Stalinism of the Week

(With apologies to Jacob Weisberg.)

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"It's not the people who vote that count. It's the people who count the votes."—Joseph Stalin (possibly apocryphal)

[Editor's note: Applebaum's instincts were right. Joe never said it. See this "Explainer" for the full story.]

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