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Devin Burghart

@dburghart.bsky.social
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Executive Director, Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights. Co-author, Breaching the Mainstream. Old school anti-fascist. Hockey fan. he/him.

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Not an accident. Hegseth is a disgrace to every American who sacrificed their lives in the fight against the Nazis and fascism.
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Devin Burghart @dburghart.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This is what a comic book villain says..
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 05/10/2026
“Even if I got hit by a truck tonight. HHS will never go back to what it was before.”
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RFK is gloating that his changes to HHS are permanent
“Even if I got hit by a truck tonight, HHS will never go back to what it was.”
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Prism @prismreports.org · 05/10/2026
“Over hundreds of years, eugenics transformed into policy, practice & law, as illustrated by today’s immigration quotas, surveillance systems, detention centers & instances of modern-day slavery.” The experiences of pregnant women in ICE detention show that eugenics remains, Edith Romero reports.
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Pregnant women in ICE detention face policies shaped by eugenics
The experiences of detained women show that the American eugenics movement remains an integral part of the system
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JoeMyGod @joemygod.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Paxton Investigates Doctors For Vaccinating Children - Joe.My.God.
The New York Times reports: Ken Paxton, the attorney general of Texas and Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, has accused doctors, drug companies and insurers of conspiring to push parents into ...
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Steven Pergam, MD, MPH @pergamic.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Expect to see more of this - truly heartbreaking
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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 03/10/2026
"For Rufo, of course, integration of nonwhite immigrants isn’t the desired outcome at all. Successful integration is a problem. So while he dresses up his objections in the language of “cultural cohesion” and “high trust” societies, those are smokescreens" www.liberalcurrents.com/editors-note...
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Editor's Notes: "The Indian Question" Shows That No One Is Safe From White Nationalism
That is the entire point.
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Mark Anthony Neal (@NewBlackMan on X) @markanthonyneal.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The Unsung Women Behind America’s Most Celebrated Civil Rights Protest The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Marcia Chatelain revisits the 1963 March on Washington, placing overlooked Black women at the center of the story. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/b...
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Book Review: ‘How Bright the Path Grows,’ by Marcia Chatelain (Gift Article)
The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Marcia Chatelain revisits the 1963 March on Washington, placing overlooked Black women at the center of the story.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 03/10/2026
It has been 118 years since the Supreme Court ruled the federal government owes tribes water, but Native American communities in northern Arizona are still fighting for their rights to the Colorado River. (Published June)
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Native American Tribes Came Together to Secure Their Rights to Colorado River Water. Four States Are Stalling the Deal.
Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming are resisting the deal because it would allow the Navajo and Hopi to lease water to cities downstream, likely the growing towns around Phoenix.
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DrH @drhaup.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
John Lewis bled on the Edmund Pettus Bridge so Black Americans could vote without being blocked, tested, or humiliated. That is why barriers to voting should make us furious. Check your registration & protect the power people died to win. #LetsGetVoteReady social.demcast.com/s/IF3ydmAf
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Register to Vote
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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 02/10/2026
Our series with @calmatters.org and @evidentmedia.org monitoring the actions of US border patrol agents won the Topical Reporting: Immigration Medium newsroom award. Read one of our articles in that series here: www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03...
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Agents of Chaos: Unpacking the Actions of Border Patrol Agents Across US
Bellingcat and our partners analysed over 85 hours of footage, analysing the actions of Border Patrol agents across the United States.
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Fight For A Union @fightforaunion.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
STARTING TOMORROW: Big hits coming SNAP and Medicaid! Federal SNAP funding is being gutted, shifting costs to states. Staffing cuts will slow enrollment, while new Medicaid rules will make it harder to stay covered. The most vulnerable amongst us will pay the price.
