The times, they are a-changin'. Remarkable wave of op-eds on proportional representation this week *alone*: -WaPo / @ishaantharoor.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0... -Kansas Reflector / @rpund.bsky.social kansasreflector.com/2025/08/02/i... Cont./

How can we END the gerrymandering wars? My @protectdemocracy.org colleagues explain how the answer lies in one design choice: www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/how-to-end...

Nonprofits are increasingly under threat from gov officials seeking to score political points and silence checks on their power. This toolkit offers best practices for responding to politicized gov investigations so that orgs can keep doing lawful, mission-based work. protdem.org/NonprofitInv...

🚨Civil society is under threat. Our new Nonprofit Investigations Toolkit gives organizations tools to navigate the current environment. Equip your organization to stand strong against political intimidation. Explore the resources → protdem.org/NonprofitInv...

The babies who were conceived during the famine and whose mothers were undernourished while their brains were being built—those brains were smaller. When those people were adults, their brains were wired in a different way.

Jesus. Paramount's FCC petition to transfer broadcast licenses to Skydance has been pending for months. Tuesday, Paramount and Trump filed papers to dismiss his suit after Paramount paid up. Today, FCC approved the transfer. 48 hours. If that's not a bribe.. www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/something-...

The Protect Democracy is growing! We're hiring for multiple positions. Visit our website for more details about these and other open positions. protectdemocracy.org/jobs ⭐ Legislative & Policy Specialist ⭐ State Campaign Strategist ⭐ Major Gifts Officer ⭐ NC State Policy Advocate

This is great! You should also check out the great work that @protectdemocracy.org is doing on proportional representation. protectdemocracy.org/work/can-pro...

“Nobody knows what I’m going to do,” said the president on whether the United States will go to war with Iran. That’s not how it’s supposed to work. Read more here: www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/congress-s...

Trump wants you to believe that this is about Iran signing a nuclear deal - one he tore up in 2018! - but Israel just killed Iran’s lead nuclear negotiator who was telling US television just two weeks ago that Iran was open to a deal.

We just sued USDA w/ @studentdefense.bsky.social & @nclej.bsky.social‬ on behalf of @Epic.org & @mazonusa.bsky.social. The USDA’s illegal demands for the personal info of millions of SNAP recipients could set a dangerous precedent impacting all Americans and won't be tolerated. protdem.org/4k2nIZe

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In a rigid two-party system, populist takeovers don’t break the system—they become it. What Britain’s recent elections say about America’s future: www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/what-brita...

BREAKING: Overdue justice has been done. U.S. District Judge Richard Myers ruled that the votes of military and overseas voters must be counted and the race for NC Supreme Court certified for its lawful winner, Justice Allison Riggs. Ruling: protdem.org/42WM9jy

“To improve accountability, strengthen the link between representatives and constituents and reduce the influence of large special interests, Congress should reinvest in its own capacity,” NEW from Drew Penrose and @normornstein.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

We sued the Trump admin for illegally attempting to fire FTC Commissioners @bedoyaftc.bsky.social & Rebecca Kelly Slaughter. This power grab defies 90 yrs of SCOTUS precedent. If unchecked, could let any future POTUS politicize the FTC, Fed and other agencies. protectdemocracy.org/work/fightin...

A sad day for Columbia and for our democracy. "Additionally the school believed there was considerable overlap between needed campus changes and Trump’s demands" has got to be one of the most depressing sentences ever written. www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...

"No other major democracy has such complete dominance by only two parties. When polled, voters say they want more choices." @sltaylor.bsky.social protectdemocracy.org/work/trapped...

History holds lessons for today’s political disruptions. The 19th century anti-slavery movement built power by strategically fusing w/major parties. What if disaffected conservative voters could do the same today? Read @jrdresden.bsky.social & Beau Tremitiere:

NEW PAPER: The two party system is not giving Americans what they want or what our democracy needs. @sltaylor.bsky.social argues this can be traced to systems like our winner-take-all and primary elections, and he offers a practical alternative. @newamerica.org protectdemocracy.org/trapped-in-a...

NEW: Our report dives deep into the history of the president’s role in spending taxpayer dollars. Bottom line: Trump’s OMB Director Russ Vought is wrong on the law, wrong on history. Read it here: protectdemocracy.org/impoundment-myth

New government hires complete probationary periods to assess their performance before they accrue civil service protections but that doesn’t mean these probationary employees lack protections. Find our guide for probationary employees and more here: buff.ly/EVmoU21

Here's our (@knightcolumbia.org) statement condemning the Trump administration's effort to subjugate universities to official power. knightcolumbia.org/content/knig...

