But his proudest accomplishments amount to little more than a progressive Potemkin village.
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Paul Vallas,
Chicago Tribune,
15 May 2025
Emma Stone and Nathan Fielder portray a married couple who build a Potemkin village of eco-friendly homes and pour-over coffee shops in a struggling New Mexico town.
Yet in truth, Jewish fear is being used as a fig leaf for an anti-democratic agenda of mass deportations, civil rights rollbacks and attacks on higher education.
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Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Apr. 2025
In this context, elections would allow the generals to cover their 2021 power grab with a fig leaf of legitimacy.
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