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Connie Harrington

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Corran Harrington, many publishing credits; Winner 2017 Benjamin Franklin Award Best New Voice Fiction for FOLLOW THE RIVER HOME (Arbor Farm Press).

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 10h
Trump has to go. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/u...
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Trump Signs Order Exempting Russia From Sanctions Legislation
The sanctions were part of legislation that was named after Senator Lindsey Graham, the South Carolina Republican who died in July.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 16/10/2026
Trump’s DOJ is suing California over its voter rolls, months after he ordered DHS to push states to purge their lists. In July, Marc Elias called Trump’s speech “the first salvo in this fight to remove people from the voter rolls.” Now that fight is here. Keep watch: demdock.com/47sbpAT
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 15/10/2026
The real reason the Trump administration is targeting California right now? Its 52 congressional seats could decide control of the House. And because counting every mail ballot there has historically taken weeks, Trump will have a window to try to interfere. Marc Elias explains👇
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ALERT: Trump Reveals Details in Plot to Steal Election
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 15/10/2026
WSJ is reporting that the Trump regime is investigating Rep. Ilhan Omar to build a case to strip her of US citizenship, forcibly remove her from office, & deport her. Please understand how dangerous and catastrophic this is. It’s already fascism that he’s trying to do this. 1/2
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Right-leaning social accounts are going to be all about "we are winning and Dems are now losing" 24/7/365. Elon will amplify, so will Russia and all MAGA allies. It's how they closed out both 2022 and 2024 and it's happening again now.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 14/10/2026
More than five million people have lost their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits since President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill passed last year. to.pbs.org/47Sb4rd
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Cuts to SNAP benefits push many Americans to seek help from food banks
More than five million people have lost their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, benefits since President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill passed last year. The bill cut SNAP funding, e...
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Elias Law Group is currently litigating 92 voting and election cases in 42 states plus D.C. We are a 60+ lawyer firm litigating more than anyone else. We are not done fighting and we are not done winning.🗳️💪⚖️
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 08/10/2026
Imposing 18-year term limits for justices would improve the Supreme Court by ensuring no single person has generational power, by giving each president two appointments per four-year term, and by lowering the stakes of the confirmation process. bit.ly/47DWAuZ
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3 Charts that Show the Need for Supreme Court Term Limits
Interactive data visualizations analyzing changes in Supreme Court tenure, unequal numbers of presidential appointments, and narrowing Senate confirmation votes make the case for reform.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 06/10/2026
This is by some counts a third scandal.
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Susan Collins’s Committee Bought Trucks the Army Didn’t Want. Then Campaign Donations Poured In.
Appropriations committee members saw an influx of campaign contributions after steering $345 million to a military contractor.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 05/10/2026
🗳️ TODAY: Early voting for Maine’s 2026 midterms begins. The GOP candidate for governor is an election denier and says he supports sending ICE to the polls. Voters may also see election monitors when casting ballots. Here’s what to know:
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 26/09/2026
The Supreme Court just let Trump use a flawed database to purge voters. It was never built for elections. Marc Elias explains. Stay in the know: demdock.com/3T3Owjg
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Alex Gibney @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The trailer for my new film, "Musk," has just been released.
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Oligarch solidarity www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
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The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)
YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing "political" content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Tens of thousands of voter registrations have gone unprocessed in Texas. Affecting large areas deeply. If you’re in Texas, check your registration is up to date and accurate ASAP. www.texastribune.org/2026/09/22/t...
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DPS voter registration applications weren’t sent to counties
Counties will start receiving a surge of applications less than two weeks before the Oct. 5 registration deadline, adding work at one of the busiest points in the election calendar.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
50 percent tariffs for our beloved neighbor and historic ally, Canada. A red carpet and a military flyover for Communist China’s leader. Donald Trump is a sick man and a danger to America.
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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The mask is off. Corrupt Collins has got to go.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Dem coordinated campaigns need to get ready. Early in person vote this cycle could easily top 40% of the vote, huge increase from 2024.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 18/09/2026
Trump could try to weaponize the certification of midterm results if he doesn’t like the outcome. But that doesn’t mean he’ll succeed. “When it comes to free and fair elections, almost everything Donald Trump tries, he fails at,” Marc Elias says. Stay in the know: demdock.com/3T3Owjg
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Tammy Duckworth @duckworth.senate.gov · 15/09/2026
I pushed for independent oversight. Now, for the first time, we have an official glimpse at the damage—and it’s still an underestimate. Resources drained. Munitions depleted. Diplomacy wrecked. Troops exhausted. The American people deserve the full truth. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Iranian strikes have damaged hundreds of structures at U.S. bases, watchdog says
The report by the Pentagon's inspector general also detailed the extent of munitions shortfalls in the first comprehensive public accounting of the cost and military impact of the war with Iran.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 15/09/2026
The rise in rulings on the “shadow docket” has been driven, at least in part, by Trump’s losses in lower courts. “The patterns show a court going out of its way to enable Trump,” one scholar said. “That’s the real blow to the court’s credibility.” (Published July)
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A Troubling Milestone: Most Supreme Court Rulings Are Secretive Votes With Little Justification
ProPublica conducted a new analysis that shows the court is deciding more consequential rulings than ever before in largely unsigned orders with little to no explanation.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Today was a good day for free and fair elections in court. More tomorrow...
