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Justin Parmenter @justinparmenter.bsky.social · 14h

North Carolina became the latest GOP-controlled state to announce it will gerrymander its congressional map to please President Donald Trump. #ncpol

www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

North Carolina Is Latest GOP-Controlled State To Announce a Gerrymander

Read more here.

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Billy Corriher @billycorriher.bsky.social · 16h

Berger doesn’t wanna lose his favorite Democrat

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Billy Corriher @billycorriher.bsky.social · 16h

Has Berger even called for him to resign?

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Billy Corriher @billycorriher.bsky.social · 16h

goodbye, Voting Rights Act #ncpol

Reuben Jones @reubenjones1.bsky.social · 16h

NEW:

North Carolina Republican leaders say the General Assembly will consider a new Congressional map next week.

“Trump earned a clear mandate from the voters...we intend to defend it by drawing an additional Republican Congressional seat."

bergerpress.medium.com/general-asse... #ncpol

General Assembly Heeds President Trump’s Call to Thwart Blue State Attempts to Take Congress

Raleigh, N.C. — Today, legislative leaders agreed to hold votes during the previously scheduled October legislative session to block the…

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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 1d

The "plaintiffs" seeking to dismantle the Voting Rights Act (in a case this week at SCOTUS) include:

-a member of the "Trumpettes," a group of women who ardently support for the president
-a retiree who said he didn’t remember signing up to be involved in a lawsuit.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/u...

One woman made national news when she protested the Covid-19 vaccine at her local City Council. Another is a member of the Trumpettes, a group of women united in their ardent support for the president. A third is a retired grocery salesman who said he didn’t remember signing up to be involved in a lawsuit.

The three are among the 12 Louisiana voters at the center of a case set to be heard by the Supreme Court on Wednesday that could gut what remains of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the landmark civil-rights-era legislation.

In January 2024, the group filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Louisiana’s congressional district map, arguing state lawmakers had discriminated against them as white voters by impermissibly taking race into account when they drafted the map after the 2020 census.

Since then, they’ve been referred to in court filings merely as the “non-African-American” voters.

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Anita Earls @anitaearls.bsky.social · 2d

From the OBX to Cherokee, NC voters: Have you checked that your voter registration is complete? The State Board of Elections has identified over 100,000 North Carolinians whose voter registrations are missing key information. Visit ncsbe.gov/registrationrepair to check yours!

Registration Repair | NCSBE

Find out if your North Carolina voter registration is incomplete, learn how to fix it, and review the FAQ for more information.

ncsbe.gov

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Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 3d

If this reminds you of an extremely famous book you might have read in high school… yes.

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 3d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Billy Corriher @billycorriher.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah, we’ll see what he means by that.

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Billy Corriher @billycorriher.bsky.social · 3d

Is it vague? I think making life easier for working people should be the number one goal.

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 3d

These freaks keep getting on TV talking about opposing antifa and how they believe antifa wants to destroy them, and not a single person in mainstream media has asked or commented on what is the opposite of antifascism and who is threatened by antifascists

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Jeet Heer @jeetheer.bsky.social · 3d

Lessons from Portland. www.thenation.com/article/acti...

Portland's Dancing Protesters Are Showing Us How to Stand Up to Trump

The president wants us to be afraid. These activists are clowning him instead.

www.thenation.com

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 3d

New AI School should totally be fun and safe for academics. Totally.

Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 3d

"Peter Thiel warned that Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and critics of technology or artificial intelligence are “legionnaires of the Antichrist” in private lectures on Christianity that connected gov oversight of Silicon Valley to an apocalyptic future"

www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction

In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Joe Bearden @grayhairjoe.bsky.social · 4d

Republicans Pushed Hundreds of Bills This Year to Curtail Local Governments #ncpol

truthout.org/articles/rep...

