meet somebody on a plane put your phone down and have a conversation. we talked for 2 1/2 hours from denver to chicago. a photo by the one and only bill hemmer. >> bill: sometimes he can do it. >> dana: you have the flag. congratulations to us. >> bill: happy silver eve. >> dana: i wonder what i'm getting? harris faulkner is up next. here she is. >> harris: we begin with a fox news alert. unacceptable and far too often dangerous. new southern border numbers showing our sovereign nation on a collision course with the 2 million mark. a political fight hotter than ever right now over where exactly that flood of illegal immigrants should go once they are here. and told to be free to move about the country. i'm harris faulkner and you are in "the faulkner focus". border patrol agents made

nearly 200,000 apprehensions just last month. with just weeks to go in the fiscal year we are on a bull's-eye track to hit 2 million arrests of illegals and beyond for the first time ever. the numbers don't lie. neither does the video. fox cameras capturing this footage. it shows 20 people bailing out of a single vehicle during a human smuggling pursuit with texas troopers. new york struggling with the people bused in by the texas governor to make his point of what they go through every day. the cover of the "new york post," border to the broadway. the outlet with a report on taxpayers footing the bill to house all those people. mayor eric adams with the latest jab at governor abbott. >> the texas governor being disingenuous about what was the destination and what was happening. any adult or child.

those are horrific conditions to place human beings under. we'll continue to do that. we are going to provide these families with the dignity that the texas governor failed to do. >> harris: nate foye live in new york city. >> good afternoon, texas officials confirm with fox news that multiple buses are coming to new york city right now. when they get here, these migrants may have pretty luxurious accommodations. the "new york post" reports a popular times square hotel may be turned into a shelter and intake facility. this is at the row, new york city. the city plans to use this to house as many as 600 migrant families. new york city officials say every migrant will be cared for and they are still criticizing the texas governor. >> what governor abbott is doing is causing more conclusion, more harm to individuals that are already

traumatized. >> the texas official in charge of these migrant buses said the mayor is lying. texas says every bus is stocked with four days worth of food for 50 people. the trip takes normally three days. every migrant voluntarily boards each bus. they can get off at multiple stops along the way as well. it can all be stopped if president biden does more. >> governor abbott asked the president for an emergency disaster declaration. the president denied that. yet the federal government through fema has given over half a billion dollars to food and shelter programs that a far majority of that is going to the ngos across the southern border to move these immigrants farther into the united states. >> you mentioned those startling new border numbers. last month alone get this, border patrol arrested 10 people on the f.b.i.'s

terrorist screening database. that makes 66 so far this fiscal year and that's more than double the previous five years combined. now also in july we can report that fentanyl seizures are up 203% at the southern border. in new york city we have a crew at the port authority monitoring the possible arrival of any of those migrant buses. keep you updated on that. >> harris: thank you very much. i want to bring if molly hemingway editor in chief of the federalist. a sovereign nation taking the pressure of nearly 2 million people coming in and being arrested. your top line thoughts. >> one of the things that makes a country a sovereign nation is having a border. we don't really have a southern border. these numbers are shocking but they are not surprising in another way because even since before president biden was elected he has encouraged this type of trafficking of humans, opening up the border, which means all sorts of things like

dramatic increases in the number of illegal drugs crossing the border, the exploitation of humans who want to get across the border. it is a real humanitarian crisis and also a crisis of whether or not we are a country because we really don't have that southern border. >> harris: tell me what you make of this ongoing feud now between mayor adams of new york city and the governor of texas in different places where he is busing these illegals, giving america a taste of what's going on that has overwhelmed cities and states along the border with mexico. >> you have also seen it with bowser and now she is sounding the alarms while the buses are arriving in washington, d.c. this is a small taste of what happens when you have an uncontrolled border with millions of people crossing it who are illegally in the country or illegally staying in the country. i think it's a tactic to use to

help people become aware of all the problems caused by the federal government not maintaining a border. but it doesn't do nearly enough. it -- the federal government needs to do what it had done in the previous administration. start to get control of the southern border. >> harris: i want to talk about a picture up side-by-side with you now. the words that we have at the bottom of the screen don't completely reflect what's happening there because we don't have enough room. let me fill in the blanks again. that was the human smuggler car chase going on with texas law enforcement. people bailing out of that vehicle. this is not a simple case of people going to the checkpoints and trying to get into this country. and democrats want to paint it that way. that they are more heart-filled because they are willing to help the people coming here legitimately. first of all, we have to vet them. i don't care how much vetting

