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“I—and many others—raised alarms about the anti-democratic actions Donald Trump took during his first Presidency, and has promised to take this next time. Some of his supporters assured me that this would not be the case: Trump wouldn’t seek to punish political opponents, wouldn’t corruptly play favorites in business or foreign policy, wouldn’t actually enact a crippling, 19th-century tariff regime. On this day, and for Trump’s term, I very much hope they are right. I love America, and hope that the next four years will be our strongest yet.”

The healthy response to the child’s feeling of loneliness and isolation is for the parent not to play favorites, but to show love for her children equally, even if she responds to them differentially according to their needs.

This same leader liked to play favorites and pit co-workers against each other, and Lew watched as the effects of this toxic management style spread throughout the workplace, tainting collaborations and sending lower-level employees into a panic.

They say parents shouldn’t play favorites, but the Eurasian hoopoe—a bird known for its showy orange crest and whooping cry—clearly never got the memo.

When asked the question that has, of late, consumed the pop-culture world she both inhabits and influences — which movie did she prefer? — not surprisingly, she found no reason to play favorites.