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DISPATCHES FROM THE CULTURE WARS – SEPTEMBER 26, 2023  
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September 26, 2023
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Maren Morris: “I don’t know what I’m doin’ / Don’t know
what I’m tryin’ to find / My only resolution is I’m allowed to
change my mind.” Credit, Rich Fury/Getty Images for ACM

 

* Hollywood Squares
* Maren Morris Has Had It With Nashville
* Menendez and SCOTUS
* Alan Moore Has Had it With Superheroes
* AOC Heckled By MAGAts
* Abortion Patients Flee to Illinois
* Fighting Texas Voter Suppression Law
* Flatbush Tenants Fight Back
* The Black Imagination
* Union Blues

HOLLYWOOD SQUARES
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By Aja Romano
Vox

Several public figures have stepped in it recently by oversharing or
making moves they simply didn’t have to make. The list has become so
long that it feels less like they’ve committed a series of unforced
errors and more like an entire unforced era.

MAREN MORRIS HAS HAD IT WITH NASHVILLE
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By Nicole Hemmer
CNN

There's a battle happening in the country music industry, between
those seeking to deepen the industry’s ties to right-wing politics
and those seeking to carve out a place for a more inclusive, more
representative — and more historically rooted — version of
Americana, folk and country music. Maren Morris, who is firmly in that
second camp, has been part of the fight to redefine country.

MENENDEZ AND SCOTUS
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By David Sirota
The Lever

The high court may feel emboldened to use the Menendez case not to
counter Americans’ perception that the government is hopelessly
rotted through with corruption, but to instead make the rot even
worse. Justices could use the case to further whittle down the
definitions of terms such as “bribery” and “official act” to
almost nothing.

ALAN MOORE HAS HAD IT WITH SUPERHEROES
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By Chris McPherson
Collider

Alan Moore, iconic comic book writer, no longer desires profits from
adaptations of his work, suggesting the funds should go to the
creative talents. He feels disconnected from comic books, criticizing
superhero films for "infantalizing" adults and recycling old
characters as adult fare. 

AOC HECKLED BY MAGATS
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By Emily Ngo
Politico

Ocasio-Cortez, frequently the target of attacks from right-leaning
demonstrators, could hardly be heard above the jeering, and she was
forced to leave while her colleagues broke into smaller groups to
speak with reporters. The small but loud group of protesters waved
signs discouraging migrant work permission, used a megaphone and
lobbed curse words.

ABORTION PATIENTS FLEE TO ILLINOIS
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By Kristen Schorsch
KFF Health News

Since the _Dobbs_ decision, determining who can get an abortion and
where has been complicated by medically ambiguous language in new
state laws that ban or restrict abortion. Doctors in those states fear
they could lose their medical licenses or wind up in jail. Physicians
in abortion havens such as Illinois are stepping up to fill the void
and provide care to as many patients as possible.

FIGHTING TEXAS VOTER SUPPRESSION LAW
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By Leah Tulin and Gabriella Sanchez
Brennan Center for Justice

A major federal lawsuit is challenging a wide-ranging and
discriminatory voter suppression law Texas enacted in 2021. While
S.B. 1 is one of many antidemocracy laws enacted by 19 states in the
year after the 2020 election, it stands out for its sheer number of
restrictive and discriminatory provisions, which largely target Latino
and Black voters.

FLATBUSH TENANTS FIGHT BACK
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By Jess McAllen
The Baffler

The residents of 1834 Caton Avenue, which has over eighty units across
six floors, have been asking for adequate living conditions for
years. 1834 Caton has more than two-hundred seventy-seven open
violations, ninety-two of which are “class C” aka “immediately
hazardous.” Nine hundred complaints have been filed over the last
two years.

THE BLACK IMAGINATION
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By Aisha Shillingford
Yes!

We are in a time of great transition—a time when the world as we
know it is ending and a new world is fighting to be born. There is an
opportunity to create new worlds from the Black Imagination, freed
from the capitalistic notion that our creativity can and should be
exploited.

UNION BLUES
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By Timothy Noah
The New Republic

Trump’s anti-worker stance as president cost him only a single
percentage point’s support among working-class voters (defined as
voters lacking a college degree), from 51 percent in 2016 to 50
percent in 2020. The Democratic share even of the union household
vote—the one working-class demographic where Democrats reliably
maintain an edge—has mostly fallen over the past 20 years. 

* celebrities
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* Drew Barrymore
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* Bill Maher
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* Jann Wenner
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* Maren Morris
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* Bob Menendez
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* Supreme Court
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* Alan Moore
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* Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
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* abortion rights
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* Illinois
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* voter supression
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* texas
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* tenants
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* Brooklyn
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* black imagination
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* unions
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* Donald Trump
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