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Senate Foreign Relations Chair Ben Cardin is upping pressure on Antony Blinken in a new letter urging he get tougher on Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev over Baku’s “brazen campaign of ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh.” politico.com/newsletters/na…

Wildfires are about to burn California politicians ow.ly/GoQV104RPeC

Why San Francisco is make or break for Gavin Newsom ow.ly/bAlk104Rvt9

California authorities oppose John Eastman’s bid to delay disbarment proceedings politico.com/news/2023/08/1…

The FTC is finalizing its long-awaited antitrust lawsuit against Amazon, four people with knowledge of the matter told POLITICO, a move that could ultimately break up parts of the company. politico.com/news/2023/07/2…

What no one will say out loud about Nancy Pelosi ow.ly/cyAo104OMEB

Religious right gets blindsided by angry parents in a Southern California school district politico.com/news/2023/07/0…

The court’s three liberal justices dissented. Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote in the dissent that the Supreme Court's ruling opens the door for a wide variety of businesses to discriminate against prospective customers.

Justice Gorsuch wrote in the majority opinion limiting LGBTQ protections that Colorado had tried "to force an individual to speak in ways that align with its views but defy her conscience.” He also declared that those opposed to same-sex marriage were entitled to “tolerance.”

By a 6-3 vote, the justices sided with Lorie Smith, an evangelical Christian and Colorado web designer who opposes same-sex marriage. Colorado law bars businesses from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation, but Smith argued that the free speech guarantee of the Constitution entitles her to an exemption from that law. politi.co/3XvLB0S

A Christian web designer has a First Amendment right to refuse to create websites for same-sex weddings, the Supreme Court ruled Friday in a decision that dilutes legal protections for LGBTQ people. politi.co/3XvLB0S

The Supreme Court has ruled against affirmative action in higher education, striking down race-conscious admissions programs at Harvard and the University of North Carolina. politi.co/46tOqDD

It wasn’t long ago when Gavin Newsom annoyed Biden world by not squashing rumors of a 2024 run. But the California governor has since become a loyal soldier for the president. politico.com/news/2023/06/2…

Former Google exec and investor eyes California Senate race ow.ly/VzUf104KEBp

Trump faces 31 counts of “willful retention” of classified records, as well as several counts related to his alleged effort to obstruct the investigation. Read the indictment in full👇 politico.com/news/2023/06/0…

Per the indictment, docs stored at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home included information about: 👉 U.S. nuclear programs 👉 defense capabilities of U.S. and foreign countries 👉potential vulnerabilities to military attacks politico.com/news/2023/06/0…

Justice Department unseals 37-count indictment against Trump ow.ly/kJJu104K0rk

The conservative Supreme Court might have paved the way for Dems to take the House politico.com/news/2023/06/0…