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League of Women Voters of Indianapolis @lwvindy.bsky.social · 21h
🚨 ACTION ALERT
The America First Legal Foundation has petitioned the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) to add documentary proof of citizenship requirements to the federal voter registration form.
This would make it harder for millions of eligible Americans to register to vote.
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 2d
The Trump administration is attempting to undermine elections. Efforts have included rewriting election rules to burden voters, threatening to prosecute election officials, and supporting election deniers. Keep track and learn more with our new interactive timeline:
Timeline of the Trump Administration’s Efforts to Undermine Elections
Together, these actions form a concerted strategy to interfere with elections.
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 1d
Connecting the dots, our new resource shows the scope and impact of the current administration’s unprecedented attempts to undermine the country’s elections — threatening the 2026 midterms. Learn more: bit.ly/4l1lUPP
The Trump Administration’s Campaign to Undermine the Next Election
The executive branch is interfering in U.S. elections in unprecedented ways.
www.brennancenter.org
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Von Welch @vwelch.com · 3d
'Black told The Guardian newspaper that ICE agents hit him in the head, face, torso, arms and legs with around seven or eight "pepper exploding pellets" while he was in a position of prayer.'
Real photo shows ICE agents spraying Chicago pastor with 'pepper pellets'
The image circulated as alleged evidence of a scene outside an ICE processing facility in a Chicago suburb.
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Von Welch @vwelch.com · 6d
Those who stand up for the integrity of our elections will be attacked by a DOJ increasingly becoming a political tool.
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 6d
James Comey’s indictment is as far as it could be from the facts and the law. Former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance explains why: bit.ly/46TyPOR
Comey Indictment Shows Danger of Subservient Prosecutors
The political prosecution of a presidential enemy has left the government with a seemingly unwinnable case — and a justice system tainted by politics.
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Von Welch @vwelch.com · 7d
Killing people is wrong.
US strikes another boat off Venezuela coast killing four, Defense Secretary announces | CNN Politics
The US military carried out another strike on a boat operating in the Caribbean officials deemed to be a “narco-trafficking vessel” on Friday morning, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced in a ...
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Von Welch @vwelch.com · 8d
Democrats didn't shut down government to fund health care for 'illegal aliens.' Here's context
Immigrants in the country illegally are not eligible for federal health care insurance plans. The Democrats' proposal does not change that.
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Von Welch @vwelch.com · 9d
"Agents approached or entered nearly every apartment in the five-story building, and U.S. citizens were among those detained for hours."
Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'
The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.
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Von Welch @vwelch.com · 10d
Guess who will be most impacted by more lack constrains on hazing.
'No more walking on eggshells': Hegseth vows to lift guardrails on military hazing, harassment
ABC News obtained memos filed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that showed he is reviewing military policies on hazing and harrasment.
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Von Welch @vwelch.com · 10d
Are we great yet?
Federal agents grab and shove journalists outside NYC immigration court, sending one to hospital
A visual journalist hit his head on the floor after ICE agents pushed one journalist off a public elevator and shoved another to the floor, according to video and witnesses.
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Von Welch @vwelch.com · 22d
'Sen. Ted Cruz on his podcast Friday admonished Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr for demanding ABC suspend Jimmy Kimmel’s late night show over comments regarding Charlie Kirk — calling Carr’s actions “dangerous as hell” and “right out of ‘Goodfellas.’”'
'Dangerous as hell': Cruz blasts FCC's Jimmy Kimmel takedown
The Texas Republican called Brendan Carr's actions “right out of ‘Goodfellas.’”
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Von Welch @vwelch.com · 23d
"Since 1990, far-right extremists have committed far more ideologically motivated homicides than far-left or radical Islamist extremists, including 227 events that took more than 520 lives,"
DOJ removed study from website showing most domestic terrorism is right-wing
The study was still on the website as of Sept. 11, 2025, but was removed by the following day, two days after the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk.
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Von Welch @vwelch.com · 26d
Republicans Block Senate Vote to Release Epstein Files
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 27d
Fox News' Brian Kilmeade apologizes for saying mentally ill homeless people should be executed.
Fox News' Brian Kilmeade apologizes for saying mentally ill homeless people should be executed
An advocate for homeless people said Kilmeade’s remark was “completely devoid of all humanity.”
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Von Welch @vwelch.com · 29d
Political violence is wrong. Our POTUS not saying that when some are attacked and not others is like pardoning someone who does violence. It is an implied endorsement of of particular acts of violence.
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Trump ordered flags flown at half-staff for Charlie Kirk, but not for Melissa Hortman
Hortman, a Democrat who had served as speaker of the Minnesota House, was assassinated in June 2025.
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Von Welch @vwelch.com · 29d
Signs of life from the House?
House votes to repeal Iraq war authorizations
It's unclear if the repeal will end up in the final version of the National Defense Authorization Act, which still has to get through the Senate.
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Von Welch @vwelch.com · Sep 10
Trump is used to shaking off criticism. The Epstein saga is different
While there is no suggestion of criminal wrongdoing by Trump, the political consequences of the Epstein saga on the US president are very real
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Von Welch @vwelch.com · Sep 10
Fascists do not stop themselves.
Poland says it shot down Russian drones after airspace violation
Nato jets were also deployed to respond to drones that entered Polish airspace during Russian strikes on Ukraine.
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Von Welch @vwelch.com · Sep 8
"Now nine months into the president's term as the tariffs take hold, the gulf between Trump's rhetoric, which boasts of investments pouring into the country, and the reality on the ground in places like Fall River, is starting to show."
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Donald Trump's tariffs put US manufacturing revival hopes to the test
The gulf between Trump's rhetoric and the reality on the ground is starting to show.
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Von Welch @vwelch.com · Sep 4
"Then they came for me..." - disagree with them and you will be a criminal too.
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Unpacking reports White House said Republicans signing Epstein files petition is a 'hostile act'
GOP Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky filed a petition that would force a vote on compelling the Justice Department to release more Epstein files.
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Von Welch @vwelch.com · Sep 3
While POTUS attacks his own people, the leadership of the U.S. erodes.
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Russia's Vladimir Putin and China's Xi Jinping begin talks in Beijing
The two leaders are seeking to promote "a more just and reasonable global governance system".
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Von Welch @vwelch.com · Aug 29
"It is unusual for federal border agents to make arrests during the fighting of an active fire, especially in a remote area."
Federal agents arrest firefighters working on WA wildfire
Federal agents showed up northeast of Lake Cushman to check identification of crew members fighting Washington's largest active wildfire.
www.seattletimes.com
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Von Welch @vwelch.com · Aug 14
"Wholesale prices rose far more than expected in July, providing a potential sign that inflation is still a threat to the U.S. economy, a Bureau of Labor Statistics report Thursday showed."
Wholesale prices rose 0.9% in July, much more than expected
The producer price index was expected to show a 0.2% increase for July, according to the Dow Jones consensus estimate.
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Von Welch @vwelch.com · Aug 14
"The U.S. government's gross national debt has climbed past $37 trillion, a record-breaking milestone that underscores the rapid growth of America's fiscal obligations and the mounting cost pressures on taxpayers."
US debt reaches $37 trillion years before expected
In January 2020, the CBO estimated that gross federal debt would not surpass $37 trillion until after fiscal year 2030.
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Von Welch @vwelch.com · Aug 13
"We found it to be likely true that the volume of violent crime reported to law enforcement was at or near a 50-year low in 2023-24."
Trump said DC police can 'do whatever the hell they want'
The president deployed the National Guard after declaring a crime emergency in Washington, D.C, in August 2025.
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