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Lauren Groh-Wargo

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
🚨 BEWARE of VoteSafe.org 🚨 While it bills itself as a “safe” way to register to vote, it is actually a digital surveillance machine created by Elon Musk’s super PAC.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/09/2026
NEW: Our analysis found that from 2020 to 2025, the rate of deaths involving ectopic pregnancies nearly doubled compared with the previous six-year period. The uptick was steeper in states with abortion bans.
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Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.
With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ...
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Onyx Impact @theonyximpact.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Black youth aren’t a “turnout problem” to solve every four years. Protecting Black political power means investing in them long before Election Day. Onyx Impact founder & CEO Esosa Osa writes for The Contrarian: www.contrariannews.org/p/black-yout…
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Ossoff: In my view, he's obsessed with Georgia because he can't get over the fact that it was black voters and black political power who were instrumental to his defeat in Georgia and in a number of crucial battleground states.
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Fair Fight Action @fairfightaction.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
🗣️NO RACIST MAPS That’s what World Cup fans are seeing as Atlanta hosts its first game. After the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp wants to rig our voting maps. Silencing Black and brown Georgians is the goal. More: CallKemp.com
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 03/06/2026
🚨 BREAKING: The Supreme Court will allow Alabama to use a congressional map that a federal court found intentionally discriminates against Black voters, effectively blessing racial gerrymandering.
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Supreme Court greenlights Alabama’s racial gerrymander, signaling free rein for states to discriminate
The new ruling, to which all six conservative justices signed on, suggests that, in practice, almost no federal protections remain for non-white voters, even in extreme cases.
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Lauren Groh-Wargo @laurengw.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Beautiful day to cast my ballot for so many friends and great leaders
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 16/05/2026
61 years ago, state troopers attacked unarmed, peaceful protestors in Selma with clubs & tear gas. Images & videos of Bloody Sunday shocked the nation & eventually led to the passage of the VRA – which SCOTUS just destroyed Our fight is not over. Today we march again for equality & justice
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 16/05/2026
We cross this bridge yet again In 1965, civil rights leaders marched from Selma to Montgomery to demand equal voting rights Now civil rights leaders are back to fight for the very VRA freedoms SCOTUS just dismantled. We will not stay silent – this is the time to act!
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Lauren Groh-Wargo @laurengw.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
These are Robert's Court press releases. Not "Supreme Court decisions"
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Happy Mother's Day! here's what awaits the special mom in my life 1. Breakfast 2. The mother of all civil rights actions! Giving my wife tickets to Montgomery, Alabama, where next weekend we march. Please join us 👉https://blackpowerwarroom.com/dayofaction/
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Virginia was a setback But the math still points to a pro-democracy pickup The South is rising up — protests in Tennessee Alabama & beyond And a national mobilization in Montgomery is set for May 16 The movement is growing and here's how to join on my Publisher's note on @contrariannews.org -TN
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We Promised to Fight GOP Gerrymandering Games, and We Are Getting Busy!
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
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Lauren Groh-Wargo @laurengw.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
This is a mother's day for organizing. Today I'm busy getting out the word about the march on Montgomery, Alabama next Saturday while also supporting local organizing against confederate special sessions happening to gut black political power across the South. Mothers let's make it happen.
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Michael Podhorzer @mikepod.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Black voter participation soared right after the VRA passed in 1965. But not until 1992, after Congress strengthened the VRA to require majority-minority districts, did we start getting closer to proportional Black representation in Congress. Because Black votes finally counted more in the South.
Black representation in the US House, Confederacy vs. rest of the US: chart showing a brief surge during Reconstruction, then almost none during Jim Crow, then a big surge after the VRA (mostly in the rest of the US, not the Confederacy), then a big surge all over the US, especially the Confederacy. Only in the last 10 years has Black representation in the House grown to about the same proportion as the US black population.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
The DOJ violates the Epstein Files Transparency Act on the daily. So I'm suing Todd Blanche. As a journalist, I cannot report accurately on the Epstein Files if I cannot even read them. I am represented by @brendanballou.bsky.social & we seek to hold the DOJ accountable for its noncompliance.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
BIPARTISAN FORMER WHITE HOUSE ETHICS OFFICIALS CONDEMN RETALIATORY PROSECUTION OF SPLC @democracydefendersfund.org statement 👇🏼
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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
1. The central claim in the indictment of SPLC is a lie. The DOJ/FBI accuse SPLC of lying to donors about seeking to “dismantle” extremist groups while secretly funding them. But the funds were used to infiltrate & help law enforcement dismantle these groups. Kash Patel knows this is the truth…
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Federal Grand Jury Charges Southern Poverty Law Center for Wire Fraud, False Statements, and Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering
A Grand Jury in Montgomery, Alabama, today returned an indictment charging the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) with 11 counts of wire fraud, false statements to a federally insured bank, and conspi...
