by Elisha Brown | Feb 27, 2026 | Abortion, abortion medication, Abortion Pill, Abortion Pills, Abortion Shield Laws, Illinois, Kentucky, Mississippi, New Hampshire, News, Oregon, Reproductive Rights, Republicans, Shield Law, Shield Laws, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee
Some Republican lawmakers have routinely proposed criminally prosecuting women for getting abortions since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, despite bipartisan condemnation and criticism from national anti-abortion organizations. These bills never made it to the finish line, but they keep circulating in legislatures across the country. So-called “abortion abolitionists” who…
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by Jonathan Shorman | Dec 19, 2025 | Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice, Department of Justice (DOJ), DHS, doj, elections, Indiana, Kansas, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, News, SAVE Act, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Trump Administration, US Department of Justice, Utah, Virginia, voter roll purges, Voter Rolls, Voter Suppression, Voting Rights, Wisconsin, Wyoming
The U.S. Department of Justice has sent a confidential draft agreement to more than a dozen states that would require election officials to remove any alleged ineligible voters identified during a federal review of their voter rolls. The agreement — called a memorandum of understanding, or MOU — would hand the federal government a major role in election administration…
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by Amy Goodman | Nov 6, 2025 | California, Democrats, Donald Trump, elections, Georgia, ICE, immigration, Interview, Minneapolis, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, Omar Fateh, Pennsylvania, Redistricting, Virginia
We get an overview of how Democrats won big across the United States in Tuesday’s elections, with Daniel Nichanian, editor-in-chief of Bolts. Democratic Congressmember Mikie Sherrill won New Jersey’s governor’s race, and Abigail Spanberger flipped Virginia’s governorship. In California, voters approved a new congressional map that could help Democrats pick up five additional congressional seats in…
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