Popular imagination dismissed her as one of the lonely and disappointed women in a cardigan who peopled her novels, her books discarded as conservative and constricting.
The bases seemed all but abandoned, with word among residents that American service members, a common sight in Bahrain, have all but disappeared.
—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Nov. 2026
Trump’s approval among young men, a key voting bloc that ensured his return to power, has plummeted, and popular podcasters who cater to a younger audience have abandoned him.
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