• Democratic Party • Elections • Europe • Fascism

    Elon Musk’s New Far-Right Nazi Party for America

    John Feffer

    Common Dreams

    It’s the opposite of Trump, who was interested only in building a vehicle for his own self-advancement. Musk is far more dangerous.

  • Democratic Party • Disinformation • Elections • Social Justice and Equity

    ‘Media and Corporate Power Structures See Genuine Democracy as a Terrible Danger’

    Janine Jackson

    FAIR

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  • Elections

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  • Democratic Party • Elections • Social Justice and Equity

    What Zohran Can Teach Democrats

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    The.Ink

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  • Democratic Party • Elections • Recommended

    Why Elon Musk’s Third Party Won’t Get Off the Launchpad

    Center for Ballot Freedom

    The Ticket

    “As long as we have our current system of single-winner plurality elections, third parties have no meaningful chance to do anything more than show up as occasional spoilers.”

  • Democratic Party • Elections • Legal

    Republicans Are Already Plotting to Steal the Midterms

    Ross Rosenfeld

    The New Republic

    With Trump’s help, Republicans across the country are sowing doubt about next year’s congressional elections—and gearing up for 2028.

  • Democratic Party • Elections

    A cure for Trumpism: Radical empathy and radical change

    Anand Giridharadas

    The.Ink

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  • Democratic Party • Elections

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    ARI BERMAN

    Mother Jones

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  • Elections • Executive Power

    Trump’s New Executive Order Is an “Astonishing and Unprecedented Voter Suppression” Effort

    Ari Berman

    Mother Jones

    On Tuesday afternoon, President Donald Trump signed a far-reaching executive order that Eliza Sweren-Becker, senior counsel for the Brennan Center for Justice’s voting rights and elections program, described as “an astonishing and unprecedented voter suppression” effort. It would upend how Americans register to vote, how they cast their ballots, and how their votes are counted.

  • Elections • Executive Power

    Trump-Musk Order Will Cost 21 Million Their Vote

    Greg Palast

    gregpalast.com

    President Donald J. Trump issued an extraordinary Executive Order that would give Elon Musk access to the voter files of every state.

  • Elections • Technology

    Crypto super PACs pump cash into Florida as GOP faces risk of thinning House majority

    MacKenzie Sigalos

    CNBC

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  • Democratic Party • Elections • Social Justice and Equity

    Why We Need a Progressive Shadow Cabinet to Counter Trump

    Sarah van Gelder

    How We Rise, with Sarah

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  • Democracy • Digital Rights • Elections • Global • Legal

    Shattered by a perfect storm: How Trump’s cuts are crippling journalism beyond the United States

    Gretel Kahn, Marina Adami, Eduardo Suárez

    Reuters Institute

    Before Trump’s inauguration, the US government supported independent journalism in more than 30 countries. Most of this funding was channelled through USAID. According to a USAID factsheet recently mentioned by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and now taken offline, the agency funded training and support for 6,200 journalists and assisted 707 outlets.

  • Democratic Party • Elections

    How to End the Smash-and-Grab

    The Center for Ballot Freedom

    The Ticket

    Without a healthy party system, you’re basically left with either violence or autocracy as the way disagreements get resolved.

  • Democracy • Disinformation • Elections • Europe • Global

    Russian Interference: Coming Soon to an Election Near You

    Oana Popescu-Zamfir

    carnegieendowment

    Russia pursues a systematic strategy of undermining elections and influencing public opinion in the West. EU and NATO countries must recognize that Moscow often acts through agents within their own borders, and build resilience to such interference.

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