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The Resistible Rise of a Fascist Party in Germany
5+ hour, 40+ min ago (296+ words) Participants hold signs during a demonstration at the Brandenburg Gate on September 7, 2026 in Berlin. The tactic of imposing a firewall (Brandmauer) of noncooperation around the AfD proved to be a poor choice for the resistance. After 30 years of being largely…...
Appeals Court Rejects 'Likely Unlawful' Trump Push to Undermine Mail-In Voting as Supreme Court Looms
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (518+ words) Demonstrators gather on the National Mall during a 'Defend the Vote' rally marking the 63rd anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington in Washington, DC, on August 28, 2026. A federal court on Thursday rejected the Trump administration's request to reinstate an executive order…...
U.S. Postal Service Still Blocked from Enforcing Key Parts of New Rule to Restrict Mail Ballots
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (1683+ words) U.S. Supreme Court will also consider the Trump administration’s request to stay the injunction The First Circuit Court of Appeals today kept in place through the Nov. 3 election a preliminary injunction blocking the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) from enforcing key parts…...
Trump’s Desperate Attempt to Bribe Voters Ahead of Election is a New Low
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (1716+ words) At a speech at the GOP’s midterm convention in Dallas, Texas yesterday, Donald Trump promised,“if the Republicans win, you win with us and you get $5,000.” Lisa Gilbert, co-president of Public Citizen, issued the following statement in response: “Even for…...
Trump's Big Cash Gifts to Natalie Harp, Other Aides Were Likely Illegal, Complaint Alleges
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'Massive Loss for Trump': US Supreme Court Tosses Missouri GOP Map, Again
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (489+ words) Activists display signs opposing a GOP gerrymandering effort during a press conference inside the rotunda of the Missouri State Capitol on September 10, 2025 in Jefferson City. "The Missouri Supreme Court should throw the secretary of state in jail if this extremist…...
'We Want Real Change': Sanders-Backed Democratic Socialist Wins Mayoral Primary in Providence
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (389+ words) Democratic socialist mayoral candidate David Morales poses in Providence, Rhode Island on April 12, 2021. "Nearly a year ago this day, we launched a campaign centered around the simple vision that the working people who make Providence home deserve to live here....
Young Voters Confront USPS Board of Governors About Mail-In Ballots
3+ day, 22+ hour ago (1538+ words) Sunrise Movement is a movement to stop climate change and create millions of good jobs in the process. "Hi Democrats, don’t think that millions of Muslims—and not just Muslims but anti-racist liberal and leftist Americans—don’t hear the deafening…...
'Atom Bomb Dropped' in Maine Gubernatorial Race as Bobby Charles' Sister Backs His Democratic Opponent
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (579+ words) Anita Charles, the sister of Republican Maine gubernatorial nominee Bobby Charles, revealed in an op-ed on September 9, 2026 that she will not vote for her brother. "Under the anti-choice positions Bobby holds today, even in cases of rape, I would not…...
'Missourians Deserve Better Than This Republican Chaos': Legal Battle Over GOP Map Erupts
4+ day, 7+ hour ago (237+ words) Activists protest Republican gerrymandering during a press conference inside the rotunda of the Missouri State Capitol Building on September 10, 2025 in Jefferson City, Missouri. "Over 305,000 Missouri voters, Republicans, Democrats, and Independents, took action to block this political power grab last fall....