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Some mother and fathers child dies, but does Trump care? Really care?

Top Democrats, voting rights experts slam Trump's draft illegal order to seize control of voting "This is unconstitutional and insane," said Norm Eisen, the executive chair of State Democracy Defenders Fund and a former Obama administration official.

Lawmakers, election‑law experts, and voting‑system authorities warn that a draft emergency executive order would violate the Constitution and trigger immediate legal challenges #Trump #ElectionAdministration #Federalism #VotingRights #DemocracyDocket

The Trump Administration Has No Legal Authority To Invoke National Security and Take Over Elections As long recognized by courts, the U.S. Constitution gives primary authority to states to set the rules for elections, with no role for presidents.

Legal analysis warns that invoking a national emergency to federalize U.S. election administration would conflict with constitutional authority assigning election governance to states and Congress. #Trump #ElectionSecurity #Federalism #ElectionAdministration #CenterForAmericanProgress

Draft executive order creates a White House Office of Federal Election Security to coordinate voter verification, ballot procedures, and national election administration across federal agencies and state systems. #Trump #ElectionSecurity #Federalism #ElectionAdministration #DemocracyDocket

Draft executive order proposes federal restrictions on absentee and mail‑in voting for federal elections, narrowing eligibility and standardizing ballot‑issuance procedures nationwide #Trump #ElectionSecurity #Federalism #ElectionAdministration #DemocracyDocket

Draft executive order mandates nationwide hand‑marked paper ballots and precinct‑level hand counting for federal elections, replacing electronic tabulation and possibly extending vote‑count and certification timelines. #Trump #ElectionSecurity #Federalism #ElectionAdministration #DemocracyDocket

Draft executive order proposes nationwide voter re-registration prior to the 2026 federal election, requiring voters to re-register under new federally defined eligibility verification procedures #Trump #ElectionSecurity #Federalism #DemocracyDocket

Draft executive order proposes national voter identification and citizenship verification requirements tied to federal and state databases to enforce voter eligibility standards for federal elections #Trump #ElectionSecurity #Federalism #DemocracyDocket

Draft executive order proposes nationwide voter re-registration before the 2026 federal election, requiring states to invalidate existing voter rolls and rebuild registration databases under federally directed eligibility standards #Trump #ElectionSecurity #Federalism #DemocracyDocket

Draft executive order suggests replacing electronic voting machines with nationwide hand-marked paper ballots and precinct-level hand counting for federal elections starting in 2026, moving to a standardized federal election model. #Trump #ElectionSecurity #Federalism #DemocracyDocket

Read a draft of the emergency executive order for Trump to take control of elections Lawyers and legal experts explicitly said that such an order is blatantly unconstitutional.

Draft executive order proposes declaring a national emergency to restructure U.S. election administration under expanded presidential authority, potentially overriding state control of election systems. #Trump #Elections #Federalism #EmergencyPowers #DemocracyDocket

I will be further breaking down the draft EO. Look for new reports.

Read a draft of the emergency executive order for Trump to take control of elections Lawyers and legal experts explicitly said that such an order is blatantly unconstitutional.

Draft EO circulating among Trump allies suggests declaring a national emergency to federalize election management—mandating voter re-registration, paper ballots with hand counts, and a White House election-security office. #Trump #DHS and #DOJ. #Elections #Federalism #DemocracyDocket

Trump, seeking executive power over elections, is urged to declare emergency Activists who say they are in coordination with the White House are circulating a draft executive order that would unlock extraordinary presidential power over voting.

Trump-aligned activists circulated a draft executive order urging a national emergency to place U.S. elections under presidential authority, proposing federal intervention into state-run voting systems. #Trump #Elections #Federalism #EmergencyPowers #WashingtonPost

Trump Officials Attended a Summit of Election Deniers Who Want the President to Take Over the Midterms The meeting’s participants included Kurt Olsen, a White House lawyer charged with reinvestigating the 2020 election, and Heather Honey, the Department of Homeland Security official in charge of electi...

Trump officials attended a Washington summit with Flynn and election-denial activists, urging a national emergency to override state-run midterms while a draft takeover order circulated among attendees. #Trump #MichaelFlynn #DHS #DOJ #Elections #Federalism #EmergencyPowers #ProPublica

Trump is making it easier for the CIA to spy on Americans — yet again Plus: Judge Cannon helps bury the Jack Smith report on classified documents at Mar-a-Lago

Freedom of the Press Foundation reports expanded CIA access to a 770‑million‑record domestic law enforcement database, signaling erosion of the foreign–domestic intelligence boundary. #Trump #CIA #Surveillance #CivilLiberties #FreedomOfThePress

Trump is trying to exert more control over elections. Will he succeed? President Donald Trump has issued orders to tighten rules around voting and demanded states turn over voter rolls. Last month, the FBI raided an election center in Georgia. Most of these moves are bei...

Executive orders, DOJ lawsuits, FBI ballot seizures, and SAVE Act legislation form a coordinated federal pressure campaign testing constitutional limits on state-run elections. #Trump #Elections #Federalism #ElectionIntegrity #CSMonitor

This is reminiscent of Nazi Germany's color-coded badges for concentration camp prisoners. Should we ask, "what color is my badge?"

