A huge thank you to CNN, MS NOW, Politico, ABC News, CBS News, NBC News, Fox News, PBS News, NPR, The New York Times, The Washington Post, HuffPost, the Associated Press, Reuters, Getty Images, and AFP for standing together in defense of a free press.
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This is the way. I know it’s a delicate balance between covering legitimate public interest stories and First Amendment concerns, but it’s about time the press showed some balls.
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🚨BREAKING: Federal Court REJECTS lawsuit seeking to compel Vermont to provide the DOJ with access to its complete statewide voter registration database. Another victory for Elias Law Group and our clients. DOJ is now 0-24. ELG is undefeated. www.democracydocket.com/cases/vermon...
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The USPS Office of Inspector General has officially opened an independent investigation into the whistleblower allegations surrounding the Postal Service’s rushed new mail-ballot system.
You know something has gone terribly wrong when 94% of teachers have to dip into their own pockets to buy school supplies while the average Wall Street employee got a bonus of $246,900 in 2025. Hello?
Happy 110th birthday to the National Park Service! And thank you to everyone who has taken action this week to support and defend our parks.
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President Donald Trump wants to interfere with mail voting during the upcoming midterm elections, and he’s betting the U.S. Supreme Court will let him. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Explainer: The battle over Trump's bid to restrict mail voting hits a pivotal point. Where things stand and what comes next
"By issuing this final rule, the Trump administration has flouted the court’s injunction."
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Exclusive: Trump DOJ appears to have hired lawyer convicted of hacking election sites to check ‘integrity’ www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Exclusive: Trump DOJ appears to have hired lawyer convicted of hacking election sites to check ‘integrity’
Levin’s involvement in election monitoring could offer a hint of the kind of personnel who will staff the operation this fall, when the DOJ has said it will send 1,000 monitors to the polls.
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An advance against melanoma A personalized mRNA vaccine was found to reduce risk of spread and to increase disease-free and overall survival in high-risk or advanced melanoma. It teaches immune cells to target the patients' particular tumor. www.cnbc.com/2026/08/19/m...
A private prison company that stands to make hundreds of millions of dollars from Trump’s immigration crackdown just sent more than $1.4 million to his political operation.
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Here's some good news to round out the week: progressive Aisha Wahab just won a special Congressional election in California, defeating a centrist backed by millions in AIPAC spending. More proof that organized people can beat organized money.
'Organized People Won': Aisha Wahab Defeats Millions in AIPAC Spending to Win US House Race | Common Dreams
"This victory belongs to the voters who made clear that our district cannot be bought," said Wahab, who will serve out t
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