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Democracy Docket
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š³ļø PRIMARIES TODAY: Voters in Maine, Nevada, North Dakota and South Carolina are headed to the polls today. The results could shape voting rights and election administration ā from redistricting to who runs elections in 2028. Follow us and subscribe for the latest updates:
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ProPublica
about 9 hours ago
On Sept. 16, 2024, Emily Waldorfās daughter found her curled on the floor, bleeding during a dangerous miscarriage at 17 weeks pregnant. Waldorf and her husband rushed to an Arkansas hospital, expecting emergency care. Instead, doctors said they could not intervene under the stateās abortion ban.
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The Athletic
about 11 hours ago
During the national anthem, President Donald Trump was booed by the Game 3 crowd at MSG.
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CIDRAP
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Ebola outbreak reaches 550 cases and at least 90 deaths. At least 515 cases have come from the DRCās Ituri province. Read more:
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Katie Drummond
about 17 hours ago
How interesting that Meta called
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"dishonest" and then (quietly) removed the face-recognition system it had previously (also quietly) integrated into an app downloaded onto 50 million phones. Dishonest!
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Meta Deletes Face-Recognition System From Its Smart Glasses App After WIRED Report
The code WIRED identified is gone from the latest version of Meta AI, the companion app for the companyās smart glasses. Meta wonāt say why or whether itās coming back.
https://www.wired.com/story/meta-removes-face-recognition-code-meta-ai-app-smart-glasses/
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The New Republic
about 16 hours ago
Governor Spanberger signed an assault weapons ban. Some county prosecutors in pro-Trump areas say they wonāt enforce it. Is a new MAGA nullification movement brewing?
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Deep in Rural Virginia, a MAGA Pro-Gun Push Takes an Unnerving Turn
Governor Spanberger signed an assault weapons ban. Some county prosecutors in pro-Trump areas say they wonāt enforce it. Is a new MAGA nullification movement brewing?
https://trib.al/PJK56rQ
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Democracy Docket
about 17 hours ago
š„ VIDEO: As California carefully counts its votes the same way it has for decades, Trump and his allies are calling the elections rigged. Marc Elias pulls back the curtain on Trump's California election strategy and how it lays the groundwork to reject results he doesn't like in 2026š
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Trump Is Spreading a California Election Lie. Here's the Truth.
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LQeLY3Ltpg
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The Associated Press
about 18 hours ago
Two more cases of the New World screwworm have been confirmed in Texas, demonstrating the difficulty of stopping the spread of a pest that potentially could devastate the nationās cattle industry.
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A flesh-eating cattle parasite is spreading in Texas as 2 far-flung screwworm cases are found
Two more cases of the New World screwworm have been confirmed in Texas, demonstrating the difficulty of stopping the spread of a pest that potentially could devastate the nationās cattle industry.
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Patrick De Haan
about 18 hours ago
BREAKING: U.S. SPR declines 7.9 million barrels in the last week to 349.2 million as of June 5, meaning that at any moment in the next few days the SPR will decline to its lowest since 1983, when it was being filled for the first time.
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Gothamist
about 17 hours ago
NJ Gov. Sherrill allowed inside Delaney Hall ICE detention center
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NJ Gov. Sherrill allowed inside Delaney Hall ICE detention center
But the governor was barred from speaking with detainees.
https://gothamist.com/news/nj-gov-sherrill-allowed-inside-delaney-hall-ice-detention-center
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FinTwitter
about 18 hours ago
A federal judge has ruled Trump's $100,000 H-1B visa fee is an unauthorized tax on businesses and must be vacated - reports
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Ezra Levin āš
about 22 hours ago
There are CONCENTRATION CAMPS in the US in the year 2026. Itās up to all of us to shut them down and free them all.
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Mark Chadbourn
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Humiliation for Trump. As expected, Netanyahu ignored his pleas not to attack Iran. Israel struck Iran several times overnight. Iranian missiles are now en route to Israel.
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Zack Labe
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Our oceans are extremely warm compared to the historical record. One of those areas of record high temperatures last month was across the North Pacific. Graph shows the average for a band across the midlatitudes for every May from 1854-2026 using NOAA ERSSTv5 data (
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Steven T. Dennis
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One thing that happened during the vote-a-rama: A Van Hollen amendment to prohibit people who beat up cops or who have molested children from getting paid a reward from taxpayers. 46 Republicans killed it.
