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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 6h

I am sounding the alarm that the GOP is engaged in an all out attack voting rights and free and fair elections. Voter suppression, gerrymandering, and troops in blue cities are just some of the ways they are using to try to rig the rules to keep power in 2026 and beyond.

Pay attention and act!

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 12h

This Supreme Court will do anything it can to ensure the end of our representative democracy.

This is a naked effort to save a racist, nihilistic, principle-free far-right minoritarian movement from disappearing from American politics by instead giving it hegemony over the United States... forever.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 12h

If the Supreme Court strikes down Section 2 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, which has been interpreted to require the creation of majority-minority districts, Republicans could eliminate upward of a dozen Democratic-held districts across the South. Here's how.

The Supreme Court Case That Could Hand the House to Republicans

Democrats would be in danger of losing around a dozen majority-minority districts across the South if the court struck down part of the Voting Rights Act.

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DJ "Jo" NoneYa 🟧 @djnoneya.bsky.social · 5h

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Supreme Court appears ready to limit key part of Voting Rights Act

The section protects equal opportunity for racial minorities in redistricting.

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Aster Vérité @aster-verite.bsky.social · 11h

You know who cheered Charlie Kirk the loudest?

The same young republicans caught praising Hitler & the Holocaust in private chats.

Kirk’s youth movement cultivated the exact ecosystem that breeds these young authoritarians with no moral grounding. They're groomed to see cruelty as courage.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 16h

"No amount of appeasement of Trump will work short of turning yourself into a lapdog. So news outlets have to choose. And if you go halfway, you’re basically going to lose everyone."

On the pod, @brianbeutler.bsky.social is great on the failure of Trump appeasement:
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Trump Erupts at ABC over Vance On-Air Fiasco as Presser Goes Off Rails

As Trump’s exchanges with reporters appear more power-crazed than usual, a sharp observer of our slide into authoritarianism explains why the Resistance must find a new kind of response before it’s to...

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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 1d

Whether seven chimpanzees at the DeYoung Family Zoo in Wallace, Mich., should be granted habeas corpus rights was argued at the Michigan Court of Appeals on Tuesday, as judges and lawyers debated the threshold — if not biological species — of when to grant such rights.

By @kdailey.bsky.social

Court of Appeals questions habeas corpus criteria for chimpanzees in Upper Peninsula zoo case • Michigan Advance

A case of whether seven chimpanzees, currently all at the DeYoung Family Zoo in Wallace, Mich., should be granted habeas corpus rights was heard by the Michigan Court of Appeals on Tuesday. In the hea...

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Alpheus Williams @alphwilliams.bsky.social · 1d

Well, this didn't last long did it? And who's surprised with both Netanyahu and Trump are giant lying pieces of shit?

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Israel opens fire on ‘suspects’ in Gaza, as cracks appear in ceasefire deal

At least six Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire in the Gaza Strip, local authorities say, less than 24 hours after the US president declared peace.

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Colleen Paige @colleenpaige.bsky.social · 1d

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 1d

ICE agents interfered with—and even threatened to “shoot and arrest”—emergency personnel rescuing an injured protester last week in Portland.

The agent “pointed his finger at me in a threatening manner,” the driver recalled, “and began viciously yelling in my face.

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ICE Agent Threatens to Shoot Ambulance Driver Helping Protester

Federal agents swarmed an ambulance crew to prevent them from taking an injured protester to the hospital.

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Michigander @otherwiseagain.bsky.social · 19h

A reminder that the Supreme Court says this behavior is not illegal- which should tell you how corrupt the highest court in the nation is.

The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 1d

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ICE Detains U.S. Citizen After Saying She Doesn’t “Look” American

She even had her U.S. passport on her.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 1d

There is simply no equivalent, not even close, of this anywhere on the center or far left. There is no ‘both sides’ here, media.

Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 1d

"Together, the messages reveal a culture where racist, antisemitic and violent rhetoric circulate freely — and where the Trump-era loosening of political norms has made such talk feel less taboo among those positioning themselves as the party’s next leaders."

Can't call them fascists?

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

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Joyce Park @troutgirl.bsky.social · 1d

Little news coverage of something that greatly affects our colleagues on H1B visas: their spouses will continue to be allowed to work.

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Supreme Court rejects bid to overturn H-1B visa rule

(The Center Square) – The U. S.

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Bryan Toporek @btoporek.bsky.social · 1d

Frankly, it'd be more surprising if these freaks *didn't* talk like this privately.

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‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 1d

"The Pentagon Is Ordering Staff to Watch Hegseth’s ‘MAGA Garbage’ Speech… Or Else"

DoD sources tell Zeteo that staff there have been warned that if they don’t watch or read the speech, or if they speak negatively of it, they could face severe consequences.

The Pentagon Is Ordering Staff to Watch Hegseth’s ‘MAGA Garbage’ Speech… Or Else

Defense Department sources tell Zeteo that staff have been warned that if they don’t watch or read the speech, or if they speak negatively of it, they could face severe consequences.

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Amber Speaks Up @amberspeaks.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 BREAKING
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes has sent a formal demand letter to Speaker Mike Johnson, ordering him to swear in Adelita Grijalva immediately. More ⬇️

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Michigander @otherwiseagain.bsky.social · 1d

The proclamation gives the county the power to assist residents they say have been impacted financially by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) action.

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Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: A federal judge refused to dismiss a lawsuit challenging Indiana’s student ID voting ban — a major procedural win for young voters and pro-voting advocates who say the GOP-backed law was designed to suppress student voting. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Federal Court Deals Major Blow to Indiana GOP’s Student ID Ban

Read more here.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 1d

“Epithets like “f----t,” “retarded” and “n--ga” appeared more than 251 times combined”

If you ever had any doubt that the youth wing of the GOP is fully radicalized and proudly racist these days:

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 1d

The fate of Attorney General Dana Nessel’s crusade to investigate a major producer of insulin for price gouging will be the subject of oral arguments before the Michigan Supreme Court in November.

From @bensolis1.bsky.social

Michigan Supreme Court to hear AGs insulin price gouging case in November • Michigan Advance

The fate of Attorney General Dana Nessel’s crusade to investigate a major producer of insulin for price gouging will be the subject of oral arguments before the Michigan Supreme Court in November. Jus...

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

If we don’t speak up for the communities that Trump is terrorizing right now, we will be next.

His authoritarianism will come for all of us in the end. https://youtu.be/tkaBlgXR8tY?si=bJcUxXZWMrae4kwx

No One Is Safe From Trump's Authoritarianism

Robert Reich

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 1d

ICE targeted an apartment building near my home. Masked agents in unmarked cars. I've said this before. Democratic Governors & Mayors need to order their local police depts to arrest any & all unidentified & masked alleged ICE agents.

This anonymous denial of due process is deadly.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

Pardon me if I delay celebrating this vile cretin losing until those poor Sandy Hook families he victimized for cheap publicity see all of the cash. I don't trust him for a second.
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Supreme Court rejects Alex Jones' appeal of $1.4 billion Sandy Hook judgment

The Supreme Court rejected an appeal from Alex Jones, who has been ordered to pay $1.4 billion in damages to the families of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

ARIZONA AG: “.. Arizona’s right to a full delegation, and the right of the residents of CD 7 to representation from the person they recently voted for, are not up for debate ..”

@politico.com #AZ07
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