The twin masks of protests and raids, fear and truth

The twin masks of protests and raids, fear and truth
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By Robin GivhanPresident Donald Trump doesn’t like it when protesters wear masks. He dislikes it so much that he made an all-caps announcement on his favoured social media platform, Truth Social, that “MASKS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED to be worn at protests.” The protests to which Trump referred have been sparked by his sweeping deportation initiatives. But they are also the result of his generous use of the phrase, “By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of Am...

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