr votrz. An alarmñ numbr v ilex́n dnîrz wún rêsz; sm wl nǎ oṿsi fyćr vots. Bt mni uɖrz wr rjctd.

Oṿol ɖ rzults r a filip fr Deṃcrat mrāl n, dspt Mr Bîdn’z reḷtivli lo profîl in ɖs campen, streñʈn hiz pziśn in hiz parti (ɖo acordñ t wn xitpoul, onli 30% v votrz sd ɖe wontd him t run agn in 2024; 67% sd ɖe dd’nt). H wl olso rten preśs oʈoṛti in inṭnaśnl dīlñz. Ol ɖs z a rlif. Bt aftr wn v ɖ most f’rośsli fòt ilex́nz, wɖ a staġrñ $16.7bn spent, ɖ YS’z ćaḷnjz n dviźnz r az glẹrñ az evr.

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"House by the Railroad," Edward Hopper, 1925

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In Ñspel: The Guardian view on the US midterms: a tale of two contests

‘It is a “struggle for the very soul of America”, as Joe Biden warned on Wednesday, and a battle over people’s fundamental rights.’ Photograph: Alex Brandon/AP
‘It z a “strugl fr ɖ vri soul v America”, az Jo Bîdn wornd on Wnzde, n a batl ovr ppl’z funḍmntl rîts.’ Foṭgraf: Alix Brandn/AP
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Ɖ Gardịn vy on ɖ YS midtrmz: a têl v tū contests

(Transcription of a Guardian editorial of 6 Nov. 2022)

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Ɖz ilex́nz r ci nt jst t ẃt ɖ prezidnt cn aćiv in ɖ nxt tū yirz bt t ɖ fyćr v dmocṛsi

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Súnde 6 Nvmbr 2022

Ẃn Americn votrz g t ɖ poulz on Tyzde, ɖe wl b votñ nt onli in a multtyd v sṗsific rêsz, bt in ẃt fīl lîc tū sepṛt ilex́nz. Ɖ frst z a larjli tṛdiśnl vrśn v ɖ midtrmz: a reḟrendm on ɖ incumbnt (hlpñ t xplen ẃ Jo Bîdn hz bn cīpñ a reḷtivli lo profîl, gvn hiz apruvlretñz) n on ɖ icoṇmi. In a cost v livñ crîsis, it me nt b s’prîzñ ɖt 92% v Rpublicnz si ɖ icoṇmi az vri importnt, wɖ pridictbl iśuz v crîm n iṃgreśn folowñ bhnd.

Bt amñ Deṃcrats, onli 65% si ɖ icoṇmi az vri importnt – ẃl 80% sáit ɖ fyćr v dmocṛsi, 79% sáit hlʈcer n 75% aborśn. Ɖs z ɖ secnd n vri difṛnt contest. It z a “strugl fr ɖ vri soul v America”, az Mr Bîdn wornd on Wnzde, n a batl ovr ppl’z funḍmntl rîts – t cntrol ɖer ǒn bodiz, n t hv fri n fer ilex́nz. Ɖ contxt z ɖ stormñ v ɖ Cápitl on 6 Jańri 2021; ɖ viśs atac on Nansi Pelosi’z huzbnd bî a man hu tld p’līs h hd pland t cidnap ɖ Hǎs spīcr n brec hr nīcaps f ś “laid” t him; n ɖ s’prīm cort’s oṿtrnñ v Rou v. Wêd. Ɖ latr léd t a srj in reɉstreśnz, n mor ɖn haf v rejistrd votrz stl se aborśn wl b vri importnt in dtrṃnñ ɖer ćôs. Bt Rpublicn canddets hu hv riylîzd ɖ unpopylaṛti v ɖer xtrim vyz r nǎ mudiyñ ɖer mesij, az īvn sm votrz hu dfîn ɖmslvz az “prolîf” bōlc at totl banz.

