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rsm3.bsky.social @rsm3.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Is there really no adult supervision at Greek houses these days? Why has there been so little mention of this aspect of the problem? I wish Jane Doe the best with her case. It won’t be easy. Cornell Case Revives Anger About Handling of Campus Sexual Assault Cases www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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Cornell Case Revives Anger About Handling of Campus Sexual Assault Cases (Gift Article)
A lawsuit alleging rape at Cornell has led to an outpouring of women sharing stories about sexual violence on college campuses.
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rsm3.bsky.social @rsm3.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A shocking revelation in Champaign County, IL. Apparently not widely known: www.smilepolitely.com/opinion/cham...
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Champaign County uses cannabis tax money to fund Flock cameras - Opinion
Around the country, local governments are facing a backlash to the growing use of automated license plate readers (ALPRs). This technology is manufactured by Flock and other companies that use network...
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rsm3.bsky.social @rsm3.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
When was it ever safe? Even my first husband once told me that as an undergrad at Colgate in the 1970’s he participated in a ‘panty raid’ at Wells College, a former private women’s school in Aurora, NY. I’m guessing that wasn’t meant to be completely innocent. 🤮 www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
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Is College Getting Less Safe for Women?
A lawsuit about an alleged gang rape at Cornell University and a Wired story about sexual cyberharassment reveal how campus rape culture and online misogyny are colliding.
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rsm3.bsky.social @rsm3.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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GOP Senator Was Warned Attempt to Trap Jack Smith Might Backfire
Senator Eric Schmitt knowingly used unvetted information in his effort to have a “gotcha” moment.
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rsm3.bsky.social @rsm3.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Jack Smith 💕👍🌞 Jack Smith Defends Against Republican’s Perjury Claim www.nytimes.com/video/us/pol...
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Video: Jack Smith Defends Against Republican’s Perjury Claim
Senator Eric Schmitt, a Republican, appeared to confuse basketball teams as he accused former special counsel Jack Smith of perjury at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Tomorrow, on October 1, the biggest transfer of wealth from the working class to the wealthy hits a critical milestone. Many of the provisions from the Big Ugly Bill will go into effect, harming hundreds of thousands of Michiganders in order to create tax cuts for the richest people in America.
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rsm3.bsky.social @rsm3.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Renee Good’s Family Sues ICE Agent and Top Officials Over Minnesota Killing www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...
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Renee Good’s Family Sues ICE Agent and Top Officials Over Minnesota Killing (Gift Article)
The fatal shooting of Ms. Good set off protests during the Trump administration’s immigration operation early this year in Minnesota.
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rsm3.bsky.social @rsm3.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
What the hell? Cornell Police Report Omitted Student’s Claim She Was Raped www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/n...
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Statement Written by Police in Cornell Assault Case Omitted Her Claim She Was Raped (Gift Article)
Documents obtained by The New York Times show that the campus police at Cornell University sent a condensed statement to a prosecutor, who then declined to bring charges.
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rsm3.bsky.social @rsm3.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
As someone who worked on staff at Cornell for 17 years, I’m not at all surprised, but am incandescent that this garbage keeps happening with no significant penalties as deterrence. Most of these kids go on to high paying careers; the sole reason they are there. www.cornellsun.com/article/2026...
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New York Attorney General Launches Review Into Cornell’s Handling of Alleged Chi Phi Gang Rape
New York State Attorney General Letitia James stood in solidarity with Jane Doe in the alleged 2024 Chi Phi gang rape case in a Monday statement on X as she launched an investigation into Cornell's ha...
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rsm3.bsky.social @rsm3.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Trump Weakens Title IX Rules Amid Cornell Gang Rape Investigation
The Education Department has just weakened protections for sexual assault victims in schools.
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rsm3.bsky.social @rsm3.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Cornell Sexual Assault Investigation to Be Reopened www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/n...
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Cornell Sexual Assault Investigation to Be Reopened (Gift Article)
After outrage over allegations in a lawsuit, the Tompkins County district attorney will revisit the decision not to pursue criminal charges against seven fraternity members.
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rsm3.bsky.social @rsm3.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
www.cornellsun.com/article/2026...
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GUEST ROOM | Cornell's Dereliction of Duty
Dylan Jackaway '24, M.Eng. '25 calls on President Michael Kotlikoff to answer to the Cornell community and the Board of Trustees for his mismanagement of the Title IX investigation of the alleged Chi ...
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rsm3.bsky.social @rsm3.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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EDITORIAL | Cornell Won’t, We Will
The Editorial Board demands that Cornell stops protecting the alleged Chi Phi rapists through the University's opaque sexual assault policies.
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rsm3.bsky.social @rsm3.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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New Google Earth satellite images show scale of Gaza destruction
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rsm3.bsky.social @rsm3.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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East German town bans future Holocaust memorial plaques
An East German town has approved a motion by the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) and ruling centre-right ​Christian Democratic Union (CDU) to reject future installation of brass plaques ‌comme...