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 14/09/2026
Can we NOW wake up to the reality of Trump/Russia?
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
BIG: This week Missouri's Supreme Court unanimously blocked Trump's gerrymandered House map. SCOTUS refused to step in. The old map holds for November! Stay informed: demdock.com/4w6emld
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 11/09/2026
🚨 BREAKING: The Texas Supreme Court blocked a GOP-led county’s plan to switch its local voting maps between the primary and November election. The decision rejects an egregious strategy to optimize partisan advantage at the expense of voters.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
NEW: Ohio asked the 6th Circuit to pause a lower court ruling* that blocked a state law requiring documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote at the Bureau of Motor Vehicles. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Ohio asks 6th Circuit to lift pause on new voter registration restrictions
Now, Ohio is taking its argument to the 6th Circuit, asking the court to lift the pause and allow it to implement the new restrictions.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 09/09/2026
“This man is trying to suppress votes, and he’s happy to suppress as many as he can for any reason he can.” Jason Frazier, a MAGA activist, flooded Georgia with voter challenges. Now he works for the State Election Board.
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A MAGA activist flooded Georgia with voter challenges. Now he works for the State Election Board.
“This man is trying to suppress votes, and he’s happy to suppress as many as he can for any reason he can.”
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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Some fairly reassuring thoughts by the always trenchant @kimlanelaw.bsky.social about the situation in Germany
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
In our most important elections, election deniers are running to control elections as Secretaries of State. www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
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Commentary: Integrity on the ballot: Election deniers target secretary of state races in key states
Trump's attempts to undermine democracy has elevated the importance of election oversight. Election deniers are on the ballot in Arizona, Nevada and Wisconsin and could cause mischief in 2028.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 05/09/2026
Trump has found so many ways to use the presidency to enrich himself and his family that we had to narrow the list down. Here are 75 of the most staggering examples of Trump corruption in 2026. And yes, there were more. Read Ron Filipkowski’s full breakdown:
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The 75 Most Corrupt Things Trump Did in 2026
So far.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 05/09/2026
If Trump can’t get USPS to disenfranchise voters through mail voting the way he wants, the story won’t end there. “He’ll escalate,” Marc Elias says. “He’ll do something even more extreme … because that’s what Donald Trump does.” Don’t miss a single update: demdock.com/3T3Owjg
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
They just got back from 5 more weeks off, after multiple other very long vacations. They never work.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Trump will keep getting worse as his desperation of losing grows. It will take a massive voter turnout to ensure we overcome all the traitorous ways he is plotting to deny the will of the people.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Garcia: We are going to hold the Postmaster General and anyone at USPS, particularly those that are at the management level, that are implementing this, accountable for what we view as an illegal action by USPS.
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Joe Morelle @morelle.house.gov · 01/09/2026
These whistleblower allegations are extraordinary. If Trump Administration officials knowingly built a system designed to prevent Americans from receiving their ballots, that is not election security. It is a betrayal of our Constitution and the American people.
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Whistle-Blower Says USPS Is Secretly Proceeding on Trump’s Mail Voting Plan Before Midterms
A report detailed “grave concerns” that a new system being rushed into use by the U.S. Postal Service could imperil millions of mail ballots ahead of the midterm elections.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 26/08/2026
Fractures Emerge Between GOP’s Pro-Pedophilia, Extremely Pro-Pedophilia Wings
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 26/08/2026
BREAKING: 24 blue states and D.C. sued to block USPS' final rule, which authorizes the agency to monitor and control which voters receive a mail ballot in the midterms. The rule, officially published today, comes in response to Trump's anti-mail voting executive order.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 25/08/2026
Foreign food safety inspections plummeted to a historic low after Trump's staffing cuts at the FDA last year. One food safety expert told us: “It’s only a matter of time before people die.” (Published Nov. 2025)
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Foreign Food Safety Inspections Hit Historic Low After Trump Cuts
The dramatic shift in oversight comes at a time when the U.S. has never been more reliant on foreign food, which accounts for the vast majority of the nation’s seafood and more than half its fresh fru...
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 23/08/2026
NEW: This week, DOJ hired a lawyer who previously served prison time for hacking into government election websites - the latest troubling hire under Trump. Also, DOJ lost its 23rd voter roll case; and, USPS finalized a rule to restrict mail voting, hoping SCOTUS will lift injunctions against it.
