Mail-in voting is a secure, century-old tradition in American elections. It is not radical, and one person’s inability to accept an election loss from five years ago doesn't change the facts. Don't let lies cost you your vote. #LoserTrumpsElectionLies

If it’s safe enough to mail your tax refund, your Social Security check, your prescriptions, your passport, etc.… it’s safe enough to mail your ballot. The double standard was never about security. It’s about who they’re scared will actually show up. #LoserTrumpsElectionLies

(Blue) states threatened, citizens threatened in order to keep Democratic voters from voting. Yeah, that’s the reason. But the DHS Secretary says, “this isn’t a partisan issue.” Baloney. www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...

My Latest: Donald Trump's Thursday night speech began and ended with lies. But buried within it was a stark threat to free and fair elections in 2026. newsletters.democracydocket.com/trumps-speec...

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DHS Secretary threatens election officials with prosecution if they do not hand over voter rolls. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

This, to me, is the important part of the speech that mattered. Trump clearly wants DHS to take a greater role in interfering in elections. DHS should have NO ROLE WHATSOEVER in the state election administration. PERIOD.

Trump’s speech is best understood as a cry of frustration over his failed election-interference attempts, @dgraham.bsky.social argues: He’s “falling back on one of the few tools he has left: attempting to sow chaos and doubt among Americans.”

Remember back in 2020 when we found out about Trump's secret bank account in China, and that China's biggest state-controlled bank had rented out three floors in Trump Tower? I sure do. Interesting timing given his lies about China interfering in the 2020 election. www.nytimes.com/2020/10/20/u...

Epstein survivors released this video today urging senators to block the confirmation of Todd Blanche for Attorney General. They’re trying to get to 20,000 signatures on their petition to send a message to the Senate. ujoin.co/campaigns/45...

Warner on CBS: I was embarrassed that the president went before our country and networks like yours carried this as news as opposed to a rehash of falsehoods. It is incumbent upon you and any responsible journalist to pushback on this.

🚨BREAKING: President Donald Trump used a primetime address Thursday to resurrect debunked claims about the 2020 election, allege sweeping foreign interference and pressure Congress to pass the anti-voting SAVE America Act. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

My takeaway from that speech is that we are headed down the road of Trump trying to outright rig elections. It probably won't work, but he's going for it.

Trump says China rigged the election because they got journalists to write bad stories about him in 2020 because they wanted Biden to win since Trump was “wise to them.”

@FieldTeam6.org has the names of millions of unregistered Democrats. They know how to reach them. They just need the funds to hit send. About $1 to register a new Democrat. Donations from people like you gets it done. #RegisterDemocrats #SaveTheWorld #Voterizer social.fieldteam6.org/s/8V6gTiqo

BREAKING MS NOW: The Trump White House hosted about two dozen election denial activists this week ahead of Trump's address where he's expected to spread election lies. The session was convened by conservative lawyer Cleta Mitchell — who advised Trump's effort to overturn the 2020 result.

Epstein Survivor Says Todd Blanche Has Been Ignoring All of Them flip.it/GIGFYX

OH TRUTH SOCIAL RANT COMING IN 5,4,3,2,1 Outgoing Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) said Thursday he will not vote to confirm acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to the permanent role until Blanche meets with survivors of Jeffrey Epstein's abuse. www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...

ALERT: More trouble for Todd Blanche today. Attorneys for @katiephang.bsky.social ask Judge Emmet Sullivan to issue a $1000/day fine against Blanche until Blanche adheres to court order to release more Epstein files (Blanche refused to do so by July 2 deadline)

Please read and bookmark. And don’t believe any conspiracy theories! open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

You deserve a justice system that works for you, not one that protects the powerful. An Epstein survivor confirmed DOJ hasn't released all the files-including recordings of crimes from inside Epstein's townhouse. Do not allow Blanche, the conspirator to be confirmed.

Some good news from the USPS!

Blanche just ADMITTED IT. Oath Keepers and Proud Boys got their gun rights back because Blanche’s DOJ erased their convictions — the same man who defended Trump in matters tied to Jan 6. He’s not denying the conflict, he’s owning it. Call your senators and tell them to Vote No! #BlockBlanche

“Yes” is a complete sentence, Todd. Even a toddler can manage it. But Trump’s AG pick can’t commit to meeting the women Epstein trafficked — because accountability isn’t in the DOJ’s “anti-weaponization” budget. And he’s a corrupt liar. #BlockBlanche

Todd Blanche chose the political protection of Donald Trump over the protection of the survivors of the worst crimes imaginable. Any senator that votes to confirm Todd Blanche as AG is complicit in the Epstein Files cover up. Read more reasons to #BlockBlanche: open.substack.com/pub/therickw...