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rsm3.bsky.social @rsm3.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This story from 2020 was referenced by ProPublica in its recent exposé on Navatek’s illegal campaign contributions. How did this miss wider scrutiny until now? Tangled Web Of Campaign Cash Connects Hawaii To Maine www.civilbeat.org/2020/02/tang...
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Tangled Web Of Campaign Cash Connects Hawaii To Maine
Tens of thousands of dollars in contributions have flowed from a Hawaii defense contractor, his family and employees to a Maine Republican senator.
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rsm3.bsky.social @rsm3.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Does anyone else think Anna Paulina Luna is an uneducated lunatic? She keeps turning up in European news stories: (See headline translation in my reply. Unfortunately the full article can’t be read without a subscription.) share.google/kZyYxbDMLizI...
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„travel ban“: US-Abgeordnete droht Thüringer Politikern mit Einreiseverbot
Eine Anhörung im Landtag wird auch in den USA beachtet. Im Fokus steht die AfD. Jetzt bekamen Abgeordnete Post aus dem Kongress.
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Acid Rain @bearysweet.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
So, Magas... how do y'all feel about >$10 diesel? Are y'all going to declare America is finally great again by the end of the month? 😬
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rsm3.bsky.social @rsm3.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The AfD is a raving group of lunatics who have no constructive ideas or expertise on their side other than grievance. Sound familiar? Also DW seems to think Tr&#p is credible, which sends the wrong message to Germans: youtube.com/shorts/6WTev...
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Far-right leader and German Chancellor Merz clash in parliament | DW News
YouTube video by DW News
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 25/09/2026
NEW: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson blasted the conservative majority for ignoring the harm voters will endure by allowing Trump to use a flawed system for voter purges. "The harm caused by burdening...lawful voters outweighs the nonexistent harm that the government experiences," she wrote.
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Jackson blasts Supreme Court decision reviving Trump voter-purge database
The U.S. Supreme Court’s three liberal justices argued the Court’s conservative majority ignored real harms to voters by reviving the Trump administration’s flawed centralized citizenship database Fri...
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Space Telescope Science Institute @stsci.edu · 25/09/2026
NASA has now confirmed all ground stations supporting the agency’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope are ready to receive the mission’s high volume of data once science operations begin by early 2027. #NASARoman 🔭
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NASA’s Roman Team Confirms Ground Stations Receiving Data - NASA Science
NASA has now confirmed all ground stations supporting the agency’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope are ready to receive the mission’s high volume of data
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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 25/09/2026
This week, the FBI disclosed it's investigating the hacking group ShinyHunters' claim that it stole thousands of FBI employees’ personal information. @jshermcyber.bsky.social explains why the breach, if it is real, is a counterintelligence nightmare and how the U.S. government should respond.
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The FBI Data Breach Is a Counterintelligence Disaster
Hackers stole thousands of FBI employees’ data, including about new hires and people in sensitive roles. It’s like giving a foreign adversary a gold mine.
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rsm3.bsky.social @rsm3.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A couple of days late; the story as reported by 404media: www.404media.co/fbi-hack-exp...
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FBI Hack Exposed FBI’s Own Hacking Unit
The FBI's Remote Operations Unit (ROU) is a highly secretive team of hackers making exploits and tools to break into target’s devices. Some of its members just got exposed.
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rsm3.bsky.social @rsm3.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Time is way past due to reform the Supreme Court, and kick these bastards out. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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US supreme court lifts restrictions on controversial voter database
Trump and officials claimed it combats voting by noncitizens but critics said it could disenfranchise eligible voters
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rsm3.bsky.social @rsm3.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Republican Sheriff Illegally Seized California Ballots, Court Rules www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...
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Republican Sheriff Illegally Seized California Ballots, Court Rules (Gift Article)
The California Supreme Court ordered Sheriff Chad Bianco of Riverside County to return ballots to election officials after he confiscated them for an investigation.
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rsm3.bsky.social @rsm3.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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No Kings: Vote Early | Decatur, IL · No Kings
Macon County: Let’s celebrate Democracy and commit to VOTE EARLY! This event will be even more joyous than the previous, and we hope you will join us! We will have a booth set up so you can check y...
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 18/09/2026
With just under one month to go until the next No Kings, there are already more than 1,000 events on the map. That means October 17 will be the largest early vote activation in American history. Please join us: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
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Champaign County Indivisible 📎 @cc-indivisible.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Illinois: Mail ballots will be sent, and early voting begins, TODAY. In Champaign County, M-F until 10/16, then 7 days a week from 10/19 to 11/1. ipmnewsroom.org/general-elec...
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General Election 2026 Voter Guide - IPM Newsroom
From the Champaign County Clerk and Sheriff to U.S. Senate and House seats, several local and statewide races are on the ballot in Illinois’ Nov. 3 midterm election. Illinois Public Media is covering ...
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Republican senator: Subpoena Trump Jr., Hunter Biden www.semafor.com/article/09/2...
