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July 26, 2023
A Real Wedding Website in a Fake Gay Wedding Website Case
An archive shows that the plaintiff in the Supreme Court case did once design a wedding website, contrary to what her lawyers presented during her legal challenge.
by Melissa Gira Grant

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How the War Is Giving Same-Sex Marriage Rights a Push in Ukraine
LGBTQ people have few rights in Ukraine. But fighting one of the world’s most extreme homophobes may be changing things.
by Luke Johnson
What Are Conservatives’ Ethical Standards for the Supreme Court?
It’s hard to tell.
by Matt Ford
How Netanyahu’s Push for Dictatorship Can Be Arrested
Bibi is on his way to killing Israeli democracy. But he hasn’t won yet.
by Jo-Ann Mort
Is Steph Curry Really Underrated?
A spate of documentaries produced by athletes and leagues are more interested in settling scores than in the game.
by Jennifer Wilson
The Republican War on Direct Democracy
Across the country, red-state legislative supermajorities bent on further consolidating their iron grip on political power are destroying the ballot initiative.
by Grace Segers
Putin Is in a Spy Mess of His Own Making
Prigozhin’s mutiny was the “first marker of the cracking of the regime,” according to one Ukrainian intelligence source.
by Ben Makuch
From the Ticker:
He Goes There: McCarthy Compares Biden to Nixon (!) in Doubling Down on Impeachment Call
One of these things is not like the other.
by Tori Otten
DeSantis Campaign Unemployment Rate Skyrockets More Than 33%
Ron DeSantis has laid off more than a third of his campaign staff, as he struggles to make headway in the race.
by Adrienne Mahsa Varkiani
Ohio Republicans’ Rotten Anti-Abortion Plan Just Suffered a Major Setback
Abortion rights advocates have officially made it on the ballot this November.
by Tori Otten

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Vaccine Politics Linked to Excess Republican Deaths During Covid, Study Finds
“It’s one of the most telling metrics I’ve seen in how the politicization of the pandemic has played out in the real world.”
by Tori Otten
Because of Course They Are: Right Freaking Out With Obama Chef Conspiracy Theories
The right is ginning up some bizarre accounts of Tafari Campbell’s death, based on little more than their fevered imaginations.
by Adrienne Mahsa Varkiani

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