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Page 15 of the GOP’s Save America Act wld force all 50 states to submit their voter rolls to the DHS’s centralized voter purge program (called “SAVE”), which they know has had error rates as high as 14% & links to an SSA database that they know was compromised by DOGE. #NoOnSave 1/
February 16, 2026 at 7:18 PM
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Maine Secy of State Shenna Bellows: “In the context of Trump’s assault on the rule of law & threats to elections, the odd invitation raises concerns.” Here’s what you need to know about the administration summoning state election officials to a meeting: open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Context Matters: Trump Administration Summons Secretaries of State
And the context for this one isn't promising.
open.substack.com
February 17, 2026 at 4:06 AM
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I pretty much keep up with the news, so where was the coverage laying this out?
The DOJ has asked states to agree to sign a secret agreement “in connection w/ handing over their full voter files.” The agreement says that “the DOJ will ‘test, analyze, & assess states’ [voter rolls]’ & send each participating state a list of voters who must be removed within 45 days.” 2/5/26 …1/
“Confidential” Agreements Show Trump Administration’s Plans for States’ Voter Data
At least 10 states have handed over their full voter files to the Justice Department.
www.brennancenter.org
February 17, 2026 at 3:59 AM
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Judge Dulce J. Foster was shareholder and chair of the White Collar and Regulatory Defense Group at the law firm Fredrikson & Byron. Her practice focused on complex civil business disputes, white-collar criminal defense, and internal investigations. ….
February 16, 2026 at 7:48 PM
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Obama: "At some point, you age out. You're not connected directly to the immediate struggles that folks are going through. I'm not making a hard and fast rule here, but I think Democrats do well when we have candidates who are plugged into the moment. To the zeitgeist. To the times."
February 16, 2026 at 8:57 PM
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Oh, okay. I'll bite.

The right to vote is enshrined in the Constitution.

The "right" of armed federal cops to arrest, beat, and kill people with anonymity is not.
Emmer: "Another reform they claim they want is they want ICE agents to identify themselves, to show identification. But they don't want identification for voters in elections. I mean, this stuff is just intellectually inconsistent."
February 16, 2026 at 9:25 PM
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Mark Alford just straight up saying that he doesn't want to follow the fourth amendment.
Rep. Mark Alford: "If you tie a judicial warrant to what ICE is doing, it will never happen"
February 16, 2026 at 8:26 PM
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The National Park log grabbing opportunists have moved their fine fuel creating, soil compacting, habitat destroying machines are now coming for Blackwood. The forest is five years into recovery and this damage can be firmly laid at the feet of a few select fire "scientists/lobbyists". No shame.
February 16, 2026 at 8:43 PM
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I can’t get enough of this energy!
This is the level of immediacy we need from everyone.
June 21, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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NEW: Civil rights groups including the NAACP and the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law asked a federal court to protect voters’ personal information after the FBI seized ballots and other election materials in a raid on a Fulton County, Georgia election hub last month.
Civil rights groups ask court to protect Fulton County voter data seized by FBI
The federal government should be expressly banned from copying or sharing the seized records, the groups said.
www.democracydocket.com
February 16, 2026 at 5:31 PM
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Read and share all over..he nails it
February 16, 2026 at 3:58 PM
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how does someone mow down a family of four, blame the car (no issue was found), transfer real estate to Nevada LLCs to avoid compensating the victims' families, and then walk away with nothing more than probation?
Do YOU have an aging friend/relative who should stop driving? Tell them this story from San Francisco. Ask how they will feel if they kill an entire family.

But don't tell them that even then, they'll be forgiven and be able to drive again.

This verdict is obscene.

www.ktvu.com/news/woman-a...
Woman accused of wiping out entire family in San Francisco crash likely won't get prison time
An 80-year-old woman accused of driving at a high rate of speed and crashing into a family of four, killing them, at a San Francisco bus stop nearly two years ago, appeared in court on Friday. Mary Fo...
www.ktvu.com
February 16, 2026 at 5:32 PM
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Sen. @campbell4tn.bsky.social : “Institutional power, like ice, builds quietly. Facilities are leased. Budgets expand...the abnormal becomes procedural. And for those insulated by money/status, it seems distant & theoretical- until it’s not.” theheidicampbell.substack.com/p/the-weight...
February 16, 2026 at 2:43 PM
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Do former DOGE employees have the type of access to SSA’s database that wld allow them to make changes? I ask bc there seems to be no transparency, & Trump & Musk now want states to purge voters from the rolls by using the “SAVE” system to compare data in the rolls to the data in SSA’s database. 1/
For nearly a year, the administration has said that DOGE had no unauthorized access to your Social Security data. A new government filing admits that was false.
February 15, 2026 at 8:50 PM
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10/ “A blind man could see that the … [second Trump] administration is stacked with ‘our guys’ from tech, specifically from Thiel’s camp…” bsky.app/profile/jenn...
“A blind man cld see that the upcoming administration is stacked with ‘our guys’ from tech, specifically from Thiel's camp *** Our cover is blown [so stop apologizing] … We are the new elite because we are the most capable…” - Rainmaker founder Augustus Doricko, 12/14/24 1/
February 15, 2026 at 6:37 PM
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Wait what? Michael Flynn’s brother, Charles Flynn, is a Senior Advisor at Peter Thiel’s Palantir?? h/t @nadja72638243.bsky.social on X… 1/
February 15, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Because he’s a Russian asset and a traitor
Jack Smith’s report highlights powerful evidence that Trump intentionally kept highly classified info after leaving office, putting national security at risk.

We’re fighting to reverse Judge Cannon’s decision to keep the report under seal.
americanoversight.org/american-ove...
American Oversight Appeals Order That Could Clear Way for Permanent Destruction of Jack Smith Report
The report has evidence that Trump kept highly classified info after leaving office, putting national security at risk.
americanoversight.org
February 14, 2026 at 10:51 PM
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February 13, 2026 at 7:04 PM
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February 14, 2026 at 5:34 PM
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FL next pls?! We are so gerrymandered. I have also had my voter registration cancelled, even though I vote in every election,we also have a heavy police presence at voting stations to intimidate people.When you elect a Senator who committed the largest medicare fraud in history, expect corruption.
February 14, 2026 at 7:29 PM
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The Virginia Supreme Court has ruled that the state can put a redistricting plan on the ballot this spring that could add as many as four more Democratic seats in Congress.

The referendum will take place on April 21.
February 14, 2026 at 6:56 PM
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Oregon Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden introduced a bill that would levy a 100% tax on any payout the president receives from his lawsuit over leaked tax information that showed he paid just $750 in federal income tax one year.
‘A shameful abuse of office’: Oregon senator assails Trump over $10B lawsuit against IRS
Oregon Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden introduced a bill that would levy a 100% tax on any payout the president receives from his lawsuit over leaked tax information that showed he paid just $750 in federal income tax one year.
www.oregonlive.com
February 12, 2026 at 8:30 PM