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Substack and other such platforms purport to offer writers a way to acquire followers of their own, building their personal brands.

These statutes purport to protect providers from criminal penalties if they prescribe and mail abortion pills to patients who live in states with bans.

Trump and his useful idiots are very good at offering their followers narratives of conspiracy and decline that purport to explain the state of the world.

The movement is led by mutually recognized “apostles” and “prophets” who purport to receive direct guidance from God and see themselves engaged in spiritual warfare — literally, as in fighting actual demons — to gain dominion over the “seven mountains of culture”: family, religion, education, media, arts and entertainment, business and government.

But I think we imagined that the type of people who belong to the Economic Club of a major city might be able to rationalize their support for him in service of their portfolios but it is a bit surprising to realize that they actually like all the things they purport not to believe are true about him.