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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 10h
A whole political movement should be stood up against this arrogant and sociopathic bullshit www.politico.com/newsletters/...
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Deborah Pearlstein @debpearlstein.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Just for perspective, there are about 677 district court judgeships in the US. If every one of these positions were filled (they're not) and if all of these cases were distributed evenly by geography (they're not), that'd be ~122 more cases PER JUDGE. They cannot possibly keep up.
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John Hudson @johnphudson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Trump administration is paying $1.6 million a week to keep Voice of America staff on leave www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 03/10/2026
⚠️ Trump would not rule out declaring a national emergency to try to take control of the midterms in a recent interview with Time. And the people pushing the idea claim to have Trump’s ear: demdock.com/4hBati6
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
JUST FILED: Growing trouble for Trump and his party in Pennsylvania youtu.be/OKBXyCOu74c?...
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Trump LOSES IT After COLLAPSE in Pennsylvania!
YouTube video by Scott MacFarlane Reports
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Ciara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Early voting starts October 5: California Oct. 5, 2026 Maine Oct. 5, 2026 Montana Oct. 5, 2026 Nebraska Oct. 5, 2026 🗳️👏
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Ciara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Early voting starts October 6: Indiana Oct. 6, 2026 New Mexico Oct. 6, 2026 Ohio Oct. 6, 2026 Wyoming Oct. 6, 2026 🗳️👏
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404 Media @404media.co · 03/10/2026
Magent Forensics, the owner of the GrayKey phone unlocking tool, says it can bypass an iPhone rebooting feature that was locking cops out. www.404media.co/cops-can-byp...
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Cops Can Bypass iPhone’s Automatic Reboot to Get Into Locked Phones, Leaked Video Claims
Magent Forensics, the owner of the GrayKey phone unlocking tool, says it can bypass an iPhone rebooting feature that was locking cops out.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/10/2026
Russ Vought: "We fund what we need to fund. I'm not at all shy about we want to spend billions of dollars on a new shipyard. We're up there defending the $1.5t that the Department of War needs. But it's also coming at a ton of reduction on the non-defense side"
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Lauren Harper @laurenleharper.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I guess this explains why DOJ never found any of her emails in response to my FOIAs...even though they specifically asked for any and all of Bondi's DOJ email addresses. 😡 awesome stuff from @jasonleopold.bsky.social
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 02/10/2026
Elon Musk's superPAC reported enjoying another $1.1 million in free speech. Spread around 13 states, only one of which contains his legal residence. docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/form...
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Oriana González @oriana.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
SCOOP: White House officials, led by Susie Wiles, have told DOJ to delay any abortion-related action until after the midterms Wiles suggested to Todd Blanche that an aggressive approach on abortion would be negative for the GOP in November @washingtonsun.com www.washingtonsun.com/campaigns/ab...
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White House Officials Told the DOJ to Delay Action on Abortion Ahead of the Midterms
Attorney General Todd Blanche has moved slowly in abortion pill litigation and department officials have told advocates to wait until after the election.
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TrumpsTaxes @trumpstaxes.com · 02/10/2026
It's here, folks. It's finally, finally here. The big @boltsmag.org guide to the 2026 midterms has arrived! And it has us fully covered. You're gonna wanna bookmark this one. boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
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Your Cheat Sheet to the 2026 General Elections - Bolts
Congressional races will take center stage on Nov. 3, but they’re just the tip of what to watch. Prosecutors and governors, attorneys general and sheriffs, school boards and mayors, utility... Read Mo...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
TGIF 🙄 @wsj.com @financialtimes.com @bloomberg.com www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“.. His views changed after DOGE busted into federal agencies to shut them down and Congress had failed to respond. “If that could happen in broad daylight with no response, then no organization was safe,” he said. @wsj.com www.wsj.com/politics/mic...
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Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Don’t be fooled—LLMs don’t reason www.technologyreview.com/2026/10/02/1...
