Many American poets have written hymns and howls, declarations and outcries for this country that brims with so many people, and so many hopes, from all over the world.
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Scott Simon,
NPR,
4 July 2026
The city, county and state all issued local emergency declarations in the days following the fire.
Even temporary sales slumps breed alarmist pronouncements; book parties in disfavored genres begin to feel like wakes, sending off one more spirit to the inevitable afterworld of the remainder shelf.
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Gal Beckerman,
The Atlantic,
2 July 2026
Beulah’s not delivering world-weary pronouncements, the way Beth does.
But nearly five decades after the 1979 revolution, and for all the official proclamations of national unity in the run-up to Khamenei's funeral, the Islamic Republic has rarely been so internally fractured.
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Parisa Hafezi,
USA Today,
3 July 2026
Three days into his tenure as a Bull, Wilson’s bold proclamations already have become the norm around the Advocate Center.
However, extravagant demands from government litigators are better suited to generate breathless headlines than favorable court rulings.
—
David B Mcgarry,
Oc Register,
8 July 2026
With those rulings, the federal government has lost similar cases more than 10 times around its requests for details from 30 states and the District of Columbia.
Lawmakers in a few states have refused to bow to partisan diktats from Washington and are paying a price.
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Dallas Morning News,
Twin Cities,
1 May 2026
In other countries with levies and similar diktats, streamers have shown caution, but their local ambitions may supersede reservations – Australia has provided hits such as The Artful Dodger, Colin From Accounts and The Newsreader in recent years.
The artists were protesting the approval of two decrees that regulate and censor artists not affiliated with state institutions, and penalize freedom of expression and independent journalism.
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Sarah Moreno
June 5,
Miami Herald,
6 June 2026
Editors also printed speeches of major national and state political leaders as well as significant government documents, including sessions of state legislatures and governors’ decrees.
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Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
26 May 2026
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