In this moment, there's nothing more important than celebrating the right to vote. Watch this video from Danny Miller of Democracy Rising Collaborative and then sign up for Project HALO. halovote.org/contact
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Fighting for voting rights, against immigration detention. Also other things.
It's time to stop doomscrolling. It's time to start acting. Sign up for Project HALO to protect our free and fair elections. @chamberlainvets.bsky.social @unite4vets.bsky.social halovote.org
What Trump did NOT do was even purport to show a single ineligible voter voted in the 2020 election, or that any voting machines were actually compromised, voting machines or voter registration databases breached, or election results inaccurately reported.
Democracy is built by people who show up: neighbors helping neighbors, workers organizing, poll workers serving, and communities making their voices heard. Together, we have the power to shape what comes next. We are America. And we vote. #WeAreAmericaAndWeVote
Breaking news! In response to our motion, a federal judge just enjoined Trump's new Executive Order attempting to deny birthright citizenship to the very children the Supreme Court just held are citizens! Thanks to our plaintiff moms, @wearecasa.bsky.social, and ASAP! Opinion: tinyurl.com/ynf4s997
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“Our democracy is in danger, but we can save it. We are the only ones who ever have.” My opinion piece is in the @nytopinion.nytimes.com today, read at the gift link here. Let’s get to work, together. @democracyforward.org @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/o...
Opinion | Our Democracy Is at Stake. Stop Waiting for a Savior. (Gift Article)
The greatest power we have is our own.
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Extraordinary, powerful and heart-wrenching. Active duty Marine Colonel Zach Schmidt, speaking in his personal capacity, about Khalil, an Afghan national whose family helped U.S. forces in Afghanistan. Khalil was deported by the U.S. on Friday to a conflict zone.
An Afghan deported to Central African Republic, a French speaking 80% Christian country with violent christian-muslim conflict, autocratic govt and extreme poverty. Death sentence and deliberately, insultingly cruel.
Ryan Goodman@rgoodlaw.bsky.social · last wk.Extraordinary, powerful and heart-wrenching. Active duty Marine Colonel Zach Schmidt, speaking in his personal capacity, about Khalil, an Afghan national whose family helped U.S. forces in Afghanistan. Khalil was deported by the U.S. on Friday to a conflict zone.
In Danbury, some are hiding from ICE. Others are following them. ctmirror.org/2026/08/30/i...
In Danbury, some are hiding from ICE. Others are following them.
Over the past year, members of Danbury Unites for Immigrants have prepared for the kind of worst-case scenario that played out last week.
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We all have a role to play in protecting science & democracy. Join us for our next Science Rising National Call, where we're celebrating the stories of what pushing back against anti-science & authoritarian actions can look like! Register here: https://act.ucs.org/4zuh3zl
More than 20 people are unaccounted for in Grand Canyon National Park, and dozens were evacuated after parts of the canyon were hit by "significant" fossil-fueled flash flooding.
Grand Canyon flash floods leave more than 20 missing as dozens are evacuated, park officials say
The flash floods hit Bright Angel Canyon and the Phantom Ranch area on Saturday afternoon, the National Park Service said.
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Detailed analysis of documents by @projectsaltbox.com, including the detail that whoever wins these a contract will not be allowed to talk about it.
Mobile detention sites, courtrooms inside the jails, and a clause saying state law does not apply. What ICE's new detention solicitation reveals
A contract solicitation posted Friday covers vans that hold people at arrest scenes, courtrooms inside private detention centers, and a clause declaring state law inapplicable.
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63 years ago, hundreds of thousands of Americans gathered in Washington to fight for the freedom and safety of Black Americans. Today, those rights are still not secure. We will continue fighting for better, until there is justice and equity for us all.
"For more than a year, the National Park Service has been quietly working to fulfill an unprecedented directive from Trump officials: Parcel off a corner of Yosemite National Park to give to a private developer." www.notus.org/agencies/tru...
Trump’s Quietly Working to Give Part of Yosemite to a Private Developer
The National Park Service is under pressure to make an unprecedented deal that cedes a quarter-mile strip of the park.
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HANDS OFF OUR VOTE! Trump is trying to sabotage the midterms and we can't let him succeed. We have tremendous power to protect our elections in 2026. Use this link to join us. share.indvs.org/s/krOacaNb
We are democracy's strongest line of defense.
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BREAKING: The U.S. Postal Service is blocked again from carrying out President Trump’s order that’s trying to restrict mail-in voting for the midterms. A federal judge in Boston has issued a temporary restraining order lasting for 14 days www.courtlistener.com/docket/73133...
Order on Motion for TRO – #218 in League of Women Voters of Massachusetts v. Trump (D. Mass., 1:26-cv-11549) – CourtListener.com
Judge Indira Talwani: ORDER entered granting in part [ 206 ] Motion for TRO in case 1:26-cv-11549-IT; granting in part [ 3 ] Motion for TRO in case 1:26-cv-13917-IT. See attached MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ...