Republicans Pushed Hundreds of Bills This Year to Curtail Local Governments

As Trump wages war on US cities, GOP-led states have swiftly passed an array of laws threatening their autonomy.

truthout.org

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People’s Parity Project @peoplesparity.bsky.social · 4d

Separation of powers for thee, not for me. We are at the mercy of Calvinball jurisprudence. Court reform must be a nonnegotiable for rebuilding democracy👇

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Áine ☽𖤐☾ @whoa-magic.lol · 5d

"The Oklahoma Supreme Court has ruled Senate Bill 632 unconstitutional, halting the establishment of business courts in Oklahoma City and #Tulsa, a key initiative of Gov. Kevin Stitt aimed at fostering a business-friendly state."

www.koco.com/article/okla....

#BusinessCourts

Oklahoma Supreme Court rules business courts unconstitutional

A group of attorneys argues two business courts violate voters rights

www.koco.com

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 4d

NEW: Few states hold elections with such national prominence as Pennsylvania — and this year is no exception. With three of the state’s Supreme Court justices up for retention, the GOP could have an opening to control a court that influences the state’s elections.

Why Anti-Voting Activists Are Using the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Election to Spread Disinformation

Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.

www.democracydocket.com

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Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 5d

The media's really just going to bounce over the fact that at Trump's meeting today they said "we've been fighting antifa for a hundred years, since they tried to stop us in 1930s Germany" and everyone nodded along, huh

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NC Newsline @ncnewsline.com · 5d

Advocates say is the first settlement in the country requiring nursing homes to stop automatically rejecting patients with substance use disorders or recent drug use. ncnewsline.com/briefs/groun... #ncpol

'Groundbreaking' settlement forces nursing homes to end automatic denial for drug use • NC Newsline

A new settlement requires two NC nursing homes to stop automatically rejecting patients with substance use disorders or recent drug use.

ncnewsline.com

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People’s Parity Project @peoplesparity.bsky.social · 5d

2/3🚨PPP’s new report urges progressives to back several #CourtReform tools🚨2) Jurisdiction stripping, channeling & supermajority rules added to progressive laws could curb courts from overturning democracy-enhancing laws & return power to our elected representatives.

⚖️READ: tinyurl.com/PPPNoKings

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People’s Parity Project @peoplesparity.bsky.social · 5d

1/3 🚨PPP’s new report urges progressives to back several #CourtReform tools🚨1) Court Expansion: adding justices to SCOTUS. Had the 2023 Judiciary Act passed, an expanded Roberts Court might have ruled differently in several Trump-related cases.

⚖️READ MORE: tinyurl.com/PPPNoKings

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 6d

First take out of arguments: Despite efforts by Sotomayor to put off a decision, it appeared the Supreme Court will subject Colorado’s conversion therapy ban to strict scrutiny under the First Amendment, with a majority likely to strike it down outright.

More to come at Law Dork:

Law Dork | Chris Geidner | Substack

The Supreme Court, law, politics, and more. Click to read Law Dork, by Chris Geidner, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.

www.lawdork.com

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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 7d

the trump administration attempted to assassinate a critic and when she lived, they prosecuted her for surviving

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 7d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 7d

Missourians are mobilizing to give voters a chance to block the state’s new Trump-ordered gerrymander that could hand the GOP one congressional seat at the cost of Black voters. But Republican leaders are doing everything in their power to silence them.
https://bit.ly/3Ky0Ofw

GOP Fights to Deny Missouri Voters a Voice on Trump-Ordered Gerrymander

Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.

www.democracydocket.com

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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 7d

"hand-to-hand combat with antifa every night"

a guy in a frog costume standing facing a line of police and ICE agents in Portland

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Jeremy Markovich @ncrabbithole.com · 8d

The lawmaker accused of diluting the votes of Appalachian State students was honored in 2024 as a Distinguished Alumni of … Appalachian State www.ncrabbithole.com/p/why-voters...

Why do voters at Appalachian State keep getting picked on?

A new lawsuit is trying to overturn state laws that made it harder for students in Boone to have a voice in county politics. Who created those laws? A proud and powerful App State grad, that's who.

www.ncrabbithole.com

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