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Peggy Stuart @peggystuart.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The movement didn't obtain voting rights through polite reminders. People marched into terror at Selma, forcing the nation to witness the price of denying Black Americans a vote. Defend what they won: check your registration. #LetsGetVoteReady social.demcast.com/s/d3rHLvX5
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John Light @johnalight.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I don't think this line got as much coverage as it should have.
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JD Vance Says Black, Socialist Candidate for Senate Doesn’t ‘Belong in America’
A New Chapter in Vance’s Effort to Police Who’s American JD Vance...
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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
New: Chris Rufo & his co-host devoted a podcast to "The Indian Question," framing Desi people as a problem to be solved. Their "solution?" Mass expulsion. For those allowed to remain: an “assimilation hazing process” w/ instances of “vulgar, defamatory racism" talkingpointsmemo.com/news/chris-r...
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Chris Rufo — Known For ‘DEI’ and ‘CRT’ Panics — Tries to Make ‘the Indian Question’ a Thing
To the degree that a “respectable” or “moderate” right exists today in...
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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 02/10/2026
Rufo often gets treated as a "respectable" conservative. His latest podcast episode — framing Indian-Americans as a problem in need of solving — is more evidence that he shouldn't be.
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Chris Rufo — Known For ‘DEI’ and ‘CRT’ Panics — Tries to Make ‘the Indian Question’ a Thing
To the degree that a “respectable” or “moderate” right exists today in...
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Joe Cirincione @joecirin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Meet the mega-donor Pete Hegseth just named as the leader of his new automated war initiative, along with mega-donor Elon Musk and Newt Gingruch. Donald Trump Jr. invests in his company. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Exclusive: Major Republican fundraiser winning contracts from Trump administration, emails reveal
Palmer Luckey has donated $5.9m to Republicans and bundled more, while reaping billions in Pentagon contracts
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: The Trump administration illegally changed a form used by overseas voters to register and request mail ballots just weeks before the midterms, Democrats argue in a new lawsuit filed Thursday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Trump admin quietly changed overseas voter form at 11th hour to disenfranchise Democrats, lawsuit says
The change is part of a Republican plan to make it more difficult to vote or outright disenfranchise a bloc of voters viewed as more inclined to vote Democratic, the DNC lawsuit argues.
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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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CTV News Vancouver @ctvnewsvancouver.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Fact Check: Masked agitators at First Nation in B.C. not a false flag action
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Fact Check: Masked agitators at First Nation in B.C. not a false flag action
Claims have spread online this week that a white nationalist group’s demonstration at a First Nation in British Columbia, which has been denounced by authorities as “disgusting” and “cowardly,” was in fact a false flag operation. The Canadian Press checks those claims.
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Devin Burghart @dburghart.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
That would be great. Take a look at the schedule and see if there’s a date that might work. wanna be on the panel?
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Devin Burghart @dburghart.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I'll take any contacts you suggest! :)
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Devin Burghart @dburghart.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Leonard's partner, Carol, and old friend Dan Levitas worked hard to make it happen after we lost him last year. They got Jerry Mitchell to write a new preface, too.
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Devin Burghart @dburghart.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We'd love to do Philly! suggestions for a location/sponsor? The schedule is very much in flux. We're also looking at adding an NYC date. So keep an eye on the webpage for new dates and locations.
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Devin Burghart @dburghart.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
More details available on the tour webpage. Don't see your town listed? Contact us to sponsor an event in your community. We've just started our planning for a West Coast swing in the spring. irehr.org/booktour/
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2026 Book Conversation Series Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights Fall 2026 Book Tour · Eleven Events He foresaw the rise of white nationalism. This fall, the book returns to shelves. P...
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Devin Burghart @dburghart.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We'll also be out on the East Coast and the South in November. Along the way, we'll be joined by tons of very special guests. I hope you'll join us in celebrating this tremendous work and the man who coined the phrase, "fighting Nazis can be fun!"
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Raven Book Store
Lawrence, KS · 6:30 PM
Also joined by Zachary Mueller, senior strategist for States at the Core. Moderated by Melinda Lewis, professor at the School of Social Welfare at the University of Kansas.

