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By Ezra Klein

Opinion Columnist

We live in an age that favors strongmen and showmen. Brad Lander’s problem is that he’s neither. Sandwiched between Andrew Cuomo’s dark energy and Zohran Mamdani’s bright charisma, Lander has struggled to attract attention — at least, he did before ICE agents arrested him on Tuesday.