Lynda Dodd ❌👑

Lynda Dodd ❌👑

@ldodd.bsky.social

Law & Politics - Princeton

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Lynda Dodd ❌👑
@ldodd.bsky.social

Excellent Daily Princetonian article on the No Kings–Vote Early sidewalk rally w/ Indivisible Princeton. ⤵️ The rally was designed to be a nonpartisan event, putting participants’ voices front & center, while building momentum for a strong early vote turnout. www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2026...

dailyprincetonian.comHundreds gather at latest ‘No Kings’ protest encouraging voter participationRoughly 500 people lined Stockton Street without speakers at the latest “No Kings” protest, a much smaller turnout than past events, urging early voting before the Nov. 3 midterms.
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Lynda Dodd ❌👑
@ldodd.bsky.social

Excellent Daily Princetonian article on the No Kings–Vote Early sidewalk rally w/ Indivisible Princeton. ⤵️ The rally was designed to be a nonpartisan event, putting participants’ voices front & center, while building momentum for a strong early vote turnout. www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2026...

dailyprincetonian.comHundreds gather at latest ‘No Kings’ protest encouraging voter participationRoughly 500 people lined Stockton Street without speakers at the latest “No Kings” protest, a much smaller turnout than past events, urging early voting before the Nov. 3 midterms.

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Craig Welch
@craigwelch.bsky.social

If you care about fighting climate change, salvaging the Amazon rainforest and maintaining its capacity to positively influence Earth's weather systems, it's difficult to overstate just how significant a bullet the planet just dodged.

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva wins fourth term, according to electoral court.

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist)
@fisherdanar.bsky.social

What comes after this weekend's No Kings Day? A whole lot of organizing to protect the vote and protect our democracy. Read all about it here: danarfisher.com/2026/10/17/l...

danarfisher.comLearning from No Kings 4.Source: (accessed 10/15/2026 at 8am ET). On Saturday, October 17, No Kings Day #4 took place across the US. In contrast to the previous No Kings Days of Action, this one was designed to encourage e…

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Protect Democracy
@protectdemocracy.org

Our democracy depends on every eligible voter having the freedom to participate without intimidation, interference, or barriers. Make your plan. Vote early. Find your local mobilization at NoKings.org

nokings.orgNo KingsFor more than a year, millions of people have come together to send a clear message: in America, we have no kings. Power doesn't belong to billionaires, strongmen, or politicians who think they're above accountability -- it belongs to the people, but on...

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Indivisible ❌👑
@indivisible.org

The wanna-be king is coming after our midterms. On October 17, we rise up by the millions to defend our elections, our democracy, our future. Join us in the streets, and then in the voting booth. #NoKings

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Geoff Brumfiel
@gbrumfiel.bsky.social

The IceCube neutrino detector has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in physics. The Trump administration has proposed slashing its budget in half in 2027.

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Brennan Center
@brennancenter.org

What do voters need to know ahead of the midterms? @mawaldman.bsky.social joined @aliciamenendez.bsky.social on @ms.now today: "They can vote with confidence. They should vote early. They should make a plan to vote.” bit.ly/4rFNLtQ

ms.nowTrump won't rule out invoking Insurrection Act in NovemberPresident Trump says he will not rule out invoking the Insurrection Act in November. President of the Brennan Center for Justice Michael Waldman joins Alicia Menendez to share his reaction to Trump's comments.

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Lily Mason
@lilymasonphd.bsky.social

My new JOD piece arguing against the “cure polarization” approach to saving democracy.

Journal of Democracy@jodemocracy.bsky.social

Americans have never been angrier with one another. But polarization is not the disease—it is the response to a revanchist movement seeking to roll back sixty years of social progress. 🆕 by @lilymasonphd.bsky.social muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...

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Jessica Valenti
@jessicavalenti.bsky.social

BREAKING: Republican attorneys general from Louisiana, Alabama, and Arkansas have filed two sweeping lawsuits targeting dozens of providers who ship abortion pills—and the blue states that protect them.

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze)
@newsjennifer.bsky.social

I think it’s fair to say that the student journalists at Cornell are braver than the news networks who just gave up on their WH pool ban even though CNN is still being denied access. www.cornellsun.com/article/2026...

cornellsun.comEDITORIAL | Cornell Won’t, We WillThe Editorial Board demands that Cornell stops protecting the alleged Chi Phi rapists through the University's opaque sexual assault policies.
Lynda Dodd ❌👑
@ldodd.bsky.social

Wonderful to see @Indivisible.org support the “Democratize Yale” coalition. ⤵️ www.instagram.com/reel/DdwM7XF...

Gregg Gonsalves@gregggonsalves.bsky.social

We had a wonderful ‘Democratize Yale’ teach-in last week on the Yale campus organized by students, faculty and alumni. It went off without a hitch (though Yale threw the press off campus) and we had a special guest from the Class of 1962, actor Sam Waterston, join us. 1/

instagram.comMore Perfect University on Instagram: "“The answer to any kind of restriction on free speech is just more speech.” Hundreds of Yale students, faculty, and alumni gathered to demand Yale abandon its s...20K likes, 308 comments - moreperfectuniversity on September 7, 2026: "“The answer to any kind of restriction on free speech is just more speech.” Hundreds of Yale students, faculty, and alumni gathe...

