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Lauren Groh-Wargo @laurengw.bsky.social · 7d

Everyone is impacted by this cruelty. At
@fairfightaction.bsky.social we're focused every day on winning local elections in the South, fighting and exposing voter suppression and mitigating its harms & getting ready for a critical 2026 where it's time we sweep out this harmful autocracy.

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Lauren Groh-Wargo @laurengw.bsky.social · 7d

This GOP shutdown is a disaster. Their big, horrible bill & overall cruel, anti-freedom agenda's so hurtful. I see it everyday- in the ER recently in our struggling hospital system with a family member; friends laid off and on the financial brink; immigrant families, terrified.

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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 8d

An extraordinary statement from more than 40 former federal judges & state high court ones appointed by both D's & R's

They condemn Trump's abuse of DOJ powers & his prosecution of Comey

We @democracydefendersfund.org were proud to support!

www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

James Comey case jeopardizes Americans' free speech rights, retired judges warn

A group of retired judges said Trump "continues to corruptly abuse the power of his office" by directing the Justice Department to target "his critics and his perceived political enemies."

www.nbcnews.com

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Lauren Groh-Wargo @laurengw.bsky.social · 14d

This Atlanta public school 5th grader running for Class President has a better platform than anyone in our current political system.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 27d

There’s an epidemic of political violence in this country. We condemn these horrors with our whole hearts.

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Fair Fight Action @fairfightaction.bsky.social · 29d

Yesterday, the Supreme Court issued a chilling order allowing Trump’s masked federal agents to continue racially-targeted immigration raids.

Fair Fight CEO @laurengw.bsky.social calls out the Court for enabling a policy "beyond stop-and-frisk. It’s stop-and-abduct."

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Lauren Groh-Wargo @laurengw.bsky.social · 29d

The Trump Epstein birthday card is nauseating.

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Lauren Groh-Wargo @laurengw.bsky.social · Sep 8

We will keep fighting back against this assault on our communities and our democracy – and organize to defeat it.

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Lauren Groh-Wargo @laurengw.bsky.social · Sep 8

If it wasn’t already clear, it is now: far-right extremists have transformed the Court from a check on government power into a rubber stamp for authoritarianism. Trump is waging war on immigrants and Americans who dissent, and the Court is enabling it.

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Lauren Groh-Wargo @laurengw.bsky.social · Sep 8

The same Court who ruled it unconstitutional to consider race in college admissions now says it’s fine to consider race when deciding who to detain and deport.

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Lauren Groh-Wargo @laurengw.bsky.social · Sep 8

Today’s Supreme Court order green-lights racial profiling – allowing Trump’s masked agents to target people based on skin color, language, or where they work. This goes beyond stop-and-frisk. It’s stop and abduct – and the Court is on board.

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Max Flugrath🗳️ @maxflugrath.bsky.social · Aug 27

NEW: Today, the Republican Party is pushing a judge to jail Fulton County commissioners.

Why? They refuse to vote to appoint two far-right election denial activists to the Fulton County Election Board who have a history of undermining elections.

Here's what they had to say – video thread. ⬇️

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Lauren Groh-Wargo @laurengw.bsky.social · Aug 18

And here's another piece of their larger strategy breaking during the Kremlin EO chatter today @democracydocket.com www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

In New Letters, DOJ Escalates Hunt For State Voter Data, Threatens Legal Action

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Lauren Groh-Wargo @laurengw.bsky.social · Aug 18

Cleta getting in on the Putin visit on her lie that there's rampant voter fraud. Her bill + red state congressional redistricting + new EO Trump's chattering about + their legal strategy and more is an attempt to force the US into a noncompetitive elections model so GOP can take over. Like Russia.

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Lauren Groh-Wargo @laurengw.bsky.social · Aug 18

Just like Texas Congressional takeover, this next EO is part of a larger scheme to remake elections in an autocratic model. This is not a normal midterm.

Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · Aug 18

On Putin's advice, Trump launches assault on mail-in ballots and voting machines

Trump's action comes after his meeting with Vladimir Putin in Anchorage, where the Russian leader told him that mail-in ballots led to his electoral defeat in 2020, Trump said.

www.latimes.com

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Declaration for American Democracy Coalition @dfadcoalition.bsky.social · Aug 15

Over 300 events are scheduled to take place tomorrow in communities across this country standing up to Donald Trump's attack on our democracy and attempt to rig the 2026 election. Sign up for an event near you at FightTheTrumpTakeover.Com ‼️

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Lauren Groh-Wargo @laurengw.bsky.social · Jul 28

Required reading by Vanita Gupt:
"to shut down debate, cut off services to disfavored communities and dismantle civil society. These actions are unconstitutional, un-American and harm us all."

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/o...

Opinion | You May Not Be Trump’s Target This Time. But You Could Be Next.

www.nytimes.com

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Lauren Groh-Wargo @laurengw.bsky.social · May 16

She was a new voter. A young Hispanic woman in rural Georgia stood in line for hours — and was told her right to vote had been challenged.
She was one of 250,000 Georgians targeted.
I wrote about our lawsuit fighting back: @fairfightaction.bsky.social v. True the Vote.

Fair Fight’s voter intimidation lawsuit matters for every American

Fair Fight sued True the Vote, accusing the far-right organization of using faulty data to conduct voter challenges and intimidate primarily marginalized citizens.

www.ajc.com

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Fair Fight Action @fairfightaction.bsky.social · May 12

Tomorrow, we’re back in court.

Fair Fight v. True the Vote is about who gets to vote – and what happens when political operatives weaponize bureaucracy to silence Americans.

This appeal could set a national precedent.

Court fight over 2021 Georgia mass voter eligibility challenges heads to federal court • Georgia Recorder

US. Court to hear Georgia case Fair Fight vs True the vote over voter intimidation tactics mass voter eligibility challenges law dating back to 2021 election runoff.

georgiarecorder.com

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Fair Fight Action @fairfightaction.bsky.social · Apr 30

96 people, including women who changed their names after marriage, were turned away from voting in New Hampshire under a new state law.

One voter had to make 3 trips to cast a ballot.

It's voter suppression – and the SAVE Act (in the U.S. Senate) would export this nationwide.

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Lauren Groh-Wargo @laurengw.bsky.social · Apr 24

Trump tried to sneak voter suppression through the back door. The courts just slammed it shut.

Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · Apr 24

🚨BREAKING: Federal Court BLOCKS Trump executive order seeking to impose proof of citizenship requirement for voter registration.

Big victory for our clients DNC, DSCC, DCCC, DGA, Sen. Schumer and Cong. Jeffries. www.democracydocket.com/cases/washin...

League of United Latin American Citizens v. Executive Office of the President

Learn more.

www.democracydocket.com

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · Apr 24

"It’s easy to take the good work government does for granted. It’s only when we begin to lose it that we understand how essential it is." joycevance.substack.com/publish/post...

Losing DOJ’s Civil Rights Division

On Tuesday, Reuters reported that leadership at the Department of Justice has reassigned “about a dozen senior career attorneys” in the Civil Rights Division to perform perfunctory tasks usually assig...

open.substack.com

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Ben Wikler @benwikler.bsky.social · Apr 24

Proud that Wisconsin voters did our bit on this too

Axios @axios.com · Apr 22

🚨 BREAKING: Elon Musk says he's taking a step back from DOGE after Tesla "blowback"

Elon Musk says he'll take step back from DOGE

Musk says he will pull back from DOGE starting in May.

www.axios.com

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · Apr 24

🚨BREAKING: Federal Court BLOCKS Trump executive order seeking to impose proof of citizenship requirement for voter registration.

Big victory for our clients DNC, DSCC, DCCC, DGA, Sen. Schumer and Cong. Jeffries. www.democracydocket.com/cases/washin...

League of United Latin American Citizens v. Executive Office of the President

Learn more.

www.democracydocket.com

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Max Flugrath🗳️ @maxflugrath.bsky.social · Apr 22

NEW: 60 Minutes’ top producer resigned over lost editorial freedom.

Trump sued them. Project 2025 calls for pulling licenses from outlets that criticize the president.

CBS’s parent company needs government OK on a merger.

This is what corporate-captured propaganda looks like.

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