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A lawyer for one of them, Andrew Miltenberg, said Wednesday that he remained concerned that James hadn’t formally recused herself from the case.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026
“We hadn’t started searching yet. And we’re like, ‘The search is over.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
Anne Soffin, a Jewish woman from Grosse Pointe who had known Stevens since she was a child, said she opposed El-Sayed and hadn’t been moved to vote for him—but she found the whole situation sad.
From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2026
There is something faintly unnerving about the specificity of a corporate reassurance, particularly when it introduces several possibilities you hadn’t thought to worry about.
From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2026
He hadn’t lived here since before I was born.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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