Mitz Pettel

Mitz Pettel

@mitzpettel.com

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Allison Gill
@muellershewrote.com

Regardless of the legality of posting armed national guard members at drop boxes, whether the boxes were open yet, or whether drop boxes qualify as polling sites under the law; the optics are what matter. Lawful or not, it’s overt, intentional voter suppression.

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Elle Cordova
@ellecordova.bsky.social

The barista, handing me my drink just now: “Enjoy.” Me, turning away: “You too.” I was so sure I was going to be wished a nice day. It was the kind of unearned certainty that has toppled despots. Couldn’t adapt. So I invited her to also enjoy my drink. The image of it harasses me as I walk toward

Mitz Pettel
@mitzpettel.com

Call it the Stop The Steal Act

Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social

Important: Dems will seek to force Republicans to vote on a bill blocking Trump's illegal $1.8 billion slush fund, Rep Jamie Raskin tells me. Dems will use discharge petition. Hakeem Jeffries is supportive of Raskin's efforts, I'm told. New piece from me: newrepublic.com/article/2106...

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Barack Obama
@barackobama.bsky.social

The victory of the opposition in Hungary yesterday, like the Polish election in 2023, is a victory for democracy, not just in Europe but around the world.

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Eliot Higgins
@eliothiggins.bsky.social

Replying to @eliothiggins.bsky.social

The only question any Republican should be asked today is "like President Trump, are you also glad Robert Mueller is dead?"

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Ruth Ben-Ghiat
@ruthbenghiat.bsky.social

By design! Trump is in office to solve the problems of autocrats. Wrecking America so thoroughly it will take generations to recover and clearing way for dedollarization is part of this.

Ian Bassin@ianbassin.bsky.social

So much for America winning. This headline should devastate any presidency.

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Chris Geidner
@chrisgeidner.bsky.social

Truly abhorrent and a mockery of the rule of law that Emil Bove is a federal judge.

Kyle Cheney@kyledcheney.bsky.social

JUST IN: The 3rd Circuit *denies* a push by national GOP to reconsider ruling on misdated mail ballots in Pa. Judge Emil Bove may have cast his first vote here in dissent of the decision -- and plans to write about it later. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Anna Bower
@annabower.bsky.social

You don’t have to put the military at every polling site to suppress votes. You don’t even have to put the military at any polling sites to suppress votes. All you have to do is roll a bunch of tanks into Atlanta or Detroit or wherever a few days before an election and see what happens

Dana Houle@danahoule.bsky.social

To put two soldiers at every US voting site would require over half of the active duty Army. To put two military personnel at 10% of polling sites would require about 25,000 personnel, or 1 of every 7 active duty Marines. And to do logistics, transportation, targeting etc might require another 20K

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Congresswoman Sarah McBride
@mcbride.house.gov

Replying to @mcbride.house.gov

2/ Whether you agree with a candidate or an individual’s political views is irrelevant—calling for a U.S. citizen to be denaturalized and deported is an authoritarian affront to our constitutional and civil liberties.

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