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Democratic consultant Jim Ross and his Republican consultant brother, Tom, say their affection and mutual regard is something no campaign can ever sunder — even in these contentious times.

The sundered ship fans out like a deck of cards then collapses, smoldering.

They spoke of how their community would be sundered and friendships lost, because their public school is at the center of these bonds.

But when the university ordered them off campus, their sense of safety was sundered.

And not now, as Israeli airstrikes crashed around him for the third week, erasing more of his neighborhood and sundering hundreds of families and friendships.