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Today, she’s sympathetic toward her mother’s parenting approach: “She was a refugee — got married when she was like 12, gave birth when she was 13 or 14,” the singer says.

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Ms. Danes gives a jumpy, twitchy, nervous performance, but Aggie remains sympathetic.

Blake is also frustrated by his recent displays but strikes a more sympathetic tone.

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Here’s the context: Tucker Carlson, on his popular podcast for populists, conducted a grotesquely sympathetic interview with Mr. Fuentes in late October.

“I thought, Here’s another person who has borrowed too much money and hired a lawyer. I wasn’t too sympathetic.”

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