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A faction formed a splinter group called Sierrans for U.S.

One afternoon shortly after the vote, members of the splinter group gathered outside of San Francisco, hiking through the chaparrals of the San Bruno hills, and plotted what to do next.

Does it remain broadly united or start to splinter?

Deconstructing the way an idea spreads through society helps scientists understand what makes communities come together or splinter apart, Dunivin said.

The cousins’ journey — which starts with a guided Jewish heritage tour of Warsaw and Lublin, after which they splinter off to Dory’s rural birthplace — covers as much emotional territory as it does physical.