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‘I Have Agreed to Talk’
Trump tells The Atlantic that Iranian leaders want to resume negotiations.
https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/2026/03/trump-iran-attack-negotiations/686201/?gift=Pkk-EsKPBgtpcHMT0cxVWzoQ-bYum6umq43LAt89ekY&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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A heartbreaking and difficult read😢
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in food, poor medical care, lights on 24/7: Families tell of life in Texas detention center
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Worms in food, poor medical care, lights on 24/7: Families tell of life in Texas detention center
When ICE officers in Minneapolis detained a 5-year-old boy and his father last month and sent them to a Texas detention center, many Americans were alarmed.
https://apnews.com/article/children-immigration-detention-dilley-trump-administration-ice-8ab12c9357ff3b8d400cfa2b2dbe85ed?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=share <br>Worms
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Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription.
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Opinion | Trump’s Attack on Iran Is Reckless
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/opinion/iran-attack-trump-war.html?unlocked_article_code=1.P1A.LUkV.G0PdCOR3-kyZ&smid=bs-share
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The Diplomats Who Carry Trump’s Grievances Abroad
Some of the president’s ambassadors keep getting into needless conflicts.
https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/2026/02/undiplomatic-diplomats-ambassadors-trump/686183/?gift=Pkk-EsKPBgtpcHMT0cxVW8Bl_zVr1pIfxHOQZyhkvgY&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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Top Democrats, voting rights experts slam Trump's draft illegal order to seize control of voting
"This is unconstitutional and insane," said Norm Eisen, the executive chair of State Democracy Defenders Fund and a former Obama administration official.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/top-democrats-voting-rights-experts-slam-trumps-draft-illegal-order-to-seize-control-of-voting/
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judge extends order protecting refugees in Minnesota from being arrested and deported
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Federal judge extends order protecting refugees in Minnesota from being arrested and deported
A federal judge has extended his order protecting refugees in Minnesota who are lawfully in the U.S. from being arrested and deported. U.S.
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The Nationwide Revolt Against Flock Safety Cameras
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The Nationwide Revolt Against Flock Safety Cameras
From New York to Alabama to Arizona, everyday people are mounting a local resistance to the company’s mass surveillance. And sometimes, they take matters into their own hands.
https://newrepublic.com/article/206992/flock-safety-cameras-alpr-deflock-resistance-nationwide
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The First Couple of a Dysfunctional DHS
A forthcoming book reveals new details about Kristi Noem and Corey Lewandowski.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/02/dhs-couple-noem-lewandowski/686153/?gift=Pkk-EsKPBgtpcHMT0cxVW1arcf3U2ul-jyUBhT2TYLY&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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Disgusting!
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youths are targeted in Scouting America changes pushed by the Pentagon
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Transgender youths are targeted in Scouting America changes pushed by the Pentagon
Scouting America says it’s keeping its new name and preserving its service to the 200,000 girls who participate in its programs following Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s announcement it’s altering se...
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Anthropic Takes a Stand
The company is refusing to bow to the Pentagon’s demands.
https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/2026/02/anthropic-pentagon-ai-regulation/686169/?gift=Pkk-EsKPBgtpcHMT0cxVW6JHVlqLAVaVjJZeJD7EQ1o&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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Anthropic Takes a Stand
The company is refusing to bow to the Pentagon’s demands.
https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/2026/02/anthropic-pentagon-ai-regulation/686169/?gift=Pkk-EsKPBgtpcHMT0cxVW6JHVlqLAVaVjJZeJD7EQ1o&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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As ex-DOJ officials slam FBI seizure of Fulton County ballots, judge sends worrying signal for future elections
The officials said the DOJ recklessly failed to uphold constitutional through the raid.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/ex-justice-department-officials-fbi-fulton-county-2020-elections-raid/
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White House circulating blatantly illegal draft emergency order to take control of elections
Voting rights experts and at least one state election chief said Trump doesn’t have the authority to claim such powers — and any attempt would be blatantly illegal.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/white-house-circulating-blatantly-illegal-draft-emergency-order-to-take-control-of-elections/
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Trump DOJ expands voter roll crusade, sues five more states — including four red ones
The new wave of lawsuits suggests the department is not retreating — it is doubling down.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-doj-expands-voter-roll-crusade-sues-five-more-states/
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How America Chose Not to Hold the Powerful to Account
Our national project of elite impunity
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/02/elite-accountability-powerful-impunity/686134/?gift=Pkk-EsKPBgtpcHMT0cxVW4G--BQ5HESf6KdgI1lmH-Q&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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🤯🤬😡 Kansas Makes Trans People’s Driver’s Licenses Invalid Overnight
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Kansas Makes Trans People’s Driver’s Licenses Invalid Overnight
Kansas is informing trans people that their driver’s licenses will soon be invalid.
https://newrepublic.com/post/207081/kansas-trans-people-driver-licenses-invalid-overnight
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The Toxic State of Trump’s Union
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The Toxic State of Trump’s Union
In a speech simultaneously banal and unsettling, the president spelled out a cruel vision dividing the country into predators and prey.
