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Round 1:

1. The United States federal government should take significant action to increase U.S. border security.
2. The United States federal government should significantly increase its efforts to address Long COVID.
3. California Proposition 1 (2024) would do more good than harm.
4. Bans on single-use plastic bags do more good than harm.
5. Major college football programs should break away from the NCAA.

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Round 2:

1. The United States federal government should take significant action to combat AI misinformation in political campaigns.
2. United States political parties should eliminate the use of caucuses in presidential nomination contests.
3. On balance, expediting Donald Trump’s criminal trials is in the best interests of American democracy.
4. Parliamentary systems of government are preferable to presidential systems of government.
5. Polarization is the greatest threat to American democracy.

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Round 3:

1. The Federal Reserve should cut interest rates.
2. The United States should increase protections for gig economy workers.
3. Corporate stock buybacks do more good than harm.
4. A universal basic income would do more good than harm.
5. The California Faculty Association’s tentative contract agreement is a bad deal for California State University faculty.

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Round 4:

1. The United States federal government should substantially increase its military assistance to Ukraine.
2. Benjamin Netanyahu should resign.
3. On balance, the International Monetary Fund does more good than harm.
4. On balance, the World Bank does more good than harm.
5. An invasion of Taiwan by China is inevitable.

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Bronze:

1. The United States Supreme Court should rule for the City of Grants Pass in City of Grants Pass v. Johnson.
2. The United States Federal Government should enact H.R. 14: the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act.
3. Nuclear energy does more good than harm.
4. Legacy preferences in college admissions do more good than harm.
5. The United States should substantially increase the extraction of rare earth elements in the United States.

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Gold round:

1. The United States should substantially increase its investment in space-based sunshade technologies.
2. The United States should substantially increase its security assurances to Guyana.
3. BYD is the biggest threat to Tesla.
4. Standardized college admissions tests do more good than harm.
5. The use of autonomous weapons in warfare is morally justified.