News Views

SCOTUS Conservatives Give Trump The OK To Control Who Gets To Use Mail-In Voting

ps: Trump votes by mail-in. Just thought you should be reminded.

On Monday, 24 August 2026, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority handed Trump a win that has the real likelihood of turning the U.S. into a full blown fascist country.

The ‘SIX’ ruled that Trump’s executive order that imposes new restrictions for mail-in voting ahead of this fall’s midterms can go forward.

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The order directs the Department of Homeland Security to send lists of U.S. citizens to officials in each state, directs the U.S. Postal Service to make new rules on who it can transmit mail-in ballots from.

If there was any doubt left about what direction the conservative judges on the Supreme Court of the United States of America are driving, then, ya know, I have a bridge to sell you!

“We don’t give in to threats. We will respond by standing firm right to the end.”

Truth

And it gets you elected…

Save The Press Act

THE TRACKER

Freedom of the Press Foundation

NY Times intelligence reporter subpoenaed by DOJ for grand jury testimony 10 July 2026

NYC journalist shoved, pepper-sprayed while covering NBA watch party

Trump administration, allies move to punish outlets during his second term

From the first weeks of President Donald Trump’s second term, his appointees and allies in Congress joined him in taking steps to punish and intimidate news outlets that have covered him and his administration unfavorably. We’re documenting those efforts to chill reporting, revoke funding, censor critical coverage and more in this regularly updated report:

March 14, 2025 | Trump says negative press coverage “illegal” during speech at DOJ

Jobs & Events

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Color Of Change, in partnership with the National Education Association, invites you to watch “Educating for Equity: Brown v Board of Education 70 Years Later,” a short video featuring a range of young and older thought leaders talking about the groundbreaking case and the challenges facing our public education system today.

Issues

Constitutional America?

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As State Legislatures Grapple with the Abortion Issue … State Courts Should Prepare for an Increased Role – section headline from Do Pregnant Women Lose Legal Rights by Kenneth Jost in Editorial Research Reports, 28 July 1989.

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Black, Native, Latino-Americans are killed at a much higher rate than white Americans.

Shrewd, Slip-Up, Or Just Plain Stupid

Georgia Republican candidate for governor Rick Jackson: I’m gonna reduce affordability to the lowest it’s ever been. pic.twitter.com/rjXerhy8Sl – Headquarters (@HQNewsNow) July 22, 2026

FCC chairman Brendan Carr on Wednesday (22June) said ABC’s decision not to air President Donald Trump’s address to the nation last week would likely factor into the agency’s early review of broadcast licenses for eight affiliated stations.

Jesse Watters, (Fox News host with a BA in History & a salary of 5M a year), on a deranged rant targeting young women, insisted a college degree is the fastest way for them to “kill” their love life. ‘Nuff said!

If a woman has [the right to abortion], why shouldn’t a man be free to use his superior strength to force himself on a woman? At least the rapist’s pursuit of sexual freedom doesn’t [in most cases] result in anyone’s death. Lawrence Lockman (R-ME).

The Reading List

Intent to Destroy

Russia’s Two-Hundred-Year Quest to Dominate Ukraine

By Eugene Finkel

“Finkel’s Intent to Destroy spans several centuries, delving into some of the most heinous atrocities perpetrated by the Kremlin on Ukrainian lands. Despite the extensive scope, the text is rich in nuanced analysis, being equally valuable for scholars and accessible to readers unfamiliar with the region. “ Olesya Khromeychuk, director, Ukrainian Institute London Book here:

Reminder

The New Normal? ~ The first tool of authoritarian regimes is always informational control—both in the gathering of information on the public through surveillance and the filtration of information to the public through owned media. In its early days, the Internet seemed to pose a challenge to authoritarian regimes, but with the advent of social media, we are watching the construction of architectures that fulfill the needs of every authoritarian regime: surveillance and information control. Authoritarian movements are possible only when the general public becomes habituated to—and numbed by—a new normal. Christopher Wylie.

Stuff

Your Tingly Leaving ~ You know that tingly little feeling you get when you first like someone? That’s your common sense leaving your body.

Yeah, Go Ahead ~ Turtles can breathe through their butts.

1955 Words of Wisdom ~ The fast food restaurant is convenient for a quick meal but I seriously doubt they’ll ever catch on.
~ If they raise the minimum wage to $1.00, nobody will be able to hire outside help at the store.

~ It’s too bad things are so tough nowadays. I see where a few married women are having to work to make ends meet.

ANAGRAMS, who doesn’t luv them ~

ELECTION RESULTS
When you rearrange the letters:
LIES – LET’S RECOUNT

Duggan’s Clinic

Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) / Marvin Gaye Originally On His Landmark 1971 Album What’s Going On

Out Of The Rain / Etta James From her 1990 Soulful Blues album Sticken’ To My Guns

Dreams / Brandi Carlile From WFUV LIVE CD (FM 90.7 in the Greater New York City area). Originally on her 2009 folk-rock album Give Up The Ghost

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