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Yale Program for the Study of Antisemitism
New Haven, CT · 4:00–5:30 PM
Whitney Humanities Center, Yale University
Also joined by Loretta Ross, associate professor, Smith College, and Ken Stern, Bard College Center for the Study of Hate. Moderated by Daniel HoSang, associate professor of Ethnicity, Race & Migration, Yale University.

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Busboys and Poets — The Davis Room
Washington, DC · 4:00–6:00 PM
450 K St. NW, Washington, DC 20001
More details coming soon.

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Washington Hebrew Congregation
Washington, DC
More details coming soon.

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Baltimore Hebrew Congregation
Baltimore, MD
More details coming soon.

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Flyleaf Books
Chapel Hill, NC · Signing 5:30 PM · Event 6:00–7:00 PM
752 MLK Jr. Blvd., Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Also joined by Mab Segrest, author of Memoir of a Race Traitor: Fighting Racism in the American South. Moderated by Ben Wilkins, director of the Union of Southern Service Workers.

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Firestorm Books
Asheville, NC · 6:00 PM
1022 Haywood Road, Asheville, NC 28806
Carol Smith and Devin Burghart in conversation.
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Devin Burghart @dburghart.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Blood and Politics is Leonard Zeskind's unprecedented, sweeping history of white nationalism's rise over four decades. Banned by the U.S. Naval Academy in April 2025, its October re-release could not be more timely. Join us to celebrate the release on our fall book tour, starting in the Midwest.
Join us on tour
At every stop, Carol Smith, Leonard’s life partner of 46 years, offers reflections on the book and Zeskind’s legacy, joined by Devin Burghart, executive director of IREHR, who tracked the movement alongside Zeskind since 1991.

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Pilsen Community Books
Chicago, IL · 6:00 PM
1531 W 18th Street
Carol Smith and Devin Burghart in conversation.

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Kansas City Public Library, Plaza Branch
Kansas City, MO · 6:00 PM
4801 Main St., Kansas City, MO 64112
Also joined by Bishop Donna Simon, Central States Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America; Zachary Mueller, senior strategist for States at the Core; and Nimrod Chapel, Jr., Missouri president of the NAACP. Moderated by nationally syndicated columnist Mary Sanchez.

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Skylark Bookshop
Columbia, MO · 6:30 PM
Moderated by Rhonda Perry, executive director of the Missouri Rural Crisis Center.

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21
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Left Bank Books
St. Louis, MO · 6:00 PM
Also joined by Zachary Mueller, senior strategist for States at the Core.

