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November 11, 2024

How DC Steakhouses Became Republican Hangouts

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How DC Steakhouses Became Republican Hangouts

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Washingtonian writer Jessica Sidman crunched numbers from political spending reports and found a weird correlation between the Republican party and steakhouses. She’s here to explain where the new power-class hangs out in DC and what it means for the rest of us. 

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