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[Minnesota Senator Steve] Daines isn’t the only example of right-wing politicians who wish to wield anti-Semitism as a convenient cudgel against their political enemies, with scant if any evidence. But Montana’s vanishingly small Jewish population makes it particularly clear that this strategy has little to do with flesh-and-blood Jews at all.

to brace a beam in a building

A minibus van, often numberless and dubbed the 'drone', gained notoriety for kidnaps and disappearances.