This is truly outrageous. But also, follow @51st.news! 51st.news/house-republ...

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The Trump administration is pressuring states to hand over sensitive information about voters. The Brennan Center is tracking the DOJ’s requests and how states respond. bit.ly/3JFbKaB

Curious about what's happening with #gerrymandering #Texas? You REALLY should look at this amazing #teachersguide #curriculum for #FaultLinesintheConstitution @PeachtreePub 2025. It's coming to your state, too. cynthialevinson.com/wp-content/u...

So we have a gremlin now. Our shower has a Bluetooth-enabled speaker (ridic but fun). It has refused to connect for a year. Tonight it suddenly started broadcasting radio channels that aren’t playing anywhere in our house. Multiple mins of random talking + music that could not be disabled. NOT WANT.

Back in April, U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it was going to begin looking for "antisemitic activity" in the social media of applicants for a range of immigration benefits, including foreign students and most green card applicants. www.uscis.gov/newsroom/new...

The @brennancenter.org obtained a letter the ‪ @nyccomptroller.bsky.social and @advocate.nyc.gov sent to the Mayor on Tuesday asking an important question: What’s going on with the NYPD Inspector General’s office?

www.tzedekdc.org/news-1/2025/... 👏👏👏

Terrific new piece out from immigration experts @margyoh.bsky.social & Doug Rand, analyzing the new travel ban and exposing it for what it is: primarily a Muslim and African ban. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

Learn more about the history of the foreign policy provision in the INA this new bill seeks to repeal & how the Trump administration has been using the provision to attempt to ideologically deport students in this @lawfaremedia.org article. ⬇️ 🗃️ www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

Important thread below! If you're wondering about the law, policy, and legal norms relevant to President Trump's announcements today, @josephanunn.bsky.social is one to follow.

@lizagoitein.bsky.social @josephanunn.bsky.social @stevevladeck.bsky.social and I have been arguing for reforming the #DC #National Guard, which is "outdated and dangerous." Re-upping two articles via @justsecurity.org: www.justsecurity.org/79971/2022-u... www.justsecurity.org/74098/why-d-...

BREAKING: Eight former New York judges, including the former Chief Judge and Chief Administrative Judge, filed a friend-of-the-court brief in United States v. New York. Allowing ICE to make warrantless civil arrests at courthouses undermines the proper functioning of state courts.

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Reviewing individuals’ social media to conduct ideological vetting has been a defining initiative of President Trump’s second term. Here’s an overview of this collection process and how the information is used. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

Important 🧵 below. It's both dangerous & unsurprising that the designation of drug cartels as FTOs is being used to justify military incursions into American cities - as we noted when it happened, that designation was never necessary in the first place. www.justsecurity.org/107400/trump...

Great new report from my @brennancenter.org colleague Jasleen Singh on how this administration is working, in unprecedented ways, to undermine our federal election system. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

A more comprehensive analysis for @brennancenter.org of how the Trump administration's latest AI policy could leave us more divided and less informed: www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...

I always benefit from Jay's thoughtful insights, and I've already subscribed. His first post, on the Flock ALPR system manufacturing suspicion for police, is an important read.

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Border Patrol is buying new tech... "advanced AI" to surveil dense residential areas? Automated surveillance towers? Tech to see through walls?? I talked to @sambiddle.com of @theintercept.com about serious risks amid the agency's increasingly aggressive behavior. theintercept.com/2025/07/23/c...

The U.S. government is building a sweeping digital surveillance dragnet that turns social media into a tool for monitoring, screening, and enforcement. A single post can follow someone from abroad, at the border, and into every stage of life on U.S. soil. 1/9 www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

Great explainer on the expansion of ICE detention facilities, and what it will mean for detention of families and children, by my @brennancenter.org colleagues @lbeisen.bsky.social & @margyoh.bsky.social. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

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Measures in GOP budget bill signal may a new era in AI-powered government surveillance — opaque tech means basis for law enforcement actions against individuals could become "very difficult to unwind," @rlevinsonwaldman.bsky.social tells @techpolicypress.bsky.social.

I have so much to say about this and no time to say it... www.politico.com/news/2025/06...

Last night we went to see Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra perform at the Kennedy Center. They performed this 1959 Charles Mingus protest song, Fables of Faubus, about the segregationist Ark. governor Orval Faubus - it absolutely blew us away. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpL8...

When has the National Guard been sent into a state over the objections of the governor? "That has been incredibly rare," @lizagoitein.bsky.social tells @msnbc.com. "That has not happened since the Civil Rights era." 📺:

In April, an arm of DHS announced that it would begin screening many non-citizens’ social media for “antisemitic activity.” The guidelines received little attention, but could be used to suppress speech, @rlevinsonwaldman.bsky.social & Melanie Geller write. www.justsecurity.org/114607/how-d...

If you're heading out to a protest, there are a number of concepts to keep in mind to keep yourself—and your data—safe.

Important thread from my @brennancenter.org colleague @larrynorden.bsky.social - not only is this kind of violence horrific, but we know it makes people less willing to stand up and run for office. It is an attack on democracy. 👇👇 🧵

"Historians have shown that there are numerous state and federal court decisions that affirm the common law idea that anyone born in this country is a citizen of this country." Kate Masur, Northwestern University Watch:

Listening to this conversation between two brilliant and humane people I like and admire brought me a lot of joy. Take the time to listen - you won’t be sorry. @dupatton.bsky.social @anikacolliernavaroli.com podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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My colleague @josephanunn.bsky.social did a deep dive report on the Posse Comitatus Act and domestic deployment of the military. Seems like a good time to reup it. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/pol...

This month, the Brennan Center is featured in @credomobile.bsky.social's grant campaign. Vote by June 30 to help support our work for voting rights:

On a personal note, three articles stand out to me today. Let me start here: it is disgusting to use the horrific attack in Boulder as a justification for expelling Muslims from the country & reinstating the Muslim ban. This xenophobic nationalism has no place here. www.newarab.com/news/maga-fi...

Recent news reports indicate that the State Department has told US embassies and consulates to stop scheduling student visa interviews until it issues instructions on implementing mandatory social media checks for all foreign student applicants. 1/14 www.cnn.com/2025/05/27/p...

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The Brennan Center filed a brief in Emily Ley Paper Inc. v. Trump, a case challenging President Trump’s abuse of emergency powers to impose tariffs.

Earlier this week, the @brennancenter.org and @knightcolumbia.org submitted comments to the Department of Homeland Security urging the rejection of its plan to collect social media identifiers from people applying for immigration-related benefits. 1/7 www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

“It is nearly impossible for the government to focus only on noncitizens and not look at anyone else’s social media,” says @rlevinsonwaldman.bsky.social on the U.S. expanding AI-driven social media surveillance of immigrants and visitors.

The president’s assault on the independence of agencies like the Federal Election Commission flies in the face of Article I of the Constitution, which vests oversight over federal elections in the states and Congress. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...

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My colleagues @lizagoitein.bsky.social and Joseph Nunn have a great explainer out on what’s wrong with the administration’s declaration that land near the border is now a military zone. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

Terrific piece from my @brennancenter.bsky.social colleagues @ebrightyon.bsky.social and @lizagoitein.bsky.social on the many, many problems with Trump's use of the Alien Enemies Act of (wait for it) 1798. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...