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Lynda Dodd
@ldodd.bsky.social
· Mar 28
No Kings in Princeton, NJ with Indivisible Princeton and the ACLU-NJ! ❌👑
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The administration’s efforts to undermine the 2026 election are failing. They will succeed only if citizens stay home. bit.ly/4r1RAZY
Election Interference Won’t Work If Americans Vote
The administration’s attack on elections has failed in Congress and courts. Now it’s up to voters.
www.brennancenter.org
September 15, 2026 at 2:45 PM
The administration’s efforts to undermine the 2026 election are failing. They will succeed only if citizens stay home. bit.ly/4r1RAZY
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NJ Voter Information Portal - Register to Vote
NJ Voter information about voter registration.
nj.gov
September 15, 2026 at 11:20 AM
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Relief we wouldn't need to feel in a stable democracy
My new one @slate.com
Let’s Celebrate the Supreme Court Not Outright Rigging the 2026 Election
slate.com/news-and-pol...
Let’s Celebrate the Supreme Court Not Outright Rigging the 2026 Election
slate.com/news-and-pol...
September 15, 2026 at 11:44 AM
Relief we wouldn't need to feel in a stable democracy
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With today's U.S. Supreme Court ruling, voters can continue to confidently vote by mail in the 2026 midterm elections, just as they have done for over a century.
Vote By Mail Remains Secure: SCOTUS Rejects Trump Administration’s Attempt to Enforce New USPS Policy
President Donald Trump has been relentless in trying to rewrite the rules of American elections, but the U.S. Supreme Court has issued a ruling rejecting his effort to use the United States Postal Ser...
campaignlegal.org
September 15, 2026 at 12:45 AM
With today's U.S. Supreme Court ruling, voters can continue to confidently vote by mail in the 2026 midterm elections, just as they have done for over a century.
Ughhhhhh .....
Trump: "The only control or 'guardrails' that AI needs is a STRONG AND SMART (High IQ!) PRESIDENT, and the U.S.A. has that, in spades!"
September 14, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Ughhhhhh .....
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Stephen Witt in the NYT on the need for swift and comprehensive action on AI . . . and at least an idea for enticing Trump to act boldly. (Gift Link) www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/o...
September 14, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Stephen Witt in the NYT on the need for swift and comprehensive action on AI . . . and at least an idea for enticing Trump to act boldly. (Gift Link) www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/o...
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The concept of polarization, "Has no analysis of power. Why are we polarized? What are we polarized over? Why is this a problem? It obscures what’s actually happening, which is that we have extremism coming from the right that has a very anti-democratic streak to it," @shannimcg.bsky.social.
September 14, 2026 at 12:41 PM
The concept of polarization, "Has no analysis of power. Why are we polarized? What are we polarized over? Why is this a problem? It obscures what’s actually happening, which is that we have extremism coming from the right that has a very anti-democratic streak to it," @shannimcg.bsky.social.
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Breaking: DOJ, Once Again Seeking to Leapfrog Over 1st Circuit, Asks Supreme Court Again to Let USPs Implement Its Mail Ballot Restrictions electionlawblog.org/2026/breakin...
Breaking: DOJ, Once Again Seeking to Leapfrog Over 1st Circuit, Asks Supreme Court Again to Let USPs Implement Its Mail Ballot Restrictions #ELB
This stay application should finally tee this issue up for the Court. I have explained why the government easily should lose. Let’s see if they do lose.
electionlawblog.org
September 6, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Breaking: DOJ, Once Again Seeking to Leapfrog Over 1st Circuit, Asks Supreme Court Again to Let USPs Implement Its Mail Ballot Restrictions electionlawblog.org/2026/breakin...
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Breaking News: Robin Morgan, a prolific feminist writer, radical activist and former Ms. magazine editor, has died. She was 85.
Robin Morgan, Voice of Radical Feminism, Dies at 85
She edited the landmark 1970 anthology “Sisterhood Is Powerful,” led Ms. magazine and helped build the institutions of the modern feminist movement.
nyti.ms
September 5, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Breaking News: Robin Morgan, a prolific feminist writer, radical activist and former Ms. magazine editor, has died. She was 85.
