The Voting Rights Act “was born of the literal blood of Union soldiers and civil rights marchers,” Justice Elena Kagan wrote in her dissent. “Only [the American people] have the right to say it is no longer needed—not the members of this Court.” trib.al/bChcU7j

Re the Voting Rights Act: I've used this graph a lot to illustrate how the VRA largely ended the historic pattern of blocking and burdening Black voters in the south. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

I support the hell out of people showing their power to defy and strike at the oligarchy on May Day. But a lot of folks can’t afford to lose a day’s pay right now, and that’s exactly the problem. Do what you can. Speak up. Show up however you’re able. That still counts. #MayDay

TODAY: Americans are walking out of school and work to wield our power as workers, consumers, and students. Join us for the nationwide day of economic disruption: survey.alchemer.com/s3/8705046/i... Find one of the more than 3,000 events planned for May Day: www.mobilize.us/mayday/map/?... #MayDay

BREAKING: Activists have shut down multiple intersections throughout downtown Washington DC in opposition to Trump's attacks on workers, DC Home Rule, climate, and international peace. The actions kick off #MayDay events across the country.

In celebration of #MayDay, 'protests [are] under way. In Manhattan, [protests] demand that Amazon cut its contracts with ICE and DHS. In DC, [protests] shut down intersections across the city, banners reading “Workers over billionaires” & “Healthcare not warfare”' www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Elias law Group is currently litigating 85 voting and election cases across 37 states and DC.

Redistricting has already been used across the country to tilt the map. Virginia is one of the last places voters still have a say in how those lines are drawn. If you’re there… this matters. #VirginiaVoteYes

So pro-life means jailing women who miscarry but shrugging when the deranged president says “a whole civilization will die tonight.” Do I have that right?

NPR: Justice Department withheld and removed some Epstein files related to Trump www.npr.org/2026/02/24/n...

Mohsen Mahdawi, a student at Columbia with a green card, was arrested during his citizenship interview. He’d waited a decade. “Is this a trap?” he thought, after U.S.C.I.S. called him in; masked ICE agents took him away after he signed the Pledge of Allegiance. www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...

In this thread, U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro says 2-month-old baby Juan Nicolás was sent back to Dilley — the main immigration detention facility for families in the U.S. — just hours after he was “unresponsive” while hospitalized for bronchitis

Tom Brady said Bad Bunny's halftime show was "amazing". #USDemocracy www.mandatory.com/news/1727790...

I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is

In a normal government, this results in the resignation of multiple cabinet officials (Transportation, Defense, and Homeland Security), and the closure or (at least!) radical reorg of the cartoonishly incompetent agency at the center of it: CBP. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...

A Trumpkin stealth candidate for governor in California lists himself as a Democrat and is being funded by the tech bros behind Trump.

The agent who shot Marimar Martinez 5 times and "joked about it afterward... says he was being boxed in" but video shows him "pulling his steering wheel to the left and into Martinez's car... [with] no one in front of him, contradicting the claim of being boxed in..." www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Trump has got his back against the wall.   That's the only reason why he is willing to go to extreme lengths to distract and deflect from the Epstein files.   But here's the thing- The DOJ STILL hasn't released all the files...   Release ALL the files NOW. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Maher Tarabishi, who has been detained by ICE since October, was the primary caretaker of his disabled adult child, Wael. On Jan. 23, Wael died from complications related to Pompe disease, a rare genetic condition. ICE has now denied Maher’s request to attend his funeral, his attorney says.

"Share of detained immigrants who have criminal charges or convictions has fallen rapidly... pending charges may never be convicted; the charges could be dismissed, or they could be found innocent. Many will miss their day in a U.S. court because they were deported". www.poynter.org/fact-checkin...

In Minnesota, scores of ordinary people are bravely looking out for their neighbors, defending their communities, and protesting lawless violence. They are the best of America. Here's how to stand with them. www.standwithminnesota.com

WELKER: Look at these images. A protester on the ground being pepper sprayed. A 5-year-old being detained. A citizen being pulled out of his home half naked, later released upon determination he was wrongly detained. Are federal agents acting humanely? BLANCHE: Yes. Our agents are acting humanely

ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.

CDC moves to end telework for employees, including those with medical needs www.statnews.com/2025/11/21/c... via @statnews.com

37 days in jail for a Facebook post that merely quoted Trump saying, “We have to get over it” following a school shooting in January 2024, posted after the Charlie Kirk killing. A US citizens spent37 days in prison for exercising his 1st amendment rights. www.ms.now/opinion/tenn...

