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You should come out and help knock doors for her here in Bend: www.mobilize.us/oraflcio/eve...

Trump admin arrests Colorado priest. Incarcerates him for over a year. Judge orders him released without charges. They release him without the wheelchair he needs -- other prisoners have to bodily carry him out. He's now being tested for latent TB: www.newsfromthestates.com/article/colo...

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Oregon is an amazing place, but we should never take that for granted. Vote blue to keep Oregon green!

Folks, if you hate authoritarianism, you should be feeling good this morning. In Serbia, a student-led movement just ousted a longtime strongman, peacefully. And we Americans should be paying attention, because we have a chance in November to send a similar message. (link below)

This supercut is likely to make Trump VERY upset. The difference between Trump and Obama is on full display, and the contrast is absolutely devastating. Watch until the end...

Since taking office, the administration has tried to meddle in the elections process in unprecedented ways, such as trying to change rules for mail voting and voter registration. Here’s how courts have pushed back: bit.ly/3W1WwTp

The only Planned Parenthood in the UP closed in 2025. Medicare for All means access to medical care for all, in every corner of the country.

Folks here in Georgia are working hard to send @ossoff.bsky.social back to the Senate and elect @keishaforga.bsky.social as their next Governor! Proud to see so many volunteers show up yesterday to get out the vote in the final days ahead of the midterm elections.

Gas prices are “temporarily” high, says the president. That’s because Republicans are temporarily in power. Vote.

In state election boards & county offices, GOP officials have been closing polling places and making it harder to vote. The bet is that enough people will get tired, give up, and stay home. But this month, a group of college students made it clear that their gamble will backfire. (link in comments)

Ready for something new. Hungry for something better. Change is in the air.

A new study shows that more than 80 percent of voters want prediction markets to be more tightly regulated or even banned outright. bit.ly/4yC9uVB

The Night Light: The town that freedom built The story of Eatonville, Florida, the country’s oldest incorporated Black town. 

On Thursday, Alex Horton and Dan Lamothe of The Washington Post reported that a team dispatched by Hegseth’s office tried to move a historic globe out of an Army office and into his own. They broke it, and it's a perfect a metaphor for how they've responded to global affairs. Link below.

Mail voting is secure and accurate. Thirty-six states allow citizens to vote by mail, and each state has multiple systems in place to ensure that mail voting works. Make a plan to vote today.

Take Trump seriously when he threatens to jail election officials for doing the job they’re sworn to do: counting votes. “We are not on the precipice of a constitutional crisis,” Marc Elias says. “We have reached it.” They’re betting you’ll stop paying attention. Follow us to prove them wrong.

Since last Saturday, Meta executives have given vague & shifting answers for why the No Kings Instagram was taken down at the height of the protests.   Today, I'm calling on Meta to come clean.   Is Meta intentionally censoring speech? Americans deserve answers.

If you encounter ICE, here's what every New Yorker should know.

Emiliano Andrade-Covarrubias has died at a GEO-owned for-profit concentration camp in Texas. DHS denied him life saving medication, including for heart disease after he complained of chest tightness and trouble breathing. Emiliano was a father, husband, son who deserved dignity and due process.

“Ricardo Gonzalez’s detainment comes as an investigation by ProPublica found that more than 500 citizens have been caught up in the administration’s immigration operations.”

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Cyndi Munson, the Democratic nominee for Oklahoma governor, says Republicans' record in her state speaks for itself. "Republicans have been in full control... for nearly 20 years, and we're at the bottom of every single category that matters to Oklahoma families."

BREAKING: major development in our case on ICE at the polls The judge granted our request for expedited discovery & we’ll now seek answers about threats & their impact on voters DDF, NAACP, Mfenaccion, OCANational, NatUrbanLeague, MN8, SEIU, AFT, UFCW IUPAT & others! - TN

“When our democracy comes under attack like this, that's precisely the moment when people need to make sure that their voices are heard.” The Brennan Center’s elections expert Sean Morales-Doyle joins guest host Antonia Hylton to explain why people shouldn’t succumb to Trump's intimidation tactics.