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The Trump administration is trying to incentivize women staying out of the workforce by subsidizing a married parent who stays-at-home. It would take funds from a program that helps working parents afford child care, 80% of whom are single & mostly women. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/u...
Trump Officials Draft Plan to Pay At-Home Parents, Using Funds for Working Ones
The proposed benefit, a top policy priority for Vice President JD Vance, would apply only to married couples and tap a fund intended to provide federal child care subsidies to working parents.
www.nytimes.com
September 5, 2026 at 7:36 PM
The Trump administration is trying to incentivize women staying out of the workforce by subsidizing a married parent who stays-at-home. It would take funds from a program that helps working parents afford child care, 80% of whom are single & mostly women. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/u...
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"[T]he court finds [...] that immediate implementation of the Final Rule issued less than seventy days before the November 2026 election threatens disenfranchisement of millions of United States citizens who seek to vote by mail."
From Talwani's order blocking Trump's EO buff.ly/dJNdWzY
From Talwani's order blocking Trump's EO buff.ly/dJNdWzY
September 4, 2026 at 10:06 PM
"[T]he court finds [...] that immediate implementation of the Final Rule issued less than seventy days before the November 2026 election threatens disenfranchisement of millions of United States citizens who seek to vote by mail."
From Talwani's order blocking Trump's EO buff.ly/dJNdWzY
From Talwani's order blocking Trump's EO buff.ly/dJNdWzY
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The warning signs are flashing red about Trump's willingness to go to extreme measures to prevent a midterm election loss. My latest Authoritarian Watch column in the Nation plays out these scenarios. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
The Shadowy Powers that Trump Could Use to End American Democracy
Two Washington insiders are sounding the alarm about what could happen if Trump activates the top-secret Presidential Emergency Action Documents.
www.thenation.com
September 4, 2026 at 4:39 PM
The warning signs are flashing red about Trump's willingness to go to extreme measures to prevent a midterm election loss. My latest Authoritarian Watch column in the Nation plays out these scenarios. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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Thank you, Gloria, for showing the world what it means to speak up for women’s equality. Thank you for fighting for our rights so that every woman and every person can live with dignity, freedom, and equality. #gloriasteinem
September 3, 2026 at 11:16 AM
Thank you, Gloria, for showing the world what it means to speak up for women’s equality. Thank you for fighting for our rights so that every woman and every person can live with dignity, freedom, and equality. #gloriasteinem
Rest in Peace Gloria Steinem. Thank you for your decades of persistence in the fight for gender equality. Your life was a masterclass in staying the course. We will continue the work.
Breaking News: Gloria Steinem, the feminist crusader who galvanized the modern women’s movement, challenged sexist assumptions and fought for gender equality, has died at 92. nyti.ms/4cVollO
September 3, 2026 at 11:46 AM
Rest in Peace Gloria Steinem. Thank you for your decades of persistence in the fight for gender equality. Your life was a masterclass in staying the course. We will continue the work.
Devastating. Lord have mercy. All who care must do more to help.
More harrowing reporting on this from Springfield via @rns.org's @kathrynpost.bsky.social: Two pastors detained, a student dead: Haitians in Ohio turn to faith amid fear of ICE
Note the header image: That's the people praying over Pierre Damas Bel's grieving family. religionnews.com/2026/09/01/t...
Note the header image: That's the people praying over Pierre Damas Bel's grieving family. religionnews.com/2026/09/01/t...
September 2, 2026 at 12:35 PM
Devastating. Lord have mercy. All who care must do more to help.
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NEW: Top USPS officials expressed concerns that new mail voting rules could delay or block ballots from reaching large swaths of eligible voters for the upcoming midterms, but the rules moved forward anyway, ProPublica has learned.
New Mail Voting Rules Moved Forward Despite USPS Officials’ Concerns About Mass Disenfranchisement
In internal meetings, officials worried the rules they were drafting could delay or block ballots from reaching large swaths of eligible voters for the upcoming midterms.
www.propublica.org
September 2, 2026 at 12:00 PM
NEW: Top USPS officials expressed concerns that new mail voting rules could delay or block ballots from reaching large swaths of eligible voters for the upcoming midterms, but the rules moved forward anyway, ProPublica has learned.
