Reposted by Sharon DolenteStand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 1hThe CDC just re-opened a previously shelved study that would withhold the hepatitis B vaccine from children in Guinea-Bissau, despite decades of evidence showing it is safe and effective. This is a violation of human rights, using “science” to harm some of the most vulnerable people in the world. 31415228
Reposted by Sharon DolenteProPublica @propublica.org · 15hThe government doesn’t track how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve tallied more than 500 Americans held against their will in warrantless arrests and detentions during President Trump’s second term. 221720917
Reposted by Sharon DolenteDeborah Pearlstein @debpearlstein.bsky.social · 06/10/2026How nice for them. Next question: which act of Congress authorized this expenditure of federal funds? Quaint it may be, but our constitution forbids drawing funds from the treasury except pursuant to acts of congress. 16529155
Sharon Dolente @sharondolente.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Texas SOS has had a horrendous roll out of a new voter registration database. Voter did their part, complied with the law, went to vote in the primary, took an hour to cast a provisional ballot, and then it wasn't counted. That is unacceptable. www.votebeat.org/texas/2026/1...votebeat.orgSome Texas voter registration delays flagged months before public learned of errorsState officials acknowledged an issue processing voter registrations and updates in March, but said that it had been fixed. 000
Reposted by Sharon DolenteTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 05/10/2026If you're in these states, *TODAY* is deadline to register to vote. Arizona, Arkansas Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas. Even if you think you've registered: doesn't hurt to check! And there's a lot happening across them. A thread with stakes on each. ⬇️ 2218951697
Reposted by Sharon DolenteRyan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026He is not wrong. "There are reasonable grounds to believe that the reported 68 attacks that killed 223 people constituted crimes against humanity of murder under customary international law" - United Nations Special Rapporteur on U.S. Killing “Narco-Terrorists” at Sea www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul... 341127524654
Reposted by Sharon DolenteVerified Voting @verifiedvoting.org · 21/09/2026Machines count our ballots. Election officials conduct post-election audits to make sure they counted them right ✅ Verified Voting's Sunčana Pavlić and Lamontae Shively break down how audits work, and how they're one of many checks that election officials do. Learn more: verifiedvoting.org/audits 012
Sharon Dolente @sharondolente.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Chief Election Officials in all 50 states, Be like Minnesota's SOS and reach out to your eligible voters and let them know the options. kfgo.com/2026/09/19/m...kfgo.comMinnesota launches Three Ways to Vote campaignST. PAUL, Minn. (Learfield) - The Minnesota Secretary of State's Office is launching a statewide campaign remi... 011
Reposted by Sharon DolenteMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 10/09/2026BREAKING: Jimmy Kimmel says his interview with Texas Senate candidate James Talarico will NOT air on ABC due to threats from Trump’s FCC. The interview will instead be posted to YouTube. 53784143457
Reposted by Sharon DolenteAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 04/09/2026NEW: The federal prosecutor who charged ICE agent Christian Castro for lying about shooting Sosa-Celia has now been FIRED. He objected to the DoJ stopping him from charging a civil rights violation. And now he’s fired. www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-min...cbsnews.comFederal prosecutor fired after investigating ICE officer for civil rights offenses in Minnesota shooting, sources sayA federal prosecutor in Minnesota who was investigating an ICE officer for possible civil rights crimes has been fired, four sources familiar with the matter told CBS News. 811119076505
Reposted by Sharon DolenteChris Morran @themorrancave.bsky.social · 03/09/2026BREAKING: A federal prosecutor in Minnesota was planning to bring serious civil rights charges against an ICE agent for shooting a Venezuelan immigrant. Charges that could've meant serious jail time. Then the Trump DOJ said nah, don't do that. New, @propublica.orgpropublica.orgTrump’s DOJ Blocked Serious ICE Shooting Charge Over Federal Prosecutor’s “Strongest Possible” ObjectionsA prosecutor planned to file civil rights charges — similar to those brought against the officers who killed George Floyd — against an ICE agent. In an email we exclusively obtained, he reveals that T... 2205120