Read the laughable legal memo behind the claim that Trump can declare a national voting emergency There are “four immediately obvious problems” with this, legal expert Liza Goitein said.

Legal memo promotes declaring a national emergency to justify presidential seizure of U.S. election authority—formalizing a theory for executive override of constitutionally state-administered voting systems. #Trump #Elections #EmergencyPowers #Federalism #VotingRights #DemocracyDocket

Exclusive: Some Republicans back Trump on nationalization of voting “If he has the power to make sure that people have to be citizens to be registered to vote, show ID to vote, he ought to do it,” Florida Sen. Rick Scott told Semafor. ”

Some Republicans are urging Trump to nationalize voting standards through executive action—signaling potential federal–state conflict over control of U.S. elections. #Trump #Elections #Federalism #ExecutivePower #VotingRights #Semafor

ICE Plans to Spend $220 Million on Tasers The company that manufactures the product spent nearly $2.5 million on lobbying efforts.

ICE plans a $220M, five-year expansion to quadruple issued Tasers—embedding conducted-energy weapons as routine tools of civil immigration enforcement. #ICE #DHS #UseOfForce #LessLethal #ImmigrationEnforcement #NOTUS

Service members are disposable. We matter only if we serve his needs. When he's done, we're cast off.

Experts weigh in on regional efforts to limit federal immigration enforcement (The Center Square) – King County and Seattle have recently taken steps to hamper any possible federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement activities in their jurisdictions, specifically to limit enfo...

King County and Seattle issued executive orders and funding shifts to restrict ICE access to municipal property and block detention expansion, formalizing local resistance to federal immigration enforcement. #ICE #Federalism #SanctuaryJurisdictions #WashingtonState #TheCenterSquare

Quakertown parents demand school board action after police, student confrontation Parents and residents said they were frustrated by the district’s response to a clash between police and students during a protest on Feb. 20 that ended in five student arrests.

Quakertown residents and parents demanded accountability from school officials after student arrests for anti-ICE protests triggered scrutiny of governance and heightened legitimacy concerns. #ICE #CivilProtest #Pennsylvania #SchoolBoard #Governance #WHYY

Lawyers say Pennsylvania student protesters did not know a man who joined scrum was the police chief Lawyers for student protesters detained in Pennsylvania after a scuffle with police say their clients did not know that a man in street clothes who put his arm around a 15-year-old girl’s neck was the...

Plainclothes intervention by Quakertown’s police chief during a student anti-ICE protest led to felony assault charges and four-day juvenile detention, signaling enforcement escalation. #ICE #CivilProtest #Pennsylvania #ProtestCriminalization #APNews

Pennsylvania residents question police response to student ICE protesters after juveniles detained Some residents in the Philadelphia suburb of Quakertown are calling for the police chief to resign after a scuffle between police and students protesting ICE policies left several juveniles in custody...

A student walkout in Quakertown, Pennsylvania, opposing ICE enforcement signals expanding youth mobilization within suburban school districts. #ICE #CivilProtest #YouthMobilization #Pennsylvania #APNews

Trump has embraced a disturbing strategy to silence free speech | David Bralow The Federal Trade Commission is investigating Media Matters over critical coverage. It’s just one example of the administration’s approach

FTC investigation of Media Matters and DOJ protest prosecutions reflect an alleged strategy of regulatory weaponization aimed at deterring media criticism and protest activity. #Trump #DOJ #FTC #FreeSpeech #PressFreedom #CivilProtest #TheGuardian

30 more people indicted over anti-ICE protest at Minnesota church, Bondi says Attorney General Pam Bondi announced federal charges Friday against 30 more people who are accused of civil rights violations in a January protest inside a Minnesota church where a pastor works for Im...

DOJ expanded conspiracy-based civil rights charges to 39 defendants in the St. Paul anti-ICE church protest, signaling escalated federal criminalization of venue-based dissent amid heightened ICE and DHS enforcement posture. #Trump #DOJ #ICE #CivilRights #CivilProtest #Minnesota #StPaul #PBSNewsHour

ICE won't be at polling places this year, a Trump DHS official promises In a call with top state voting officials, a Department of Homeland Security official stated unequivocally that immigration agents would not be patrolling polling places during this year's midterms.

DHS publicly reaffirmed that ICE will not patrol polling sites after federal rhetoric about immigration enforcement near elections triggered bipartisan state contingency planning and concerns over voter intimidation risk #Elections #VotingRights #DHS #ICE #Trump #SteveBannon #ElectionSecurity #KPBS

How the far-right is targeting educators and marginalized communities Empowered by the Trump administration, the far-right has created a deadly environment for educators and marginalized communities

Executive order–backed “antifa” terror labeling and watchlist campaigns expose educators to harassment, interrogation, and job risk across U.S. institutions #Education #FirstAmendment #AcademicFreedom #TPUSA #ExecutiveOrders #CivilLiberties #PrismReports