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Hey, everyone, Ellie here, wishing you a happy Friday.

Before we get to the heart of this week's podcast, two quick things.

So first of all, I'm sure many or all of you saw that earlier this

week, the U.S. Supreme Court denied cert, meaning rejected, will not take up the case seeking

to overturn Obergefell, seeking to overturn the case from 10 years ago that recognized the right

to gay marriage. I'm happy to say,

look, we make predictions in this space. Sometimes they come true. Sometimes they don't. But I did

write a piece back in August saying that that was exactly what would happen. That does not mean

that gay marriage will never be challenged. It will probably continually be challenged. But it does

mean that there's zero appetite or not enough appetite in the Supreme Court right now to take it up. I do think that right is safe for the near and immediate term future. And look, I usually don't take a rooting interest in these things, but I was happy to see that outcome. I'm happy to see the Supreme

Court reject this challenge and reaffirm the right to gay marriage. Second of all, boy,

we saw this new bunch of emails released from the Jeffrey Epstein case. I don't want to say

the Jeffrey Epstein files because that sort of suggests that they're

tidier than they are. There's not like some redwell that contains all the files. But we saw

House Democrats release three emails came out Wednesday morning that are pretty remarkable. Look,

there's a lot we don't know. They raise a lot of questions about what we know

and about what people have said. I will tell you my gut reaction to those emails is these are going

to reignite the story in a meaningful way. It's not just the continued drip, drip, drip.

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