Makes you wish the TN Coordinator of Elections didn't go, "Nothing I can do, DOJ is entitled to our unredacted voter list" 🤷‍♂️ Proud that we at @protectdemocracy.org are fighting nationally alongside @citizensforethics.org, @aclu.org, and @commoncause.org to prevent DOJ from getting these files.

ACLU@aclu.org · 24h ago

The DOJ is now 0-20 in court trying to access states' voter files. They've lost in: Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Illinois Kentucky Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island Virginia West Virginia Wisconsin

One of my favorite things about living in East Nashville is the annual Tomato Art Fest (coming up this weekend). I celebrated a bit early with some homemade bread, homemade basil mayo, and one of the best Cherokee Purple tomatoes I’ve grown in recent years. Happy 🍅 Art Fest!

The law is clear: sending armed federal agents, including ICE, to polling sites is illegal. Federal and state laws prohibit voter intimidation and election interference. Our new analysis explains what the law says and why these threats must be taken seriously. bit.ly/4yOProg

Preventing Voter Intimidation by Federal Agents at the Polls

Any deployment that intimidates voters or interferes with elections would be illegal. Should one occur, officials and civil society are prepared to challenge illegal acts so that voting can proceed uninterrupted.

brennancenter.org

Great stuff from my @protectdemocracy.org colleague linking corruption to both (1) the broken economy and (2) why most people hate politics (and politicians). Highly recommend you read the whole thing (gift link below): www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/m...

Couldn’t agree more. Personally resolve to say “The what? …. oh you mean the Slaveholders’ Rebellion” whenever someone brings it up in the future.

Manisha Sinha@profmsinha.bsky.social · 3d ago

Historian of abolition here 💯Garrison always called it the slaveholders rebellion, that’s the correct term. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/o...

There is a long and growing list of lawyers who need to be disbarred once* things return to some semblance of normality. *Yes, I firmly believe we are going to win the fight against authoritarianism.

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 5d ago

Breaking News: Prosecutors are dropping charges against an Olympian accused of vandalizing the Reflecting Pool, saying damage was due to “botched” renovations.

The affidavit supporting Comey's motion to dismiss the vindictive prosecution of him is NUTS. Secret Service and DOJ ran roughshod over the Constitution, illegally surveilled Comey and his wife, and more, all because of Trump's pettiness. 100% worth a read. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

#43 in United States v. Comey (E.D.N.C., 4:26-cr-00016) – CourtListener.com

AFFIDAVIT by James Brien Comey, Jr 35 MOTION to Dismiss Indictment for Vindictive and Selective Prosecution filed by James Brien Comey, Jr., 39 MOTION to Suppress and for Franks Hearing filed by James...

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This is just to say I have OCRed the text thet was in tne arch:ve and whicb yov were prabaldy seamhing for "breahtast" Fargme ms fheg mem debo:w5 sb ?mccf mmb 5c oc1b

Did you read Bolts' extraordinarily rich reporting on how Southern states have been violating the laws that readmitted them into the U.S. for 150+ years? Now listen to reporter Alex Burness talk about it & explain how he approached the story in our latest video: www.tiktok.com/@boltsmag/vi...

“When unlikely allies share an opinion, that opinion eclipses partisanship and ideology,” [said Rachelle Chong, former Republican FCC Commissioner] www.theverge.com/policy/91953...

Former FCC staffers agree: Brendan Carr needs to be stopped

The bipartisan group says it’s been “weaponized for partisan purposes.”

theverge.com

This is huge news, and I only hope and pray that elected officials in Tennessee (looking at you, Republican supermajority) take heed. Tennessee is one of the worst states in the country for felony disenfranchisement by a long shot.

Bolts@boltsmag.org · last wk.

“We want to make sure this gets implemented in a way that ensures people who need access to voter registration actually get it, because otherwise this is a right on paper only,” says a voting rights attorney in Missouri.

Hell yeah — good time to re-read in preparation!

William Gibson@greatdismal.bsky.social · 2w ago

www.youtube.com/watch?v=g79G...

TIP LINE ALL-STAR: John from Michigan shares advice for surviving the collapse of the police state

🚨BREAKING: Surprising no one, the 3-judge panel in Sherman (one of the TN gerrymandering cases) denied the Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction today. The reasoning is ludicrous but echoes the Jim Crow redux Callais decision. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

YES TIME IS RUNNING OUT GET IT NOW DO NOT LIVE IN REGRET WITH THE THOUGHTS OF WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN IF ONLY YOU HAD BOUGHT A BUNCH OF EBOOKS FROM A SINGLE DUDE (also you will be supporting @wck.org, which is probably the more compelling argument)

Humble@humblebundle.com · 2w ago

Time’s running out on The John Scalzi Collection: Old Man's War & More, with sci-fi reads like: - Old Man’s War - Starter Villain - Redshirts - and more! Supports @wck.org | https://bit.ly/448EYpA

Great one-two punch on Trump's looting and grift (and what to do about it) from my @protectdemocracy.org colleagues @amandacarpenter.bsky.social for @thebulwark.com and the Justins (Florence and Vail) for @ms.now. Shot: www.thebulwark.com/p/undoing-tr...

