What was the breakdown for and against and what justifications did the majority give for its decision?
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Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
1 July 2026
Its role is to expose wrongdoing, illuminate facts, and draw the world’s attention to crimes committed in the name of false causes and manufactured justifications.
But nearly five decades after the 1979 revolution, and for all the official proclamations of national unity in the run-up to Khamenei's funeral, the Islamic Republic has rarely been so internally fractured.
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Parisa Hafezi,
USA Today,
3 July 2026
Three days into his tenure as a Bull, Wilson’s bold proclamations already have become the norm around the Advocate Center.
Even temporary sales slumps breed alarmist pronouncements; book parties in disfavored genres begin to feel like wakes, sending off one more spirit to the inevitable afterworld of the remainder shelf.
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Gal Beckerman,
The Atlantic,
2 July 2026
Beulah’s not delivering world-weary pronouncements, the way Beth does.
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