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Don’t be fooled—LLMs don’t reason
Ten years after AlphaGo’s match against Go champion Lee Sedol, today’s AI still isn’t tapping into the machinery that made that win possible.
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The Downballot @the-downballot.com · 02/10/2026
Wisconsin caps direct donations to gubernatorial candidates at $20,000. But it's an easy rule to get around because of what Rep. Tom Tiffany, the Republican nominee for governor, has called a “billionaire loophole” in state law.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/10/2026
New in PN: The mendaciousness of the latest DOJ attack on judges "What 'canons' did all but one of MN's district court judges violate? Well, they spoke to the Times and made Trump sad. You won't be surprised to learn this is not in fact a violation, but that isn’t going to stop Blanche, now is it?"
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The mendaciousness of the latest DOJ attack on judges
Blanche created a new rule out of thin air and is mad it’s not being followed.
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Patricia Zengerle @reuterszengerle.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Bipartisan members of Congress move to block demolition of Kennedy Center - www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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Bipartisan members of Congress move to block demolition of Kennedy Center
When President Donald Trump took a wrecking ball to the East Wing of the White House, it took Washington by ​surprise. Now, there is a move in the US Congress to avoid a second such surprise with legi...
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Zack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 02/10/2026
"Microsoft has confirmed its X account has been compromised."
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Is everything ok Microsoft?
The official @microsoft X account has been compromised. Microsoft’s X account followed a Clippy crypto account earlier today, reposted one of its tweets, and had its profile picture changed to a Clipp...
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Amanda Carpenter @amandacarpenter.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Why is MAGA suddenly enthusiastic about rewriting the history of Watergate? They want to make post-Watergate anti-corruption reform laws go away. If Nixon was never corrupt, those laws were never needed, and Trump and his cronies shouldn't have to abide by them. They are planning ahead.
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Garnet is absolutely right here. More than that, #SCOTUS has made it clear, over and over again, that it is not going to let states use its "original" jurisdiction to sue other states in contexts in which the underlying question *can* be litigated in the lower federal courts. This is one of those.
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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 01/10/2026
What Hoskins did was not Trumpian fire and brimstone, bellowing about the criminality of Democrats and immigrants to try to overturn elections. It’s the unsexy, quietly effective cheating made possible by placing party loyalists in key bureaucratic positions.
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Old-School Republicans Are Responsible for Trump’s Attempts to End American Democracy 
Hello, and welcome back to The Franchise The Missouri gerrymandering fight felt...
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Tim Murphy @timothypmurphy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Breaking News: The US only added 29,000 jobs in September. They were expecting 84,000. Unemployment is also up. www.wsj.com/economy/jobs...
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
NEW: It's that time of year: time to launch my annual guide to November's elections! I guide you through over *650* interesting elections, & why they matter. Judges, AGs, govs, mayors, lawmakers, AGs, county & school boards—plus many (many) ballot measures. Oh, & Congress. Explore & bookmark!
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Your Cheat Sheet to the 2026 General Elections - Bolts
Congressional races will take center stage on Nov. 3, but they’re just the tip of what to watch. Prosecutors and governors, attorneys general and sheriffs, school boards and mayors, utility... Read Mo...
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Truthout @truthout.org · 01/10/2026
Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey, and Newt Gingrich are to lead a new military task force to develop new weapons and troops systems despite the fact that none of them have ever served in the U.S. military.
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Hegseth Gives Musk, Luckey, and Gingrich Key Roles Shaping the Future of US Weapons, War
The appointments are a major conflict of interest, as Musk and Luckey have billion-dollar military contracts.
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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Great piece from @emineirmakyucel.bsky.social on Russ Vought’s most recent illegal budgetary action with some quotes from me and others.
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Russ Vought Insists He Has a Neat Trick to Override Congress. It’s More ‘a Confession,’ Experts Say
Following a failed bid by Senate Democrats to block it, President Donald...
