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The Economist· 2026-05-07 15:30
Louisiana v Callais is baleful for democracy https://t.co/xuUqn56K21 ...
Obama: Attorney General is "people's lawyer," not "president's consigliere"
MSNBC· 2026-05-06 15:33
In an interview with comedian Stephen Colbert, former president Barack Obama warned that democracy "can't overcome the politicization of the criminal justice system," adding "you can't have a situation in which whoever's in charge of the government starts using that to go after their political enemies." His statement comes after the Justice Department issued a second indictment last month against former FBI Director and Trump political foe James Comey. MS NOW: My Source for News, Opinion, and the World. » S ...
'Democracy is at stake' in redistricting battle: Florida Democratic congresswoman facing new map
NBC News· 2026-05-05 21:31AI Processing
Florida Republicans redistricting effort is already facing a legal challenge. Governor Ronda Santis signing the state's new congressional map into law yesterday, tweeting, "Signed, sealed, and delivered." Hours later, a civil rights group and group of Florida voters filed a lawsuit asking a state judge to block the new map, arguing that the redistricting effort violated the state's constitution. Florida is one of at least eight states, both red and blue, that have redrawn their congressional maps ahead of t ...
Trump DOJ demands personal info of Fulton Co. 2020 election workers
MSNBC· 2026-05-05 18:40
I WANT TO BRING IN STUART STEPHEN, SENIOR ADVISOR TO THE LINCOLN PROJECT, CHIEF STRATEGIST FOR MITT ROMNEY'S 2012 CAMPAIGN AND AUTHOR OF THE BOOK IT WAS ALL A IT'S NOT A LIE. ELI STOCKELS IS WHITE HOUSE AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT FOR POLITICO AND LISA REUBEN IS MS NOW'S senior legal reporter. Stuart, that testimony from Ruby Freeman was searing.It's something you can't get out of your head. And now the federal government is asking for names, residential and e-mail addresses, phone numbers. If they ge ...