Sharon Dolente @sharondolente.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Dear @nytimes.com: Let me help you out. I've been nerding out on absentee ballot rejections in MI almost a decade. 🧵1/5 www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/u...nytimes.comMore Mail Ballots Are Arriving Late This Year, and They’re Getting TossedState officials say they worry about the Postal Service’s ability to deliver votes this fall. They are urging voters to mail their ballots early or use drop boxes so their votes count. 120
Sharon Dolente @sharondolente.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Paul Jacob, the sponsor of failed anti-voter ballot initiative in MI, is a DC political operative. This is the second time he's failed. His 2022 proposal was rife with fraud and was withdrawn. He doesn't know MI's laws and rules, and he doesn't seem to care to learn or respect them. 000
Sharon Dolente @sharondolente.bsky.social · 31/08/2026The first sentence of the DC political operative behind this proposal's hail mary to SCOTUS is a lie. Hundreds of signatures in the 1,000 siganture sample could not be verified. Ya didn't submit 700K. If ya had, you'd be on the ballot. FACTS. 010
Reposted by Sharon DolenteLawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Justice Alito's delayed financial disclosure report for last year his been posted. Confirmation that, as of 2025, he's still holding on to oil & gas stocks ahead of the big climate change case being heard in October. 22871307
Reposted by Sharon DolenteThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 28/08/2026Two election monitors from the Justice Department tried to interview voters and examine voting machines at polling places during Wyoming’s primaries last week, local officials said, drawing pushback from Mark Gordon, the state’s Republican governor.nyti.msWyoming Governor Objects to ‘Very Odd’ D.O.J. Election MonitoringGovernor Mark Gordon, a Republican, said he was concerned by the behavior of election observers who visited a polling station in Cheyenne. 68025
Sharon Dolente @sharondolente.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Michigan, how about electing an engineer to be the next SOS. @garlingilchrist.bsky.social understands that a 20-30% error rate is unacceptable, especially when we were talking about our most fundamental, right! 000
Sharon Dolente @sharondolente.bsky.social · 28/08/2026The Trump Administation is amateur hour, after hour, after hour, for four straight years. www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...nbcnews.comWyoming’s Republican governor raises concerns over ‘aggressive’ DOJ election monitorsGov. Mark Gordon said the behavior of Justice Department officials who observed the state’s primary elections last week was “irregular.” 000
Reposted by Sharon DolenteDana Nessel @dananessel.bsky.social · 28/08/2026🚨BREAKING: The courts issued us a TRO, temporarily halting implementation of the new USPS mail ballot rule, just 36 hours after we filed our case. I am pleased the Court recognized the urgency of the situation and acted quickly to grant the states’ relief. 39428
Reposted by Sharon DolenteBridge Michigan @bridgemi.com · 27/08/2026bit.lyOpinion | The election story no one is tellingWe should demand that our elections be accurate. We should ask tough questions when warranted. Accountability and scrutiny are strengths of our system, not challenges to overcome. But we also have to be willing to look at the process for ourselves. 011
Sharon Dolente @sharondolente.bsky.social · 27/08/2026"Former Republican Texas House Speaker Joe Straus, who is Jewish, told the Texas Tribune that Dunn felt he was unqualified to hold that position, telling him in 2010 that “only Christians should hold leadership positions” in that state’s lower chamber." michiganadvance.com/2025/08/05/p...michiganadvance.comPro-Rogers Super PAC funded by ardent Christian Nationalist • Michigan AdvanceA Texas oil billionaire with deep ties to the Christian Nationalist movement and a rising presence in the national GOP scene, has contributed $5 million to a super PAC backing Republican Mike Rogers’ ... 010
Sharon Dolente @sharondolente.bsky.social · 26/08/2026@votedotorg.bsky.social - time to update your page with voter registration deadlines as it still references Hurricane Helene. 000