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Reuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · 01/10/2026
California and six other states sued the Trump administration on September 30, accusing it of withholding federal funds approved by Congress, including about $810 million the White House moved to cancel before the fiscal year ended reut.rs/4dOeBdz
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California, six other states sue Trump administration over federal funds
California and six other states filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on Wednesday, accusing it of withholding federal funds approved ​by Congress, including about $810 million the White Ho...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“.. We’re the only major country in the world losing visitation,” the head of the US Travel Association said. “It’s mind-boggling.” @semafor.com www.semafor.com/article/09/2...
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Renee Good's family filed two lawsuits today. The first, against, USG, is a standard wrongful death. The second is a Klan Act lawsuit against Jonathan Ross, AND STEPHEN MILLER and Greg Bovino. It names Nick Shirley and Christopher Rufo as non-party co-conspirators for their racist propaganda.
44. At all relevant times, Defendants Ross, Miller, Noem, Lyons, Homan,
Bovino, and the John Doe Federal Agents acted under color of federal law and within the
scope of a joint enterprise with the private actors described below. Defendant
Lewandowski acted in part under color of federal law and in part, as alleged below, as a
private person, his federal status having been limited to a temporary part-time designation
that his conduct exceeded. Shirley, Rufo, and Ben Bergquam, and the other non-party
private actors described below, agreed to and in fact participated in the conspiracy alleged
here: each acted in concert with, and with the knowledge and encouragement of, federal
officials.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“.. The ships, jet fighters, Marines and sailors will arrive in the region by the end of November, the officials said. Trump recently told aides that he expects to resume bombing Iran that same month ..” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
As promised, I wrote about what really bothers me about Tuesday's unsigned, unexplained #SCOTUS ruling clearing the way for the resumption of third-country removals with minimal (if any) process. Turns out, it's a lot: www.stevevladeck.com/p/254-four-t...
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254. Four Things That (Really) Bother Me About “D.V.D. III”
“Third-country removals” raise a host of difficult procedural and substantive questions. The Supreme Court should have answered those questions *before* greenlighting deportations to torture.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
BREAKING WSJ: The Trump Justice Department is reviewing whether the special prosecutor's office that investigated Watergate committed misconduct. A revisionist historian went to DOJ HQ to present his case that Richard Nixon and his associates weren't treated fairly.
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Exclusive | Decades After Watergate, Justice Department Reviews Whether Nixon Got a Raw Deal
A revisionist historian went to the DOJ headquarters to present his case that the former president and his associates weren’t treated fairly.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 01/10/2026
The American Bar Association laid out the receipts. Big donors get appointments. Big money flows in, investigations disappear, pardons follow, regulations loosen and foreign governments get favorable treatment. The article calls it an “unprecedented pay-to-play culture.” #PayToPlayPresident
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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
ICE Gestapo round-up vans, paid for by taxpayers. VOTE www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 01/10/2026
The crypto firm that runs President Donald Trump’s meme coin is promising to hold “the most exclusive dinner in the world,” raising new ethics concerns about the president’s personal financial entanglements.
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Want Dinner With the President? Buy His Meme Coin.
The $Trump meme coin is offering buyers a new "exclusive" opportunity to meet the president.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Reup: Yesterday Chuck Grassley claimed to be outraged that, along with all the other comms Jack Smith obtained when accessing devices of witnesses and criminals, he got journalists' request for comment. Chuck is trying to cover up how Trump defrauded MAGAts. emptywheel.net/2026/09/30/c...
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Chuck Grassley and Far Right Propagandists Covering Up How Trump Defrauded MAGAts - emptywheel
Far right propagandists and Chuck Grassley are outraged that journalists' communications -- communications that showed Trump defrauding MAGAt voters -- were among the things Jack Smith obtained from t...
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Anne Applebaum has been right about a lot of things and this is one. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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MAGA Is Making the World Safe for Corruption
Far-right ideologues have transformed American foreign policy into a tool of private gain and antidemocratic reaction.
