Chuck Darwin<p>For decades, the right has targeted the protections of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, </p><p>most visibly via court decisions, <br>as well as spurious voter roll <a href="https://c.im/tags/purges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>purges</span></a> and <a href="https://c.im/tags/gerrymandering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gerrymandering</span></a> efforts, <br>which warp territorial districting law to divide opponents and consolidate supporters.</p><p>One of the most reliable methods of suppression, though, <br>is to tighten <a href="https://c.im/tags/voter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>voter</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/identification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>identification</span></a> rules. </p><p>Requiring <a href="https://c.im/tags/citizenship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>citizenship</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/paperwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paperwork</span></a>, which many (fully eligible) citizens do not possess, <br>leads to the emergence of a racially inflected pattern of <a href="https://c.im/tags/vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vote</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/suppression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>suppression</span></a>. </p><p>If you make voting as inconvenient and costly as possible, <br>by default, some percentage of those who are short on money and time <br>— people of color, students, low-income workers and others who juggle lots of obligations with few resources <br>— will decide that getting to the polls just isn’t worth it. </p><p>Maximizing this effect is the primary motive driving the rampant right-wing infringements on democratic participation, <br>Trump’s latest order included.</p><p>To justify these measures, the executive order <br>👉purports to combat large-scale voter fraud: <br>⚠️the familiar right-wing myth that millions of illicit votes are cast in the U.S., in numbers that could throw a presidential election. </p><p>(The real nationwide illegal vote count is a few hundred, at most</p><p>-- of those, quite a few were Trump voters.) </p><p>The type of voter fraud claimed by the right is so vanishingly rare as to be an utterly negligible force in U.S. politics. </p><p>If anything can be said to constitute actual substantive electoral fraud, <br>it is the right’s systematic and wildly successful campaign to <a href="https://c.im/tags/obstruct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>obstruct</span></a> voting rights.</p><p>Trump’s order, <br>while perhaps the most aggressive foray into voter suppression of late, <br>is far from the only effort to impair democracy. </p><p>🔥Right now the SAVE Act is making its way through Congress; </p><p>the Republican-sponsored legislation would alter registration procedures <br>and demand proof of citizenship documents like <br>a passport, birth certificate or naturalization certification. </p><p>(As NPR reported, researchers have found that<br>👉 1 in 10 voting-eligible Americans don’t possess these documents.)❗️</p><p>There’s notable overlap between the two efforts <br>— the administration seems to be hedging its bets. </p><p>“A lot of [the executive order] tracks pretty closely with what’s in the SAVE Act,” <br>said Diaz. </p><p>Should the SAVE Act fail, the executive order may<br> allow “the White House to get around the congressional lawmaking process<br> -- and do whatever they want.”</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/trump-assumes-unheard-of-powers-in-ordering-federal-overhaul-of-elections/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">truthout.org/articles/trump-as</span><span class="invisible">sumes-unheard-of-powers-in-ordering-federal-overhaul-of-elections/</span></a></p>
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Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GiftArticle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GiftArticle</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> releases <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> special counsel report on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Jan6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jan6</span></a> case </p><p>If Donald Trump hadn’t won the presidential election in November, the Justice Department …had ample evidence to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/convict" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>convict</span></a> him at trial of trying to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/obstruct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>obstruct</span></a> the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/2020election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>2020election</span></a> results, special counsel <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JackSmith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JackSmith</span></a> said in a report released early Tuesday morning.
<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <br><a href="https://wapo.st/42dJP95" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">wapo.st/42dJP95</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>“…the defendant also poses a significant risk of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ObstructingJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ObstructingJustice</span></a>. …the defendant has attempted to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bribe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bribe</span></a> security staff & threatened & interfered w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/witnesses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>witnesses</span></a> to his <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> conduct. He has already tried to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/obstruct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>obstruct</span></a> the Govt’s investigation…,repeatedly contacting victims & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/witnesses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>witnesses</span></a> & feeding them false narratives of events….There are simply no conditions that would ensure that the defendant’s efforts to obstruct & tamper w/witnesses will stop.“<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeanCombs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeanCombs</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SexTrafficking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SexTrafficking</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Violence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Violence</span></a></p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🌈<p>Nearly 70 <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/swingstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>swingstate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/officials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>officials</span></a> poised to <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/obstruct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>obstruct</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>election</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/certification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>certification</span></a> in 2024: Report </p><p>Glawe, creator of the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AmericanDoom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanDoom</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/newsletter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>newsletter</span></a>, penned his <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/findings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>findings</span></a> in a recent <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RollingStone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RollingStone</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/exclusive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>exclusive</span></a> titled: “These <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SwingState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SwingState</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ElectionOfficials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionOfficials</span></a> Are <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ProTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProTrump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Election</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Deniers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Deniers</span></a>.” </p><p><a href="https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/2024-election/swing-state-election-officials-trump/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">newsnationnow.com/politics/202</span><span class="invisible">4-election/swing-state-election-officials-trump/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>There are still 9 cases left this term that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> has yet to decide:<br>
1. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> v. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> — Whether Trump is immune from prosecution for his efforts to stay in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>power</span></a> by overturning Joe <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a>’s election victory.<br>
2.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Fischer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fischer</span></a> v. United States — Whether prosecutors properly charged hundreds of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Jan6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jan6</span></a> defendants & Trump using a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> that makes it a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crime</span></a> to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/obstruct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>obstruct</span></a> or impede an official proceeding —in this case, the disruption of Congress’s certification of Biden’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/2020election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>2020election</span></a> victory.</p>
Nonilex<p>The episode about the map, while indicative of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s lax handling of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/classified" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>classified</span></a> materials, was not central to the formal allegations in the case. Those focus on his removal from the White House of nearly three dozen documents containing sensitive <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> secrets & his repeated efforts to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/obstruct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>obstruct</span></a> the government from retrieving them from Mar-a-Lago, his private club & residence in Florida.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClassifiedDocuments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClassifiedDocuments</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Fmr dpy <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChristianLeeDedmon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChristianLeeDedmon</span></a> will be sentenced later Wed.</p><p>Both men, along w/4 other <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> *enforcement* officers, pleaded <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/guilty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>guilty</span></a> last year to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/felony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>felony</span></a> charges that included <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conspiracy</span></a>, deprivation of rights under color of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a>, discharge of a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/firearm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>firearm</span></a> during a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crime</span></a> of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/violence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>violence</span></a>, conspiracy to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/obstruct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>obstruct</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>justice</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ObstructionOfJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ObstructionOfJustice</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SayTheirNames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SayTheirNames</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MichaelCoreyJenkins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MichaelCoreyJenkins</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EddieParker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EddieParker</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Mississippi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mississippi</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BLM</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BlackLivesMatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackLivesMatter</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/torture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>torture</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Terrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Terrorism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FTP</span></a></p>
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