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National League Rookie Roundup: Wild-Card Race Difference-Makers

With just seven weeks left in the season, the chase for the NL’s three wild-card spots is as tight as ever. Here are a handful of rookies who can help decide which teams will advance to play in October.

Sports Illustrated

Dodgers vs. Padres Prediction, Odds and Probable Pitchers for Tuesday, July 30 (How to Bet Total)

Betting odds, pick and prediction for the Dodgers-Padres matchup on Tuesday, July 30.

Sports Illustrated

I can't stop thinking about Dragon Age: The Veilguard, the history of blood magic, and the way BioWare's RPG series handles morality

Opinion | I've fallen down a rabbit hole of the history of blood magic and morality in the RPG series

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‘I could easily have become bitter’: Dustin Lance Black on love, violence and losing his faith

As a child, he lived in fear of his stepfather and watched the abusive men in his church defend one another. The Oscar-winning screenwriter discusses the role of religion in his new TV drama, life with his husband Tom Daley – and why the UK government owes him an apology

The Guardian - UK

Civil rights legislation sparked powerful backlash that's still shaping American politics

For nearly 60 years, conservatives have been trying to gut the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the crowning achievement of the civil rights movement. As a scholar of American voting rights, I believe their long game is finally bearing fruit.

The Conversation

You Need to Watch M. Night Shyamalan’s Best Apocalypse Movie on HBO Max ASAP

Before you check out 'Knock at the Cabin,' revisit the divisive director's last take on the end of the world.

Inverse

The supreme court is in session – and every case is potentially a climate one

Sackett v EPA – an attack on the Clean Water Act – is by no means the only threat to climate policy before the court

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US supreme court hears case that could gut voting rights for minority groups

In Merrill v Milligan, the court will decide whether Alabama’s new congressional map violates the Voting Rights Act

The Guardian - US

SCOTUS could further erode voting rights. Here’s what to know

The ruling will also carry implications for how other states draw their congressional maps.

Axios

US supreme court to decide cases with ‘monumental’ impact on democracy

Many fear the potential for extreme rightwing rulings on topics ranging from affirmative action to voting rights

The Guardian - US

At this school, the president won’t protect you from what you don’t want to hear

DENVER – Metropolitan State University of Denver leaders looked at the recurring flare-ups on the nation’s college campuses – where controversial tweets and email, chat room screen shots and student spats explode into storms — and have set a new policy declaring free expression “indispensable” to fulfilling their educational mission.

The Denver Post

Robe & Gavel: Federal Judicial Vacancy Count released for Aug. 1

Welcome to the Aug. 8 edition of Robe & Gavel, Ballotpedia’s newsletter about the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and other judicial happenings around the U.S.

Ballotpedia

M Night Shyamalan’s Signs: The scariest moment in a movie with a 12 certificate age rating, 20 years on

‘What you’re about to see may disturb you’

The Independent UK

The 3-3-3 Court on the Merits Docket and the Shadow Docket

On June 18, 2021, I wrote, "We don't have a 6-3 Conservative Court. We have a 3-3-3 Court." I'm not sure if I was the first person to coin the phrase 3-3-3 Court, but I was one of the first. And I elaborated on this theme in a Newsweek column,…

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Rescue dog refuses to leave with new owner because she'd miss her best friend

Pitbull Merrill refused to leave Rocket Dog Rescue, in San Francisco, America, without her best friend chihuahua Taco - and cried her eyes out until staff stopped the adoption

Reason

Extraordinary Relief and "Existing Law"

The Supreme Court has just vacated the Fifth Circuit's stay of a district court's preliminary injunction against HB20, Texas's new social media law by a 5-4 vote. Justice Alito (joined by Justices Gorsuch and Thomas) wrote a dissent. (Justice Kagan also noted that she would deny the stay, but did…

The Conversation

Supreme Court's ruling on Alabama voting map could open the door to a new Wild West of state redistricting

The U.S. Supreme Court’s order allowing Alabama to use a congressional map that critics say disadvantages Black voters has voting rights advocates worried – and understandably so.

Reason

Throwing Shade At The Shadow Docket In The Alabama Redistricting Cases

Merrill v. Milligan is the most important shadow docket entry since John Does 1-3 v. Mills

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