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Protect Democracy
@protectdemocracy.org

What does the latest SCOTUS ruling mean for your vote? The short answer: your path to the ballot box hasn’t changed. What happened? SCOTUS allowed limited, individual checks of the SAVE database. But federal law blocks bulk voter roll checks within 90 days of an election. Here's what to do ⬇️

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Ari Berman
@ariberman.bsky.social

DHS SAVE database has long and documented history of producing false positives of non-citizens voting, leading to sensational headlines of alleged voter fraud that turn out to be untrue on closer inspection. In St. Louis County, MO, for example at least 81% of the names flagged were incorrect

Ari Berman@ariberman.bsky.social

Thanks to SCOTUS GOP-appointed majority (same ones who attended Trump's state dinner last night), Trump admin will use faulty & inaccurate data to wrongly label eligible voters non-citizens & pressure states to remove them from rolls. Sets a chilling precedent www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

motherjones.comSupreme Court allows Trump to use flawed database to vet voter citizenshipWhile the impact on the midterms might be minimal, Justice Jackson warns some eligible voters could be disenfranchised.

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Philip N Cohen
@philipncohen.com

In Inconceivable: The Impossibility of Family in an Age of Uncertainty, Anna Louis Sussman tells the story of economic insecurity driving down birth rates among young people in rich countries today. If you don't want to read my review, you could read Margaret Talbot's, which is excellent.

newyorker.comWhat’s Really Behind the Baby Bust?Are people having fewer children because modern life makes parenthood too difficult—or because the meaning of a satisfying life has changed?

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Princeton PLAW
@plawpu.bsky.social

Prof. Lynda Dodd and the P·Law Undergraduate Scholars (PLUS) were pleased to welcome Loriann Segula, Assistant Director of Admissions at Yale Law School, for lunch and an advising session. @ldodd.bsky.social #PLAW #LawatPrinceton

Lynda Dodd ❌👑
@ldodd.bsky.social

Very interesting research - this NYT article discussing it focuses in particular on academic career trajectories. @jessicacalarco.com has done a lot as well in recent years to help graduate students navigate these challenges. ⤵️ www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/b...

nytimes.comThe Working Class Face a ‘Class Ceiling’ in Elite Occupations (Gift Article)Being female or a person of color has long been seen as a disadvantage in hiring and promotion. A new study of college professors shows that class may loom as large.

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Brendan Nyhan
@brendannyhan.bsky.social

Relief we wouldn't need to feel in a stable democracy

Rick Hasen@rickhasen.bsky.social

My new one @slate.com Let’s Celebrate the Supreme Court Not Outright Rigging the 2026 Election slate.com/news-and-pol...

slate.comLet’s Celebrate the Supreme Court Not Outright Rigging the 2026 Election (Gift Article)For the time being, let’s celebrate that the center of the court did hold, even as dangers remain ahead in both 2026 and 2028.

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Campaign Legal Center
@campaignlegal.org

With today's U.S. Supreme Court ruling, voters can continue to confidently vote by mail in the 2026 midterm elections, just as they have done for over a century.

campaignlegal.orgVote By Mail Remains Secure: SCOTUS Rejects Trump Administration’s Attempt to Enforce New USPS PolicyPresident Donald Trump has been relentless in trying to rewrite the rules of American elections, but the U.S. Supreme Court has issued a ruling rejecting his effort to use the United States Postal Ser...

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Perry Bacon
@perrybaconjr.bsky.social

The concept of polarization, "Has no analysis of power. Why are we polarized? What are we polarized over? Why is this a problem? It obscures what’s actually happening, which is that we have extremism coming from the right that has a very anti-democratic streak to it," @shannimcg.bsky.social.

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Rick Hasen
@rickhasen.bsky.social

Breaking: DOJ, Once Again Seeking to Leapfrog Over 1st Circuit, Asks Supreme Court Again to Let USPs Implement Its Mail Ballot Restrictions electionlawblog.org/2026/breakin...

electionlawblog.orgBreaking: DOJ, Once Again Seeking to Leapfrog Over 1st Circuit, Asks Supreme Court Again to Let USPs Implement Its Mail Ballot Restrictions #ELBThis stay application should finally tee this issue up for the Court. I have explained why the government easily should lose. Let’s see if they do lose.

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Amy Diehl, Ph.D.
@amydiehl.bsky.social

The Trump administration is trying to incentivize women staying out of the workforce by subsidizing a married parent who stays-at-home. It would take funds from a program that helps working parents afford child care, 80% of whom are single & mostly women. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/u...

nytimes.comTrump Officials Draft Plan to Pay At-Home Parents, Using Funds for Working OnesThe proposed benefit, a top policy priority for Vice President JD Vance, would apply only to married couples and tap a fund intended to provide federal child care subsidies to working parents.

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Adam Klasfeld
@klasfeldreports.com

"[T]he court finds [...] that immediate implementation of the Final Rule issued less than seventy days before the November 2026 election threatens disenfranchisement of millions of United States citizens who seek to vote by mail." From Talwani's order blocking Trump's EO buff.ly/dJNdWzY

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Sasha Abramsky
@sashaabramsky.bsky.social

The warning signs are flashing red about Trump's willingness to go to extreme measures to prevent a midterm election loss. My latest Authoritarian Watch column in the Nation plays out these scenarios. www.thenation.com/article/poli...

thenation.comThe Shadowy Powers that Trump Could Use to End American DemocracyTwo Washington insiders are sounding the alarm about what could happen if Trump activates the top-secret Presidential Emergency Action Documents.