Carmen Daugherty
@carmen.advancementproject.org
Abolitionist. Justice Seeker. New Orleans lovin' Kentucky woman with a penchant for bourbon and family.
Last month, we filed a lawsuit with the NAACP under the Voting Rights Act to challenge the deployment of federal election monitors. Voters deserve clear information and accountability from everyone involved in administering and monitoring elections.
Common Dreams@commondreams.org · last wk."Simply put, defendants' plans to deploy any federal law enforcement agent, investigator or personnel for the November 3, 2026 general election constitute unlawful voter intimidation."
Our 2026 Election Hub has everything you need to make your vote count on Tuesday, November 3. Check your registration status, find your early voting and Election Day polling sites, look up your state’s mail-in rules, know your rights and more!
Advancement Project’s 2026 Election Hub
Your guide to knowing your voting rights and safety tips for safely participating in elections.
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🗣️ An important message from Jesse Williams and the Advancement Project team ahead of Election Day. 🗳️ Voting is one of many ways we show up to keep each other safe. We have the tools to help you show up and make your vote count. 👉🏾 Get started at advancementproject.org/elections
Organizing starts with sharing what you know. Download & print our new zine, which is filled with resources, safety tips and the steps you need to make a voting plan. Head over to advancementproject.org/elections.
Last week, @advancementproject.org and NAACP filed a lawsuit challenging this right here. We know intimidation when we see it. www.npr.org/2026/10/21/n...
The Justice Department begins notifying counties where it wants to monitor elections
The department has long deployed election monitors, but the Trump administration's unprecedented steps to try to wrestle control over elections have led to new concerns about DOJ monitoring this year.
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IT’S TIME TO GET OUT & VOTE! The November midterms are almost here & we’re bringing the energy, building our collective power & getting ready to make our voices heard!! ➡Can we count on you to be there? RSVP today: bit.ly/BAJI4VRA
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The National Guard in DC is out here creating problems that didn’t have to happen. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/u...
National Guardsman Charged With Pointing Gun at Another Soldier on D.C. Patrol (Gift Article)
The office of Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney in Washington, charged Zion Mitchell with two felonies.
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We will continue to flank grassroots groups on the ground to ensure free, fair and accessible elections.
Advancement Project@advancementproject.org · 2mo ago“There are more of us who care about fair and free accessible elections than those who want to suppress our vote, so we have to show up in numbers.” - @carmen.advancementproject.org
Are we suprised? When you take an already depraved agency and then lower the standards, you just invite the worst people imaginable to have access to unfettered powers and abuse at the expense of our communities. #AbolishICE www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/u...
ICE Skipped Basic Checks in Rush for Recruits, Whistle-Blower Says (Gift Article)
An official who oversaw the vetting of ICE recruits cited an “unprecedented lowering of standards” amid a hiring surge.
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The Trump regime has called all out war on DC youth. They fear the power of young Black and brown people and it's showing. wapo.st/4cfL8IS
Pirro’s special grand jury probing D.C. schools, city oversight of youth
The unusual investigation appears to have a broad scope. Prosecutors have contacted D.C. Public Schools personnel to question them about truancy and graduation rates.
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Join @advancementproject.org and friends this Thursday as we discuss all things dissent! Register today.
Advancement Project@advancementproject.org · 4mo agoThis Thursday — Join us for an important conversation on current threats to our right to dissent and build power with our movement partners at @ccrjustice.org, @dreamdefenders.bsky.social, and GSA Network. 📆 July 30 🕑 2pm ET / 11am PT 📍 Zoom
What happens when communities refuse to accept school closures as inevitable? Pittsburgh families are showing us. ✊🏾 Neighborhood schools are worth fighting for. Read how @advancementproject.org is fighting back with @412justice.org! advancementproject.org/perspective/...
The People vs. School Closures: Pittsburgh - Advancement Project
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More lies and deceptions to come. Our communities have become more unsafe with ICE and federal law enforcement in our streets. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/13/u...
Authorities Investigate Fatal ICE Shooting in Biddeford, Maine (Gift Article)
The killing occurred in Biddeford, about 20 miles south of Portland. The Trump administration has stepped up immigration enforcement nationally in recent weeks.
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Justice Jackson wrote a 20-page concurrence in the recent birthright citizenship case that eloquently defends the history of the 14th amendment and shames those justices who try to erase that history. Over 150 years later, it still stands.
