Expand Democracy 3 Highlight Edition

Aside from who started it, states like CA and VA putting a counter-gerrymander up to a referendum, where people are told and can make a decision on the context for why it's being done, has vastly more democratic legitimacy than state legislators rushing it through because they got bullied by POTUS.

Secret memos obtained by The New York Times illuminate the origins of the court’s now-routine “shadow docket” rulings on presidential power.

The scary incoherence at the heart of Trump’s latest, biggest war.

Majority of Arlington voters support ranked-choice voting, survey finds https://www.arlnow.com/2026/02/27/majority-of-arlington-voters-support-ranked-choice-voting-survey-finds/

More outreach to Latino, older and younger voters is needed if Arlington wants the community to more fully embrace ranked-choice voting, new survey data suggests. The majority of respondents -- 66% --...