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NOW PLAYING == American Democracy Minute Episode 1049: #California Primary Mail-In Ballot Count Methodically Continues Amidst Trumped-Up Fraud Accusations, US #DOJ Investigations

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJTXscJ_f5A

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Episode 1049: California Primary Mail-In Ballot Count Methodically Continues Amidst Trumped Up Fr...

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Nonilex 11h ago

Since #SCOTUS’ April ruling, largely #white #Republican-led legislatures across the #South have moved to dismantle #Black political #power at stunning speed, breaking apart voting blocs at the urging of a failing president desperate to keep control of #Congress in this fall’s midterm #elections.

#RepresentationMatters #SouthernStrategy #JimCrow #law #ElectionLaw #ActivistCourt #VotingRights #VotingRightsAct #VRA #redistricting #elections #USpol #Trump #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy

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Nonilex 11h ago

The suggestion that partisan #gerrymandering has nothing to do with race is fantastical. It ignores the defining role of #race & #racism in shaping partisan affiliation in the #US. For instance, the embrace of the #CivilRights movement by the national #DemocraticParty is, acc/to many historians, the main reason so many white Southerners became #Republicans in the second part of the 20th century, a phenomenon known as realignment.

#SouthernStrategy #JimCrow #law #SCOTUS #VotingRights

Nonilex 12h ago

#GiftArticle

A Shocking Betrayal of #Black Americans

by Mara Gay

The dismantling of Black political #power in the South is a great betrayal, & its effects will ripple through our #democracy.

#RepresentationMatters #SouthernStrategy #JimCrow #law #ElectionLaw #SCOTUS #ActivistCourt #VotingRights #VotingRightsAct #VRA #redistricting #elections #USpol #Trump #Republicans #WhiteSupremacy
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/opinion/voting-rights-act-black-voters-south.html?unlocked_article_code=1.oVA.qSCM.vEpY9cDXlL3Z&smid=nytcore-ios-share

Opinion | The Betrayal of Black Voters Threatens Our Democracy

The sweeping effort to dismantle Black-majority congressional districts in the South will have far-reaching consequences for all Americans, and for our democracy.

The New York Times

Kat O’Brien 12h ago

Resharing this essay by Mara Gay on the attacks on Black political power, and the reality that “the work of mobilizing a response is largely falling to Black people.”
Those of us with certain privilege - white, U.S.-born citizens - should be doing more.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/opinion/voting-rights-act-black-voters-south.html

#uspol #votingrights

Opinion | The Betrayal of Black Voters Threatens Our Democracy

The sweeping effort to dismantle Black-majority congressional districts in the South will have far-reaching consequences for all Americans, and for our democracy.

The New York Times

People Power United 22h ago

🗳Nearly 80% of America Did Not Vote for Trump Nearly 80% of people who call America home did not vote for Donald Trump. Every person deserves dignity, representation, freedom, and a chance to thrive. newsletter.peoplepowerunited.org/p/nearly-80-... #VotingRights #ProtectDemocracy

RonSupportsYou 1d ago

You, @volkris, asked: "How do you know people including Sonya Sotomayor certainly read the cases?"
I know that Supreme Court Justice Sonya Sotomayor has an interest in protecting people's rights, in this case #VotingRights. To do that she would need to read the cases.

"Forget sides. Look at the reasoning"?
Republicans on the Supreme Court begin with a wish to reduce #VotingRights, especially for Black people. Then they present reasoning they hope could support their prejudices to some degree.

RonSupportsYou 1d ago

Sen. Raphael Warnock: "We’ve only been a democracy in a real sense since 1965. What we are witnessing in real time is an assault on those basic voting rights. I think that the Supreme Court has committed violence against the ways in which ordinary people can have a voice in our system":
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/06/magazine/raphael-warnock-interview.html
copy: @renewedresistance #VotingRights #politics

Raphael Warnock Says the Supreme Court Has Done ‘Violence’ to Democracy

The Democrat from Georgia on what he sees as the moral issues of our time.

The New York Times

C Z Doval Santos 1d ago

“ Minority voters are left with limited alternatives for combatting racial discrimination in redistricting, after the U.S. Supreme Court's latest underminingof the federal Voting Rights Act. “ https://www.npr.org/2026/06/05/nx-s1-5836682/supreme-court-voting-rights-act-state-redistricting #votingrights

Verdant Square Radio 1d ago

NOW PLAYING == Democracy Docket with Marc Elias 6/5/26 - #SOTUS Is About to Decide the Future of Your Vote

https://youtu.be/Ym6UDFfazMs?si=usTj9vx2ItZe8Zvw

#news #uspol #commentary #analysis #MarcElias #democracy #elections #voting #trump #votersuppression #votingrights #midterms #leftist #media #left #vsn #radio #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft #SupportIndependentMedia

The Supreme Court is About to Decide the Future of Your Vote

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