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NEW: USPS’s final mail voting rule is in the thick of fierce litigation, and lacking the resources needed to comply even if it’s greenlit.
Meanwhile, state election leaders say they’re largely in the dark on mail voting — just weeks away from when many are set to send ballots out to voters.
Meanwhile, state election leaders say they’re largely in the dark on mail voting — just weeks away from when many are set to send ballots out to voters.
As election looms, states are stuck in wait-and-see mode on Trump mail voting order
“If we have to do this, we have to do this, but there’s no guidance yet so I think we’re all in the same boat,” a secretary of state spokesperson said Monday.
www.democracydocket.com
September 1, 2026 at 8:59 PM
NEW: USPS’s final mail voting rule is in the thick of fierce litigation, and lacking the resources needed to comply even if it’s greenlit.
Meanwhile, state election leaders say they’re largely in the dark on mail voting — just weeks away from when many are set to send ballots out to voters.
Meanwhile, state election leaders say they’re largely in the dark on mail voting — just weeks away from when many are set to send ballots out to voters.
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Yesterday @nytimes.com published an op-ed from me on what this moment calls for. While it is tempting to believe that someone else is going to save us, history shows that it is only we, the people, who can change the course of our democracy. Thread below for resources on *how* to do just that. 🧵
September 1, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Yesterday @nytimes.com published an op-ed from me on what this moment calls for. While it is tempting to believe that someone else is going to save us, history shows that it is only we, the people, who can change the course of our democracy. Thread below for resources on *how* to do just that. 🧵
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“A U.S. Postal Service official has alleged that the agency is moving forward with a “secretive, rushed” effort to implement President Trump’s order exerting federal control over mail voting, despite a court order blocking those plans.” — @nytimes.com
Whistle-Blower Says USPS Is Secretly Proceeding on Trump’s Mail Voting Plan Before Midterms (Gift Article)
A report detailed “grave concerns” that a new system being rushed into use by the U.S. Postal Service could imperil millions of mail ballots ahead of the midterm elections.
www.nytimes.com
September 1, 2026 at 7:02 PM
“A U.S. Postal Service official has alleged that the agency is moving forward with a “secretive, rushed” effort to implement President Trump’s order exerting federal control over mail voting, despite a court order blocking those plans.” — @nytimes.com
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Protest that endures, I think, is moved by a hope far more modest than that of public success: namely, the hope of preserving qualities in one's own heart and spirit that would be destroyed by acquiescence.
Wendell Berry, What Are People For?
Wendell Berry, What Are People For?
September 1, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Protest that endures, I think, is moved by a hope far more modest than that of public success: namely, the hope of preserving qualities in one's own heart and spirit that would be destroyed by acquiescence.
Wendell Berry, What Are People For?
Wendell Berry, What Are People For?
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Thank you for so many strong essays, poems, ideas, stands, principles, examples, Wendell Berry. Thank you for loving the land, the country, the language. Thank you for living your principles. Quoted you in my talk yesterday, pulled these from my quotes collections.
Wendell Berry, Writer Who Extolled America’s Agrarian Past, Dies at 92
A Kentucky farmer, he railed against agribusiness and championed small family farms and the environment, winning widespread acclaim.
www.nytimes.com
September 1, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Thank you for so many strong essays, poems, ideas, stands, principles, examples, Wendell Berry. Thank you for loving the land, the country, the language. Thank you for living your principles. Quoted you in my talk yesterday, pulled these from my quotes collections.
Praying for the victims and loved ones. Horrific.
The scale of this devastation is almost impossible to comprehend. As climate disasters grow more frequent and intense, far too many communities are enduring unimaginable loss.
My heart is with the people of Nepal—and with everyone facing the difficult road ahead. 💔🇳🇵
www.bbc.com/news/videos/...
My heart is with the people of Nepal—and with everyone facing the difficult road ahead. 💔🇳🇵
www.bbc.com/news/videos/...
Video shows scale of flash flood hitting Nepal-Tibet border
This video has been edited by the BBC with white flashes, due to the distressing content.
www.bbc.com
August 27, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Praying for the victims and loved ones. Horrific.