Advancement Project@advancementproject.org · 4mo agoToday marks 158 years since the 14th Amendment was ratified. On this anniversary, we are reminded that our citizenship has never been something granted freely or easily; these rights were won through struggle, sacrifice, and collective action.
Lives lost. Families torn apart and neighborhoods continue to be terrorized. We will continue to protest, organize, mobilize, and defend our neighbors in the face of authoritarianism and white supremacy. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/08/u...
What We Know About Immigration Officers Shooting at People in Vehicles
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Democratic governors have been told their National Guard members are in DC to support the non-partisan "America 250" celebrations. But instead, the Guard is being used to patrol residential neighborhoods nowhere near federal properties. 🧵
SCOTUS ruled 6–3 in Trump v. Barbara that the 14th Amend protects birthright citizenship. A president cannot end it by executive order. Jus. Jackson's concurrence is worth the read as she essentially schools Jus. Thomas on the history of the 14th Amend. advancementproject.org/news/supreme...
Supreme Court Affirms Birthright Citizenship in Historic Ruling - Advancement Project
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Today's SCOTUS decision is a victory for voters and for democracy. A ballot cast on time should count. Full stop. The fight for a multiracial democracy continues, but today is worth celebrating. 🗳️ www.nytimes.com/2026/06/29/u...
Supreme Court Upholds Mississippi Late-Arriving Mail-In Ballot Law
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Victory in Virginia! 🎉 For years, election officials rejected student voter registration applications over missing details like a dorm room number. Today, a federal judge put a stop to those rejections. Democracy works best when eligible voters can register and cast a ballot without barriers.
Advancement Project@advancementproject.org · 5mo agoIn recent years, officials across Virginia have been rejecting large numbers of student voter registration applications that omit unnecessary details like a dorm room number. Today, in a significant victory for Virginia college students, a federal judge halted those rejections.
@erin.advancementproject.org tells us how @washingtonpost.com gets the story wrong on DC's occupation.
Erin Miles Cloud, Director, Justice Project (AP)@erin.advancementproject.org · 5mo agoThread--> The @washingtonpost.com missed the mark on this piece about the DC occuaption. The study cited board confirms that the deployment of federal forces did not reduce violent harm, yet it also makes the case for more policing based on the reduction of “property crime” --> WRONG!
The Supreme Court just gave Alabama the green light to erase a majority-Black congressional district again.The fight for free, fair, and accessible elections is not abstract. It is about whether Black communities can choose leaders who represent us. Vigilance + movement building at every level now.
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 5mo agoBreaking News: The Supreme Court cleared the way for Alabama to eliminate a majority-Black congressional district.
Cause Flock cameras ARE trash so this seems appropriate. Flock cameras perpetuate police violence, surveillance and are riddled with security breaches. The amount of money communities spend on these weapons of mass surveillance could be used to actually serve the communities.
404 Media@404media.co · 6mo agoThe city of Dayton, Ohio has covered its Flock cameras with black trash bags in part because police are unsure whether the cameras are still active and the city also doesn’t seem to know whether it is allowed to take the cameras down. @jasonkoebler.bsky.social reports www.404media.co/cities-are-c...
The repeated abuse, harm& neglect in these TX schools didn't have to happen. School police continue to show us who they are by abusing young people and sucking up precious resources for communities. #PoliceFreeSchools interactive-server.newsdev.nytimes.com/share/36804c...
Texas School Police Pepper-Sprayed, Tackled and Tasered Students
School officers across the state turned to heavy-handed tactics on children, often in response to minor misbehavior, our investigation shows.
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We must demand an end to the crises-inducing policing, and end a decade of community suffering support by DC Mayor Bowser. Learn where we have won and the work left to do in DC and beyond. Hear from @advancementproject.org and @factsandfire.bsky.social below. advancementproject.org/perspectives/
Perspectives - Advancement Project
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More of this, please. When we see our communities being targeted, we rise up. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/07/b...
Judge tells ‘Broadview Six’ defendants ‘Congratulations’ and dismisses conspiracy count
A federal judge on Thursday dismissed the felony conspiracy count against the remaining defendants in the “Broadview Six” case, further winnowing a politically charged prosecution that is now down to ...
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