you. >> it is so much worse. there is a criminal cartel running our neighbor state of mexico and they are committing human rights atrocities every day. the exploitation of these millions of people being promised things by cartels in exchange for huge amounts of money they don't have. there are widespread issues of rape and assault and killings and all of these problems. there is nothing humanitarian about not having control of the border. it is also worth noting that merrick garland is doing nothing to secure the border, even as he is running criminal prosecutions of his political opponents going after parents at school boards which is why he will be impeached close to day one when republicans take over. >> harris: we all know the a.g. of the united states merrick garland is a little, you know, occupied, preoccupied now trying to figure out how to keep the affidavit which let

the search go on at trump's house under seal. he is a little busy now you might say. i'm being facetious. two million. let's put that into context. pop up the screen. we're on track to have 2 million people arrested coming into this country. that is the equivalent to the entire population of the state of new mexico. it's the equivalent to all of the people we have in our nation's prisons in jail. and with people watching from 50 states, this number probably would be low but it is estimated that about 2 million viewers on average watch an nba game. that's the equivalent of the people that we have let come across our border, not to mention all those gotaways we don't know where they are and they are not in that number. >> it underestimates how many people are coming because of those gotaways. you know, new york and washington, d.c. are making big production about how they are having to handle some of this

illegal immigration. but this is what people in small towns and smaller cities throughout the country have had to be dealing with, which are lots of constraints on public funds, lots of increases in crime or other issues that can be attendant with this type of mass movement. and this is what american people have been dealing with and have been begging their political leaders to address for decades. with very few exceptions in the previous administration it hasn't been done for decades. you don't have a country if you don't have a meaningful border and you don't have security. we have a lot of people who care a lot about other country's borders. they don't seem to care about our own border even not -- refusing to give money to make sure there is security. refusing to give money so we can properly police things but giving tons of money in other countries throughout the world for the precise same thing. >> harris: you are talking follow the money. i will follow the money to see if the blue city leaders get the kind of cash and federal

help that others along the border in states like arizona and texas have not been able to get. they haven't gotten that support. i will follow that money and report on that as i'm sure you will as well. president biden set to take a break from his vacation to sign that massive tax hike and spending bill today. they can call it inflation reduction act. we know it's not true because it's negligible in its effects on inflation. will it, however, double the size of the i.r.s. sparking massive audit anxiety now. the white house assisting the effects won't affect everyday americans. a former i.r.s. whistleblower says that's not true. the idea they'll go after the big billionaires and large corporations is quite b.s., a quote. those billionaires are probably sitting back laughing right now. and new op-ed sums it up with the headline the i.r.s. hires agents, not angels.

adding taxpayers fear audits for a reason even if they've done nothing wrong. reagan economic advisor art laffer on "focus" yesterday. >> they are here to rip you off and that's why they are doing it and spending all this money. it will cost you and people below the billionaire level a lot of money on trying to defend themselves from these types of audits and it will cause a lot of anxiety. when you see that letter come in i.r.s. audit notice, it sends your blood pressure through the ceiling. >> harris: your reaction. >> wealthy corporations and individuals definitely have the means to protect themselves against intrusive audits and other regulations that come from the federal government. it is ludicrous to say it is only for billionaires. it is average americans orchestrated campaign to target

americans and have the federal government be at war with those americans. it is interesting that this so-called inflation reduction act. a poll showed only 15% believed it would reduce inflation. that makes sense. there is nothing in the bill that would reduce inflation. >> harris: real quickly, how does this play politically going in 84 days into the mid-term elections? people are fearful of this. it is tied to their bottom line. how does that play for the people on the left who think this is a good idea to hire all those agents? the amount of ammo they will have, 5 million rounds lock and load. >> it points to the difference between republicans and democrats. when democrats know they face heavy electoral losses they pass whatever legislation they can in the period of time that they do have power. republicans have historically not used their power in way

that makes their voters happy. so it is -- it will be interesting to see whether the new crop of republicans that's coming in we're seeing in the primaries today and what we've already experienced in the election in november. they will be more responsive to americans' desire that actual things be done to rein in the federal government and its attacks on people >> we have breaking news on mar-a-lago. the search affidavit. why former president donald trump is demanding the attorney general garland right now show his cards. plus remembering biden's botched afghanistan withdrawal a year later. >> what we need to learn from this is that the most significant military operation of the entire war withdrawing from afghanistan after 20 years they didn't plan for this and purposely did not have a plan.