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This week at Democracy Docket: We reveal what could be DOJ’s most troubling hire yet — and weaponizing Chick-fil-A to restrict voting
As President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice (DOJ) ramps up its campaign to interfere in the midterms, no news outlet is keeping a closer eye on its plans than Democracy Docket.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 22/08/2026
Protecting the midterms will require a trained citizenry dedicated to defending our sacred right to vote and ensuring every vote is counted. Join the nearly 35,000 Americans who are building the nationwide infrastructure we need to respond to attacks on voting rights in every community.
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Join Our midterm Election Protection Program
In 2026 we are building our strongest election protection program ever, in all 50 states. We’re going to bring Indivisible’s grassroots organizing force out to ensure that whatever tricks they try to ...
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 16/08/2026
NEW: Will Trump get to impose sweeping restrictions on mail voting during the midterms? It will ultimately be up to the Supreme Court. Meanwhile, a court this week blocked USPS from implementing parts of Trump's anti-mail voting order — this time, nationwide.
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This week at Democracy Docket: Will Trump restrict mail voting during the midterms? It’s up to the Supreme Court now
Will President Donald Trump get a chance to impose sweeping restrictions on mail voting during the midterms? It will ultimately be up to the Supreme Court.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Federal court concludes that Colorado was the target of a Trump-directed extortion scheme to force the released of a convicted felon, Tina Peters, whom Trump deemed essential to his criminal plots. “I’ve never seen anything like it,” Jackson said of the email, according to the transcript. “I’ve
nytimes.com
Colorado Was Targeted as Trump Fumed Over Election Denier, Email Shows
The state has accused the government in a lawsuit of retaliating after the conviction of Tina Peters, a Trump supporter. An administration official convened a group to discuss “immediate actions.”
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 10/08/2026
NEW: After Trump abruptly ousted EAC leadership last month, staff released a memo detailing their new reality: without commissioners, they cannot adopt new policies or alter voting system standards. The memo tempers fears that Trump could use the now-headless agency to wrest control of elections.
democracydocket.com
Federal voting commission says it can't change rules after Trump sacked leadership
The U.S. Election Assistance Commission staff said in a new memo that the agency’s key functions cannot proceed without leaders.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
A BIG disclosure in a lawsuit brought by Trump against Capital One reveals the bank closed more than 300 of Trump’s accounts in 2021 after a months-long anti-money laundering review by professionals with decades of law enforcement experience. I explain the details here: youtu.be/YDTqowVWjfc?...
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Trump HUMILIATES Himself as BOMBSHELL Filing EXPOSES Financial SECRETS!!
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
It’s a damn disgrace that an innocent man who represented America in multiple Olympics and did nothing wrong was arrested and charged with a federal crime by hack Jeanine Pirro solely because Trump doesn’t want to admit he fucked up the pool with his usual incompetence.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 24/07/2026
NEW: Voting advocates sued to let Wisconsin voters cast provisional ballots, citing "growing evidence" that mail ballots may arrive too late to be counted. The lawsuit comes after the state elections commission notified USPS of "widespread" concerns about how long it took to receive mail ballots.
democracydocket.com
Wisconsin voting advocates sue to protect voters from being disenfranchised by mail delays
Faced with growing concerns about mail delays, voting advocates are asking a Wisconsin state court to give voters a backup option to cast their ballot in person on Election Day.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
We had some important victories in court that will make a real difference this November. I hope you watch and share. youtu.be/GkAKjVMeQLA?...
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We Gained Ground, but We Have to Keep Fighting
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Since Republicans are lying about voter ID again, I recorded this episode to explain what they are really up to. Please watch, like and share. youtu.be/FZn4uu8PMWE?...
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Your Driver's License Won't Pass Trump's Voter ID Test
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I just finished writing my exclusive analysis of Donald Trump's speech. While it failed as a speech, it was a stark warning that his midterm election power grab is accelerating. If you are not yet a Democracy Docket premium member, sign-up now to receive it and support the work! bit.ly/4qr0jTS
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 17/07/2026
The rise in rulings on the “shadow docket” has been driven, at least in part, by Trump’s losses in lower courts. “The patterns show a court going out of its way to enable Trump,” one scholar said. “That’s the real blow to the court’s credibility.”
propublica.org
A Troubling Milestone: Most Supreme Court Rulings Are Secretive Votes With Little Justification
ProPublica conducted a new analysis that shows the court is deciding more consequential rulings than ever before in largely unsigned orders with little to no explanation.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 14/07/2026
One thing is for sure in November: we are going to have an election. “Donald Trump does not have the authority to cancel elections,” @marcelias.bsky.social says. “That said, there are a lot of things he can do that will make it harder for people to vote.” Help us fight back: bit.ly/4qskS3m
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