In the middle of our 2023 Tour of the Americas, I feel a urning for home - upstate New York, where the leaves are reaching their autumnal peak and the air is now crisp and cool. I love that region because of the Adirondacks and Saratoga, but mostly because it’s familiar, I suppose. It does have a dark side, however. The North Country is devotedly Trump and adores his acolyte, the bezoar Elise Stephanik, a cackling, knuckle-dragging nut job who once was normal. Still there’s reason to exult and Scott Salvadore’s big win is just the thing.
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