>> harris: the scenes of panic at the kabul airport. thousands of allies left behind. americans left behind, too. written across our hearts. they are now trapped under taliban rule. trey yingst with exclusive reporting live from kabul and republican congressman michael waltz, a former green beret who served in afghanistan in "focus" next. wrap their arms around us, could we put little handles on our jackets? -denied. -can you imagine? i want a new nickname. can you guys start calling me snake? no, bryan. -denied. -how about we all get quotes to see if we can save with america's number one motorcycle insurer? approved. cool! hey, if bryan's not gonna be snake, can i be snake? -all: no. ♪ ♪

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>> harris: we're covering the unfolding of president biden's disastrous afghanistan withdrawal. tens of thousands of afghans left behind. they were the ones who helped american forces, now subject to taliban rule. the administration reportedly only evacuated 3% of our allies.

on this day last year, a c-17 transport plane carried more than 800 people out of kabul. remember, the taliban had folded in and taken over. stunning video showed hundreds of people running alongside the plane in terror. they knew they were being left behind. they knew the taliban was taking control. several people fell off the plane. remember, they were trying to capture that plane and hang onto the wheel wells and they plummeted to their deaths as it took off. trey yingst is in kabul and spoke exclusively with a former u.s. embassy employee who remains in hiding today. >> we're on patrol with the taliban. no question who is in charge here. the group says the security situation in afghanistan has improved over the past year. american allies still here feel anything but safe. this man, for example, worked

at the u.s. embassy in a senior finance role. before that he was a translator for u.s. aid. >> that's life threatening, you know? it is death basically. >> as he remains in hiding waiting desperately for the state department to approve his special immigrant visa. he says it has failed. >> it was poorly handled. >> 15,000 special immigrant visas have been issued since president biden came into office. 160,000 eligible afghans are still waiting to be processed with no u.s. presence in kabul. this is the u.s. embassy in kabul now deserted. on buildings nearby the taliban flag is raised. president biden last august discussed his perspective why the u.s. had to leave

afghanistan. >> president biden: we succeeded in what we set off to do in afghanistan over a decade ago. and we stayed for another decade. it was time to end this war. >> harris: michael waltz of the great state of florida is a former green beret and served multiple combat tours in afghanistan, middle east and africa. great to have you in "focus." first of all i want to show everybody you are actually kicking off a six-figure ad bye highlighting the afghanistan fall. >> as we approach the one-year anniversary of the afghanistan withdrawal debacle we knew it would devolve into absolute chaos. those of us who had served knew this was going to happen this way. all of us veterans began demanding is start the evacuation now. >> harris: congressman, we started to see the approval

numbers for president biden slide right before this. but as kabul fell and we got deeper into this and lost the 13 service members at the kabul airport under attack by terrorists his numbers began to plummet and brought us to what we've seen today. the political collateral damage for the left and this ad, what are you trying to communicate? >> president biden ran on two things. he ran on compassion and he ran on competence. i have to tell you, harris, this was the most cold hearted thing i have ever witnessed in my life from an american official, from a president. and it certainly was the most incompetent withdrawal or military operation. this was worse than saigon. at least in saigon there was a plan to get the people who stood and fought with us out and got them out to guam and

there wasn't a reasonable expectation that it was going to follow us home and we see now that al qaeda is back in kabul. the intelligence community is crystal clear that they fully intend to attack us again and developing the capability to do so and i for one don't want to wait until there is another san bernardino or another 9/11. we need to take action now. let's look at where we are a year later. our allies are being hunted down as we speak. the cousin of one of my interpreters that we did get out who was also an interpreter was captured by the taliban, strung up behind a taliban truck, and drug around the village to send a message about ever working with americans again. americans are still left behind. our credibility is destroyed. women and girls can't go to school or go to work. and as i said, the terrorism threat is back right as it was before 9/11 and there has been

