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The people cannot delegate to government the power to do anything which would be unlawful for them to do themselves. - John Locke

Trump is trying to rig the 2030 Census by adding a citizenship question. This would eliminate millions of people from the official count, drastically reshaping congressional representation. He will stop at nothing to entrench Republican power.

Trump officials propose sweeping changes to the census that would reshape voting maps

A Trump census proposal would stop asking about race and exclude millions of U.S. residents from a count that the 14th A

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BREAKING: Jimmy Kimmel says his interview with Texas Senate candidate James Talarico will NOT air on ABC due to threats from Trump’s FCC. The interview will instead be posted to YouTube.

NEWS: The Supreme Court just blocked the use of Missouri Republicans’ new 7-1 gerrymandered congressional map in the midterms, staying a Trump-appointed judge’s order that revived it. Missouri will now use its previous 6-2 congressional map in November. No dissents were noted.

Supreme Court Blocks Missouri GOP Gerrymander

The justices halted a Trump-appointed federal judge’s order that revived Missouri’s Republican-drawn congressional map

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Did you know you can take your mail in ballot to an official drop box instead of letting USPS decide if your vote counts? Those are directly sent into election office for counting. If you can offer free rides to people who want to vote in your area offer that to your neighbors. Work the poll.

The Kansas City Chiefs football team will build a new stadium. Of the $3 billion cost, taxpayers will provide at least $1.8 billion—despite the fact that the Chiefs' owners have $24.8 billion. MORE SOCIALISM FOR BILLIONAIRES!

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A House Democrat has called on Donald Trump’s youngest son, Barron, to testify about his and his family’s ties to Andrew and Tristan Tate, the misogynistic podcasters facing dozens of sexual abuse charges in the United Kingdom.

House Democrat pushes for Barron Trump to testify on reported ties to Tate brothers

Rep. Yassamin Ansari, a member of the House Oversight Committee, demanded Barron’s testimony and investigations into the Trump family’s ties to the Tate brothers.

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🚨BREAKING: California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) will introduce new legislation making ballot seizure before they are counted and certified by a state or county official a felony. In a July 4 recorded speech, Newsom was not shy about who the law targets. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Gavin Newsom wants to make seizing ballots a felony

The California governor plans to introduce new legislation targeting "federal interference" in elections.

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Lawrence O’Donnell dismantles the myth of Graham Platner. And warning signs were there all along. Information was publicly available, but ignored. Maybe the U.S. Senate shouldn’t be someone’s first political job. No public office. No real vetting. Hype isn’t a substitute for scrutiny. 🧵

The women. The women are organizing. If you don’t want to have a country where you’re guilty before you can prove innocence, If you don’t want the government owning your body, & If you DO want true equality, true free expression, and to live with dignity, You’ll join them.

Everyone should be concerned. Everyone whose rights have been taken away, everyone who is putting their head in the sand; and everyone who still believes we live in a politically healthy society. We don’t. We never did, and it’s your responsibility to pay attention and fight back.

"A Mississippi farmer who paid higher wages and favoured white South African guest workers has been taken to court by five black American workers alleging a pattern of racial and citizenship-based discrimination and 'wage theft'."

US farmer faces legal pushback for paying white South African guest workers higher wages

Five black American workers are taking a Mississippi farmer to court because they allege he is favouring and paying white South African guest workers higher wages. …

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Every day you should be: Speaking out and calling your reps. Engaging in your local community politics—many of your local governments are being paid to circumvent their communities and place data centers in their backyards without them knowing. Finding a way to volunteer in your community