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By Mike Allen · Jul 10, 2025

Good Thursday afternoon. Today's newsletter, edited by Sam Baker, is 512 words, a 2-min. read. Thanks to Sheryl Miller for copy editing.

 
 
1 big thing: The right's "Superman" backlash
 
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The new Superman movie is already getting a thumbs-down from conservative media, Axios' Avery Lotz reports.

The hero's origin story, arriving on Earth from a dying planet, has been compared to the story of refugees or immigrants — a connection the film's writer and director, James Gunn, recently endorsed.

From left: Nathan Fillion, Isabela Merced and Edi Gathegi in "Superman." Photo: Warner Bros. Pictures via AP