Anna Dorman
@annalovesvoting.bsky.social
Counsel @ Protect Democracy. Consumer of carbs (preferably bagels). Opinions and excellent jokes my own. 603.
Colette is correct per usual
Colette Delawalla, PhD@cdelawalla.bsky.social · last wk.Lots of scientists saying "Colette! What should we be doing right now?" CHECK YOUR VOTER REGISTRATION and MAKE SURE YOU ARE REGISTERED TO VOTE. Do you know your congressional district? Do you know your state and local jurisdictions? www.vote.org
Wondering how you can plug in to ensure free and fair elections this fall? Join our upcoming call to learn how you can step up to protect the vote no matter where you live: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
The White House’s election subversion strategy needs people to feel powerless and stay home. But we're in this together. Share our practical guide with your friends, family, and community to make sure everyone is ready to defend our right to choose our leaders.
Our strategy to win
Organize, show up, prove, hold the line: what all of us can do to protect elections
ifyoucankeepit.org
The WH’s strategy is designed to feel overwhelming. But our movement has a playbook to defend our elections. In our latest briefing, we outline the pro-democracy strategy: Step 1️⃣: Organize Get the practical actions we can all take right now that will matter most: https://protdem.org/4pGJh5l
Ready to take action to defend our elections? Three ways to start: 📲 Save the Election Protection Hotline number: 866-OUR-VOTE (Eng.) | 888-VE-Y-VOTA (Sp.) ⚡ Sign up as a poll worker at PowerThePolls.org 🤝 Make a plan to vote with friends, family, or neighbors Details: protdem.org/actions
Congress rejected some of Trump’s proposed budget cuts. OMB is making them anyway. From David Super and Cerin Lindgrensavage @protectdemocracy.org thehill.com/opinion/cong...
Congress rejected some of Trump’s proposed budget cuts. OMB is making them anyway.
President Trump and the Office of Management and Budget are accused of violating the separation of powers by attempting to unilaterally withhold funds that Congress specifically appropriated.
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Here's to America's small business owners, operating under an administration that is rule-defying and chaotic. At @integrity-mttrs.bsky.social they are using their voices to ensure voting rights and democracy. Hear @audreyroofeh.bsky.social on @powerstation.bsky.social apple.co/4eY8hRQ
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Why is Trump going to lie about our elections from the Oval Office tonight in a prime-time speech? There's 2.2 billion reasons. He has turned the presidency into the most lucrative grift in political history, and he doesn't wanna to lose his MAGA protectors in Congress. From me, pass it on.
Reports of Trump's planned Thurs. speech about 2020 signal a textbook example of a WH strategy to undermine our elections that we've been tracking. Get the full record of the strategy in action, plus concrete steps we can all take to defend our elections. https://protdem.org/override-july-update
The admin is making its unlawful intentions for the midterms clear. But laws guard against this type of interference—and because we know what’s coming, we can prepare. We teamed up w/ @brennancenter.org to help advocates stand up for free, fair elections: https://protdem.org/election-advocates-2026
Today, Protect Democracy and co-counsel filed a motion for summary judgment on behalf of @commoncause.org in our suit against the DOJ's unlawful attempts to create a national voter surveillance tool and demands for states to revoke voters’ registrations. Learn more: https://protdem.org/4tP4hXP
Voting rights group seeks ruling to prevent federal interference in elections before 2026 midterms
Today, Common Cause and four individual voters filed a motion for partial summary judgment in their lawsuit to stop the administration from attempting to compile voters’ personal data.
protectdemocracy.org
You acting humorless and miserable does not actually make the authoritarians go away
The indictment of veteran civil rights organization @splcenter.org is the Trump admin’s latest attempt to silence critics, perceived opponents, and those who continue to pursue justice, equality, and the rule of law. SPLC has made clear it won’t be silenced. The rest of us should do the same.
