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Skeptical Brotha 🏳️‍🌈 @skepticalbrotha.bsky.social · 2h

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘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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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3h

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
www.politico.com/live-updates...

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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 5h

Callais is the conservative legal movement’s latest vehicle to persuade the Court to do away with the greatest triumph of the Civil Rights Movement.

Louisiana v Callais: The Republicans Justices Are Getting Ready to Finish Off the Voting Rights Act

This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and...

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Skeptical Brotha 🏳️‍🌈 @skepticalbrotha.bsky.social · 3h

Maine Gov. Janet Mills launches Senate run against one of Democrats' top 2026 targets www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...

Maine Gov. Janet Mills launches Senate run against one of Democrats' top 2026 targets

Mills, who is 77 years old, told NBC News she doesn't plan to serve more than one term and cast herself as the Democrat best positioned to defeat GOP Sen. Susan Collins.

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Skeptical Brotha 🏳️‍🌈 @skepticalbrotha.bsky.social · 3h

Or they're just ridiculous and vengeful.

Skeptical Brotha 🏳️‍🌈 @skepticalbrotha.bsky.social · 4h

Fair Elections — and Perhaps Control of Congress — at Stake as SCOTUS Hears Challenge to VRA www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Fair Elections — and Perhaps Control of Congress — at Stake as SCOTUS Hears Challenge to VRA

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Skeptical Brotha 🏳️‍🌈 @skepticalbrotha.bsky.social · 4h

That's not a good answer, but it is an answer. Accept what he told y'all and be clear that he's okay with mass violations of Constitutional rights.

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 6h

Just so everyone is clear, the main issue in the Supreme Court voting rights case tomorrow is whether it's racist against white people to enforce the Voting Rights Act.

I'm dead serious. We live in incredibly stupid times.

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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 5h

D’Angelo, the Grammy-winning R&B singer recognized by his raspy yet smooth voice and for garnering mainstream attention with the shirtless “Untitled (How Does It Feel)” music video, has died. He was 51.

D’Angelo, Grammy-winning R&B singer who became an icon with ‘Untitled (How Does It Feel),’ dies

D’Angelo, the Grammy-winning R&B singer recognized by his raspy yet smooth voice and for garnering mainstream attention with the shirtless “Untitled (How Does It Feel)” music video, has died. H…

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Skeptical Brotha 🏳️‍🌈 @skepticalbrotha.bsky.social · 6h

New York City Mayors usually disappoint. Lindsay, Beame, and Dinkins were the only decent mayors in my lifetime that weren't egotistical narcissists.

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Skeptical Brotha 🏳️‍🌈 @skepticalbrotha.bsky.social · 6h

One has 2 be deaf, dumb, & blind 2 believe that ignoring the clear brief of the Voting Rights Act 2 prevent racial discrimination & minority vote dilution allows Texas Republicans 2 run roughshod over the rights of Latino, Black, & Asian communities at the behest of this corrupt Administration.

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Skeptical Brotha 🏳️‍🌈 @skepticalbrotha.bsky.social · 7h

The Texas racial gerrymander is before a three-judge panel composed of one Obama appointee, one Reagan appointee, and one Trump appointee. What is clear is that the Trump Administration demanded the remap, and no honest broker would rule to uphold a clear racial gerrymander.

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Skeptical Brotha 🏳️‍🌈 @skepticalbrotha.bsky.social · 7h

In a Federal Courtroom in Texas, Republicans Were Desperate to Keep Details of their Gerrymander Under Wraps www.democracydocket.com/analysis/in-...

In a Federal Courtroom in Texas, Republicans Were Desperate to Keep Details of their Gerrymander Under Wraps

Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.

www.democracydocket.com

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 1d

North Carolina Republicans announced today they’re going to pass a new congressional map to draw a Dem out of Congress; they already did last cycle, going from 7-7 to 10-4. Thus would be 11-3. t.co/XLJIhe8vZn

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Skeptical Brotha 🏳️‍🌈 @skepticalbrotha.bsky.social · 16h

It's been one long redistricting battle for the 33 years I've lived here.

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Skeptical Brotha 🏳️‍🌈 @skepticalbrotha.bsky.social · 17h

It's good to see Chris Christie call a thing a thing, but he knew who Trump was the first time in 2016, and so that tempers my enthusiasm.

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Julianne Akers @julianneakers.bsky.social · 1d

It's been less than a week since Pearson announced his run for U.S. Congress, but the campaign is already garnering national attention and support from groups who want younger politicians in office.

Read more about Pearson's campaign launch rally on Saturday:
www.nashvillescene.com/news/pithint...

Justin Pearson Kicks Off Congressional Run at Memphis Rally

Democratic state representative lists poverty and minimum wage as key campaign issues

www.nashvillescene.com

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CNN @cnn.com · 1d

Exclusive: The senior prosecutor in Virginia's Eastern District was removed, sources say, as Trump ally Lindsey Halligan reshapes the key US attorney's office.
https://cnn.it/3W40rf9

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Skeptical Brotha 🏳️‍🌈 @skepticalbrotha.bsky.social · 2d

Former journalist Helena Moreno becomes New Orleans second woman and first Latina Mayor. The Mexican-born city councilwoman, 48, assumes office next spring.