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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Data scientists, like @votehub.com's Zachary Donnini, tell me that despite the GOP's new illegally gerrymandered seats, the Democrats remain clear favorites to retake control of the House in November. He also debunks the latest claims of election fraud in California. youtu.be/z3jThKjeP-Y?...

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Trump PANICS as NEW POLLS Deliver DEVASTATING News!!

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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

On June 4, Reps. Jay Obernolte (R-Calif.) and Lori Trahan (D-Mass.) released a 269-page bipartisan discussion draft of a bill called the Great American Artificial Intelligence Act of 2026. Rep. Trahan joined the Tech Policy Press podcast to discuss it, and to invite feedback.

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Unpacking the Great American Artificial Intelligence Act of 2026

A conversation with Rep. Lori Trahan (D-Mass.), who joined Rep. Jay Obernolte (R-Ca.) in introducing a discussion draft of comprehensive AI legislation.

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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

#ELB: Muller: “Private Rights of Action for Election Litigation in the Federal Courts” electionlawblog.org/?p=156486

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Janet Vertesi @cyberlyra.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

If you 👍 the Pope's recent Encyclical, you'll 😍 our new paper, shifting the conversation about "ethics" to one about political economy. Catch it here in pre-print before its release next month! #academicsky

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Stephen Wolf @stephenwolf.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

This and the GOP also aims to block ballot initiatives to end gerrymandering, protect voting rights, & reform elections/govt in other ways. Since 2011, Republicans have made voter-led initiatives harder to pass and/or subverted voter-approved laws in nearly every state they’ve run that allows them

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OSET Institute @osetinstitute.org · 01/04/2026

Amen on the "don't panic"... the whole point of this EO is disruptive chaos; 2 articles and 7 amendments make clear this won't fly. Stay the course; remain focused; do not be seduced by rage-porn.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Here cspan we fixed your chyron

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OSET Institute @osetinstitute.org · 31/03/2026

Good luck with that; we doubt this ends well for an Administration that seems to be clue-free about how elections are actually administered. x.com/PressSec/sta...

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Verified Voting @verifiedvoting.org · 20/03/2026

At #EVN26, former Colorado clerk Pam Anderson's keynote covered a range of issues shaping election administration today—including the importance of risk-limiting audits: “Machines count better than humans, but we need to check to make sure it’s right.” Plus, check out our “I ❤️ RLAs” sticker!

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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

🧵 Trump administration AI policy is widely described as deregulatory. This description is misleading. What's happening is not the absence of governance but its rearrangement--intensive state intervention operating through mechanisms we don't typically call regulation. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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The mirage of AI deregulation

One of the most interventionist approaches to technology governance in the United States in a generation has cloaked itself in the language of deregulation. In early December 2025, President Donald Tr...

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

The Fulton County search warrant & its implications for the 2026 & future elections is critically important news & not getting the coverage it merits. Read my most recent piece to get the download & understand why this is such a significant development. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

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Today Fulton County, Tomorrow???

On Wednesday, the FBI executed a search warrant on the Fulton County, Georgia, Elections Operation Center.

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Norm Ornstein @normornstein.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

A beta test for November. Chilling

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OSET Institute @osetinstitute.org · 29/01/2026

Tho' we're perhaps a bit more quiet than usual, never doubt we're listening. So, ICYMI: in an age of rage-bait headlines, this...THIS is genuinely a 5-Alarm development. It strikes at the heart of our mission (spelunk our site to learn learn more, but first see this): www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

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FBI raids Georgia elections office as Trump administration seeks voter data from states

The FBI searched an elections center in Georgia seeking records related to the 2020 election. Baseless claims of voter fraud have been a focus of President Trump since he lost that race, and the raid ...

