Darrel Grattidge

Darrel Grattidge

@darrelgrattidge.bsky.social

Ex From X (Xodous November 2024) "There is no sun without shadow, and it is essential to know the night." - Albert Camus, The Myth of Sissyphus

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Kansas Reflector
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Courts to decide fate of Trump’s latest push to control voting as Election Day nears | via @jonshorman.bsky.social #ksleg

kansasreflector.comCourts to decide fate of Trump’s latest push to control voting as Election Day nears • Kansas ReflectorLess than a week before Election Day, President Donald Trump’s unprecedented drive for power over elections has set the stage for a series of courtroom fights that could quickly lead to a high-stakes ...

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Kansas Reflector
@kansasreflector.com

900+ women nationwide criminally charged for their conduct during pregnancies | via @sofiaresnick.bsky.social #ksleg

kansasreflector.com900+ women nationwide criminally charged for their conduct during pregnancies • Kansas ReflectorIn the first three years after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the constitutional right to an abortion in June 2022, more than 900 women faced criminal charges for conduct related to their pregnanc...

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Marc Elias
@marcelias.bsky.social

🚨BREAKING: Nearly 2,900 voters in one Georgia county have yet to receive the absentee ballots they recently applied for and are blaming their local officials’ hiring of an out-of-town vendor for the delays, they charge in a lawsuit filed Tuesday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

democracydocket.comNearly 3,000 voters in key Georgia county haven’t received mail ballots yet, dangerously close to Election Day deadlineCobb County voters want a judge to order their election board to overnight absentee ballots to them to make the Nov. 3 deadline.

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Kansas Reflector
@kansasreflector.com

Trump’s DOJ sends 1,000 election monitors to 50 states; locations not yet disclosed | via @jonshorman.bsky.social #ksleg

kansasreflector.comTrump's DOJ sends 1,000 election monitors to 50 states; locations not yet disclosed • Kansas ReflectorThe U.S. Department of Justice plans to send election monitors to every state ahead of Election Day, expanding a longstanding practice that’s spurred concern this year among Democrats and voting right...

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Kansas Reflector
@kansasreflector.com

Fort Hays State’s Sternberg Museum will remain open after outpouring of support | via @crazeywriter.bsky.social #ksleg

kansasreflector.comFort Hays State’s Sternberg Museum will remain open after outpouring of support • Kansas ReflectorThe Sternberg Museum of Natural History will remain open after fear of its closure pushed donors to gift $1.2 million toward its operating expenses, the president of Fort Hays State University told a ...

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emptywheel
@emptywheel.bsky.social

Jeremy Lewin killed hundreds of thousands without a signed employment agreement.

WIRED@wired.com

Despite the agency's human resources department saying he hadn’t even been onboarded, Jeremy Lewin oversaw the destruction of USAID. It’s not clear he had the legal authority to do so.

buff.lyA 28-Year-Old DOGE Operative Gutted USAID. HR Had No Record of Him Working ThereDespite the agency's human resources department saying he hadn’t even been onboarded, Jeremy Lewin oversaw the destruction of USAID. It’s not clear he had the legal authority to do so.

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Marc Elias
@marcelias.bsky.social

🚨BREAKING: A federal appeals court rejected DOJ's extraordinary request to bypass the district court in its effort to bar California from counting the ballots of around 20,000 people the Trump administration alleges are “likely” noncitizens. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

democracydocket.comDOJ can’t leapfrog lower court in bid to block 20,000 California voters, appeals court rulesA Trump-appointed federal judge said the DOJ would also lose the case on the merits.

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Marc Elias
@marcelias.bsky.social

🚨BREAKING: Federal prosecutors ordered Washington state in letters Monday to set aside ballots from over 400 people they alleged, without evidence, were noncitizens illegally registered to vote. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

democracydocket.comDOJ demands Washington set aside ballots from alleged noncitizens on state rollThe new demands mirror those Trump administration sent California before it sued the state to block tens of thousands of potential ballots.

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Marc Elias
@marcelias.bsky.social

The Trump administration has brought a third criminal case against former FBI Director James Comey, this time accusing the longtime target of President Donald Trump of unlawfully transmitting national defense information to the press a decade ago. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

democracydocket.comTrump DOJ charges James Comey for a third time as political retaliation claims mountComey has denied wrongdoing in the cases against him and said Monday, “I’m still innocent.”

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Kansas Reflector
@kansasreflector.com

Most US House races aren’t competitive. What does that mean for how lawmakers govern? | via @jennifershutt.bsky.social #ksleg

kansasreflector.comMost US House races aren’t competitive. What does that mean for how lawmakers govern? • Kansas ReflectorFewer than 5% of U.S. House races are seen by a top political analysis as truly competitive heading into November’s midterm elections, giving relatively few voters the ability to determine which party...

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Kansas Reflector
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Opinion editor @claywires.bsky.social writes: As US Senate race boils over, here’s some advice for Kansans from a swing state veteran #ksleg

kansasreflector.comOpinion: As US Senate race boils over, here's some advice for Kansans from a swing state veteran • Kansas ReflectorOpinion editor Clay Wirestone writes: You may be disturbed upon learning that our state has now entered that curious category known as swing. No worries, though. I can help! As a journalist, I spent 1...

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Debrianna Mansini-I’m Spartacus
@dmansini.bsky.social

As long as he draws breath,we have not hit the bottom of his extreme malignant narcissistic behaviour REPUBLICANS ARE ALLOWING THE FELON TO WRECK OUR COUNTRY AND THE GLOBE polls don’t vote. People do.Watch your vote is counted correctly. Stop the demented felon #VoteBlue #VoteEarly #Pinks #DemVoice1

Debrianna Mansini-I’m Spartacus@dmansini.bsky.social

I’ll be posting this today

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Raider
@iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social

"Vote for Alex, vote for a step closer to justice for my family, vote for ALL of the victims of ICE, vote for your community and your neighbors. Alex stood up for his community so now it is time we stand up and fight back."