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Bolts @boltsmag.org · 01/10/2026
California's supreme court ruled that a county sheriff broke the law when he seized more than 650,000 ballots, KSL News reports:
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California sheriff unlawfully seized over 650,000 ballots and must return them, state Supreme Court rules
The California Supreme Court ruled Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco violated state election law by ordering his deputies to seize more than 650,000 ballots tied to the Proposition 50 special election.
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
If you want to see a witch hunt, watch Sen. Erik Schmitt attack Jack Smith. Schmitt makes false accusations, suggests being in Atlanta proves conspiracy, and when it becomes clear Smith was not in Atlanta at all, persists in name-calling. And no, he has no shame. www.nbcnews.com/video/republ...
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‘A total dirtbag’: GOP senator mistakenly accuses Smith of perjury over NBA game
Former special counsel Jack Smith’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing became tense after Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., presented a text message to Smith that he suggested showed he was in Atlanta for a b...
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 01/10/2026
🚨 FACT: Deploying ICE agents to the polls is illegal. And a new survey says it’s deeply unpopular among voters. However, there’s a significant partisan divide. More participating Republicans than Democrats support ICE and National Guardsmen at polling places this fall: demdock.com/4hAX89A
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Reuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · 01/10/2026
A federal judge has ordered the Federal Bureau of Prisons to reinstate a union contract ​covering correctional officers and other federal prison employees, the ‌latest blow to efforts by President Trump's administration to strip government workers of collective bargaining rights reut.rs/4yohtGx
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US prison agency must reinstate union bargaining contract, US judge rules
A federal judge in Connecticut has ordered the US Federal Bureau of Prisons to reinstate a union contract ​covering 30,000 correctional officers and other federal prison employees, the ‌latest blow to...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
shame on junior officers for applauding his claptrap, and for their bosses not giving them appropriate instructions in advance www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/u...
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In Speech, Hegseth Targets Diversity, Transgender People, Reporters and Iran
The defense secretary returned to culture-war themes and used coarse and offensive terms to describe people he believes have no place in the military.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: Key federal agencies failed to provide any records to back up President Donald Trump’s allegations that tens of thousands of noncitizens are registered to vote in various blue states, a nonpartisan government watchdog said in a new lawsuit. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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DHS has failed to provide records to prove Trump’s allegations of noncitizen voting, watchdog says
Key federal agencies failed to provide any records to back up President Donald Trump’s allegations that 278,000 noncitizens are improperly registered to vote, a nonpartisan government watchdog said in...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 01/10/2026
Tennessee’s highest-security youth prisons are operated by a single private company. Former staff say they felt pressure to hide abuse and other serious incidents from the state and to handle medical emergencies without calling 911. with @wpln.bsky.social
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He Suffered Abuse in a Private Youth Jail. The Company Never Reported It.
Tennessee’s highest-security youth prisons are operated by a single private company. Former staff say they felt pressure to hide abuse and other serious incidents from the state and to handle medical ...
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TrumpsTaxes @trumpstaxes.com · 01/10/2026
Congressional staff - led by Mike Johnson’s aide - were planning a luxury trip to Europe on the taxpayer’s dime.m All while people are struggling to make ends meet. These people are so out of touch. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
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Congressional staff planned official trip with luxury stops in Italy and France weeks before election
The weeklong staff trip, including stops at a Ferrari factory and Champagne, was to be led by an aide to House Speaker Mike Johnson and was canceled after NBC News asked about the itinerary.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A win! A federal judge in Georgia today dismissed the Justice Department’s lawsuit seeking unredacted copies of the state’s voter registration list.
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DOJ now 0-26 after judge rejects demand for Georgia voter rolls
The judge said the Civil Rights Act does not authorize DOJ's demands for the Peach State’s unredacted voter roll.
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 29/09/2026
What's fun about this whole contretemps and why it's worth watching again is how smirky Schmitt starts out - this is going to be his big moment – and how honest a puzzled Smith comes off, and how sharp Klobuchar was to quickly figure out the basic mistake. And then how pissy Schmitt gets at her.
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