Ɖ qsćn z hǎ mć grǎnd Deṃcrats lūz. Poulz sjst Rpublicnz wl olmst srtnli tec ɖ Hǎs n r fevrd t tec ɖ Senit. Ẃɖr ɖe pruv mor akṛt ɖn in rīsnt yirz z criticl t an ǎtcm ẃć wl hlp t dtrmin evrʈñ fṛm YS s’port fr Ycren t ɖ 2024 preẓdnśl rês. A trîumf fr ɖ Rpublicnz wl mīn a hobld admiṇstreśn, fesñ lejsḷtiv stagneśn, hostîl cmitiz n invstgeśnz on matrz sć az Huntr Bîdn’z biznisdīlñz.

Bt ɖs z olso a dfînñ momnt in ɖ dfns v dmocṛsi. Ʈancs t Doṇld Trump’s laiz, ampḷfaid bî hard-rît mīdia ǎtlets lîc Fox Nyz, grasrūts Rpublicnz b’liv, intîrli roñli, ɖt ɖ 2020 ilex́n wz unfer or ǎtrît stoḷn – a b’lif nt dntd īvn ẃn hiz ǒn ofiślz tsṭfaid t hiz dfit. Ɖ consiqnsz hv includd p’liticl vayḷns; ɖ denjr v mor z clir. Bt ɖs “big lî” z olso pleyñ ǎt in midtrm rêsz.

Ɖ ilectṛl sistm z olrdi worpt bî yirz v jerimanḍrñ, az ɖ growñ gap btwn ɖ Deṃcrats’ śer v ɖ popylr vot n acćl p’liticl pǎr demnstrets (ɖo ɖ Hǎs rês apirz fẹrr ɖn in rīsnt contests). Nǎ it z undr freś ʈret fṛm ǎtrît ilex́n dnîrz hu qsćn or rjct Mr Trump’s dfit n w’nt cmit t axptñ dfit ɖmslvz. F ɖ formr prezidnt runz in 2024 – az h sz h “vri, vri, vri probbli” wl d – ci ilex́n’fiślz me nt rzist hiz atmts t oṿtrn hiz dfit az ɖe dd in 2020. In Aṛzona, ol bt wn v ɖ Rpublicn canddets fr Congres, guvnr, atrni jenṛl n secṛtri v stet hv qsćnd ɖ 2020 rzult.

Ɖ vri act v castñ a vot in ɖ midtrmz me hlp t prizrv or impeṛl dmocṛsi. Bt bcz vri pṛtractd cǎnts wl probbli b foloud bî līgl ćaḷnjz n ʈrets, winñ mīnz nt jst pswedñ votrz, bt enśurñ ɖt ɖer ćôsz r upheld. An incrisñli poḷrîzd ilectṛt me muv īvn frɖr apart. It z unṣprîzñ ɖt ɖr r tū contests ẃn ɖr r, incrisñli, tū difṛnt Americaz, hu canot īvn agri on ɖ facts, stl les ẃt ɖe mīn fr ɖ neśn.

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In Ñspel: The Observer view on a dangerous moment for American democracy

The Observer view on a dangerous moment for American democracy
‘Lawrñ ovr ɖ ilectṛl lanscep lîc a ʈundrclǎd’: Doṇld Trump at a Rpublicn rali in Aywa on 3 Nvmbr 2022. Foṭgraf: Stìvn Maturen/Geti Iṃjz
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Ɖ Obzrvr vy on a denjṛs momnt fr Americn dmocṛsi

(Transcription of an editorial published in the Observer on 6 November 2022)

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A Rpublicn midtrm lanslîd z ɖ last ʈñ a dvîdd, angri America nīdz

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Súnde 6 Nvmbr 2022

Fṛm wn pspctiv, ɖ historicl sgnificns v ɖs Tyzde’z YS midterm ilex́nz śd nt b oṿstetd. Antiṣpetd Rpublicn genz, n a consiqnt los v Deṃcratic cntrol v Congres, wd, f ɖe mtirịlîz, b nʈñ ǎt v ɖ ordnri. Ɖ parti in pǎr yẓ́li pformz purli at ɖ midpônt v ɖ ilex́nsîcl, ispeṣ́li f ɖ sitñ prezidnt z unpopylr – n Jo Bîdn, wɖ a dis’pruvl retñ v 55%, srtnli z.