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Edward Perez @eddieperez.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

2026 midterms: If you want to go deeper into the weeds (ie facts) about election administration, here’s a starter pack of reliable experts & journalists who understand the mechanics of actually running elections — smart geeks & wonks who understand law, ballots, counting, etc. go.bsky.app/PTSTqyD

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Edward Perez @eddieperez.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Political consultants everywhere no doubt greedily rubbing their hands together, dreaming of new ways to use AI to spoon-feed voters misleading or outright hallucinatory “facts.”

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Elizabeth Chamblee Burch @eburch.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

A huge thank you to @stevevladeck.bsky.social for this incredible blurb. Steve is one of the sharpest observers of our legal system—and one of the most generous humans in it. If you haven't read his book, The Shadow Docket, what are you waiting for? Read it, then The Pain Brokers (out Jan. 13)!

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 05/12/2025

NEW: A Republican lawyer playing a leading role in DOJ's push to seize state voter records was put on leave in a previous job after bringing a flawed prosecution spurred by a tip from a far-right election conspiracy group.

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DOJ’s New Voting Lawyer Brought Flawed Charges Pushed By Election Deniers

Read more here.

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Edward Perez @eddieperez.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

I posted this here about a year ago. Seems like a good time to re-up it. cc: @macfarlanenews.bsky.social 👇👇👇

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OSET Institute @osetinstitute.org · 03/12/2025

Thanks to the TrustTheVote®Project members, we took our ELLA, the first election specific AI agent, from initial pilot test to election tested solution for election administrators! Let's make election history in 2026! secure.anedot.com/the-trustthevote-…

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Edward Perez @eddieperez.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

For factual information about elections, this starter pack includes reliable experts and journalists who understand the mechanics of actually running elections. A public that is educated about elections helps to support our democracy. go.bsky.app/PTSTqyD

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

We’re honestly on a fast timeline to exactly this.

A cartoon by Cori6 compares two scenarios. The top panel, labeled "PROJECT 1938," shows a group of people, including adults and children, disembarking from a train with a ramp, reminiscent of historical deportations. The bottom panel, labeled "PROJECT 2025," depicts a similar group of people disembarking from an airplane using a mobile staircase, suggesting a modern deportation scenario. The cartoon is signed "Cori6" in the bottom right corner.

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Jessica Huseman @jessicahuseman.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

The entire @votebeat.org staff tore Trump's executive order on elections apart to explain it to you. Here it is. I promise you it's the most detailed article on this you'll find on the internet right now. www.votebeat.org/2025/03/25/t...

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Trump orders an overhaul of how elections are run, inviting a likely legal challenge

The order could be used to justify canceling a future election, one Democratic official warned. “It’s very methodical, and very, very dangerous.”

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Richard Branson @richardbranson.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

(1/3) It needs repeating: in 1994, Ukraine was persuaded to give up its nuclear weapons to Russia in return for the US, the UK, and Russia guaranteeing Ukraine’s sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

One of our best security experts sums it up:

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Interesting statement on Russia and Ukraine from leadership at the George W Bush Presidential Center. www.bushcenter.org/publications...

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America First should not put Russia second | George W. Bush Presidential Center

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Edward Perez @eddieperez.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Not. Normal.

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Richard Branson @richardbranson.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Whenever you welcome guests, treat them with kindness, grace and respect. Simple as that.

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Kevin Collier @kevincollier.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Some context: Edward "Big Balls" Coristine is listed in CISA's agency directory as a senior advisor. He's been accused by a former employer of leaking information to a competitor. And we learned today that DOGE in some instances is using LLMs to sift through federal staffers' words.

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DOGE will use AI to assess the responses from federal workers who were told to justify their jobs via email

The revelation comes as federal workers face a midnight deadline to respond.

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OSET Institute @osetinstitute.org · 19/02/2025

Stripping NIST is a very bad idea. This will put us at an extreme disadvantage with foreign competitors, and will potentially impact election security research, development and testing. Via @axios.com *paywalled* www.axios.com/pro/tech-pol...

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Scoop: NIST prepares to cut AI Safety Institute, CHIPS staff

NIST probationary employees are bracing to be fired imminently.