zero -- zero accountability. not one official has resigned, been fired, relieved from the pentagon, state department, intelligence community, white house, zero, zilch. those 13 gold star families deserve better than this and we have to get to the bottom how these decisions were made and who responsible. >> harris: you have hit two main headlines. the heartbreaking headlines of did we leave people behind? are there still americans today behind enemy lines in afghanistan? >> so first of all, we heard the commander-in-chief and secretary of state blinken tell the country and the world there were about 100. we now know that they actually have pulled out 800 since then and much of that is due to the veterans groups, not the government. it is the veterans groups that stood up to get people out because you never leave a fallen american or ally behind.

separately, harris, yes, there are still americans there. many of them can't leave because they can't get their family members out and they aren't going to abandon their family. it doesn't mean you get to categorize them of not wanting to leave. they need to fix this problem and find a way to get these people out. it saddens and sickens me. so many veterans have quit their jobs and used their savings. they won't let it go. the groups like the commandos and mine reduction force. so many afghans willing to die for our values in the fight against extremism may not fit into a box but the veterans groups will never let it go. >> harris: you hit the headline we heard from general jack keane this week. the terrorists will fill in. yes, they will. they will be harbored by that very enemy, the taliban. when we took out al-zawahiri

just a few days ago, where was he? he was harbored by the taliban up in a mansion on a balcony. let's move to this. more fallout now from the f.b.i. raid on mar-a-lago. former president trump is calling for the release of the unredacted affidavit used to justify the f.b.i.'s search warrant. federal investigators have asked a judge to keep it sealed saying releasing it would serve as a quote roadmap to the government's ongoing investigation. a federal judge has ordered a thursday hearing on the matter. former president trump also going after the f.b.i. for taking three of his passports during that raid on his own social media site he wrote this is an assault on a political opponent on a level never seen before in our country. the passports have now been returned. lindsey graham says it's high time for full disclosure. >> when it comes to trump there are no rules.

every republican should be suspicious of what happened in the past happening again. show your cards. merrick garland can't have it both ways. give us the inventory of the warrant without telling us why it was necessary to raid the former president's home and there was no less intrusive method available. >> harris: so congressman waltz, when i hear lindsey graham and others say republicans should be concerned, americans should be concerned. we haven't seen anything like this with a former president not really since aaron burr in 1807. a former vice president. they didn't search his house but he wasn't a former president and we're making history in a wrong way. >> i'm traveling all over my district in north florida and what pains me is you are right. across the political spectrum trust and really belief in our institution of justice is going

from bad to worse. it is not just that this is so unprecedented to go after a president, to go after a potential presidential candidate, but it is really just the uneven application of the justice. and after years of crossfire hurricane, the abuse of the fisa process, the repudiation of the fisa court to the department of justice, and this kind of now you go back to this kind of trust me mentality, trust us, the goods are there when it comes to trump. nobody believes that as far as they can throw it. when i see our opponents around the world in iran, russia, north korea and china pointing to this as an out of control democratic system, and that's why you have to trust them and go with the more autocratic system, this is devastating on levels that i don't think we fully appreciate yet.

and that's why the hallmark of a republic and democracy is transparency. they have to release that affidavit. and everything that was so detrimental to national security they couldn't go through a continued court process. >> harris: the reason it's so important the warrant won't contain it all. you look for the motive for the warrant, right? the en ooum -- what are the politics here? the affidavit fills that in, what was the urgency? bipartisan so far. marco rubio republican side. mark warner, democrat side. two senators in a private letter, we want more information on behalf of the american people. i can only imagine the push on capitol hill right now. congressman, great to see you. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> harris: out rage after a recall effort to vote out a

district attorney. a major setback. the raid on the former president's home has sparked comparisons to the investigation into hillary clinton's emails. >> hostile regime had access to top secret, classified information. she allowed that to happen and she was not held accountable. let's be very clear here. if you are hillary clinton and put your country at risk you get a free pass. >> harris: why critics say hillary clinton got the white glove treatment. why no raid on her home? the power panel debates. en you . now make another one and turn your equity into cash. with the newday 100 va loan you can take out up to $60,000 or more. i'm tatiana for newday usa. with home values at all-time highs i've been telling fellow veteran homeowners everywhere that this is the best time in history to turn your home equity into cash.