Sharon Dolente @sharondolente.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Paul Jacob needs to stop whining about the rules. He failed to make the ballot twice b/c he from DC. The process for signature verification in MI is more friendly to sponors than years ago. The BOC did not accept affidavits to cure signatures in 2018 or 2022, but PTV made it twice. 000
Sharon Dolente @sharondolente.bsky.social · 25/08/2026If you aren't reading the USPS rule, you are really missing out on a good laugh. An official submitting mail ballots for delivery has to wait for them to be scanned, which "generally takes less than minute" per ballot. 24 HOURS for mailing 1,500 ballots. 69 DAYS for mailing 100K ballots. 010
Sharon Dolente @sharondolente.bsky.social · 18/08/2026It's important that reporters remember this and include it in stories they write covering attacks on mail voting by Trump, his administration and election deniers. Readers should know the attacks on mail voting are about gaining an advantage in an election, nothing more. 000
Sharon Dolente @sharondolente.bsky.social · 15/08/2026There is no such thing as a totally accurate and up-to-date voter list. Those who demands this mythical list, are proving their ignorance. Eligible voters turn 18, voters die, voters move, and on and on. All day every day. Lists are constantly updated and constantly in need of updating. 000
Sharon Dolente @sharondolente.bsky.social · 15/08/2026MI's next senator, Abdul El Sayed, saved lots of dogs and puppies by being an effective and proactive manager. It is like a Hallmark after school special. www.thebulwark.com/p/debunking-...thebulwark.comDebunking MAGA’s Puppy-Killer Smear Against Abdul El-SayedThis sick attack is a preview of what he faces—and a case study in how lies become part of our political debate. 000
Sharon Dolente @sharondolente.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Trump DOJ's strategic plan: waste time and money chasing down every activitst's pet theory. "I can't talk about a lot of what we're doing publicly, but activists and others are giving us leads," Dhillon recently told Fox News Digital. "And we are carefully running down each." 000
Reposted by Sharon DolenteJess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 14/08/2026Two married professors and their son are being held in ICE detention, despite being legal permanent residents and having no criminal records. All, apparently, because their mom/MIL was a translator for the Iranian hostage takers in 1979, before they were even born. www.thenation.com/article/soci...thenation.comOne Woman’s Message From the Hell of ICE DetentionMy husband, son, and I have been locked up for months—despite being permanent residents with no criminal record. It is an unendurable, unending nightmare. 2721881175
Sharon Dolente @sharondolente.bsky.social · 13/08/2026This is a really good case study and why you don’t want to allow the government to compile personal your information. It sounds all well and good until it’s in the wrong hands. 000
Reposted by Sharon DolenteRick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Still no word from SCOTUS on the Trump voting executive order. This almost certainly means justices are writing, likely at least one dissent. 28122
Sharon Dolente @sharondolente.bsky.social · 05/08/2026@maddow.bsky.social going on about "that bridge in MI"! Warms my heart! 000
Reposted by Sharon DolenteJen Rice @jenrice.bsky.social · 04/08/2026In TX: Tarrant County Judge Tim O'Hare just CLEARED the meeting room, kicking out public speakers who are opposed to the GOP plan to cut half of the battleground county's Election Day voting locations for November: 42537304
Reposted by Sharon DolenteAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 04/08/2026ICE agents raided the family dormitories at the Dilley detention center and snatched this Bluey coloring page from a child before they could finish. I sued ICE to get these drawings back. You can what they sent me here: www.muellershewrote.com/p/breaking-e... 692568733
Sharon Dolente @sharondolente.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Blanche will tell you whatever you want to hear, Senators. He has been crystal clear every person in the DOJ serves Trump. Once confirmed, he’ll do just that…slush fund and all. 000
Reposted by Sharon DolenteTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 31/07/2026BIG DEAL on voting rights this morning: Governor Spanberger just restored the voting rights of some 60,000+ Virginians. Her move reverses Youngkin's abrupt decision in 2023 to end automatic voting rights restoration, which brought Virginia back to a system of default lifetime disenfranchisement.boltsmag.orgVirginia Governor Restores Voting Rights for Thousands With Past Felony Convictions - BoltsThis is the only state that, absent action by the governor, bans people convicted of any felony from voting for life. Virginians have an opportunity to end that system for good in November. 283363926