https://newrepublic.com/article/207036/toxic-state-trump-union-address
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The State of the Union Revealed a Sad Reality
Donald Trump misused the annual presidential tradition in ways so radical as to call the ritual itself into question.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/02/trumps-childish-state-of-the-union/686133/?gift=Pkk-EsKPBgtpcHMT0cxVWyXfFoajLtOYFceF6lZIhys&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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Seized Art, Eavesdropping Guards: Parents Describe a Clampdown at Dilley Detention Center as Kids Shared Their Stories
Detainees told ProPublica that art supplies have been removed in room searches, immigrants have lost access to Gmail and staff hover within earshot during video calls.
https://www.propublica.org/article/dilley-detention-center-kids-art-removal
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Trump’s ICE Is Quietly Stockpiling Weaponry—and It Should Alarm Us All
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Trump’s ICE Is Quietly Stockpiling Weaponry—and It Should Alarm Us All
In addition to staffing up at a furious rate, ICE and CPB are acquiring a vast cache of weapons from private contractors, new data reveals. This will not end well—or anytime soon.
https://newrepublic.com/article/206994/ice-stockpiling-military-weaponry-trump-forever-war
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What Justice Gorsuch Fears
His concurring opinion in the tariffs case may become the Roberts Court’s most influential statement on how to prevent the steady accretion of executive power.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/02/gorsuch-supreme-court-tariffs/686129/?gift=Pkk-EsKPBgtpcHMT0cxVWx99lBvM9AI5XrijsuLX-oA&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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President Trump’s State of the Union Variety Show
Were you not entertained?
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Hegseth to appeal court order that shredded his attempt to demote Sen. Mark Kelly over video to U.S. troops
The order blasted Hegseth for threatening the constitutional liberties of millions of military retirees.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/hegseth-appeal-court-order-mark-kelly-demotion-effort-unlawful-orders-video/
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Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription.
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Immigration Agents Arrest Student Inside Columbia Building, School Says
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/nyregion/columbia-university-ice-student.html?unlocked_article_code=1.PFA.JRPA.w-fd8FzpSQtw&smid=bs-share
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Lucky Winner Mike Johnson Gets Dream Trip to State of the Union
Send me someone who looks at me the way Mike Johnson looks at Donald Trump while he rambles about fountains of blood.
https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/2026/02/mike-johnson-state-of-union-trump/686137/?gift=Pkk-EsKPBgtpcHMT0cxVW81r6FI10UkHsf_Pw8EFqMU&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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The Real State of the Union: Millions of Americans Are Just Disgusted
Yes, we’re angry about what Donald Trump is doing to our country. But even more than that, we’re heartsick over the countless ways in which he is destroying this nation.
https://newrepublic.com/article/206888/trump-state-union-failure-economy
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The Republican Party Has a Nazi Problem
How did the GOP become a haven for slogans and ideas straight out of the Third Reich?
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/04/republican-party-nazi-problem/686055/?gift=Pkk-EsKPBgtpcHMT0cxVW3I1esQHgE2z3rf4cqgftEs&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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Even election officials who like voter ID have issues with the SAVE America Act
"It's a classic 'show your papers’ law designed to make it harder for US citizens to vote," Sec. Jocelyn Benson said.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/even-election-officials-who-like-voter-id-have-issues-with-the-save-america-act/
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updates: Supreme Court strikes down Trump’s sweeping tariffs in 6-3 decision
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Live updates: Supreme Court strikes down Trump’s sweeping tariffs in 6-3 decision
The Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump's far-reaching global tariffs on Friday, handing him a significant loss on an issue crucial to his economic agenda.
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In unhinged brief, Wisconsin GOP compares not giving the Trump DOJ voters' personal data to Jim Crow
The Wisconsin GOP delivered a culture war-addled screed complete with typographical errors, segregation-era comparisons, anti-immigrant panic and ad hominem attacks.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/unhinged-brief-wisconsin-gop-trumps-doj/
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RNC asks Supreme Court to weigh in on Arizona voting restrictions
The appeal is part of a broader GOP push to restrict the voting access of eligible voters.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/rnc-asks-supreme-court-to-weigh-in-on-arizona-voting-restrictions/
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New York Appellate Court Allows Redraw of Congressional Map to Move Forward
But there’s still one wildcard that could affect the map used in the 2026 midterm elections: the U.S. Supreme Court.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/new-york-appellate-court-allows-redraw-of-congressional-map-to-move-forward/
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Virginia judge blocks vote on Democrats' redistricting referendum
A Democratic redraw could give the party as many as four new congressional seats.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/virginia-judge-block-democrats-redistricting-amendment-vote/
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The Former Prince Andrew Never Should Have Forwarded Those Emails
He faces criminal penalties for allegedly leaking government secrets to Jeffrey Epstein.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/02/prince-andrew-arrest-esptein-corruption/686047/?gift=Pkk-EsKPBgtpcHMT0cxVWx4Pe2INsoZJI_HGNxuRCOU&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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Amid new GOP-led restrictions, North Carolina students lead a fight to vote during the midterm primary
“There’s nothing that the board of elections is going to do to stop me from voting,” one student said.
https://www.democracydocket.com/analysis/north-carolina-student-early-voting-sites-college-campuses-elections-board-2/
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Missouri volunteers say they were harassed by paid GOP canvassers. It’s likely the same group accused of forging signatures in Utah
“They were like, ‘Actually, no. We’re here to stop you from getting signatures.’”
