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The Knock-Down, Drag-‘Em-Out Texas Redistricting Showdown Heats Up

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An old-fashioned Western showdown is happening in Texas right now.  On one side you have Texas House Democrats who fled the state over the weekend to stop Texas Republicans from carrying out Trump’s orders to redraw the state’s maps. And Texas governor Greg Abbott who is very, very upset about it all. As of this writing, […]

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The Supreme Court Prepares to End Voting Rights As We Know It

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It is a truth universally acknowledged that if you want to hide what you are doing in Washington, announce it on a Friday evening in the heat of August. Better yet, in place of clarity, reference some pages in another document, so that people have to track that down and read it in order to […]

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Trump Will Restore a Confederate Monument in the Nation’s Capital

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Since resuming office, President Donald Trump has sought to rewrite American history, rejecting any signs of historical division and exalting some of the nation’s most notorious oppressors. On Monday, the latest chapter of this quest unfolded: The National Park Service (NPS) announced that officials will restore and reinstall a Washington, DC, statue of a Confederate […]

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He Fled Boko Haram and Helped Build an Award-Winning Restaurant. Now He’s Facing Deportation.

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It was Father’s Day, and Suya Joint, a celebrated West African restaurant in Boston, was slammed. Normally, Cecelia Lizotte, the restaurant’s owner and chef, would call her brother, Paul Dama, if she were in a pinch. Lizotte and Dama balanced each other out: Lizotte was the chatty boss who wore chunky jewelry and bright colors, […]

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Far-Right Militias Adored the Constitution. Then Came Trump.

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For the past 30 years, former Graham County, Arizona, sheriff Richard Mack has been railing against federal overreach and warning of encroaching governmental tyranny. As an antidote to this threat to freedom and liberty, Mack, who hasn’t actually been a sheriff since 1997, founded the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association in 2011. Its mission […]

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The Conservative Nature Lovers Trying to Nudge Trump in the Right Direction

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This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In early July, the Bureau of Land Management quietly announced plans to trade away 2 million acres of public land along Alaska’s Dalton Highway. The immense stretch of boreal forest totters into tundra, an area almost three times the size of Rhode […]

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Brazil’s Key MAGA Ally Linked to Massive Fraud Scheme Involving Jailed Chinese Billionaire

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This article is a collaboration between Mother Jones and Agência Pública.  On July 16, Paulo Figueiredo, a Brazilian right-wing influencer and grandson of a former military dictator, stood in front of the White House. At his side was Eduardo Bolsonaro, son of Jair Bolsonaro, the Brazilian ex-president who is on trial for an alleged coup […]

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Dems Are in Their “Revenge Gerrymander” Era and This Zellennial Candidate Is Here for It

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Should Democrats be revenge gerrymandering?  “Hell yeah,” says Texas congressional candidate, Isaiah Martin. On Sunday evening, Texas House Democrats fled the state to try to block an effort by state Republicans to redraw the state’s congressional map and flips five districts from blue to red. Some Democrats are now looking for blue states to return […]

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Donald Trump and the Deconstruction of America

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The below article first appeared in David Corn’s newsletter, Our Land. The newsletter comes out twice a week (most of the time) and provides behind-the-scenes stories and articles about politics, media, and culture. Subscribing costs just $5 a month—but you can sign up for a free 30-day trial. Every day, Americans are bombarded with the bad news of Trump […]

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Fleeing Texas Was the Only Way Democrats Could Block Trump’s Plan to Rig the Midterms

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On Sunday evening, Texas House Democrats made the fateful decision to flee the state to block Republicans from quickly passing a new Trump-ordered redistricting plan that could give Republicans up to five new seats in the US House, rigging the midterms before a single vote has been cast. It’s a risky and expensive strategy for […]

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She Survived the Cultural Revolution. Now She’s Fighting “Communists” in New Hampshire.

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“You cannot rely on the government,” Lily Tang Williams told me last year, shortly after Election Day. “You have to rely on your communities. You have to rely on yourself.” The week before, Tang Williams had gone viral when she slammed her Democratic opponent, Maggie Goodlander, for being a multimillionaire who couldn’t understand the working […]

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How Our History Became “Divisive”

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Weeks before losing the 2020 election, President Donald Trump offered a glimpse of the tactic that has defined his second term. It took the form of an executive order banning federal workplace diversity training; the tone was grave, the legalese pulsing with indignation. Public servants, contractors, and military personnel, Executive Order 13950 alleged, were being […]

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