Crash Course: MAGA's sexy beer calendar scandal cracks up the Christian right

MAGA has learned that sex sells — but it’s undermining the anti-abortion, abstinence-only message [View in browser](~/AASU4wA~/RgRng67gP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvOWllNzBueGltbC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWMweDUzNGtzbDhXA3NwY0IKZZ7iKaFlFERRJ1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) Your daily update from [Salon](~/AASU4wA~/RgRng67gP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvNm95YmEwemtpZy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWMweDUzNGtzbDgmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZZ7iKaFlFERRJ1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). ~/AASU4wA~/RgRng67gP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvdzdpMW5nb2xoMS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWMweDUzNGtzbDhXA3NwY0IKZZ7iKaFlFERRJ1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo~/AASU4wA~/RgRng67gP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvaXNzMTM2d2F5eC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWMweDUzNGtzbDhXA3NwY0IKZZ7iKaFlFERRJ1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo~/AASU4wA~/RgRng67gP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvcXR6dnB4cjFxeS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWMweDUzNGtzbDhXA3NwY0IKZZ7iKaFlFERRJ1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo~/AASU4wA~/RgRng67gP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvNXhvNndxZ2M3ei8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWMweDUzNGtzbDhXA3NwY0IKZZ7iKaFlFERRJ1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo~/AASU4wA~/RgRng67gP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvMTZoN2VpOXF2Yi8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWMweDUzNGtzbDhXA3NwY0IKZZ7iKaFlFERRJ1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo MAGA's sexy beer calendar scandal cracks up the Christian right From Amanda Marcotte: Sex sells. On social media especially, it can be hard to capture people's attention as they scroll rapidly through their feeds. The easiest and quickest way to grab their eyes and cause them to linger over a post? Boobs. Or a butt. Or a scantily clad woman making "f—k me" eyes. So conservative creators, even those who champion themselves as Christians, have come around to the tits-forward marketing strategy. [Read more](~/AASU4wA~/RgRng67gP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvY245bHd2eXplcC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWMweDUzNGtzbDgmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZZ7iKaFlFERRJ1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). ~/AASU4wA~/RgRng67gP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvdDloNXF1aHpsdC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWMweDUzNGtzbDhXA3NwY0IKZZ7iKaFlFERRJ1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo~/AASU4wA~/RgRng67gP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsveWo2ODJ1c3hybi8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWMweDUzNGtzbDhXA3NwY0IKZZ7iKaFlFERRJ1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo~/AASU4wA~/RgRng67gP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvZGtjZXoyeWQ5MS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWMweDUzNGtzbDhXA3NwY0IKZZ7iKaFlFERRJ1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo~/AASU4wA~/RgRng67gP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvM3J0cGs1eHR0bC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWMweDUzNGtzbDhXA3NwY0IKZZ7iKaFlFERRJ1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo Ron DeSantis suffers a stinging defeat in his war on woke From Austin Sarat: Democracy can only work when candidates or incumbent officeholders are free to speak about what they will do if they are elected or how they will act in the discharge of their office. 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