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
“For my friends everything; for my enemies the law.” DOJ has become an instrument of authoritarianism. No more laments for what it was; or talk of “abuses”; or wishful thinking about how they can’t get away with it. They can, if not confronted across the board. www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-l...
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Trump lawyer from effort to overturn 2020 election to oversee probe of ex-CIA director, DOJ official says
Joseph DiGenova, a conservative attorney, is being tapped by the U.S. Justice Department to lead an ongoing criminal investigation into former CIA Director John Brennan.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
BREAKING: A coalition of 1,000+ stars & film pros just jumped into the fight to support state AG's investigating the Paramount-Warners merger Not a done deal! We @democracydefendersfund.org @filmcoalition.bsky.social @1acommittee.bsky.social & other GREAT partners r proud to help #BlockTheMerger
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Hollywood Heavyweights Sign Letter Opposing Paramount’s Deal for Warner Bros.
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Ian Bassin @ianbassin.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Sadly, this is about the next election. He’s laying the groundwork to declare his election “emergency” to change rules and argue to courts they can’t question his national security judgment in war time. And if the Court does, he’s preparing to say that’s beyond their constitutional powers.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
First with Venezuela & now with Iran Trump has commingled allegations of election interference with illegal war Could he use that as part of the pretext for an elections emergency executive order taking over the midterms? As I explain @contrariannews.org, if he tries we will shut him down in court
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Trump Can’t Use War or Other Excuses to Take over American Elections
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
The next Big Lie is to taking shape right in front of us. Donald Trump will try to use this to assert illegal and unconstitutional powers over the 2026 elections.
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David Becker @beckerdavidj.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
What a gift such a clearly unconstitutional executive order would be! Though divorced from legal and factual reality, it would enable the courts to invalidate this power grab well in advance of the election, and confirm the clear limits to fed'l interference in elections. wapo.st/3N5cpEn
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Trump, seeking executive power over elections, is urged to declare emergency
Activists who say they are in coordination with the White House are circulating a draft executive order that would unlock extraordinary presidential power over voting.
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Lauren Groh-Wargo @laurengw.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Fulton County voters will not be silenced
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Lauren Groh-Wargo @laurengw.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
At the US Senate today supporting my Fulton County Commission Mo Ivory who is about to testify about our incredible Fulton County elections and push back on the maga lies and power grabs.
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Fair Fight Action @fairfightaction.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
State of the Union speeches aren’t about policy – they’re about setting the narrative. If you hear about the 2020 election tonight, it’s not about the past. It’s about creating doubt that could be used to challenge the 2026 election. 🧵⬇️
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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
1. The FBI affidavit used to seize ballots and other materials from the 2020 election in Fulton County relies on debunked conspiracy theories. For example, it isn’t true that Fulton first “reported” 511,343 ballots and then “reported” 527,925. I’ll explain. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Just amazing that this affidavit got a federal magistrate judge to approve an unprecedented federal seizure of ballots in Fulton County. The time to prep for similar shenanigans from the feds in 2026---before ballots are fully tabulated and any recounts/contests done---is now.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 11/02/2026
GOP Strategist Reminds Legislators There’s No Bad Ideas For Suppressing Black Vote theonion.com/gop-strategist-reminds…
GOP Strategist Reminds Legislators There’s No Bad Ideas For Suppressing Black Vote
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
NEW: The unsealing of the FBI’s search warrant affidavit for its raid of a Fulton County, Georgia, election facility prompted swift condemnation from voting rights advocates, election experts and former federal officials. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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‘An absolute travesty': Critics slam affidavit behind Fulton raid for relying on 2020 election lies
The affidavit reinforced fears that the FBI’s seizure was not about uncovering new evidence but about resurrecting a false narrative.
