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#SCOTUS strikes down limits on party #spending in federal #elections
SCOTUS Tuesday erased limits on how much political parties can spend in coordination w/candidates for #Congress & #president, striking down a federal #ElectionLaw that’s >50 years old.
Prodded by a #Republican led lawsuit that includes VP #JDVance, SCOTUS’ conservative justices were again in the majority of the decision that upended congressionally enacted limits on raising & spending #money #influence #elections.
Excellent:💙⚡️”Weekend reading: my essay on why it's time for #Democrats to break with incrementalism and propose solutions that are as big as the problems people are facing - like a $25 minimum wage.”
-Sen Murphy
#LivingWage #Oligarchs #Walmart #Inequality #Elections #USPol
https://www.chrismurphyct.com/p/democrats-must-propose-solutions
Why most #politicians are not calling for #DataCenter bans despite #voters’ anger
Many Americans are furious about the #energy-guzzling behemoths that drive #ArtificialIntelligence, but politicians in both parties are cautious about backing all-out prohibition.
#electricity #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #AI #DataCenters #tech #law #regulations #midterms #elections #money #power #CostOfLiving #economy
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/06/07/ai-backlash-coming-key-midterm-battlegrounds/
A Shocking Betrayal of #Black Americans
by Mara Gay
The dismantling of Black political #power in the South is a great betrayal, & its effects will ripple through our #democracy.
#RepresentationMatters #SouthernStrategy #JimCrow #law #ElectionLaw #SCOTUS #ActivistCourt #VotingRights #VotingRightsAct #VRA #redistricting #elections #USpol #Trump #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/opinion/voting-rights-act-black-voters-south.html?unlocked_article_code=1.oVA.qSCM.vEpY9cDXlL3Z&smid=nytcore-ios-share
#House speaker Mike Johnson transmitted the #bipartisan #housing #affordability bill to the WH Monday,…kicking off a 10-day countdown for the bill to become #law, even if #Trump doesn’t sign it.
Trump remains undecided over whether he’ll sign it, saying after Johnson sent it to him that it was “so unimportant” compared with his efforts to secure a batshit overhaul of federal #elections.
“Big deal,” Trump said of the legislation. “It’s a yawn.”
#MafiaState #extortion
https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/29/politics/mike-johnson-housing-bill-trump
RE: https://infosec.exchange/@briankrebs/116925212300259838
Slow hand wave to everyone who told us we were being hyperbolic and “he can’t because the Constitution says…” as if the Constitution were anything more than ink on paper without anyone to enforce it.
Their actions for this entire Trump 2.0 have been completely unconcerned with the unpopularity of their agenda because they don't intend to allow elections to remove them from office.
I remind my American friends, removing this fascist regime only gets harder from here. Do not look away. Organize. Act.
The power is with the people.
#Trump #Fascism #Authoritarianism #Elections #Democracy #Republicans #USA
#Trump is going to have a field day with this —
Roughly 400 #noncitizens voted in #NewJersey after about 6,600 residents were improperly registered to vote between June 2023 & June 2024 because of a software error at the #DMV, Gov #MikieSherrill announced Tuesday.
ALL of the people affected had disclosed that they were not citizens when registering for either a driver’s license or ID, but were nonetheless placed on the voter rolls in error.
#law #ElectionLaw #elections
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/nyregion/noncitizen-voting-new-jersey-error.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
Advance of the far right threatens the Amazon
"The far right is moving in on the Amazon. Outsider and attorney Abelardo de la Espriella's win in Colombia, Keiko Fujimori's triumph in Peru, and the state of emergency in Bolivia point to an increasingly hostile future for the planet's largest rainforest.
Added to this scenario is the alarming fact that Venezuela is a ward of the United States.
If Flávio Bolsonaro comes out on top in Brazil’s October elections, nearly the entire Amazon will be held hostage to a project based on the limitless exploration of Nature, along with most of the countries in Latin America."
#farright #environment #climate #climatecrisis #rainforest #Amazon #Colombia #Peru #Bolivia #Venezuela #Brazil #LatinAmerica #Latam #elections
https://sumauma.com/en/o-avanco-da-extrema-direita-nas-americas-ameaca-a-amazonia-e-reduz-as-chances-de-sobrevivencia/
Judge blocks #USPS from restricting mail-in voting
A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the US Postal Service from implementing part of #Trump’s executive order that aims to tighten rules for mail-in voting ahead of November #elections that will decide control of #Congress.
