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Barely two miles away, Israeli warplanes begin their near-nightly pummeling of the Dahiyeh, the cluster of Beirut suburbs where Hezbollah holds sway.

But multiple visits to Lebanon’s south, the Bekaa valley and parts of Beirut — all areas where Hezbollah holds sway — reveal that the attacks have affected more than a third of the country.

Operatives — usually a constant presence in areas where it holds sway — could scarcely be seen.

There’s obviously a big difference between running in a primary, when a party’s most ideological voters hold sway, and campaigning in a general election, which requires appealing to a broader slice of Americans.

No one should assume that LGBTQ+ Californians are shielded from prejudice simply because they live in a progressive state where Democrats hold sway, he says.