Sharon Dolente @sharondolente.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Not a law professor just a lawyer and had the same DAMN thought. 020
Reposted by Sharon DolenteCREW @citizensforethics.org · 21/07/2026NEW: President Trump’s brokers have made 29 trades of private prison stocks since he returned to office. The trades total between $281,029 and $990,000, split between two companies that have benefited massively from Trump administration policy: GEO Group and CoreCivic.citizensforethics.orgTrump has made 29 private prison stock trades since taking office - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in WashingtonTrump’s brokers have made 29 trades of private prison stocks since he returned to office, with the first purchases early in his second term. 9148106
Reposted by Sharon DolenteDanny Miller @danielmilleresq.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Our judges’ bus trip for democracy —Justice in Motion — was on the front page of @usatoday.com, above the fold. Simply amazing. 1135
Reposted by Sharon DolenteJustin Levitt @justinlevitt.bsky.social · 18/07/2026People keep focusing on the SAVE America Act’s proof of citizenship requirement. I get why. But the act would also completely shut down mail and online registration, crushing rural voters. Which is why even R senators from rural states hate it. And why it won’t pass.wsj.comOpinion | Why I’m Voting Against the SAVE America ActI believe in its objectives, but it’s too draconian, especially for voters in remote parts of Alaska. 054
Reposted by Sharon DolenteMiddlerage @middlerage.bsky.social · 16/07/2026NBC will not air Trump's speech on their broadcast channels! Thank you! 251223138
Reposted by Sharon DolenteOhio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 16/07/2026Commentary: Worried Ohio faith leaders called on Gov. DeWine to reassure their unsettled congregants that the state will protect and secure their right to vote. With a hyperpartisan hack as secretary of state, they are right to do so ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/07/15/f...ohiocapitaljournal.comFaith leaders are right to call on Ohio elected officials to protect voter rights and fair elections • Ohio Capital JournalA coalition of worried Ohio faith leaders called on Gov. Mike DeWine to reassure their unsettled congregants that the state will protect and secure their right to vote. With a hyperpartisan,… 1116
Reposted by Sharon DolenteCat Alyst 🏳️⚧️🇨🇦 (they/them) @catalystmeow.bsky.social · 16/07/202619 Epstein survivors. One PSA. One message to the Senate: vote no on Blanche. When trafficking survivors tell you the man running DOJ has failed them — believe them. #BlockBlanche #USDemocracy #MomSky 16364244
Reposted by Sharon DolenteScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 15/07/2026NYC Bar opposes the nomination of one of its own members, Todd Blanche, to be attorney general, saying he lacks the basic professional integrity that the position demands. A stinging and very detailed assessment. www.nycbar.org/reports/oppo... 331544621
Reposted by Sharon DolenteAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 16/07/2026ICE’s Camp East Montana is a hellhole. It’s been open less than a year and three people have died there, including the first-ever homicide in ICE detention (allegedly at the hands of guards). Both DHS and Congressional watchdogs have documented extensive problems. Shut it down! 91023486
Sharon Dolente @sharondolente.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Follow Gov Moore's lead b/c he correct. www.yahoo.com/news/politic...yahoo.com‘This is what losers do’: Gov. Wes Moore calls out Trump ahead of expected primetime speech on election fraudDuring an exclusive interview with theGrio, America’s lone Black governor says the facts and the law are not on President 000
Reposted by Sharon DolenteTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Wisconsin's election commission found probable cause that Elon Musk broke state law with his promise of $1 million to voters and referred the case for possible prosecution to the Brown County DA's office. www.cnn.com/2026/07/14/p...cnn.comElon Musk likely broke the law by giving voters $1 million, Wisconsin board says | CNN PoliticsBillionaire Elon Musk likely broke Wisconsin law when he handed out $1 million checks to voters in the 2025 state Supreme Court election, a bipartisan panel has found. 35897273