#law #ElectionInterference #BigLie #coup
https://www.reuters.com/world/judge-blocks-us-postal-service-restricting-mail-in-voting-2026-08-11/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement
#Trump revokes #visa of Brazil’s ambassador to #US over his spat with #Lula
The Trump admin has revoked the visa of Brazil’s ambassador to the US in retaliation for Brazil’s denial of visas last month for 2 US diplomats who sought to visit the country ahead of upcoming #elections & spread disinformation about election integrity as well as for #Brazil stalling on approving Trump’s nominee to be ambassador in Brasilia.
#diplomacy #ForeignRelations #geopolitics
https://apnews.com/article/trump-brazil-lula-ambassador-diplomats-4d7f64110fff5dda2ffd374d5e52c682
ARE YOU IN TEXAS? Or do you know anyone in Texas? They just kicked 6% of their voters off the rolls.
Texas Has Suspended More Than 1 Million Voters Ahead of Senate Race - The New Republic https://apple.news/AFA7smwOmSVGnrgHtG2WDCQ
#texas #fascism #gop #republicans #elections #electioninterference #politics #TXpol #TXpolitics
Check your voter registration.
Texas has suspended 1.2 million voters.
There is still time to fix whatever problems there are.
Judge again blocks #Trump #MailBallot executive order in ruling that’s likely to be swiftly appealed
#law #judiciary #SCOTUS #Constitution #states #federalism #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #VotingRights #midterms #elections #VoterSuppression #BigLie #ConspiracyTheories #WhiteSupremacy #coup #SeditiousConspiracy #USpol
https://apnews.com/article/trump-voting-mail-ballots-democrats-lawsuits-15cf1ec7dcdb8211bf6b624b75a7f4ab?utm_source=app&utm_medium=iOS_share&utm_campaign=more_org_joinmastodon_app_shareactionextension
This week's comic on the folly of triangulating with oligarchs
#comic #cartoon #voting #uspol #oligarchy #democrats #elections #authoritarianism #corruption
Georgia just audited its voter rolls — and debunked Trump’s election lies…The list of states undermining Trump’s claims of widespread noncitizen voter fraud grew Tuesday, when a Georgia audit found the state’s voter rolls were 99.9% accurate and had no evidence of malicious manipulation. #Elections #Election2026 #USPol #USPolitics
https://www.ms.now/opinion/georgia-audit-voter-rolls-debunked-trumps-election-lies
TAKE YOUR BALLOTS TO A DROP BOX THIS NOVEMBER.
Don't use a mailbox. Use a ballot drop box, because the US postal service is _already_ fucking with ballots.
This is not a guess, theory, or extrapolation, this is an _observed fact_. Here's the Thurston County auditor talking about postal service fuckery during the primary, and some of the steps they're taking to get around it:
https://www.thurstoncountywa.gov/news/we-are-still-getting-ballots-should-have-counted-primary
Imagine express mail taking 19 days to deliver to the _next county over_. Literally behaviour they've never seen before. That's they kind of fuckery they're seeing.
Take your ballot to a BALLOT DROP BOX, not a mailbox.
#usps #election #elections #seattle #cascadia #2026midterms #midterms2026 #fascism #FuckTrump #FuckTheGOP #FuckFascism
They aren’t even in session yet they found time for this BS
#SCOTUS grants #Republicans’ emergency appeal on TV ad rates before #midterms clearing a legal roadblock to political parties getting cheaper ad time ahead of #elections.
SCOTUS halted a lower-court ruling in favor of Democratic candidates who argued cheaper ads should be limited to candidates. One justice publicly dissented from the unsigned order.
#law #ElectionInterference #ActivistCourt #PartisanCourt
https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-midterms-republicans-a7a1cfc0c208d3949467756a64857cc2?utm_source=app&utm_medium=iOS_share&utm_campaign=more_org_joinmastodon_app_shareactionextension
For a THIRD time a federal Judge blocks #Trump #MailBallot rules
The ruling arrived before #SCOTUS could decide whether to intervene but is certain to set off yet another round of appeals.
#law #USPS #ElectionInterference #VotingRights #Constitution #Congress #states #Federalism #ElectionLaw #midterms #elections #USpol #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/us/politics/judge-blocks-trump-mail-ballots.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-lA.A-R9.sAMVAiZs_Jl1&smid=nytcore-ios-share