Vyd anɖr we, hvr, ɖ imīɉt sgnificns v ɖ vot fr an angri, dvîdd America ɖt split rufli 51%-47% btwn Bîdn n Doṇld Trump in 2020 canot b oṿesṭmetd. Ɖ bacdrop z lūmñ ic̣nomic rseśn, peṣmizm abt ɖ fyćr, dīp scizmz ovr rês, aborśnrîts, crîm, gunz n clîṃt – n rîzñ p’liticl vayḷns fyld bî disinḟmeśn, faŗît pundits, cnspiṛsiʈiyrists n paṛmilitri mliśaz.

So fībrîl z ɖ stet v ɖ yńn in 2022 ɖt sm asc: cn dmocṛsi indyr? Ɖ mn cnsrn z ɖt ɖ xtrimist Maga Rpublicn fax́n cntinyz t dnî Trump’s 2020 dfit, ẃl mni mor modṛt GOP canddets sūpînli rfyz t ćalinj ɖm. Trump s’portrz in mni stets r fixñ votñrūlz n intiṃdetñ oponnts. Ɖz ilex́nz r crūśl bcz ɖr me nt b mni mor – at līst, nt fri n fer wnz.

Unḍlayñ ɖs sinistr campen wɖn a campen z ɖ implisit or xplisit ys v p’liticl vayḷns. Rcordd xamplz includ ɖ hǎndñ v ilex́nwrcrz, ʈrets t jujz, armd demnstreśnz ǎtsd stethǎzz, atacs on aborśnclinics, ʈrets t hospitlz cẹrñ fr trnzjndr ćildṛn, asōlts on flît’tndnts in arğmnts ovr Covid rūlz n haṛsmnt v lîbrerịnz ovr ẃć bcs t stoc.

Wornñ agn v ɖ denjrz t dmocṛsi, Bîdn last wīc d’recli linct ɖ rīsnt, śocñ hamr’tac on ɖ huzbnd v ɖ Deṃcratic Hǎșpīcr, Nansi Pelosi, t Trump’s “big lî” abt ɖ stoḷn ilex́n. “W’r fesñ a dfînñ momnt,” Bîdn dclerd. “W mst wɖ wn oṿẃlmñ, yṇfaid vôs spīc, az a cuntri, n se ɖr’z no ples fr votr intiṃdeśn or p’liticl vayḷns in America.”

Yt hiz asrśn ɖt “dmocṛsi z on ɖ baḷt fr ol v s” z flatli rjctd bî cnsrṿtivz hu argy ɖt an ǎt-v-tuć prezidnt z scermunġrñ t win vots. Abt 63% v lîcli Deṃcrat votrz agri wɖ Bîdn ɖt a fuñṣ́nñ dmocṛsi z mor importnt ɖn a stroñ icoṇmi, acordñ t wn srve – bt 70% v Rpublicnz se ɖ oṗzit. Telñli, 79% v ol votrz sd ɖe flt “ʈñz wr ǎt v cntrol” in America.

Ɖ xtnt t ẃć Americnz on bʈ sîdz v ɖ dvîd sīm t ʈnc ɖ wrst v ć uɖr, or r msléd or misinformd, wz rvild bî a rīsnt CBS/YGuv poul v 2,100 rejistrd votrz v ol psweźnz. Fr xampl, 53% sd ɖe b’livd ɖt ɖ Deṃcrats, f ɖe wún, wd cut p’līsfundñ. N 59% ɖt ɖe wd opn ɖ YS-Mx̣co bordr t unliṃtd iṃgreśn. Nɖr pṛpozl z Deṃcratic-parti poḷsi.

Cnvrsli, 63% sd ɖe b’livd Rpublicnz wd trî t impīć Bîdn, ẃl 56% xpctd ɖ GOP t oṿtrn Deṃcratic vicṭriz n impoz a naśnl aborśnban. Sadli, ɖt z intîrli plōzibl. Yt dspt ɖs oṿol lac v confidns in ɖ integṛti v poḷtiśnz n ɖ ilectṛl proses, a strîcñ 89% sd ɖe wd defiṇtli or probbli vot or hd olrdi votd. On ɖs evidns, rports v dmocṛsi’z deʈ r gretli xaɉretd.