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Marc Elias
@marcelias.bsky.social

🚨BREAKING: DOJ urged a federal appeals court to reject California’s motion to dismiss the federal government’s dangerous lawsuit to stop state officials from counting ballots from tens of thousands of people the Trump administration claims may be noncitizens. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

democracydocket.comDOJ makes final pitch to block 20,000 California ballots ahead of crucial court hearingThe DOJ urged a federal appeals court to reject California’s motion to dismiss the federal government’s dangerous lawsuit to stop state officials from counting ballots from tens of thousands of people...

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Marc Elias
@marcelias.bsky.social

🚨BREAKING: On behalf of Mary Peltola’s campaign and the DSCC, Elias Law Group is fighting the Department of Justice’s sham lawsuit to preemptively block certification of Alaska’s U.S. Senate race if anyone other than the Republican incumbent wins. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

democracydocket.comDemocrats fight DOJ bid to block Alaska election if GOP losesMary Peltola’s campaign and the Democratic Party want to fight the Trump administration’s attempt to interfere in Alaska's Senate results, calling it “extraordinary assault” on democracy and “insultin...

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Brookings Institution
@brookings.edu

"This moment offers an opportunity to ensure that parents, early childhood professionals, and child development experts are in the room to help shape how AI products that affect children are designed, tested, and governed," write Sweta Shah, Melissa Boteach, and Kathy Hirsh-Pasek.

brookings.eduAs AI leaders call for slowdown, children need a voice The AI debate may sound far removed from the everyday lives of families with young children. It isn't.

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Marc Elias
@marcelias.bsky.social

Many of you are asking how you can help me in these final days before the election. My only ask is this: Spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. Tell everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket and share its content. demdock.com/4w6emld

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GoogeliArt 🦋💙PD
@googeliart.bsky.social

⚠️🤬🔥🚨‼️Bombshell report guts Marco Rubio’s claim White House ‘cannot direct’ Musk on Starlink www.rawstory.com/white-house-...

rawstory.comBombshell report guts Marco Rubio’s claim White House ‘cannot direct’ Musk on StarlinkThe Trump administration's insistence that it has no say over Elon Musk's satellite network just ran headlong into a damning new account.Reuters reported Friday that the Biden and Trump administration...

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Brookings Institution
@brookings.edu

On Nov. 3, voters will decide the balance of power in Congress and set the stage for legislation, investigations, and rulemaking for years to come. Experts examine what it could mean for healthcare, the Iran war, education, AI, and more.

brook.gsThe midterm effect: What the 2026 election could mean for public policy | BrookingsBrookings experts examine the implications of the upcoming 2026 midterms on the most consequential issues facing the nation.

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Marc Elias
@marcelias.bsky.social

Donald Trump has sent his DOJ cronies to file a bullshit lawsuit to try to steal a Senate election in Alaska. They will fail. When we fight, we win.🗳️⚖️💪

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Jerry Winsett ☮️🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈✊
@jerrywinsett.bsky.social

Replying to @juststacie5683.bsky.social

Good Morning and #HappyTGIF Stacie, Dave and all wormers of ears! "Mad World"~ Gary Jules youtu.be/etSbOs3aUqI?... 🎼 "And I find it kind of funny, I find it kind of sad The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had" #EarWorm 👂🪱 #OurDailyThread 🃏🧵 #NotAMomentTooSoon ⌛

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Marc Elias
@marcelias.bsky.social

🚨BREAKING: U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche, in new comments Thursday, did not rule out that the Department of Justice (DOJ) could try to prevent a state from certifying its election results — a process over which the federal government has no authority. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

democracydocket.comTodd Blanche won’t rule out trying to block states from certifying election resultsThough Blanche said the department doesn’t intend to improperly interfere in elections, his remarks will add to existing concerns that the administration could try to intervene if results don’t go its...

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Kansas Reflector
@kansasreflector.com

U.S. Court of Appeals finds due process violation in ICE incarceration of Iranian refugee in Kansas | #ksleg via @kansascarpenter.bsky.social kansasreflector.com/2026/10/22/u...

kansasreflector.comU.S. Court of Appeals finds due process violation in ICE incarceration of Iranian refugee in Kansas • Kansas ReflectorA U.S. Court of Appeals decision on due process is a setback for President Donald Trump's strategy of deporting immigrants, including an Iranian who moved to Kansas.

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Brookings Institution
@brookings.edu

A new report estimates that DOGE canceled $470 million worth of grants and contracts to Tribes and Native organizations, violating federal trust and treaty obligations.

brookings.eduDOGE’s impact in Indian Country: Nearly $470 million in lost funding New Brookings analysis finds that DOGE canceled nearly $470 million in federal funding for Tribal nations and Native organizations, disproportionately affecting Indian Country and raising concerns abo...

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@JonPark55
@jonpark55.bsky.social

Replying to @cwebbonline.com

🤔 VOTE EARLY Ask for a provisional ballot if they try to turn you away for any reason.

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Kansas Reflector
@kansasreflector.com

Cost of employer-sponsored health insurance plans rises again, nonpartisan survey finds | #ksleg via @jennifershutt.bsky.social kansasreflector.com/2026/10/22/r...

kansasreflector.comCost of employer-sponsored health insurance plans rises again, nonpartisan survey finds • Kansas ReflectorThe price health insurance companies charge for employer-sponsored plans increased again this year, as did the deductible many people must pay before those plans begin covering most healthcare costs, ...