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Mail ballots currently lean overwhelmingly Democratic and the party is likely to be disproportionately affected if thousands of votes are tossed out because of bans on grace periods for mail ballots in Ohio and elsewhere.

https://boltsmag.org/ohio-ends-grace-periods-for-mail-ballots/

Ohio Bans Grace Periods for Mail Ballots, Fulfilling Trump’s Wishes - Bolts

Ohio is the fourth GOP-run state this year to ban ballots that are postmarked by Election Day but arrive after. A Supreme Court case could force that policy nationwide next year.

Bolts

South Dakota Governor signs bills erasing trans people, making abortion and emergency contraception a felony, and allowing children to marry adults on the same day.

https://theneedlenews.com/2026/03/south-dakota-gov-rhoden-signs-more-patriarchal-enforcement-into-law/

#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

South Dakota signs multiple patriarchal enforcement bills into law

South Dakota Governor signs bills erasing trans people, making abortion and emergency contraception a felony, and allowing children to marry adults on the same day. More legislation signed on the same date mandates sex-based segregation and effectively bans trans people in publicly funded lodgings.

The Needle
Pete Hegseth just removed four decorated Army Colonels from a promotion list they earned through decades of service. Two are Black. Two are women. The Army Secretary called their records “exemplary." Hegseth called it “meritocracy" while overriding him.

When you purge the best officers in the world because they don't fit your preferred demographic, you’re not defending the country. You’re betraying the values that define it.

I am fucking SEETHING; I was always proud to stand in formation with women like MG Gant.
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“Pete Hegseth’s office told the Army that Trump would not want to stand next to a Black female officer at military events, according to the New York Times.

Hegseth’s chief of staff made the comment while criticizing Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll for placing Major General Antoinette Gant in command of the Military District of Washington, DC.” - Keith Boykin

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/us/hegseth-promotion-list.html?unlocked_article_code=1.WVA.JPcn.op4nRAjoANY2&smid=nytcore-ios-share

NY Times reports Hegseth just struck 2 Black and 2 female officers from a promotion list — and says Hegseth’s Chief of Staff told the army secretary “Trump would not want to stand next to a Black female officer at military events” More: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/u...

Minimum safe distance to view a dangerous wild animal

(by YouTube creator The Brain Maze)
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The Trump administration is moving to open nearly 2 million acres of California public land to oil drilling and fracking including land right on the doorstep of Yosemite, Sequoia, and Pinnacles National Parks, Carrizo Plain National Monument, and national forests like Los Padres and Inyo.
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The Trump administration is moving to open nearly 2 million acres of California public land to oil drilling and fracking including land right on the doorstep of Yosemite, Sequoia, and Pinnacles National Parks, Carrizo Plain National Monument, and national forests like Los Padres and Inyo.

Bluesky Social
Prominent Climate Scientist Resigns From NASA, Citing Trump’s Attack on Science
Kate Marvel, a well-known author, joins an estimated 95,000 people who have left federal science agencies since President Trump returned to the White House.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/climate/kate-marvel-nasa-resign.html
Kate Marvel, Prominent Climate Scientist, Resigns From NASA

Kate Marvel, a well-known author, joins an estimated 95,000 people who have left federal science agencies since President Trump returned to the White House.

The New York Times

🗳If passed, it will TAKE BACK OUR POWER In OUR DEMOCRACY!🗳

Montana began collecting signatures for a referendum this November that would ban corporations from political spending on candidates or ballot issues.

https://dailymontanan.com/2026/03/11/montana-plan-to-prohibit-corporate-spending-in-politics-green-lit-for-signature-gathering/

'Montana Plan' to prohibit corporate spending in politics green lit for signature gathering • Daily Montanan

After constitutional measure was found legally deficient, group submitted statutory initiative instead

Daily Montanan