Vicente Ventura, detained by ICE, missing for 6+ weeks after medical emergency. "Disappearance underscores how much harder it has become for friends & family to keep track of those detained in what immigration lawyers & advocates call a disorienting, hostile environment". www.ms.now/news/immigra...

More assaults of journalists this year than the last two years combined, our interview with deported journalist Mario Guevara, and more in this month’s Tracker newsletter by managing editor @kamccudden.bsky.social:

Everyone remembers "umbrella man" right? Its not just cops, it's the bigoted brotherhoods (who have also infiltrated law enforcement) ... www.npr.org/sections/liv...

79 yr-old US citizen with heart condition, Rafie Shouhed, "violently slammed... onto pavement" held in detention "for nearly 12 hours without medical attention" had to temporarily close "business after employees, incl' US citizens, became too afraid to return to work". abcnews.go.com/US/79-year-u...

Vetted immigrant reporter with "no criminal history and has been issued a work permit.. still in ICE detention and faces removal.. to silence him." ICE argues he "presents danger to the community because he livestreams, records and publishes" his reporting of ICE. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Bride traveling back home from honeymoon "shackled by the hands and legs as she walked through the airport... not given a reason for her detention" and would have "been taken to the Israel border" although she's never been there and arrived to the USA at 8 years old. abcnews.go.com/US/newlywed-...

Job-creating, award-winning immigrant considered a "fixture" of community is put in chains and taken away. A week before "another employee was also taken" by masked men who "didn’t identify themselves.. didn’t even say anything.. started trying to open the doors". www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Virginia! It's time to re-elect Delegate Michael Feggans. He's served Virginia's 97th House District well, protecting women's rights, supporting teachers and public schools, protecting the environment, and more. Let's keep the momentum going! Re-Elect Michael Feggans Virginia's 97th House District

Amazing overview of the LA No Kings protest, this is huge! They even brought the baby Trump inflatable balloon. 😂

👀PHILLY SHOWIN UP!!!!! #NoKings

From Sen. @padilla.senate.gov's office: Padilla “is currently in Los Angeles exercising his duty to perform Congressional oversight of the federal government’s operations … He tried to ask the Secretary a question, and was forcibly removed by federal agents, forced to the ground and handcuffed.”

By "handpicking soldiers for the audience based on political leanings" a routine speech turned into an apparent political rally rife with "partisan invective, goading jeers..." demonizing "perceived political opponents". www.military.com/daily-news/2...

🚨NEW: @cbsnews.com reports ICE is arresting people who can't even legally be deported and holding them without enough food or water in a federal building BASEMENT in Los Angeles. Families dutifully attending check-ins with ICE are being arrested and held for days, forced to sleep on the floor.

Immigration officers "arresting unsuspecting asylum seekers trying to follow the law... creates perverse incentive," not to "go to court... get picked up and kicked out". www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...

Sanctioned groups linked to terror pay X for verification, "several" regained access, giving them more visibility, for "amplification of propaganda" and fundraising capability. futurism.com/elon-musk-tw...

Former Uruguayan president José ‘Pepe’ Mujica, the quiet revolutionary, dies at 89. The former guerrilla fighter and symbol of the Latin American left has died after a long battle with cancer. He captivated the world with his steadfast commitment to frugality and simplicity. ►

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka has been released after he was arrested for allegedly trespassing at an ICE facility in New Jersey pix11.com/news/local-n...

A federal judge in Vermont released Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish Tufts University student who was detained in a Louisiana immigration center more than six weeks after she was arrested while walking along a street in a Boston suburb.

Hundreds showed up for a #TeslaTakedown with @riseandresist.bsky.social at a Manhattan Tesla showroom. ✊🏽 Eight people were arrested, who have since been released. Keep RESISTING in every way you can! Join the resistance! Every voice matters. Every action counts. #stopthecoup #weresist

#attention Pittsburgh Rally, May 3 2025 Indivisible.

The 52-46 vote delivers a key victory to the fossil fuel & petrochemical sectors that had lobbied against the regulation. It also marks the 1st time in the Clean Air Act’s 55-year history that Congress has scaled back protections under the landmark law. Beat the paywall => archive.ph/Pu14v