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Republican senator: Subpoena Trump Jr., Hunter Biden
Sen. John Curtis wants to investigate “the use of presidential family relationships for private financial benefit” by both parties.
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rsm3.bsky.social @rsm3.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 21/09/2026
This will make it nearly impossible to file habeas petitions, because attorneys won’t even know what federal district their client has been moved to to stage for their removal. Something like a third of all people in ICE custody. apnews.com/article/ice-...
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AP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding most detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, in a move that has made it harder for lawyers an...
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rsm3.bsky.social @rsm3.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Germans Are in Shock. But We Can Get Out of This Mess. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/o...
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Opinion | Germany Is in Danger. But There’s Still Time. (Gift Article)
We should not give in to gloom.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 21/09/2026
Trump’s approval rating is on track to be the worst in American history. At some point, Trump’s bad rep will be such a liability to fellow Republican officeholders, that they’ll move to get rid of him. trib.al/Kl8xfFq
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
We don’t have to put up with this. Not these policies or these politicians or even this system of politics. It's time for us to chase out corruption and build a politics that actually responds to the people.
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rsm3.bsky.social @rsm3.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Watch: The New Supreme Court
For likely the first time in modern history, the Supreme Court decided more cases in fast-tracked, secretive proceedings than in open court. We break down how a once-rare emergency process became the ...
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 19/09/2026
TEXAS OHIO GEORGIA NORTH CAROLINA MICHIGAN IOWA ALASKA These are the states we’ve identified as most vulnerable to GOP election interference before, during, and after Election Day. If your state is on that list, we want to train you how to get into election protection formation.
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Sign Up to Protect the 2026 Elections · Indivisible
Sign the pledge to protect the 2026 elections! From a [last-minute switch to precinct-based assigned polls in Dallas County](https://www.votebeat.org/texas/2026/03/04/dallas-county-precinct-voting-pr...
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rsm3.bsky.social @rsm3.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Hill investigates after F-35 parts diverted to Hong Kong
The incident raises the possibility that top secret weapons technology may have been exposed to a foreign adversary — including China.
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rsm3.bsky.social @rsm3.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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ProPublica Event: Bankrolled: How a Russian Oligarch Funded Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Weekend
The inside story of how ProPublica traced the lavish three-day party back to a secret benefactor.
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rsm3.bsky.social @rsm3.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
We should be grateful Tr%*mp has most likely never visited Dresden, Germany, nor has seen The Golden Rider (Goldener Reiter), a gold-leaf-covered equestrian statue of King Augustus the Strong. We are fortunate.
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rsm3.bsky.social @rsm3.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Trump administration sued over threat to deploy federal law enforcement at voting sites
Civil rights groups say plan will make people ‘afraid to vote’ and violates the Voting Rights Act
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rsm3.bsky.social @rsm3.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Lewis “Scooter” Libby’s nut-job opinion rant in today’s WAPO, “America needs to destroy what really sustains the Iranian regime” is the final straw for me. Time to pull the plug (again), and unsubscribe for good.
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rsm3.bsky.social @rsm3.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The Real Reason Obama’s Harsh Warning to Dems About AI Is So Unnerving newrepublic.com/article/2154... via @newrepublic.com
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The Real Reason Obama’s Harsh Warning to Dems About AI Is So Unnerving
Most Democrats have more or less the right position on AI. But their arguments are way too narrow to dramatize the real stakes. They should aim higher.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 16/09/2026
BREAKING: Today, I'm introducing a bill to BAN corporate takeovers of your doctor's office. Doctors should be able to care for their patients without greedy private equity investors getting in the way. Let's get this done.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 16/09/2026
Read Mikhal Zygar on Umar Kremlev, the oligarch who helped pay for Don Jr's wedding zygaro.substack.com/p/the-oligar...
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The right to vote is one of the most fundamental parts of our democracy. Check your voter registration at IWillVote.com and make a plan to vote early or on Election Day on November 3.
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rsm3.bsky.social @rsm3.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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The Next Change Trump Has Planned for the Smithsonian
A letter from Interior Secretary Doug Burgum revealed new details about warning signs the White House will install near the American-history museum.
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rsm3.bsky.social @rsm3.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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There’s a Right Way to Regulate AI—and a Very Wrong Way
Trump is a fool to say no regulation’s needed. But don’t let’s leave the solution to Anthropic and OpenAI.
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rsm3.bsky.social @rsm3.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The Final Battle for America’s Democracy newrepublic.com/article/2151... via @newrepublic.com
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The Final Battle for America’s Democracy
Forget November 3. It’s January 3 when Donald Trump and his MAGA Republicans might bury our democracy once and for all. Here’s how.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: Agents of the Department of Homeland Security have been ordered to unlawfully access state voting records to carry out the department’s escalating elections-related probes, an anonymous federal whistleblower recently disclosed to Sen. Alex Padilla. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Homeland Security officers are illegally accessing state voter data, new whistleblower alleges
The searches likely resulted in "thousands of violations of state laws," Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) said.
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