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BREAKING: Voting rights groups supplement their original complaint against Trump’s unconstitutional executive order on mail voting and seek an emergency court order to block the United States Postal Service from implementing its mail ballot rule for the November election. 1/2
Voting Rights Groups Move to Block Newly-Finalized Mail Ballot Rule
Plaintiffs in League of Women Voters of Massachusetts v. Trump supplement original complaint and seek emergency court order to block USPS from implementing mail ballot rule for November election
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Today's SCOTUS decision was on a timing question, not a power question. The Court’s ruling today held that the lower court acted too early — not that Trump’s executive order is constitutional or legal.
Norm Eisen@normeisen.bsky.social · 2w agoPlease don't overreact to Roberts Court decision on the contemplated USPS ballot moves They simply held that the injunction came too early in the process, before there was a final rule👇 Now we HAVE a final rule & we will litigate it. I'm as confident in our arguments here as in any of our cases!
40 kids, separated from their parents, and held in detention by our government, despite committing no crimes. Those were the cases I sat in on today in immigration court. (1/2)
Our national parks are already severely understaffed. They’ve lost roughly a quarter of their permanent workforce since Trump returned to office, and the people who remain are being asked to do more with less every single day.
"[T]he new law likely violates the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) because it requires more than the minimum necessary amount of information to assess an applicant’s eligibility to vote." @democracydocket.com www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Federal court blocks Ohio law requiring proof of citizenship for voter registration
Nearly one-third of Ohioans register through the Bureau of Motor Vehicles, making it a critical access point to voting.
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We are calling on Congress and the United Nations to take immediate action to examine the growing number of suspicious deaths of Black people in the United States and potential racial bias in the failure to conduct adequate investigations. OUR LIVES MATTER. www.naacpldf.org/press-releas...
LDF Calls for Congressional and United Nations Investigations into Suspicious Deaths of Black People in the United States
Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) submitted letters to Congress and to the United Nations urging officials to take immediate action to examine the growing number of suspicious deaths of Black people...
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KBJ: When Government’s obvious goal is to interfere with States’ practices & prerogatives in a manner the Constitution does not authorize, it's both a serious legal error & grave misuse of our equitable emergency powers to let the Executive proceed even one step further. www.npr.org/2026/08/24/n...
Supreme Court gives Trump an interim win on his mail voting order, but hurdles loom
The Supreme Court paused a lower court's ruling that blocked key parts of Trump's order to limit voting by mail for the midterms. But U.S. Postal Service work on the order remains blocked nationwide.
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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson got it right. Trump is trying to ‘foment chaos ahead of the November elections.’ Trump wants to steal the election. We can't let him. Impeachment now.
MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 2w agoNEWS: The Supreme Court’s 6-3 conservative majority just handed Trump an initial victory in his push to restrict mail-in voting ahead of the 2026 midterms, lifting a court order that blocked key parts of his executive order in 23 states. The ruling does not decide whether his actions are legal.
From Jackson dissent: The Court “treats the Government’s stay application as if the whole point is merely to demonstrate that the States’ claims are not justiciable…The majority misses the Gov’s actual objective: to secure our imprimatur for its effort to foment chaos ahead of the elections.”
"Sometimes leadership requires walking into the room. Sometimes leadership requires having the judgment to know you should never have entered it. Hakeem Jeffries entered it. Now he must answer for what happened there." @thewarningses.bsky.social steveschmidt.substack.com/p/no-answers...
No answers, no speaker
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Voting rights organizations are asking a federal court to enforce its injunction against President Trump’s March 2026 mail voting executive order — one day after USPS issued a final rule to implement the unlawful order
Voting Rights Organizations Seek to Enforce Injunction Against Mail Voting Executive Order
Motion comes one day after USPS issued final rule pursuant to unlawful executive order
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What can the Hungarian election teach U.S. democracy advocates? Is anti-corruption an effective pro-democracy message? read my latest for @justsecurity.org: www.justsecurity.org/148927/hunga...
What Hungary's Anti-Corruption Election Can Teach U.S. Democracy Advocates
Hungary's anti-corruption win offers U.S. democracy advocates lessons, but success requires a credible messenger and a concrete plan.
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"Linking county-level data on the proportion of enslaved people in 1860 with structural inequality indicators from 1990 to 2000 and mortality outcomes from 2010 to 2020, we find that historical slavery is robustly associated with contemporary racial mortality gaps..."
Historical slavery predicts contemporary disparities in mortality between Black and White Americans | PNAS
We tested whether contemporary Black–White mortality disparities in the United States may be rooted in the historical legacy of slavery and perpetu...
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