Yesterday, AG Pam Bondi sent a remarkable & telling letter to MN Governor Tim Walz in response to his plea that the administration stand down its mobilization of ICE in the wake of the violent killing of Alex Pretti. Bondi’s letter underscores clear abuses of power. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Thank you, @governor.ca.gov for signing SB 42! And to @senatorumberg.bsky.social, our partners at
@cacommoncause.bsky.social and @caclean.org and everyone who fought for this critical bill. Voters will now decide in Nov 2026 whether to lift CA’s ban on public campaign financing. #CleanMoney
The League announces No Harm to Our Communities: Mapping Guidance for Elected Leaders, guidance on drawing mid-cycle maps that protect historically disenfranchised communities. Full statement: www.lwv.org/newsroom/pre...
The League strongly condemns Texas's harmful new maps, which were designed to silence voters and rig elections. Texans deserve fair maps drawn to reflect their communities — not partisan lines manipulated to entrench power.
www.lwv.org/newsroom/pre...
President of League of Women Voters of #Florida is warning state legislators not to embark on a mid-decade congressional redistricting plan, saying it's unprecedented & violates the 2010 “Fair Districts” constitutional amendment. www.wlrn.org/government-p... via @wlrnnews.bsky.social
Our country is in a constitutional crisis.
It's time to take our democracy back. That is why we are proud to announce a new initiative, Unite and Rise 8.5. Through this initiative, we will engage and mobilize 8.5 million voters to protect and preserve our democracy. ➡️ lwv.org/uniteandrise
WIN! Federal Judge Rejects Broad Bid to Toss Voting Rights Case in Virginia. The case alleges that a state program using error-prone data to purge non-citizens from voter rolls removes eligible citizens & violates federal law. www.lwv.org/newsroom/pre... @lwvus.bsky.social @lwvva.bsky.social
“Today, there aren’t any bills on the floor for flood relief, no bills for tax reform, no bills to lighten the burden for Texas families. There’s only one item."
"A radical, discriminatory, mid-decade redistricting that strips away minority representation in Congress.” - Rep. Chris Turner. #txlege
"The League of Women Voters will not stand by while politicians spread lies to limit democratic participation. Our democracy is strong when every eligible voter can make their voice heard, whether at a polling place or through a mail-in ballot."
www.lwv.org/newsroom/pre...
🚨 This is what voter suppression looks like. Tarrant County’s rushed, racist mid-decade gerrymandering silences Black & Latino voters and breaks faith with democracy. Proud to stand with LWV Tarrant Co., @lwvtexas.bsky.social, @lwvus.bsky.social fighting back. Fair maps = fair representation. ✊🗳️
“The idea that women should surrender their vote to male authority is an affront to every American who has fought, marched, and bled for the right to be heard." - LWV CEO Celina Stewart quoted in this latest Glamour article: www.glamour.com/story/why-we...
Why is everyone talking about mid-cycle redistricting now? Politicians fear losing power, and they’re willing to rewrite the rules to keep it.
America, it’s time to stay alert, organize, speak up, and defend democracy. It's time to rise. Learn more: www.lwv.org/blog/redistr...
The League of Women Voters will not be bullied into changing our nonpartisan identity. We know who we are and what we stand for. @governor.ca.gov
Governor Newsom is ‘dead wrong’ on the League of Women Voters. We are aligned with voters. Period. (1/5)
Yes, that very awkward wording suggests that Alito failed to refer the application to the full Court and the Chief stepped in and brought it "before the Court" before the planes could depart.
"Following his abduction and unlawful deportation, U.S. federal courts have ordered the safe return of my constituent Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the United States. It should be a priority of the U.S. government to secure his safe release, which is why tomorrow I am traveling to El Salvador. My hope is to visit Kilmar and check on his wellbeing and to hold constructive conversations with government officials around his release. We must urgently continue working to return Kilmar safely home to Maryland."
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Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen says he’s traveling to El Salvador to check-in on the status of his constituent Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
It's genuinely hard to express to sort of normal not politically plugged in non-lawyers *how* lawless the Trump administration is, and I think that's some part of the problem.
You sound like you're hyperventilating, but it's just a flat description of what is going on.
I am aware that the President of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, was in Washington, D.C. today to meet with President Donald Trump. President Bukele and President Trump held a bilateral summit at the White House this morning. I understand that, in response to a question regarding Abrego Garcia, President Bukele said, "I hope you're not suggesting that I smuggle a terrorist into the United States. How can I smuggle a terrorist into the United States? Of course I'm not going to do it. The question is preposterous." A video of the meeting here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhY79kjmhh4.
The Justice Department’s hour-late status report cites Salvadoran President Bukele’s refusal today to return Abrego Garcia. It also continues to defy the court’s explicit order to explain what steps the U.S. government is taking to bring him back. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
If the U.S. government is going to take the position that, once removed from the United States, folks can’t be brought back, then it sure seems to me that federal courts should be reflexively and categorically barring *all* removals until they’re 100 percent certain that the removals are lawful.
Today would be a great day to ban members of Congress and their families from trading stocks.
This is a top news story. Where are all my constitutional crisis people?
San Francisco
I think we have to confront the fact that tens of millions of Americans have pledged slavish allegiance to a man who says explicitly that his benchmark for when America was great is 1913. And then we have to think about the possibility that we are in the throes of a nationwide mental health crisis.
Wall Street Journal editorial board:
"Our worst fears about Mr. Kennedy are coming true..."
www.wsj.com/opinion/rfk-...
Seriously.
How you show me you are racist without telling me you are racist.
We don’t if they were gang members, only that Trump’s DOJ says they were. But they’ve had no trials. They are “accused.” They are “alleged” to be members of a gang that Trump has named. And now they are vanished.
This is an actual nightmare and we should be up in arms.
Science, folks. Science. This is wonderful news.
