Trump's Executive Order on Voting: Blue State Attorneys General, and Some Retired Judges, Weigh In

Sunday night in The Week Ahead post, we discussed the Trump administration’s effort to push ahead with implementation of an executive order that would give the federal government greater control over ...

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💥This Is Go Time: Mobilize, Organize, and Defend the Vote

Looking for the next No Kings action? Organize this August to fund care, hold Congress accountable, defend the vote, and build people power.

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Alex Padilla Has A Bombshell New Bill That Would Allow The American People To Sue Trump

Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) introduced new legislation that would allow Americans to sue the president for ill gotten gains after he leaves office.

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Here Are 19 - Yes, 19! - Ways Trump and Republicans Are Plotting to Rig and Steal the Midterm Elections

Attacking immigrants and Black voting power. Gutting election security. Voter purges. Threats of arrests and raids. And so much more. Trump’s assault on elections is truly unprecedented.

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Trump's Phantom Enemies - Read by Eunice Wong

The Trump administration is laying the groundwork for blacklisting and criminalizing all left-wing, progressive, anti-war and anti-imperialist dissent.

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Scoop: Republicans Say Chances of McConnell Ever Voting Again Are ‘Minimal’

Major Republican donor closes his checkbook and fires consultants, Bari Weiss killed 60 Minutes Epstein report, Trump administration delayed publicizing cyclospora deaths

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“Ceasefire” May Be the Official Headline, But in Gaza, We Face Constant Bombing

Being forced to repeatedly search for a place that feels safe when no such place exists is a form of slow death.

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Trump Rages at Pirro After Her Office Drops All Lincoln Reflecting Pool “Vandalism” Cases

Sources have indicated that Trump is considering firing Pirro over her office’s decision to drop the charges.

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Wildfire Experts Worry Trump Admin Directives Are Putting Firefighters at Risk

Extreme fires and federal demands for aggressive suppression tactics could be especially dangerous for firefighters.

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Sen. Tim Kaine Says People Killed by Trump Boat Strikes Are Murder Victims

More than 220 people have been killed in Trump’s military campaign on boats in international waters since September.

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Migrant Children Were Exposed to Toxic Contamination at Florida Immigration Jail

The now-closed facility was located next to a Superfund site. Kids incarcerated there were exposed to arsenic and lead.

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The Black Hole of Need

In Conversation with Andrea Chalupa

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Lawsuit seeks evidence of federal immigration agency’s role in Trump’s voter purge plans

Democracy Forward went to court after USCIS failed to disclose the public records, despite multiple Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests about the agency’s involvement in Trump’s unprecedented a...

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GOP backs down from suppression scheme in Texas after voter outrage

The plan changed at the last moment, when Republican officials were faced with a massive backlash from outraged voters

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Missouri blocks anti-gerrymander referendum from November ballot in attempt to silence voters

Voter advocates are expected to immediately challenge the move and ask the courts to ensure that Missouri voters have the final say on the map.

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Trump DOJ now 0 for 20 after judge dismisses Colorado voter roll lawsuit ‘with prejudice’

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is zero for 20 in its lawsuits seeking to obtain state voter rolls, after a federal judge dismissed its case against Colorado Monday.

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FBI agents fired over Trump investigation get broad backing in lawsuit against administration

An association of thousands of FBI agents is backing a lawsuit filed by three bureau employees who were fired last year for their roles in an investigation into President Donald Trump’s efforts to und...

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"For Your Eyes Only": Israel’s Mole Inside the United Nations

Hacked emails show Yahav Lichner, a UN official, repeatedly supplied Israeli diplomats with confidential UN reports and private briefings. He now directs UNICEF’s Washington office.

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Americans Live in the 'United States of Oligarchy' With Elon Musk at the Top

Read an exclusive excerpt from journalist Casey Michel's new book exploring how the country's wealthiest are monopolizing U.S. democracy and propping up dictators and autocrats in the process.

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Bari Weiss' CBS Had an Epstein Exclusive and Buried It

A GOP congressman's lawyer posted what may be CSAM of his 2-year-old daughter, a man with leukemia died after weeks in ICE custody, and an arson arrest was made in the Spokane wildfires

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Staggering And Limping Trump Looks Like He Is Living On Borrowed Time

The harsh shining spotlight of the presidency reveals all, even those things that the people around a president try to hide. One of those revealing moments happened to Donald Trump today.

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The Trump Regime Is a Death Cult

How contempt for the sick and poor is being turned into federal healthcare policy.

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Republicans Have 99 Problems In Ohio, And Only One Is That Dirty Accused Wife-Beater

Sherrod Brown is winning and did y'all realize Vivek Ramaswamy is Republicans' great hope in the governor's race? Hahahahahahahaha.

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Take Action Now: Block Ag Monopoly Power and Stand With TPS Families

In today’s Take Action Now, we are saying no to agricultural monopolies, safeguarding our vote, and keeping immigrant families together.

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Israel Has Imprisoned a 16-Year-Old Palestinian-American Boy for Two Weeks

Adam Karakrah is one of at least two Americans in Israeli prison – both held while Trump hosted Netanyahu for the eighth time.

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The Solution to the Democrats’ John Fetterman Problem

The party doesn’t just need to secure 51 Senate seats—it needs 52. Fortunately, there is a visible path.

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Top ethics expert claims the new DOJ assurances are a complete scam

A former White House counsel warns that the sudden written promises to scrap a billion dollar fund are just a toothless legal mirage

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Trump’s 'historically' massive military blinder revealed: security experts

On Tuesday, amid new reports that President Donald Trump’s war with Iran has burned through “virtually all” of the United States’ long-range precision missiles, a noted security expert suggested an ir...

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'That’s your job!' Ex-DOJ prosecutor goes scorched earth on Trump attorney

CNN legal expert Elie Honig on Tuesday delivered a harsh assessment of U.S Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro after her office last week dropped vandalism charges against former Olymp...

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