4 big takeaways from key federal election commission’s  annual meetings Democracy Docket was among the few outlets covering the gatherings.

ICYMI: Election officials are worried about a pending SCOTUS decision on mail-in ballots and were stunned that the Trump administration has been blocking appointments to a key committee that sets standards for voting machines.

We covered these updates on the ground.

Tesla saved $400 million on its federal taxes by shifting billions of its U.S. profits to countries with lower tax rates.

Yes: While you paid your taxes in full, giant corporations maneuvered to pay as little as possible — and it’s all perfectly legal for them.

The system is rigged.

Southern Poverty Law Center says it is under Justice Department investigation The nonprofit on Tuesday said it is “the latest organization targeted by this administration.”

The Southern Poverty Law Center, which is best known for its tracking of hate groups, said that the Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into the nonprofit regarding their use of informants.

Oh.

“We have agreed” — how nice of them! Surely they’re doing this work pro bono right?

The Department of Justice has sued 30 states and DC for access to their unreacted sensitive voter data. My law firm is fighting them in all 30 cases.

We are dedicating so many resources because these are the most important legal fights and the future of free and fair elections is at stake.

Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts

Homeland Security wants Social Media sites to expose Anti-ICE Accounts!!!!

The Government is trampling on our CIVIL LIBERTIES!!!!!

#ICE

#Iran

#Epstein

#EpsteinFiles

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Even red states are defiantly rejecting DOJ’s demands for private voter data “Election officials across the political spectrum stood up to protect state sovereignty and voters’ security, regardless of partisanship,” voting rights advocate David Becker told Democracy Docket.

Earlier this week, Idaho became the latest state to push back against the U.S. Department of Justice’s campaign to seize the private voter data of every state. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/eve...

A country that can instantly fund endless wars but debates every dime for healthcare and education doesn’t have a budget issue—it has a values issue.

Just a random reminder that over 50 members of Congress collectively own millions of dollars in defense contractor stocks.

They stand to personally profit from wars that enrich these contractors.

Make no mistake, this is legalized corruption.

Watch how they vote this week.

Exclusive: Trump DOJ targeting overseas voters over registration info Emails show a meeting between DOJ and California to discuss the issue was scheduled for last week.

NEW: The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is quietly pressing California to tighten voter registration verification for military and overseas voters — part of what it calls a “nationwide … enforcement program.” www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

I want a democratic Iran. And I won’t shed a tear for the Ayatollah’s death.

But my first concern will always be the national security of the United States.

Trump is putting our troops and all Americans in danger without any real reason he can explain.

Federal election panel lawyer said to brief Cleta Mitchell’s group as it pushed proof of citizenship At the time, EIN and other anti-voting groups were mobilizing their followers to pressure the EAC to add a documentary proof of citizenship requirement to the federal voter registration form.

🚨BREAKING: A lawyer for a key federal voting agency was scheduled to brief a top anti-voting group last fall while it was pressuring the agency to require proof of citizenship on the federal voter registration form. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

80% Americans think Donald Trump started this war to divert the focus from Epstein files.

Trump's war on elections is hiding in plain sight False claims that foreign government interference caused him to lose in 2020 have been a staple of the diet of lies Trump feeds to his faithful.

I do not traffic in or promote conspiracy theories. But I also refuse to turn a blind eye to what is plainly happening to our democracy.

My latest. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...

More detail here: www.ms.now/news/justice...

Here is what the team at Democracy Docket is tracking today:

Active Voting Rights Cases: 167
Active Redistricting Cases: 50
Active Anti-Voting Cases: 92
Active Pro-Voting Cases: 71
Active DOJ Lawsuits: 32

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This “it’s not a war but a special military operation” is very Kremlin March 2022. As is the propaganda that we are not starting a war but ending one. As is the confusion of oligarch media as it tries to be faithful in the confusion…

Push from Saudis, Israel helped move Trump to attack Iran President Trump launched a wide-ranging attack on Iran after weeks-long lobbying by an unusual pair of U.S. allies in the Middle East: Israel and Saudi Arabia.

SUPER SHOCKED: Israel and the Saudis lobbied Trump to start the war. As @maddow.bsky.social asked: who benefits? www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Trump ties Iran strikes to claims that Tehran interfered in U.S. elections President Donald Trump suggested Saturday that his military strike against Iran may have been driven in part by claims that the country interfered in the last two U.S. presidential elections.

Trump suggested his Iran military strike may have been driven in part by claims that the country interfered in the 2020 and 2024 elections.

Now, experts warn a dangerous plan is coming into view: he's using a war to claim a national emergency that enables him to control the midterms.

Our nation is again at war, not because we had to but because the president recklessly chose to.

Now we must recognize who pays the price: not the president and his wealthy allies, but service members and ordinary Americans.

Wasn’t this supposed to be over in three days?

Losing the War on Truth Iran and what to make of it

Trump seems lost as to which lie he wants to tell. We are in a war on truth; but truth can win – if it finds friends.
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Just saying, but when people are trying to do everything they can to prevent you from voting, that’s when you absolutely need to vote.

Ready to make this the biggest midterm turnout in history?

Same Brutal ICE. Now Stealthier. ICE has learned how to be cruel and lawless without drawing so much attention to itself.

"Assaulting protesters and then gunning them down in the street is out; carelessly dropping a blind, helpless man in a coffee-shop parking lot to freeze to death is still very much in."

THIS.