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  • Ian Millhiser @ Vox(link is external): The Supreme Court threatens to bring “Don’t Say Gay” to every classroom in America

An influential Christian right law firm asks the justices to impose an impossible burden on teachers.

The ongoing Republican effort to steal last year’s North Carolina Supreme Court race — the only 2024 race that has not yet been certified — continues this week after a federal court ordered the State Board of Elections to comply with a state court order that could potentially disenfranchise thousands of overseas and military voters.

The vice president is lying about Kilmar Abrego Garcia—and starting petty internet fights about it.

  • Zachary Leeman @ Mediaite(link is external): ‘How is That Not an Abuse of Power?!’ Jonathan Swan Presses Karoline Leavitt On Trump Ordering Investigation of 2020 Election Official

New York Times reporter Jonathan Swan pressed White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Tuesday on whether President Donald Trump committed an “abuse of power” by his own standards when he ordered the Justice Department to investigate his former cybersecurity appointee.

U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has declared her Tuesday night town hall is for constituents only, who must submit questions only in advance, must sign up, and then “sit and listen.” The Georgia Republican declared protesters, whom she alleged would only be “paid” Democrats, will be ejected.

  • Jordan Green @ Raw Story(link is external): 'Retribution or bust’: 'Secretary of Retribution' joins J6 leaders to demand mass arrests

Enrique Tarrio and Stewart Rhodes, respectively the former leaders of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers, joined [Ivan] Raiklin on an X space on Sunday night to call for retaliatory arrests against those they hold responsible for the Jan. 6 prosecutions.