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Tuesday
August 8, 2023
How Blue States Are Fighting for Voting Rights When Washington Doesn’t
Today marks the 58th anniversary of the landmark Voting Rights Act. We’ve lost ground in recent years—but all is not lost out there.
by Rotimi Adeoye
The Commentariat Lets Donald Trump Off the Hook
Stop arguing the former president’s utterances are too obviously vile to be plausibly illegal. He’s just a cheap crook.
by Timothy Noah

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The Real Reason the U.S. Women’s National Team Lost
It wasn’t because they were “woke,” of course. There’s a much simpler explanation.
by Alex Shephard
The 1848 Revolutions Did Not Fail
The year that Europe went to the barricades changed the world. But it has not left the same impression on the public imagination as 1789 or 1917.
by James Robins
Trump’s Got Himself Some Jury Trouble
The former president is demanding a change in trial venue, for the same reason he demanded that votes not get counted in certain U.S. cities.
by Matt Ford
From the archives:
A Visit to the Secret Town in Tennessee That Gave Birth to the Atomic Bomb
From 1945: A tour of Oak Ridge, nineteen miles south of Knoxville, where “even those who talked in their sleep learned to keep their mouths shut.” 
by Louis Falstein
From the Ticker:
Andrew Cuomo’s Sister Led the Campaign Slut-Shaming All His Accusers
Madeline Cuomo used a grassroots group to coordinate the attacks—and told them her brother appreciated all their hard work.
by Tori Otten
Judge to Trump: It’s Still “Substantially True” That You Raped E. Jean Carroll
A judge has tossed Donald Trump’s counterclaim against E. Jean Carroll, as the former president’s legal troubles keep piling up.
by Tori Otten

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Mitch McConnell Ruthlessly Drowned Out With Chants of “Retire”
I think Mitch McConnell’s constituents want him to retire.
by Tori Otten
Trump Blames Wokeness and Biden for Women’s Soccer Team World Cup Loss
That’s ... not how that works.
by Tori Otten
 

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