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2024-08-05 13:27:20

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson is investigating Elon Musk's PAC. Not content to influence elections by boosting content or blocking accounts on his terrible site, Musk is also using X to collect data from voters in swing states. His pro-Trump America PAC runs ads that say "Register to Vote" but then don't actually register voters.
It's always a good idea to check your own registration in advance of every election to make sure you are properly registered.
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/04/elon-musk-pac-investigated-michigan.html

2024-05-18 18:31:10

According to Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin, religious freedom means being able to prevent other people's access to contraception, so he had to veto a bill that would have enshrined rights.
He also vetoed bills ending tax breaks for the United Daughters of the Confederacy and the issuance of new Confederate license plates.
This is what you get when you elect Republicans, no matter how affable or moderate they pretend to be before an election.
https://apnews.com/article/youngkin-virginia-general-assembly-vetoes-skill-games-771aaae0d34b31bbd7008d8e396c71b6

2024-05-18 18:31:10

2024-04-30 21:49:28

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Anyone thinking about not voting for Biden for whatever reason should keep in mind that it's a binary choice about who will decide whether LGBTQ+ people and women/trans/non-binary people get to make decisions about our bodies or whether judges like Kacsmaryk do. And whether Trump names Kacsmaryk or someone just like him to SCOTUS if there's a seat in the next four years or if Biden does.
Also, whether a Republican or Democratic senate confirms those judges & fed appointees.

2024-04-30 21:49:28

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2024-04-30 21:34:17

These guys again. Though the policymakers of the federal judiciary are trying to stop judge-shopping, indicted Texas AG Ken Paxton and right-wing Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk will ignore that in order to make sure LGBTQ+ people aren't protected.
Paxton wants to stop Title IX protections from covering students based on gender identity and not just biological sex.
Ken Paxton shouldn't get to pick a judge guaranteed to issue an injunction that will apply to the whole USA.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/29/politics/texas-title-ix-lgbtq-students-kacsmaryk/index.html

2024-04-30 21:34:17