So intns z America’z intṛspx́n ɖt mni mis ɖ bigr picćr. Nɖr Rpublicnz nr Deṃcrats hv majic ansrz t probḷmz isnṣ́li globl in nećr – rseṣ́nri preśrz, eṇjicosts, post-pandemic s’plî iśuz, clîṃt impacts, Ćîna’z ic̣nomic dǎntrn, wor in Yṛp. Lîc Britn’z Brexitrz, it z a fūliś cnsit v Americn cnsrṿtivz ɖt ɖ YS z smhǎ iḿn t sć globl forsz. It me hv bn wns. It z’nt nǎ.

Rîzñ p’liticl vayḷns, ẃl pridominntli eṃnetñ fṛm ɖ faŗît, olso rflects a brōdr crîsis fesñ ol wstn dmocṛsiz: ɖ fṛstreśn n angr flt bî ordnri ppl ɖt slf-srvñ p’liticl ilīts canot b trustd, ɖt ɖer vots r westd. In ɖ YS, fełr t rform consttyśnl anacṛnizmz sć az ɖ Ilectṛl Colij n tū-p’-stet distṛbyśn v Senit sīts, rgardlis v popyleśnsîz, z a slf-inflictd handicap.

N ɖen, az f ɖz wr nt probḷmz inuf, ɖr’z Trump himslf. Lawrñ ovr ɖ ilectṛl lanscep lîc a ʈundrclǎd redi t brst, ɖ formr prezidnt éjz closr bî ɖ de t dclerñ hiz canddsi fr 2024. Hir h z spīcñ in Aywa last wīc: “In ordr t mc ǎr cuntri s’xesfl n sef n glorịs, I wl vri, vri, vri probbli d it agn… Gt redi, ɖt’s ol I’m telñ y. Vri sn. Gt redi.”

It’s plen ɖt Trump hz lrnt nʈñ, rgrets nʈñ, cerz fr nʈñ bt hiz ǒn endlis slf-pṛmośn. It’s amezñ h z nt in jel. H fesz akześnz v inṣrex́n n sbvrśn ovr ɖ 6 Jańri 2021 Cápitl Hil rayts, ilex́nrigñ in Jorja, criminl ʈeft v Ẃît Hǎs recordz, frōdyḷnt biznisdīlñz n a deḟmeśnsūt bî a raitr hu sz h rept hr. Yt nt onli z h stl a fri man, h’z feṿrit fr ɖ Rpublicn noṃneśn.

Gvn hiz record in ofis n hiz bhevyr sins, it z dificlt t imajin a mor denjṛs prospect, fr YS dmocṛsi, fr globl s’kṛti n fr comn dīsnsi, ɖn a secnd Trump prezidnsi. Yt it z on ɖ rzults v ɖs wīc’s midterm ilex́nz ɖt hiz fînl dsiźn t run me hinj. Fr ɖt, f fr no uɖr rīzn, w hop Americnz vot Deṃcrat.

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‘Vladimir Putin could be using nuclear rhetoric to give the appearance of being unstable.’ Photograph: Sputnik/AFP/Getty
‘Vḷdīmir Pūtin cd b yzñ ńclir reṭric t gv ɖ apiṛns v biyñ unstebl.’ Foṭgraf: Sputnic/AFP/Geti

Ɖ Gardịn vy on Pūtin’z ńclir ʈrets: Ruśa z luzñ in Ycren

(Transcription of an editorial published in the Guardian on Friday 29 April 2022)

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Wɖ 2,000 tacticl worhedz at hiz dspozl, w mst hop ɖ Ruśn prezidnt’s wornñz r tacticl

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Frîde 29 Epril 2022

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Az ɖ wor in Ycren n its consiqnsz wìcn Ruśa’z cnvnśnl militri, Vḷdīmir Pūtin’z guvnmnt hz rzortd t ńclir ʈrets dzînd t pṛjct streñʈ. Mr Pūtin wonts t intiṃdet hiz oponnts. Bt hiz straṭji z felñ. Instd v Ycren’z alîz bacñ dǎn, ɖe r stepñ p ɖer s’port. Ɖ YS Congres ɖs wīc apruvd $11bn v armz t Ycren, ʈri tîmz ɖ totl militri ed Wośñtn hz so far gvn.