Blanche told the Senate today he’s ‘not celebrating’ the Jan 6 pardons. But at CPAC, he BRAGGED about them as an administration ‘accomplishment’ and boasted he ‘cleaned house’ of the prosecutors who convicted those rioters. Sen. Coons caught the lie on tape. Perjury by contradiction. #BlockBlanche

Tell your Senators, “Vote No on Todd Blanche!” (call 202-224-3121 & ask for your Senator’s office.) Todd Blanche is dismantling civil rights by raiding and intimidating voter registration groups, targeting “political enemies,” and going after anyone who holds power accountable. #BlockBlanche

We can do it, YES WE CAN!!!

How are you supposed to know that unmarked vehicles with people in masks and no identification are ICE and CBP? The tactics that are being used are that of a militia, not a government agency. They must be stopped.

I don’t think people appreciate the fact that Trump and the GOP want to defund all your services- including SS and Medicare- and use that money to take the worlds already biggest defense budget and more than double it. Double it

Immigration has been instructed to stop pulling over vehicles until further notice. Shootings in past week led to renewed calls for accountability for immigration enforcement related deaths, amid the Trump regime’s aggressive anti-immigrant arrests & deportations. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Go fucking off Sen Ossoff (D-GA) ‘Trump was humiliated and furious as a committed lifelong racist that it was Black voters in Georgia who were instrumental in his defeat in 2020.’ No lies detected. This man is Presidential material. Damn💥🔥💥

They want us to feel small. Powerless. Alone. But John Lewis knew: when we come together, we are unstoppable. July 17-19, we rise together. One movement. One voice. One vote. Let’s GO! Find your event: social.demcast.com/s/MUO9eH5i

@jesscraven101.bsky.social lays out some basic truths about ICE's latest horrific actions, & reminds us that - this is most certainly not making our communities safer, or doing anything else valuable for the everyday person. -GOP is funding this nightmare w our tax $.

Rep. Becca Balint is demanding accountability for ICE. We are paying for vigilantes to go out and kill people on the streets with no oversight. It is outrageous that Congress is not able to get the information they need. We must gut that budget and demand transparency.

Accountability for Susan Collins. The Iran War is back. Todd Blanche. (Robert Hubbell’s “Today’s Edition Newsletter”) open.substack.com/pub/roberthu...

Fascism is an authoritarian system that concentrates power in one leader or ruling group, weakens democratic institutions, limits dissent, and often promotes nationalism over individual rights. Democracy depends on protecting freedoms—even when opinions differ.

California and 11 other states just sued to block Paramount’s proposed $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. AG Rob Bonta says the deal, the largest proposed merger in Hollywood history, would “extinguish competition.” This fight is headed to court.

A win for working families: the ROAD to Housing Act the first major housing bill in decades is now law, with Sen. Elizabeth Warren as a key architect. It reins in Wall Street investors buying up single-family homes.

How many completely innocent people have to die before there is accountability? How are communities supposed to feel safe when federal agents act as judge, jury, and executioner?

AOC: I said this a couple of weeks ago: I would not be surprised if, when ICE funding started up again, we would start to see more civilian deaths at the hands of ICE. And that’s exactly what has happened. We didn’t see things like this happening with the same degree when we froze ICE funding.

Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was murdered by ICE. His three sons called him “El mundo entero” — the whole world. They watched as their whole world died in a video posted on Facebook. Lorenzo was our neighbor and fellow Texan. He deserves justice.

TOMORROW: Tune into Coffee with Contrarians as @normeisen.bsky.social is joined by @JoyceWhiteVance.bsky.social to discuss all things breaking news, law, and democracy. Catch coffee at 9:15am every Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday on Substack. Watch: https://substack.com/@contrarian

Elias Law Group has defeated DOJ lawsuits to access state voter files in: California Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan New Hampshire New York Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island Wisconsin DOJ has not won a single case. It is 0-12.

🚨BREAKING: Federal Court DISMISSES Department of Justice lawsuit to obtain an unredacted copy of New York's statewide voter registration list. A big victory for Elias Law Group and our Client the NAACP. DOJ is now 0-12 in these cases. ELG is undefeated. www.democracydocket.com/cases/new-yo...

Weeks into the cyclospora outbreak, with 1,000 cases, we still haven’t tracked it to a source. CDC cut monitoring this food borne illness which was part of its FoodNet program: substack.com/@thefrankfig...

Vought's political officers will cripple the science that benefits Americans. Congress is bipartisan on this issue. Your comments here will encourage encourage them to act (CLICK THIS): regulations.gov/document/OMB-2026-0034-0001 >98,000 so far. CLOSES **MONDAY**