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/missouri-volunteers-say-they-were-harassed-by-paid-gop-canvassers-its-likely-the-same-group-accused-of-forging-signatures-in-utah/
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The Latest Ploy to Help Republicans Win Elections
The SAVE Act, which would require that voters prove they are citizens, is a solution to a problem that doesn’t exist.
https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/2026/02/gop-save-america-act-elections-citizenship-proof/686041/?gift=Pkk-EsKPBgtpcHMT0cxVW_lp51RPKewLGPlqi3NHT1g&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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Angry Trump Humiliated as Effort to Prosecute Dems Backfires Again
A grand jury laughed Trump’s prosecutors out of court—but new details about these nakedly political prosecutions reveal serious abuses of power that are no laughing matter.
https://newrepublic.com/article/206671/trump-six-democrats-prosecution-backfires
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Censorship Comes for Stephen Colbert
The latest dust-up between the talk-show host and CBS should be concerning for people of any political leaning.
https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/2026/02/censorship-free-speech-trump-tv-senators-citizens/686034/?gift=Pkk-EsKPBgtpcHMT0cxVW7BFFowUh4DP4Y56FP9lZtg&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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‘Flagrant Constitutional Violation’: Fulton County blasts affidavit that backed FBI’s 2020 election raid
“The Fourth Amendment demands ‘probable cause’—not ‘possible cause.'"
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/fulton-county-fbi-election-facility-raid-2020-election-records/
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The Disappointment of Young Trump Voters
Americans under 30 swung to the right in 2024, but they’re not getting what they voted for.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/02/gen-z-trump-red-wave/686006/?gift=Pkk-EsKPBgtpcHMT0cxVW85Ce9yECi2El8gMtthcFZU&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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judge rules Kilmar Abrego Garcia can’t be re-detained by immigration authorities
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Federal judge rules Kilmar Abrego Garcia can’t be re-detained by immigration authorities
A federal judge has ruled that Immigration and Customs Enforcement cannot re-detain Kilmar Abrego Garcia because a 90-day detention period has expired and the government has no viable plan for deporti...
https://apnews.com/article/abrego-garcia-immigration-ice-ec79dc6e073493ec8a8284fa32c7a2fb?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=share <br>Federal
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Interesting article
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What’s Behind the Centrists’ Resistance to the “Resistance Liberals”?
They’re acknowledging now that the people who called Trump a “fascist” were right. But somehow we’re still not to be trusted.
https://newrepublic.com/article/206072/centrist-resistance-resistance-liberals-trump-fascism
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“Not Ready for Prime Time.” A Federal Tool to Check Voter Citizenship Keeps Making Mistakes.
The Department of Homeland Security pushed out the revamped tool while it was still adding data. That led to widespread misidentification, particularly for citizens born outside the U.S.
https://www.propublica.org/article/save-voter-citizenship-tool-mistakes-confusion
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The GOP Has Become a Single-Issue Party. The Issue Is Elite Impunity.
From protecting rapists to shielding Monsanto or helping Big Oil avoid climate change lawsuits, Republicans are showing their true agenda.
https://newrepublic.com/article/206548/trump-epstein-oil-roundup
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Trump’s New Voter I.D. Threat Is His Gravest Attack on Democracy Yet
The president says he’ll do it “whether approved by Congress or not!” He can’t legally do that—but that hasn’t stopped him before.
https://newrepublic.com/article/206592/trump-voter-id-threat-attack-democracy
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Trump Administration Announces That We Don’t Know Where the Sun Goes at Night
After deciding carbon dioxide does no harm, it was the logical next move.
https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/2026/02/trump-administration-science-climate-change/686008/?gift=Pkk-EsKPBgtpcHMT0cxVW87F_jN8vvytTXwPnmMsyB8&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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‘A massive burden on American eligible voters’: State election chiefs oppose GOP voter suppression bills
“American voters will be the ones paying for this — by paying more in taxes, spending more time jumping through bureaucratic hoops, or losing access to the ballot box altogether.”
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/a-massive-burden-on-american-eligible-voters-state-election-chiefs-oppose-gop-voter-suppression-bills/
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In victory for Democrats, Virginia Supreme Court says redistricting vote can go forward
Voters will get to decide on a proposed “10-1” map that could deliver four more Democratic seats in Congress.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/in-victory-for-democrats-virginia-supreme-court-says-redistricting-vote-can-go-forward/
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We must all pay attention to what is happening!
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Trump: ‘There will be Voter I.D. for the Midterm Elections, whether approved by Congress or not!’
"I have searched the depths of Legal Arguments not yet articulated or vetted on this subject, and will be presenting an irrefutable one in the very near future," wrote Trump, who is not a lawyer.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-there-will-be-voter-i-d-for-the-midterm-elections-whether-approved-by-congress-or-not/
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