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The Sunday — January 19

This is the Tangle Sunday Edition, a brief roundup of our independent politics coverage plus some extra features for your Sunday morning reading. 

Last week, we published a reader essay by Rafe Gomez about the rule of selling Donald Trump broke, and why it didn’t matter. However, we didn’t include the link. If you missed the piece and want a chance to read it, you can find it here.

What the left is doodling.

Mike Luckovich | Creators Syndicate
Mike Luckovich | Creators Syndicate

What the right is doodling.

Al Goodwyn | Creators Syndicate
Al Goodwyn | Creators Syndicate

Reader essay.

Photo by Gina Easley
Photo by Gina Easley

For Tangle readers this week, author Kristin Ohlson reached into the pandemic time capsule and pulled out a gem: a piece on peeking on a high school classmate’s Facebook profile. But, really, it’s a reflection on her hometown. But, really, it’s a reflection on the assumptions we make about people with different political views. But, really, you should just read the full piece here.

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Reader review.

In this section, we like to feature two comments from the same edition that critique our coverage in two different ways. In our piece on the Israel-Hamas peace deal, two readers gave two different observations:

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