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Biden has been tougher on China than Trump

Reality matters more than mean tweets

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Matthew Yglesias
Feb 08, 2023
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A new episode of Bad Takes is available today! It’s about a YouTube star who paid for 1,000 blind people to be able to see and then aired their emotional post-op reactions. His critics argue blindness isn’t necessarily a “problem.” We call this a clear-cut bad take that misses the bigger point about access to revolutionary medical procedures.

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