Trump’s second term has seen an unprecedented weaponization of National Guard deployments. So far, he’s targeted five Democratic-led cities across the country, and has threatened more.
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So far, Trump has deployed the National Guard to five major Democratic-led cities. With each passing day, he threatens more. We’re tracking his every move.
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HAPPENING SOON: SCOTUS will hear arguments in a case that could end one of the last safeguards against racial gerrymanders, and lock in GOP control of the U.S. House for generations to come. We’ll be providing real-time court updates at the blog below👇
NEW: North Carolina is the latest state to join the nationwide redistricting battle, as state lawmakers are set to vote next week on redrawing the state's congressional map. The move follows Trump's call for red legislatures to "fix" their maps before 2026.
NEW: Texas Republicans spent nine days in court proclaiming they didn’t discriminate against minorities when drawing the state’s new congressional map. Yet they also desperately fought tooth and nail to hide the details of their mapmaking process. Here’s everything we learned👇
Virginia Burger, a senior defense analyst at the Project on Government Oversight, told Democracy Docket that while Trump has made similar comments in the past, his remarks this time were addressed to the people most likely to stand in his way.
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NEW: In a new legal filing, Texas Republicans call the DOJ’s constitutional concerns — which the state GOP used to justify its mid-decade redistricting effort — a “mistake” and said Gov. Greg Abbott used the department as “political cover.”
From: @jenrice.bsky.social
American Samoan Tupe Smith faces five years in prison for mistakenly registering to vote as a U.S. citizen, advice given to her by local election officials in Alaska. Nevertheless, the GOP is exploiting Smith's unusual case to spread fear about noncitizen voting.
NEW: After threatening to deploy Texas’ National Guard troops to Chicago, Trump sent a fundraising email to his supporters vowing to “liberate” the U.S.’ third-largest city and asked them to pledge $15 “to join the MAGA Blitz.”
From: @jaknutson.bsky.social
BREAKING: A federal judge in Maryland, appointed by President Trump, shut down his plan to censor classrooms and end equity programs in public schools.
The court ruled his orders unlawful, unconstitutional & void — blocking them nationwide.
From: @yuniorarivas.bsky.social
BREAKING: California Gov. Gavin Newsom calls for a special election to authorize state redistricting, following through on his threat to redraw maps to counter Texas Republicans' redistricting plan that could add five GOP seats and bolster their control of the U.S. House.
From: @jenrice.bsky.social
NEW: Masked federal agents made arrests outside California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s press conference as he announced plans to redraw the state’s congressional map in response to Texas’ redistricting.
"Wake up, America. This is a serious moment," Newsom said.
From: @jaknutson.bsky.social
NEW: An Illinois judge rejects Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s demand to enforce arrest warrants against quorum-breaking Democrats who left Texas to block a contentious Republican redistricting scheme that could help them maintain U.S. House control in 2026.
From: @jenrice.bsky.social
SCOOP: Oregon's secretary of state declined to meet with DOJ prosecutors to discuss a potential deal to share private voter data with the federal government. He said he has no interest in sharing data with “an administration that is willfully violating judicial orders.”
NEW: The Texas Senate passes a redistricting map that could add five GOP seats in Congress, after two Senate Democrats refused to break quorum. However, the map cannot take effect until the House votes on it, which quorum-breaking Democrats are fighting to block.
From: @jenrice.bsky.social
NEW: Voter ID laws don’t solve the problem of voter fraud — they solve the “problem” of high voter turnout.
Learn more about how voter ID laws are used to undermine our democracy and you’ll never call voter ID “common sense” again.
From: @yuniorarivas.bsky.social
NEW: Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D) vetoed a GOP bill that would require voters with felony convictions to pay all legal fees before their right to vote is restored. In vetoing the bill, Evers keeps his promise to never sign legislation making it harder for eligible voters to cast their ballot.
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