The Trump Admin's actions against Mahmoud Khalil are textbook, unabashed retaliation & viewpoint discrimination. But, this isn’t just about Khalil. @rachelegoodman.bsky.social and @shalinigoelagarwal.bsky.social breakdown the WH’s attacks on the 1st Amendment. www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/the-white-...

Arresting and threatening to deport students because of their participation in political protest is the kind of action one ordinarily associates with the world’s most repressive regimes. It’s genuinely shocking that this appears to be what’s going on right here. 1/

re the previous repost: if they can disappear permanent residents they can disappear citizens

NEW in our briefing for civil servants, we spotlight: ✅ Useful trackers ✅ @fednews.bsky.social for news stories that affect civil servants ✅ A way for you to contribute to an oral history of your experience as a fed worker during this period.

If there is a recession, it will not have been caused by complex fluctuations in the economy. It will have been caused by Trump’s intentionally reckless chaos. Presidents rarely have this direct responsibility for economic cycles but this would be an exception.

We created a hub for federal workers about what they need to know and do to protect themselves amid attacks on their livelihoods from the Trump Administration. Bookmark and share widely: 🔗 protdem.org/federal-work...

One way Trump plans to indefinitely hold onto power is by crushing competition. So, how do we preserve electoral competition? It takes more than just holding an election. Read and subscribe to the Entrenchment Agenda for the details: www.ifyoucankeepit.org/s/the-entren...

"No Other Land," the Palestinian-Israeli made film showing the destruction of the occupied West Bank's Masafer Yatta by Israeli soldiers, just won the Oscar for Best Documentary. It can't get a distributor in the US. Which tells you everything about censorship in the US.

Israel's Energy Minister Eli Cohen plans to request a halt to Gaza's electricity supply in the next cabinet meeting, following the decision to block aid, reports Israel’s Channel 14. 🔴 LIVE updates:

The deputy speaker of Israel’s parliament and a leading member of Netanyahu’s party calling for the bombing of food stocks in Gaza just a few hours ago. You won’t see this mentioned by any European or American leaders, or by most western media.

This. This one person using the voice they have. We all need to do this with every platform and opportunity we have. Stand up and speak out.

"a healthier party system that’s more resilient to the authoritarian threat is possible only if we change our electoral system." Excellent, important read from @raders.bsky.social www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/three-stor...

Glad to see this conversation on fusion voting in Kansas is getting some notice. Looking forward to being part of it along with @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social @oscarp.bsky.social @jrdresden.bsky.social @aclukansas.bsky.social and others

In our winner-take-all electoral system, the two-party grudge match has swallowed checks and balances that are crucial to our democracy surviving. This week's briefing covers what healthy party competition looks like: www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/three-stor...

PSA: Go see No Other Land. Take all your friends. I saw it last night and it's incredibly powerful. It's a shame and a disgrace that no American film distributor has picked this film up. Fortunately those of you in NYC can see it at Film Forum and BAM. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/m...

New edition of The Entrenchment Agenda - Grant Tudor and @amandacarpenter.bsky.social detail the large role paramilitary forces have historically played in the entrenchment of authoritarians & the dangerous consequences of their alliances with these leaders.

When Biden withdrew from Afghanistan, regardless of the wisdom of the policy, the chaotic execution of it sunk his popularity and marked the point of no recovery for his presidency. Trump’s chaotic and lawless withdrawal of the US from engagements like these in a rational world would do the same.

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Some of the nation's most powerful media organizations are trading press freedom for profits. I wrote about it. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/o...

Trump’s first week reveals his top goal, and his fundamental weakness. Read the latest edition of our weekly briefing where we analyze what rises above the noise of the various actions and executive orders. www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/the-power-...

Knight Institute Applauds President Biden’s Decision to Pardon Prominent Immigration Activist Ravi Ragbir. Full statement from @ramyakrishnan.bsky.social at the link: knightcolumbia.org/content/knig...

Who is Marwan Barghouti? Why is he considered the most popular and credible Palestinian leader alive today? Was Israel right to imprison him? My deep-dive for Zeteo into the man who has been called the 'Palestinian Mandela' - and who poses a political threat to both Netanyahu *and* Mahmoud Abbas.

I actually believe we can get big transformative electoral reform here in the can-do United States... leedrutman.substack.com/p/how-did-am...

Today's @thenyt.bsky.social interactive by Jesse Wegman and @leedrutman.bsky.social may be the best and most compelling thing ever written on electoral reform in America. Seriously, it is MAGISTERIAL. (Thread) www.nytimes.com/interactive/...