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Raven Book Store
Lawrence, KS · 6:30 PM
Also joined by Zachary Mueller, senior strategist for States at the Core. Moderated by Melinda Lewis, professor at the School of Social Welfare at the University of Kansas.
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Graham Macklin @grahammacklin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Family first: Le Pen clan tightens its grip as Bardella hits trouble
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Family first: Le Pen clan tightens its grip as Bardella hits trouble
France’s far-right leader is surrounding herself with family and longtime loyalists as her party president faces a damaging new controversy.
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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Days before Brazil's election, Meta briefly blocked President Lula's campaign page from running political ads and removed an Instagram profile behind a viral video on Flávio Bolsonaro. Both decisions were reversed, but raised public concerns. Brazilian investigative journalist Laís Martins reports.
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On Eve of Brazil Elections, Meta Content Moderation Decisions Raise Questions
Two recent moderation decisions—while later reversed—have raised concerns about the company's policies and practices, writes Laís Martins.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 29/09/2026
NEW: A growing MAGA chorus has been pushing for Trump to declare a national emergency so he can seize control over elections from states. Voting rights advocates say doing so would be blatantly unconstitutional — but worry that such an order could suppress voting nonetheless.
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Could Trump take over voting by declaring a ‘national emergency’?
Advocates agree such an attempt would be blatantly unconstitutional but still worry that such an emergency order could suppress voting nonetheless.
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Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Where Will the Next Measles Outbreak Hit? In a low-vaccinated community, even if the state has high rates. Some areas at risk are in Indiana, Ohio, Wisconsin, and more. via @aboutpediatrics.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/stopanti...
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Where Will the Next Measles Outbreak Hit?
Learn where the next big measles outbreak might hit so that you can help get your community vaccinated and protected and hopefully stop the outbreaks!
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Devin Burghart @dburghart.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I was number 13. :)
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Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 29/09/2026
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spoke yesterday at a MAHA Institute event. As many as 26 people (including me) tuned in. He detailed exactly how US health agencies are gathering data to try to link vaccination to autism, for instance. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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RFK Jr outlines expansive vision for collecting US health data at Maha event
Health secretary calls for medical and lifestyle details to be sent to doctors and AI to address ‘chronic disease epidemic’
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Devin Burghart @dburghart.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This latest malady of late-stage capitalism is soooo bleak.
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Harsha Walia @harshawalia.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
With horrific residential school denialism, incl yesterday when white nationalists came to Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc, let us all show up in a good way to honour Survivors on TRC Day Compilation of TRC gatherings in the lower mainland and resources for all ages www.weavingourworlds.ca/truth-and-re...
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Truth and Reconciliation Day 2026
The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is observed annually on September 30 to honour residential school survivors, their families, and the children who never returned home. TRC Day was establi...
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 28/09/2026
For every arrest that breaks through into public view, countless others happen quickly, before anyone can notice. Now ICE is anywhere and everywhere, embedded in all corners of everyday life.
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Gone in 90 seconds: an ‘invisibilized’ ICE is arresting more people than ever
After public backlash, the Trump administration changed its tactics from ‘siege’ to ‘soft feet’. Now, ICE is everywhere
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 27/09/2026
It's just after 1pm on another picture perfect fall day in Chicago. So far today, masked federal agents have taken people from Brighton Park and suburban Aurora. ~1 year after the "Blitz" began, the alerts haven't subsided. ICE is still breaking windows and destroying worlds.
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Devin Burghart @dburghart.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Radicalization, not polarization.
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Json Momoa @jotatx.eurosky.social · 26/09/2026
META is shutting down videos criticizing anything about the bolsonaros in a matter of hours after posting, while throttling posts from the LULA's campaign or even members from his cabinet. META is actively meddling in the Brazilian elections.
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Global Project Against Hate and Extremism @globalextremism.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Neo-Nazis and manosphere influencers are helping crypto casinos reach millions of young men. Platforms including Duel, Stake, and Rainbet have turned influencer marketing into a dangerous vehicle for gambling, and a pathway to extremist recruitment.
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Betting Your Future: Crypto Casinos Radicalizing Young Men into Hate
Crypto casinos are becoming a new pipeline into far-right radicalization. Largely unregulated gambling platforms such as Duel, Stake, and Rainbet use influencers with millions of followers, including ...
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Devin Burghart @dburghart.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A Quiet ICE Surge That Unfolded ‘Everywhere All at Once’ This Summer A review of dozens of incidents caught on camera sheds new light on a largely invisible crackdown. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/u...
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A Quiet ICE Surge That Unfolded ‘Everywhere All at Once’ This Summer (Gift Article)
A review of dozens of incidents caught on camera sheds new light on a largely invisible crackdown.
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Lisa 🇨🇦 @pinkmouse.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“As for the 185 individuals, our records indicate that they were citizens,” Greg D. Ott, a DAG in Nevada, wrote, according to a copy of a letter sent to Dept. of HS officials obtained through open records requests. “You have provided nothing of substance to suggest otherwise.” #Blues #SheShed
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From 15,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada Fizzle (Gift Article)
It was the Trump administration’s latest stumble in its effort to find proof of widespread noncitizen voting, despite decades of evidence that it is extremely rare.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 24/09/2026
NEW: California's attorney general said Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco (R) will face "legal consequences" after the state Supreme Court determined his seizure of roughly 650k ballots violated state law. Bianco must now comply with the attorney general's directives and return the ballots.
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California Attorney General vows ‘legal consequences’ for GOP sheriff who seized ballots
The ballot seizure case highlights the risks to democracy when election deniers in positions of authority abuse their power to interfere with vote counting. Bianco seized an estimated 650,000 ballots ...
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Eli Valley @elivalley.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Quite the day for fascist demagogues on podiums. Bari Weiss honoring Peter Thiel in Berlin. I don't see it shared here and this is the only link I have, don't hate the tweet-sharer, hate the dystopia: x.com/jeremymbarr/...
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Jeremy Barr (@jeremymbarr) on X
Bari Weiss just finished speaking at a ceremony in Berlin ahead of Peter Thiel being awarded the Axel Springer 2026 Award. (Sorry for the poor video quality.) Weiss listed out some of her differences...
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 24/09/2026
Just when I think I can’t hate OpenAI and Sam Altman any more, new details come out about how ChatGPT helped a shooter plan one of the worst mass shootings in Canadian history in Tumbler Ridge, BC. OpenAI made an explicit decision not to report the user to authorities.
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ChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation reveals
OpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre.
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Su Doyle @sudoyle2.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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One of east coast’s largest datacenters accused of ‘violating federal law’
Thermal drone footage shows a Microsoft-backed AI datacenter powering its operations with dozens of unpermitted generators
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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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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Every. F*cking. Time. The. Same. Story. Make a big fraud claim that doesn't hold up on inspection. The goal is to create doubt, not provide truth www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...
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From 15,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada Fizzle
It was the Trump administration’s latest stumble in its effort to find proof of widespread noncitizen voting, despite decades of evidence that it is extremely rare.
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Devin Burghart @dburghart.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Note: This does not include a check among MAGA FB groups, so this is not an indicator of MAGA strength/weakness. It does, however, suggest fewer activists from other far-right movements jumped into the electoral ring this year.
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Devin Burghart @dburghart.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Tucker Carlson is a white nationalist failed TV personality looking for a post-Trump rebrand bump (and potential campaign launch). Apparently NPR learned nothing from the Glenn Beck apology tour. NPR, please stop sane-washing fascists.
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