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The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is all but dead. We’re going to need a new one. My latest column for @GuardianUS, in which I argue that the next VRA must include a total ban on federal gerrymandering. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Nothing sums up the truly Kafka-esque state of affairs better than the fact that Louisiana is throwing out votes so they can draw new Republican districts and Democrats are forced to throw out the votes that created new Democratic districts.

There were around 30 attorneys in the DOJ’s Voting Section on the day of Donald Trump’s second inauguration. Three months later, all but two were gone. Now the election deniers are in control. wired.com/story/the-just…

"In one meeting, Trump passed a stack of news articles he and other senior officials thought threatened national security to Blanche with a sticky note on it that said 'treason,' another administration official said." wsj.com/politics/natio…

The Republican Party has become a collection of arsonists targeting every part of civil society, liberalism and democracy. What unites them all, however, is corrupting the electoral process. democracydocket.com/opinion/the-go…

The Sergeant at Arms blocks Tennessee Rep. Justin Pearson from entering the committee room as Republicans vote to eliminate the state’s only Black-majority district. 📸 Nicole Hester / The Tennesseean

Elon Musk’s DOGE “blatantly used” race, gender and other protected characteristics to execute the largest mass termination of federal grants in the history of the National Endowment for the Humanities, a federal judge ruled on Thursday. abcnews.link/kfJxWVn

"Looking back now, it’s clear that the desire to undo the Civil Rights Era — and even restore the Confederacy to a place of honor — never disappeared. It was sometimes set to the side and reshaped, but they kept the fire burning with unwavering attention." publicnotice.co/p/trump-confed…

The Voting Rights Act existed because America could not be trusted. The Supreme Court just told us to trust it anyway. I don’t. My latest for @GuardianUS. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

A holistic, coordinated, and multi level effort to wreck US science. Ask why and who benefits from it.

They’ll tell you “violence has no place in our democracy” meanwhile our “democracy” abducts migrant families, kidnaps presidents, bombs fishermen, schools & hospitals, arms genocides, sanctions & starves sovereign nations while systematically oppressing Black & indigenous people.

To figure out why Cole Allen did what he did, I obtained a copy of his resume and talked to his former friends. The portrait that emerges is unlike what the White House is saying: kenklippenstein.com/p/assassin-was…

This a kind, responsible statement from an American politician. One the current President of the United States would never offer a political foe. (In fact he celebrates their deaths) And all the comments are just unhinged vile attacks on her for what? Modeling decency?

Sincere question: do Trump supporters who genuinely want to reduce political violence actually think that lobbing transparently hypocritical accusations about the left's rhetoric is in any way effective? Are we really gonna go through another cycle where MAGA folks point out incendiary rhetoric on the left without ever acknowledging that some of the most violent and incendiary rhetoric in America comes from the President and his supporters? Do you not think the rest of the country has eyes and ears? It's truly awful that President Trump has been the target of political violence. It's also truly awful how he's frequently talked about his political opponents: accusing them of treason, amplifying calls for their execution, publicly celebrating their death, calling them scum, garbage, vermin, animals. It was like 3 weeks ago that he threatened the annihilation of an entire civilization! It was just a few months ago that he and his White House knowingly smeared two Americans who'd been killed by federal agents as domestic terrorists! I hate political violence. I hate what happened last night. Probably 99% of Americans agree. But let's not insult everyone's intelligence by pretending that the most powerful person in the world isn't a huge part of the problem here.

Raskin’s momentary astonishment at the stupidity of Bash’s question is the correct response.

@orskyai @AdamSchefter They actually drafted a Plan B in the very next round: Austin Barber. Do you have any idea what you’re talking about, or is being needlessly angry your kink?

@AdamSchefter Browns' draft history's a disaster, so they're basically betting the whole house on Spencer's ceiling. Does the roster even have a viable plan B if he doesn't hit immediately?

The Fano family celebration after the Browns drafted Spencer:

Income isn’t supposed to play a role in how much housing assistance FEMA gives families. But in some N.C. counties, the highest-income homeowners received two to three times as much money after Hurricane Helene as those with lower incomes. propublica.org/article/fema-a…

HIV now returning. This carefully details the system breakdowns after aid cuts, the local actions for resilience, what still had to be sacrificed, then the human consequences. nytimes.com/2026/04/25/hea…

Despite being only 13% of the population 40% of federal death row inmates are Black. The death penalty is also imposed more frequently when victims are white. Trump is expanding this immoral & discriminatory practice following 200+ exonerations & counting. justice.gov/opa/pr/justice…

There is certainly a moral case to be made against Trump's Iran war. Americans don't need one. We have a gas receipt. We're experiencing the war in our wallets. My latest for @GuardianUS. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…