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strock. he led the initial investigation into clinton's email server. and the author of numerous anti-text messages to f.b.i. lawyer lisa page. strock promised page in august of 2016 saying we'll stop trump. he also told her there is no way trump will get elected. strock was released and fired by the f.b.i. after all of that, here he is now defending the >> it's not the f.b.i. is targeting one side or the other. what you see is the f.b.i. going on out and investigating allegations of law. >> harris: power panel. gianno caldwell and richard fowler. i will come to you and talk

about the double standard. do you see one? >> look, i will say this. we can all acknowledge hillary clinton was wrong for having an email server in her basement or bathroom or wherever it was. >> harris: probably both. >> with that being said in my own reporting i can tell you this. anybody gone through a justice department investigation one, that alone is exhausting and complicated. beyond that, i think hillary clinton suffered the ultimate penalty. after being up in every single poll she lost the presidential election of her life after raising and spending a billion dollars to the president of the united states. now as far as donald trump goes, right, and the trump raid, it is worth pointing out this is the beginning of the investigation. we don't know what is in any of the sealed documents and hard for us to speculate without knowing that. >> harris: well, so that's what trump is saying, gianno. he is saying get it all out there. the d.o.j. says wait a minute, that affidavit, that's the

blueprint to what we did. >> right. absolutely. he wants full transparency. i am glad to hear from peter strock who is certainly a beacon of integ tree. that's a joke. at this time trump is right. christopher wray should take a page out of jim comey's book. jim comey, who then said when he was investigating hillary clinton we'll talk to you about procedures that we normally wouldn't because there is such great public interest. we are talking about a former president. when we compare the clinton email server to donald trump not a good comparison. thousands of emails where the f.b.i. said they couldn't say for sure that foreign actors hadn't accessed that email account and said the personal email to other people others could have accessed that.

unless you say trump is selling secrets i don't know what else they have. if they had a big bombshell i imagine it would have come out by now. it is interesting and certainly some people are being and saying that has been done politically. >> harris: it is under 90 days before the mid-term elections. >> it is worth pointing out jacqui heinrich reported it is possible the secret service was the one who called the f.b.i. and said there are classified documents in mar-a-lago. >> harris: we won't read the tea leaves on any of that. anything is possible. we don't have to. if they come forth with the affidavit it will give us the roadmap as the d.o.j. is trying to keep it sealed for that purpose to know exactly the urgency. was it the mid-terms? what was driving it? we can see for ourselves. let's see if they're bold

enough to do it. out rage after a major setback to vote out george gascon. officials found nearly 200,000 signatures to be invalid. disqualifying the recall from the ballot in november. the campaign is accusing the county of using illegal standards to verify the signatures. organizers have three weeks to review the findings. they can use the time to gather evidence to launch a legal fight. a former deputy district attorney that gascon's lacks treatment of criminals -- gascon is celebrated grateful to move forward from this attempted political power grab. gianno. >> yeah, i mean, it's very unfortunate that we are at this process now. i was hopeful the recall would be successful. they have three weeks. we look at what's been going on in los angeles as a example

just reported in july a 15-year high in homicides. it doesn't appear to be going down. 29% increase in homicides from 2020 to 2021. this person, gascon, has been operating with kid gloves when it comes to criminals and lives are continuously on the live and criminals know that. we're in a very difficult place but certainly his days are still numbered. there will be an election coming up here soon. >> harris: richard, your final thoughts. >> an election is coming up soon and voters have a chance to desie.d unfortunately for the recall effort they failed to ascertain enough signatures to beat the challenge. game 101 to politics. you have to know how to count and do math. on both counts thee failed. >> harris: now it is up to the voters. the power rests with the people. gentlemen, great to have you. thank you very much. big controversy with the teachers union in a deep blue

city. it says white teachers should get laid off first no matter what. critics say that's racist and unconstitutional. plus this. >> he just being played by the far left. >> probably a 3 out of 10 more likely. the economy is not good. >> harris: ooh, that was his grade for the president of the united states 3 out of 10. that kind of jives with more than 70% of americans don't think the country is going in the right direction. the media is still head over heels in love apparently. rachel campos-duffy in "focus" next.