Ɖ YS prezidnt, Jo Bîdn, wz rît t cōl ǎt Mr Pūtin fr mcñ “îdl coments” abt ńclir wepnz. It z unʈnc̣bl ɖt blundrz n mscalkleśnz wd tec ɖ wrld t ɖ éj v ɖ ńclir abis. Yt ɖt z ẃr ɖ wrld z hedñ. Ẃr-az ɖ Kbn misîlcrîsis lastd 13 dez, Ruśa’z wor z olrdi intu its ʈrd munʈ. Wɖ no clir end in sît, mor dedli batlz lc inevitbl – incrisñ ɖ ćansz v mstecs.

Mr Pūtin cd b yzñ ńclir reṭric t gv ɖ apiṛns v biyñ unstebl. Hiz wor z ilīgl n imoṛl. Hiz justiḟceśn fr startñ ɖ inveźn wz mcābra n lūdicṛs. Hvr, ɖs me b an act. Ruśa’z prezidnt cd b trayñ t bac cowrsiv dploṃsi wɖ ɖ “madmn ʈiyri” v ʈreṭnñ xesiv fors, ẃć includz ɖ spectr v ńclir wepnz. Hvr dis’griybl ɖs mt sīm, a raṣ́nl Mr Pūtin, wɖ 2,000 tacticl ńclir worhedz, z prefṛbl t an iraśnl wn.

Ɖ consntreśn v sć pǎr in wn man’z handz òt t mc ɖ wrld sit p. Ruśa hz fy mec̣nizmz t privnt Mr Pūtin rzortñ t ńclir wepnz f h dsîdd h hd nʈñ t lūz. In ɖ Gardịn last munʈ, Crisṭfr S Ćivis at ɖ Carnegi Indǎmnt fr Inṭnaśnl Pīs rout ɖt in worgem s’nārioz h hd tecn part in, ẃć cnsidrd ẃt wd hapn f Ruśa hit Ycren wɖ ńclir wepnz, ɖ onli we v diesc̣leśn wz ẃn “clir p’liticl of-ramps n lînz v cḿṇceśn btwn Mosco n Wośñtn hv rmend opn. In ol ɖ uɖr gemz, ɖ wrld z besicli dstroid.”

Ɖt z ẃ ɖ YS prezidnt hz bn cerfl nt t pṛvîd Ruśa wɖ a rīzn t g ńclir. Mr Bîdn md it clir ɖt ɖ YS wd nt ples būts on ɖ grǎnd, istabliś a no-flî zon or cnduct inṭconṭnntl b’listic-misîl tsts. Ẃt Mr Bîdn hz śoun z ɖt cnvnśnl anti-tanc n antiercraft tecnoḷjiz hv rīćt a ny levl v cepbiḷti, wn ẃć hz rendrd cnvnśnl invedñ grǎndforsz – unls oṿẃlmñli mast – olmst obṣlīt. Mr Bîdn hz bn śrūdr ɖn mor guñhǒ Deṃcrats or ɖer îdịlojicl soulmets faund in Boris Jonsn’z guvnmnt.

Fest wɖ costli militri setbacs, Mr Pūtin hz rīfoc̣st Ruśa on tîṭnñ its hold in Ycren’z īst n sǎʈ. Ɖ fîtñ mt gt wrs bfr it gts betr. Psywñ Cyīv’z objctivz ʈru reḷtivli liṃtd mīnz hz wrct, ɖo Ruśa hz bn ebl t targit sviłnz indiscrimiṇtli. Ycreńnz hv evri rît t dfîn ɖer wor emz. So d ɖer Nato alîz. Wn v ɖer golz z nt t incris ɖ ćansz ɖt ɖ wor bcmz a ptnṣ́li ńclir conflict. Wstn līdrz śd ɖrfr rjct pṛvoc̣tiv n esc̣letri rqsts ǎt v hand. Nʈñ els cd b mor denjṛs.

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