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Incompetence in Washington puts every American at risk, no matter how you voted. No one should be happy that the DOGE team - the same folks who randomly published classified U.S. security information online today - wants access to your bank account & Social Security numbers.

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Hedy Lamarr @chudonew.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Vance Escalates Conflict With Europe in Alarming Speech Vance accused European officials of “canceling elections,” in reference to Germany’s upcoming election. He didn’t notice the irony of his words, given his boss’s attempt to overthrow democracy on Jan 6, 2021. newrepublic.com/post/191549/...

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JD Vance Escalates Conflict With Europe in Alarming Speech at Munich

The vice president lectured European allies at the Munich security conference, following days of troubling statements from the Trump administration on Russia.

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 14/02/2025

The DOGE "force of super-geniuses" reinventing our $6 trillion government forgot to password-protect their website. Here's what it looks like right now www.404media.co/anyone-can-p...

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OSET Institute @osetinstitute.org · 11/02/2025

Some additional background on the still-developing situation at CISA, with quotes from our colleague, Kim Wyman. The work CISA does to assist local election officials in protecting election systems is too important to ignore. Security > Efficiency cyberscoop.com/cisa-misinfo...

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CISA election, disinformation officials placed on administrative leave, sources say

The moves happened Thursday and Friday last week, per a source.

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OSET Institute @osetinstitute.org · 11/02/2025

This decision to curtail CISA will have potentially long-range negative impact on U.S. cybersecurity efforts. The agency was created to improve protection of 17 critical infrastructure sectors, elections being an integral part. apnews.com/article/elec...

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US cyber agency puts election security staffers who worked with the states on leave

Staffers at the nation’s cybersecurity agency whose job is to ensure the security of U.S. elections have been placed on administrative leave, jeopardizing critical support provided to state and local ...

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OSET Institute @osetinstitute.org · 06/02/2025

cowboystatedaily.com/2025/02/06/b... In a fantastic piece from Cowboy State Daily, Wyoming state reps hoping to push through a bill requiring all hand counts and banning all tabulating equipment discover that they’re less enthusiastic about the additional funding for personnel that’s required.

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Bills To Ban Voting Machines Killed In Committee

Two bills that would’ve banned voting machines and mandate hand count elections in Wyoming were rejected by Senate and House committees on Wednesday…

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Bolts @boltsmag.org · 20/01/2025

As we enter a new political era, Bolts has identified eight legal battles that are likely to shape voting rights in 2025. Here's what you need to know: boltsmag.org/voting-...

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On Voting Rights, Eight Legal Battles to Watch in 2025

From the continued threats against the Voting Rights Act to new restrictions on mail ballots and voter registration, courts will have a lot of opportunities to shape democracy this year.

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NPR @npr.org · 20/01/2025

HAPPENING NOW: Listen live to NPR’s special coverage of President-elect Donald Trump’s second inauguration.

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Inauguration Day 2025: Trump is minutes away from taking office and signing orders

Live updates on Donald Trump's 2025 inauguration.

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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

“We will witness the peaceful transfer of power at the heart of our democracy,” Amy Klobuchar says as President-elect Trump applauds at his Capitol swearing in.

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Mark Albert @markalbertnews.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

HAPPENING NOW: Pres Biden giving his farewell address from the Oval Office as he prepares to leave office, with Pres-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday; WATCH LIVE via @CBSNews: www.cbsnews.com/live/

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OSET Institute @osetinstitute.org · 16/01/2025

Tuning in to President Biden’s farewell address to the nation. It truly is the end of an era. We wish the President and his family a smooth adjustment to civilian life, and thank him for his efforts to hold our great, if fractious, nation together for four tumultuous years. Godspeed, Mr. President.

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OSET Institute @osetinstitute.org · 08/01/2025

Our thoughts are with everyone currently affected by the horrific fires in Los Angeles County. Even if your area has not been placed under evacuation order, have a go-bag packed and make preparations for family members with special needs and animals if that changes.

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