A Beacon of Hope in the Fight Against Hate and Extremism
YouTube video by Southern Poverty Law Center
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VICTORY: The Commonwealth of Virginia agreed to stop its illegal voter purge program that impacted naturalized citizens on the eve of federal elections — a major victory for voters after SCOTUS permitted this potential disenfranchisement ahead of the '24 presidential election. protdem.org/41FQsj5
Libraries, per usual, for the win.
Queens Public Library@qplnyc.bsky.social · 4mo agoJoin Us at Central Library on Saturday, April 18 for our Civic Engagement Resource Fair and hear from organizations and individuals sharing information and tools to better prepare you to take an active role in your community. queenslibrary.org/calendar/civ...
For all those still feeling the moon joy—Artemis II was brought to you by public schools and publicly funded science. Copy that! 👩🚀🚀💕 *All four astronauts went to public schools!
fun fact: no pangolin has ever done a single thing wrong in the entire history of the world
NEW POLL: Gen Z still believes in democracy — just not the one they’re getting. We surveyed young Americans on democracy, ICE, the economy, and the midterms. Here's what they had to say: 🧵 ⬇️ Full poll results with @votersoftomorrow.org and Generation Lab: protdem.org/genzpoll2026
ah the classic “you can’t close the strait I’m closing the strait” strategy well known to eldest siblings everywhere
Having kids does seem pretty cool but on the other hand I slept for 20 hours this weekend
Oh em gee we are getting new murderbot??? Thank god for @marthawells.com
DdelusionalL@ddelussionall.bsky.social · 4mo agoPreordered Platform Decay, the next book in the Murderbot Diaries by @marthawells.com, release date is May 5. Time for a re-read? I did re-read them in Dec. It's been 4 months. That's long enough between indulgences, right? (If you haven't read the Murderbot Diaries, you are required to now.) 📚💙
🚨New publication alert! 🚨 Social Science Quarterly: college students who receive a peer-led, short, in-class presentation about voting are 11 percentage points more likely to vote. Research done w grad and undergrad students at @scharschool.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Meeting Students Where They Are: A Field Experiment of Classroom Interventions for Voter Turnout Among College Students
Objective The goal of this project is to test the effectiveness of various get-out-the-vote (GOTV) strategies on college students’ propensity to vote in state and local elections. Methods We condu...
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Private, plainclothes contractors are leveraging AI to quickly locate immigrants. ICE then uses that information to arrest and detain individuals, raising new legal questions about privacy, due process, and the role of private actors in government surveillance. Read more ⤵️
ICE’s Private Bounty Hunters Use AI to Track Immigrants - American Immigration Council
Private contractors are using AI to help ICE locate immigrants, allowing for a faster and much larger sweep than ever before.
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What we're reading: Protect Democracy advisor @rachelkleinfeld.bsky.social's new piece on one of the most effective (and concrete!) ways we can all pull apart the pillars holding up anti-democratic power.
Our Huge Untapped Resource
How ordinary people—not just organizations—can pull apart the pillars holding up anti-democratic power
rachelkleinfeld.substack.com
Are you a student in California, Ohio, New York, New Jersey, South Carolina, North Carolina, Massachusetts, Iowa, or New Hampshire? Do you know one? Voters of Tomorrow is looking for student leaders to start a VOT chapter in their campus! Learn more 👇 votersoftomorrow.org/students/
Students - Voters of Tomorrow
With over 11,000 members and chapters in over 25 states, Voters of Tomorrow is the country’s largest student-led political movement.
votersoftomorrow.org
u committed one of the classic blunders, never cancel therapy during a land war in asia
Untranslated headlines in German are much clearer than New York Times headlines in English
“They were going to come. It was going to be a big thing. We were going to go to the beach right after. All those plans had to go out the window because they said ICE would be here."
Some Marines graduate without their parents' presence amid ICE fears
News that ICE would be stationed outside Marine Corps graduation events upended family plans, elicited national reaction and drew out protesters, including Marine veterans.
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