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
US Olympic Curling Team member speaks out against ICE: "I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
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David Wickert @david-wickert.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
The affidavit drew a rebuke from Georgia State University law professor Clark Cunningham, who reviewed it for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He said he’s surprised a judge issued a search warrant based on the evidence. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
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Unsealed documents in Fulton County raid show FBI relied on election skeptics
Documents reveal how the FBI justified their seizure of troves of Fulton County's 2020 election records.
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Lauren Groh-Wargo @laurengw.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
The Trump DOJ is recycling the same election conspiracy theories GA officials already debunked. Now those claims—pushed by the same network who fueled misleading 2020 claims that led to an insurrection—are getting dressed up & passed off as new "evidence." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
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Georgia Ballot Inquiry Originated With Election Denier in Trump White House
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Lauren Groh-Wargo @laurengw.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
It's a bunch of rehashed nonsense. Trump, MAGA and the EIN folks just looking to create reasons and pretenses to block votes and voters this fall.
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wendyweiser.bsky.social @wendyweiser.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Some thoughts on the FBI’s raid of the Fulton County, GA election offices, seizing reams of sensitive voting records from 2020. We don’t yet know the justification, but there’s ample reason to be skeptical. There’s also ample reason to be alarmed; this escalation is dangerous. /1
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
They lose. They lie. They lash out. And they know they're losing.
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Ian Bassin @ianbassin.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Its so transparently predictable. The Admin is reeling over Epstein, cost of living and now ICE chaos and needs to change the subject. So they seize 2020 ballots and are gonna claim some bananas new "evidence" that Venezuela or China or Bhutan hacked voting systems to steal 2020. Just wait for it.
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Lauren Groh-Wargo @laurengw.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
The Trump regime has blood on their hands- ICE shooting citizens dead on the street, using children as bait and trampling our constitutional rights. So what's the FBI up to today? Harassing the elections workers of Fulton county to take 2020 elections documents, www.reuters.com/world/us/fbi...
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FBI searches Atlanta election office related to 2020 US presidential vote
The FBI is executing a search warrant at a Fulton County election office outside Atlanta related to an investigation into possible interference in Georgia in the 2020 U.S. presidential election lost b...
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Dems should introduce lots of such legislation, demand hearings and debate, make a huge fuss, use paid media to call out GOP members who are blocking their consideration--and make clear this GOP Congress is enabling the madness.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Yes, the GOP controls Congress. That's why it's key to show Congress COULD stop the madness. And it's not just the DHS bill. Congress could repeal the prior multi-year $75b for DHS; set up a special investigative committee (cf. Watergate); amend the Insurrection Act; etc.
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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
"Vast majority of men are only willing to engage in public violence if they feel like the people around them will approve of — and reward them for — that violence. ICE Watch works because it surrounds men seeking approval with people loudly expressing their disapproval." www.ms.now/opinion/minn...
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Opinion | I'm a Minneapolis sociologist who studies violence. Here's how ICE observers are helping.
Research into how violence occurs shows that disapproval from the people around you can help reduce it.
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Lauren Groh-Wargo @laurengw.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
"The man is the first to die in ICE custody in Georgia this year, and the fifth person to die in ICE custody in the U.S. so far this year." This year = 15 days. One husband, wife, mother, father, sister, brother, human being... every 3 days. www.wabe.org/man-dies-in-...
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Man dies in immigration custody in Georgia
A Mexican national has died while in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody at the Robert A Deyton Detention Facility in Lovejoy, Georgia.
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Lauren Groh-Wargo @laurengw.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
These guys are exactly who we think they are.
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Ian Bassin @ianbassin.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
This from @booker.senate.gov
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month. It’s about oil and regime change. And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
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Onyx Impact @theonyximpact.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Tyler Perry wasn’t being dramatic. He was being accurate. Black history is being censored, sanitized, and stripped from public memory. The Blackout Report tracks the tactics behind this erasure and the impact it has on our culture, safety, and political power.
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Under Trump, 591 books by Black authors have been banned from Pentagon-run schools and libraries, according to Onyx Impact. @delanomassey.bsky.social www.axios.com/2025/11/29/f...
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America stares down erasure of Black history and progress
In the last year, federal, state and institutional decisions have gutted pillars of America's civil rights protections.
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Lauren Groh-Wargo @laurengw.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Wonderful to run into my congresswoman this morning! So grateful for her work for our district and for fighting the good fight on DC. 💙 @repnikema.bsky.social
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