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Sam Levine

@samrlevine.bsky.social

Reporter covering voting rights at the Guardian

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Sam Levine@samrlevine.bsky.social · 2w ago

New: A week after Donald Trump’s speech on elections, DHS still hasn’t provided with a list of suspected non-citizens or explained methodology of how it went about flagging them www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Trump seizes on New Jersey election error to boost misleading fraud claims

Republicans have latched on to the announcement after Trump’s lie-laden speech, but experts say DHS’s data is ‘designed to create a false argument’

theguardian.com

Sam Levine@samrlevine.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Breaking news: A jury convicted people who protested outside an ICE facility in Texas of providing material support to terrorists, and other charges in a closely watched case in which the gov't argued the protesters were "Antifa". www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Anti-ICE protesters accused of being part of antifa found guilty of support for terrorism in Texas

Case was seen as major test of the first amendment and whether the US could use broad anti-terrorism statute to prosecute leftwing protesters

theguardian.com

David Becker@beckerdavidj.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I’ve just confirmed that, after a WH official informed the gathered secretaries of state from all over the US that Bondi, Gabbard, and Noem would attend their conference today and answer questions, ALL of them were no shows.

Sam Levine@samrlevine.bsky.social · 8mo ago

New: Inside the Trump administration’s effort to prosecute a group of protesters in Texas with terrorism charges. The case is more complex than the administration has let on, according to a Guardian review of court records and interviews with family www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Inside DoJ’s controversial prosecution of a Texas ‘antifa cell’ charged with terrorism

DoJ says a group of protesters at an ICE detention center was part of a terror cell; legal experts say it is an effort to crack down on leftwing groups and deter protesters

theguardian.com

Sam Levine@samrlevine.bsky.social · 8mo ago

I went to Moberly, Missouri to understand how an under-the-radar grassroots effort is on the brink of blocking a new gerrymandered congressional map from going into effect www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘This is not right’: grassroots campaign aims to repeal Missouri Republicans’ gerrymandering

A new congressional map was abruptly passed by Republicans in mid-September – but voters have a chance to rebuke politicians and stop it from going into effect

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Sam Levine@samrlevine.bsky.social · 11mo ago

New: An immigration judge ordered a New York waiter released on bond. ICE is refusing to release him. How the Trump admin is taking advantage of a rarely used rule to keep people detained when judges grant them bond www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘I’m not coming home’: Trump policy holds people in Ice custody without bail

Restaurant worker’s case shows how Trump administration is ‘inflicting the maximum punishment’, experts say

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Sam Levine@samrlevine.bsky.social · 12mo ago

When Mike Gordon showed up for work on June 27, he was having one of the best weeks of his career. By the end of the day, he was fired. I profiled Gordon, a career prosecutor who was fired for taking on high profile Jan 6 cases. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Pam Bondi fired him for prosecuting January 6 rioters. He’d do it again: ‘it’s about justice’

After volunteering to take on cases, Mike Gordon became known as a skilled litigator who took on high profile defendants

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Sam Levine@samrlevine.bsky.social · last yr.

I interviewed @allisonjriggs.bsky.social about efforts to overturn her election to the NC supreme court. “This is not just a North Carolina problem. This is an existential threat to democracy," she said. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘An existential threat to democracy’: the US judge facing a challenge to her election victory

Allison Riggs won in November – but a court ruling has put ballots in North Carolina under threat. The stakes are high

theguardian.com

stephen fowler@stphnfwlr.com · last yr.

NEW on @npr.org: A DOGE staffer working in the Social Security Administration has been pushing questionable claims about noncitizens voting — apparently using data that court records suggest DOGE shouldn't have. More on the claims and the latest in DOGE access concerns:

How DOGE may have improperly used Social Security data to push voter fraud narratives

A DOGE staffer working in the Social Security Administration has been pushing questionable claims about noncitizens voting — apparently using data that court records suggest DOGE shouldn't have.

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Sam Levine@samrlevine.bsky.social · last yr.

New: Nearly two dozen law firms have quietly scrubbed deferences to diversity on their webpages, and some have revised their descriptions of pro-bono work to remove areas that don't align with Trump administration goals www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US law firms quietly scrub DEI references from websites to appease Trump

Changes at two dozen prestigious firms underscore Trump’s successful intimidation campaign against legal profession

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Michael Li (李之樸)@mcpli.bsky.social · last yr.

Both houses of the Mississippi legislature voted overwhelmingly to create an in-person early voting option, but a procedural block prevented it from being sent to Gov. Tate Reeves, killing the bill for this session. apnews.com/us-news/tate...

Early voting proposal killed on last day of Mississippi legislative session

Mississippi will remain one of only three states without no-excuse early voting or absentee voting. Senate leaders decided on the last day of their 2025 session not to send a bill to Gov.

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