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U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 119th Congress - 2nd Session
https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1192/vote_119_2_00161.htm
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MeidasTouch
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JUST IN: Progressive Nithya Raman will advance to the general election and face incumbent Karen Bass in the Los Angeles mayoral race, according to Decision Desk HQ projections. Itās over for former reality TV villain Spencer Pratt.
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Mark Chadbourn
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Pro-Europe Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan has declared victory in the election. Thatās a defeat for Putin.
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01)
1 day ago
Donald Trump is trying to auction off nearly 700,000 acres of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling right now. Whether itās Chaco Canyon, Oak Flat, or the Arcticāwe stand with Tribal Nations and our communities to protect these lands. These lands are not for sale! ā
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Congressman Dwight Evans
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Itās Day 100 of Trumpās war of choice. Ā 13 American service members have died and hundreds more have been injured. Thousands of civilians have been killed. And itās cost taxpayers over $100 billion. Ā The House has done its job to end this illegal war in Iran. Now itās time for the Senate to act!
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Acyn
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Murphy: The very fact that weāre in this warāthat the president seems to have been manipulated into it by Netanyahu, who told him that within a few days of bombing there would be a pro-U.S., pro-Israeli government in Tehranājust speaks to how weak his mental capacities are.
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⢠āPelley told the outlet ā āTwo of the things in the email include ā āCan we make the protesters look more violent?ā ⢠āAnd the other thing ā Renee Goodās car ā You need to describe her as driving toward the officerā¦ā ā¢
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Scott Pelley says Bari Weiss wanted 60 Minutes to say Renee Good was ādriving toward officerā
Fired journalist accuses CBS News chief of interfering with report because it echoed what Trump said of the shooting
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/jun/07/scott-pelley-bari-weiss-renee-good-report?CMP=share_btn_url
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The Trump administration is trying to kill a rule that protects millions of acres of national forests | Charles F Sams III
The bipartisan Roadless Rule is under fire. Itās just one way Trump could make our public lands unrecognizable
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UAW
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The UAW is proud to endorse
Abdul El-Sayed
for U.S. Senate UAW members in Michigan want a fighter in Washington, D.C. who isnāt afraid to push forward a strong working-class agenda with moral clarity and Abdul is ready, eager, and well-equipped to move our core issues in the U.S. Senate.
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Nils Gilman
2 days ago
This happens about once a week in Denmark
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Mamdani: Democratic Party has ālost its focus on working peopleā
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) said Saturday that Democrats have lost sight of the important economic issues facing working-class Americans as the party works to rebuild itself after a devaā¦
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5913496-mayor-mamdani-democrats-economic-issues
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Philadelphia Inquirer
2 days ago
A new solar farm, if approved, would generate approximately 3,000 megawatt hours of energy annually, effectively covering all of the airport's electrical needs.
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Northeast Philadelphia Airport could soon run on 100% solar power
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Taniel
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LOS ANGELES UPDATE: With today's update, Nithya Raman pulls within 7,500 votes of Spencer Pratt. (She netted roughly 13K votes in today's batch of 59K ballots.) This cuts Pratt's lead over Raman (for second spot) from 3.4% to 1.1%. (Note: The city of LA has roughly 175K ballots left.)
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Vikram Bath
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The top 2026 X accounts gives insight into the lie that X is the town square. These people are niche celebrities and their influence on X does not represent influence elsewhere. Your participation is not going to change this graph
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Can Blanche Actually Give Trump Immunity from IRS Audits? | National Review
The commitment is almost certainly not enforceable, for several reasons.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2026/06/can-blanche-actually-give-trump-immunity-from-irs-audits/
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Sanho Tree
3 days ago
āIf you take the dementia test and think itās an IQ test, then youāve failed both the dementia test and the IQ test.āš¤£
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Trumpās cognitive test results are in #ACloserLook
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https://youtube.com/shorts/i04Y8k_H2QY?si=aAMIyC70ErCsMntJ
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Ezra Levin āš
3 days ago
CLOSE DELANEY HALL, CLOSE THEM ALL
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Ezra Levin āš
3 days ago
On D-Day, we honor and reflect on the great sacrifices people made fighting fascism in WW2. Itās horrifying we have to continue this work today thanks to white supremacists like Trump and Hegseth. The investigation into Hegsethās corruption and incompetence canāt come soon enough.
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Hegseth invokes immigration and āinvasionā in D-Day speech in France
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has uses a D-Day anniversary speech in France to link immigration by sea to wartime liberation.
https://apnews.com/article/france-us-hegseth-dday-immigration-7c1fd9635a4a292c6d2dc9c4b325ca11
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- Iām ANTIFAā¦ šŗšø
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Qasim Rashid, Esq.
