The Trump admin's campaign to undermine elections is now clear. But for every move made, "there’s been a countermove. And the pushback has been fierce and increasingly successful," @mawaldman.bsky.social and @kendallverhovek.bsky.social write in @newrepublic.com.

The conflict in Iran has intensified efforts to undermine U.S. elections. Brennan Center experts break down the legal stakes and what must be done to keep elections free and fair on The Briefing with Michael Waldman. bit.ly/3NlVVb4

Pres Trump gives SOTU tomorrow. I was chief WH speechwriter on 4 of these. Usually “Teleprompter Trump” is oddly normal. This year more fraught than usual. He gives the speech emphatically as a lame duck – but a weird kind of lame duck, one still trying to grab power.

Trump’s post saying he will sign an EO purporting to ban mail voting marks an appalling attack on free and fair elections. Flatly illegal and flagrantly unconstitutional. The Constitution gives states and Congress the power to run elections. Presidents have no lawful role. 1/3

Americans deserve fair congressional district maps no matter what state they live in. Congress can make that a reality if it chooses to.

Must listen to @brennancenter.org president Michael Waldman youtu.be/CeuDK6z1Ewo?...

Gerrymandering is really bad for representative democracy. Voters should choose politicians, not the other way around. Gerrymanders mean less choice, less representation, less accountability for politicians – and more polarization. 1/6

An important new analysis: we’re now seeing a strategy unfold to undermine the 2026 election. It’s unprecedented and often illegal. And it will be a big and growing story for the next year and a half. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

This is a summer of brute force and performative cruelty. Now the new budget includes an astonishing increase in the size of ICE - making it the largest federal law enforcement agency by far. There's a better way. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...

The administration’s militarized immigration crackdown is eroding civil liberties. And it comes amid ICE’s resistance to congressional oversight. bit.ly/4eF7rYs

Proud to sign this… www.weholdtruths.com

In every generation, the Declaration of Independence has stood for a more expansive promise of freedom and equality. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...

Bill Moyers lived a life committed to American democracy. At LBJ's side for civil rights (and Vietnam), he became a pioneering journalistic crusader on money and politics and voting. At @brennancenter.org we were honored to hear him over the years. In 2013 he spoke to our community:

Trump "always chickens out." Will the Supreme Court chicken out? www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...

Does a President have the power to impose sweeping tariffs. No! That's our argument in a friend of the court brief we filed this week in a case brought by the conservative New Civil Liberties Alliance. We're proud to do it. The Constitution is clear and the law is unambiguous.

Yes, Presidents do have to uphold the Constitution. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Fan fiction? Hardly. An important piece by my colleague Grady Short -- Canada's election is unfolding with a very different campaign finance system (no billionaires funded Super PACs, etc. etc. etc. etc.), robust public financing, and so on.

With the sweeping worldwide tariffs — and their myriad exceptions and complications — the new imperial presidency meets the new billionaire politics.

"They walked the full length of the train and questioned every single passenger about their citizenship status"

The problem of tariffs goes beyond stock market decline. They open the door to lobbying, favoritism, and graft.

So many national emergencies to declare. So little time. 😔 @axios.com www.axios.com/newsletters/...

The 2020 election was secure thanks in part to the critical work of CISA. Chris Krebs, appointed by President Trump to head that agency, did his job and told the truth about the election. /1

Note to editors and producers: If an executive order demands action that is illegal or outside of the president’s authority, then you should not describe it as ordering something. You should say it seeks to achieve some outcome and then note it is illegal or beyond the power of the president.

"I think people a few months ago were checked out. A month ago, they were stunned and depressed. I think people are getting angry." @mawaldman.bsky.social on the growing public backlash against Trump and Elon Musk's cuts to the government.

President Trump says his administration is cleaning up a Justice Department corrupted by politics. https://cbsn.ws/3QRoCLr

Tonight Donald Trump tried to fire the Democratic chair of the Federal Election Commission - the agency (weak as it is) charged with policing Elon Musk's unprecedented campaign spending on Trump's behalf. Wrong.

I'll look that up later. Prolly good for a decent laugh

For everything you ever wanted to know about the Alien Enemies Act but were afraid to ask, my @brennancenter.bsky.social colleague Katherine Yon Ebright’s brilliant explainer is a must read. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/pol...

Cecile Richards was a great leader for freedom and a generous colleague who inspired so many. May her memory be a blessing.

Too many in mainstream & new media aren’t standing up to Trump’s assault on democracy—we will Today, @jenrubin.bsky.social & I launch @contrariannews.bsky.social: bold, independent, pro-democracy journalism Join us in the fight 👇 contrarian.substack.com

On birthright citizenship, no president can end it "on day one" or any other day. It's in the Constitution - the 14th amendment. Indeed it was one of the key goals of that "new birth of freedom" - formerly enslaved people had parents who were not citizens. Media, please take note!

Citizens United, tech bro edition. amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

Reform is an idea whose time has come. Widely supported across the political soectrum. Fox poll showed 79% support. (@brennancenter supports a statutory approach.) www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

@lizwish.bsky.social hi!

This is like Caligula appointing his horse proconsul, except his horse wasn't an election denier, under investigation for trafficking, or pushed via a recess appointment. And also the horse never happened - this just did.

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