Undoing Trump’s Golden Age of Corruption

He’s made the presidency into a profitable grift. Here’s how some of his ill-gotten gains might be clawed back.

thebulwark.com

Excellent piece by my @protectdemocracy.org colleague Cerin Lindgrensavage and @davidasuper.bsky.social on how Russ Vought and the Trump Administration are quietly implementing authoritarianism by ignoring Congress' decisions about how to spend our tax dollars. thehill.com/opinion/cong...

really think that if democrats hold any chamber of congress next year that a condition of passing a budget is the removal of russ vought, who has a genuinely tyrannical vision of presidential power and is a focal point of the lawlessness of the trump administration

Phil Rocco@philiprocco.bsky.social · 4w ago

I don’t think people really understand how bad the OMB proposed rule is going to be for state and local govt. We’re talking about putting a full third of state budgets under the explicit control of Russ Vought. (1/2) www.bondbuyer.com/news/cities-...

Visual: Mapping Tennessee’s current and proposed data centers tennesseelookout.com/2026/07/10/v...

Visual: Mapping Tennessee’s current and proposed data centers • Tennessee Lookout

Tennessee is set to continue receiving significant investments in new data center projects which could lead to higher energy costs.

tennesseelookout.com

Lots of youth soccer discourse in the aftermath of the USMNT's World Cup exit. So, I wrote about "pay-to-play" — what it actually is, why it's a problem, why it's different in the U.S. vs. elsewhere, & why the real issue is "pay-to-travel-and-play." Free to read (ironically...) @theathletic.com:

U.S. soccer’s ‘pay-to-play’ problem: The lightning-rod issue explained in a World Cup context (Gift Article)

USMNT's World Cup ouster has plenty focused on the country's youth development system, a complex —and costly — element in a bigger picture

nytimes.com

This is a fantastic piece -- so proud of my @protectdemocracy.org colleagues for bringing and winning this case. There were a LOT of skeptics when PD was first working up these legal theories. protectdemocracy.org/work/virgini...

Virginia Readmission Act litigation

Protect Democracy has filed a lawsuit challenging the Virginia Constitution’s broad felony disenfranchisement provision under the Readmission Act.

protectdemocracy.org

Bolts@boltsmag.org · 4w ago

Virginia imposes a lifetime ban on voting for people convicted of any felony. That runs counter to the 1870 law that readmitted Virginia after the Civil War.

🚨🚨🚨 More evidence of the Trump Administration’s efforts to directly interfere in the upcoming midterm elections

Jen Fifield@jenafifield.bsky.social · 4w ago

NEW The Justice Department is threatening to prosecute election officials across the country for failing to remove noncitizens from their voter rolls, an escalation of the Trump administration's attempts to prosecute election fraud, according to letters I obtained with Andy Mannix @propublica.org 🧵

If you've been bitten by the soccer bug during the World Cup and want to keep watching the sport, may we recommend Nashville SC?

Hooked on soccer after the World Cup? Check out Nashville SC

If you're sad the United States are out of the World Cup but aren't ready to be done with soccer, here's why you should follow one of the best teams in MLS

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(shamelessly stolen from a pal on the Nashville SC discord)

The Athletic@theathletic.com · last mo.

Folarin Balogun will be available to play the USMNT’s round of 16 match against Belgium, with his one-game red-card ban that he received against Bosnia and Herzegovina suspended.

New July 4th banger just dropped from @cartervailmusic.bsky.social www.instagram.com/reel/DaYRLZl...

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Tough times for Trump vis à vis the Balogun red card and suspension. Is he picking up the red phone to call Gianni Infantino?

Hell yeah America 🤘

Tony Damiano@tonydamiano.bsky.social · last mo.

🔊 Sound On

Did not know you could add a geological epoch of stoppage time

PSA: Had the Supreme Court decision in Trump v. Barbara this week gone the other way, Folarin Balogun, who just scored for the U.S. in the World Cup, would likely not be considered a citizen. www.bbc.com/sport/footba...

World Cup 2026: Folarin Balogun, the US star who would not be allowed under Trump's plan

Folarin Balogun scored two goals on his World Cup debut, but he is the type of person President Trump is trying to ban under birthright citizenship.

bbc.com