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There has never been a single instance in history where the top .1% suffered due to high taxes. There are countless & ongoing examples throughout history where the bottom 90% suffered because the top .1% weren't taxed enough. This isn't complicated. Tax billionaires. Protect working people. Period
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Tata Chemia
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š¬šŖšŖšŗ We will never tolerate democratic regression or the alienation of our country from EU. Therefore we keep up
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Action Together New Jersey
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trump & his Republicans have destabilized the Middle East. They're really good at destruction. Air raid sirens in Bahrain as Iranian missiles and drones head for Gulf neighbors
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Air raid sirens in Bahrain as Iranian missiles and drones head for Gulf neighbors
Bahrainās government says Iran fired ballistic missiles and drones toward it and Kuwait. The foreign ministry said they had been intercepted and called on Iran to immediately cease attacks on its Gulf...
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Sanho Tree
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Donāt mess with Albanians.
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ProPublica
3 days ago
A rule change pushed by White House officials would slash benefits or end support for as many as 400,000 Supplemental Security Income recipients with Down syndrome, dementia and other disabilities whose parents or relatives receive SNAP benefits. (Published April)
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The Trump Administration Aims to Penalize Disabled Adults Who Live With Their Families
A rule change pushed by White House officials would slash benefits or end support for as many as 400,000 Supplemental Security Income recipients with Down syndrome, dementia and other disabilities who...
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-social-security-ssi-disability-benefits-cuts-parents-children?utm_campaign=propublica-sprout&utm_content=1780714801&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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Adam Serwer
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With its recent rulings, the Roberts Court has now entirely perverted the purpose of the 15th Amendment, turning an outright ban on racial discrimination in voting into a right to discriminate against black voters.
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The Supreme Court Has Invented a Right to Discriminate
Alabama gambled on the Courtās partisanship, and won.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/06/alabama-racial-discrimination-voting/687448/?gift=Je3D9AQS-C17lUTOnl2W8PXx3PqdVJDy2VNT4oMQvd0&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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Furious Backlash to Ivankaās Luxury Island Plot Is About to Get Worse
The presidentās daughter and her husband have caused days of protests in a European country.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/furious-backlash-to-ivankas-albanian-luxury-island-plot-is-about-to-get-worse/
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Philip Gourevitch
3 days ago
So sick of these degenerate. thieves looting our taxes and abusing actual public servants (security detail)
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Kyle Griffin
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BREAKING: WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrat Xavier Becerra advances to the general election for governor in California.
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Team Talarico
7 days ago
More than 4,000 people just showed up in Collin County ā which Trump won by double digits.
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The Associated Press
4 days ago
The S&P 500 sinks 2.6% for the biggest drop since October as tech stocks slump and investors worry about higher interest rates.
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Stocks slump as Big Tech sinks and a strong May jobs report boosts odds for higher interest rates
The U.S. stock market had its worst day since October as a sell-off in big technology companies weighed down the broader market.
https://bit.ly/4xrpOZY
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Graham Platner for Senate
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Susan Collins is spineless and corrupt. And in 151 days, we will defeat her.
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Michael Sainato
4 days ago
Whirlpool laid off 400 workers in March 2026 and has now annnounced another 288 layoffs at its Iowa plant, as it offshores the work to Mexico despite praising Trump's tariffs
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Workers decry Whirlpool offshoring jobs despite praise for Trumpās tariffs
The US has lost factory jobs amid promises of a tariff-led renaissance
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/26/whirlpools-job-cuts-trumps-tariffs
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NOTUS
4 days ago
A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration is violating immigration law by refusing to process cases for people from the 39 countries on the presidentās travel ban list.
https://www.notus.org/immigration/order-trump-policy-uscis-travel-ban-immigrant-processing
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Federal Judge Throws Out Trump Policy That Kept Some Immigrants in Legal Limbo
USCIS stopped processing applications for immigrants from countries on the presidentās travel ban list.
https://www.notus.org/immigration/order-trump-policy-uscis-travel-ban-immigrant-processing
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Elizabeth Warren
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At 4am, Senate Republicans gave the greenlight for the IRS to drop ALL investigations into Trump and his family. That means if Trump is evading taxes, weāll never know. I have a bill to make this illegal. And I wonāt stop fighting to get it done.
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