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>> joe biden is destroying this country. >> there isn't a grade low enough to give him. bottom grade. >> f, f, f, 3 out of 10. >> i'm very concerned about the direction we're going.

i don't think it has gone well. i think his presidency has failed us. >> harris: okay. a swath-wide politically of voters who say they are less than thrilled with president biden but the liberal media are gushing about his recent legislative victories and griping that president trump hijacked the headlines after the f.b.i. raid on mar-a-lago. the "washington post" with this. trump is angry, wailing is loud. this is the month biden is finally coming into his own. biden may go down as achieving something like ronald reagan did but in reverse. what does that mean? the white house is planning a mid-term media blitz to talk up its accomplishments. this month alone biden cabinet members will make 35 trips to 23 states. rachel campos-duffy with one of her many stops today. "fox & friends" weekend co-host. so those numbers are really small when you consider the president, who was in office a

couple of years ago. trump really did travel. >> he sure did. interesting. i would be curious to know what city they were in or where they were getting the people from. some was new york city. >> harris: one was milwaukee. >> that they could say that 8% inflation is a success. the fact that gas went down because people are too poor to drive is a success? people are getting poorer. this year kids eating chicken last year are eating peanut butter and mayonnaise sandwiches because their parents can't afford the meat. this breaks my heart. i went to the store and bought a tub of yogurt for baby valentina for over $7. what is going on here? people are poorer and there is -- the only success that they can claim is yes, they lied to the american people. they said they passed an

inflation reduction. it should have been named an inflation creation bill and really a climate bill. they lied to the american people. the only people will benefit are the donors with green energy boon doing else that will make us more dependent on china. >> harris: gasoline prices, experts are saying, they will go back up. inherent in the tax and spend bill is what i call it. no any kind of way with inflation, taxes on petroleum corporations. you don't think they'll pass that on? everything gets passed on. breakfast foods are up, eggs, beyond 30% in price. those sorts of basics are up. all that gets passed on. farmers are getting hit. they are going after businesses. what do you think a farm? >> exactly. you know who else is getting hit? retirees. we've been doing stories on how many people who retired and volunteering and contributing

to their communities who are quitting the volunteer jobs to get a job at wal-mart or the local diner because they can't afford to heat their homes this winter. they know what is coming with the prices of oil going up as you just said. it's a failure. >> harris: i don't know if you caught congressman waltz but even going back into afghanistan trying to help the americans and allies. military veterans are spending their savings on doing this. so we have the people doing their part. now they need to get the government to do their part and see us. they will when they pull out the 87,000 extra i.r.s. agents. they'll see everybody. >> that they will sic on us. not just domestically. in the last year we have had two very serious nuclear alerts. i was on air when russia had a nuclear alert. and then nancy pelosi goes to china and we're worried will we go to war with china because she is going over there?

i don't feel like the world is safer and i feel like all of us are poorer. some of us can afford. my kids aren't going to starve. they will have chicken. but listen, there are a lot of people out there who aren't. it is sad to see retirees and children suffer because of ideology because these bills, this climate fwhail they just passed trying to say is inflation is all about the ideology. >> harris: despite the media love and legislative wins some democrats are still worried. the democratic congressional campaign committee chair warns the party is losing the average joe. he told "the new york times" we have a likeability problem. i think most of the voters think we're out of touch and elitist. >> one of the most elite

moments we saw was them cheering after the inflation reduction act which was the green new deal. they cheered after knowing that that bill was going to make americans poorer. that's a shame. the people cheering, nancy pelosi with her refrigerator with expensive ice cream, aoc single, no kids, lives over a whole foods. you know families that can shop at whole foods? i don't know a lot of people that can shop at a store like that. all these people are out of touch and there will be a reckoning in the mid-terms but it won't alleviate the pain so much people are feeling. >> harris: expert art laffer and steve forbes have said where we are now will take some time. that's something that as you are describing people don't have. give you the last 15 seconds. >> the elitism of the left and willing to sacrifice children, elderly, retirees on the climate altar that will make us

more dependent on china is shameful. >> harris: wouldn't it be great to get some acknowledgement and update on the baby formula crisis? it is still one. we get into it on the "focus." too bad the white house. maybe they will make it on their media bliss. thank you for watching "the faulkner focus". "outnumbered" is next.

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