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<em>The Atlantic</em> Politics Daily: Ukrainian Americans Recognize the Playbook

“I was not surprised, because I come from Ukraine, and it’s a corruptive system. It’s everywhere, even here [in America].” Plus, how the young American left forms a third party.

It’s Wednesday, December 11. Details about the deadly shooting at a kosher grocery store in New Jersey are still emerging: “Especially in the realm of politics, fear is extremely close to the surface,” Emma Green writes about the new realities of American Jews.

In today’s newsletter: What Ukrainians in America think about Ukraine in the American impeachment story. Plus: Are young American leftists their own party?

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People dining at Streecha in New York City, a hub of Ukrainian American life. (Photographs by Devin Yalkin)

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