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What Zohran Mamdani Is Listening To

 “I’m on a perpetual digital tape delay,” the New York mayoral candidate says. “That’s just my life.” By Nicholas Quah
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 The actor’s Maria Bamford Questionnaire covers Trump, used furniture, coffee dates, and his sideburns. By Hershal Pandya
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