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More than 400 schools in France to be closed on Monday as more protests planned Oct. 4, 2026

“Georgia election board director sent Trump administration demands 2 board members say they never approved” Votebeat: Last week, the Georgia State Election Board sent letters to the U.S. Department of Justice and  Department of Homeland Security asking the Trump administration to order major changes to the state’s voting equipment just weeks before the midterm… Continue reading The post “Georgia election board director sent Trump administration demands 2 board members say they never approved” appeared first on Election Law Blog.

Hispanic Voters on the Texas Border Have Soured on Trump cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/53551835 In 2024, these voters were an essential part of the winning Republican coalition. Now, many feel abandoned and furious, complicating the party’s chances in November. Sept. 30, 2026 Jessica Cantu Vuittonet, who runs a coffee shop in San Benito, Texas, cast her first ballot in 2024 — for Donald Trump. Two years later, after her brother was deported, she feels angry and betrayed. Ariel Salinas, who owns a construction company in McAllen, Texas, can no longer reliably find laborers for his work crews. He blames the president’s immigration policies for his financial headaches. In more than two dozen interviews across the region in recent weeks, Hispanic voters said they were furious over the president’s approach to immigration and the economy — the very problems they had counted on him to fix.

Political Shifts are Teaching The GOP a Brutal Lesson (w/ Will Saletan) Mona Charen and Will Saletan discuss the GOP’s disastrous attempt to ambush Jack Smith, the political warning signs pushing Republicans away from Trump, and what Democrats should actually do if they win Congress.

Federal judge halts Big Bend border wall construction in blow to Trump agenda Plan to install barriers through popular national park sparked outrage from advocates and politicians alike A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from expanding the border wall and other security infrastructure across the Big Bend region of west Texas, where contentious plans to build roads and vehicle barriers through a popular national park have led to furious backlash and public protests. US district judge Kathleen Cardone’s ruling after a Friday hearing in El Paso deals a majo…

GOP-controlled Georgia election board asks DOJ to declare state’s voting machines illegal Georgia’s Republican-controlled election board invited the Department of Justice (DOJ) Thursday to declare the state’s voting system unlawful before the upcoming midterm elections.

North Carolina mailboxes overflow with voter registration warnings after state cut a deal with Trump’s DOJ Some North Carolina voters only have a week left to ensure they can cast a ballot in the midterms as a result of a shady settlement the state elections board made with Trump’s Justice Department.

[Video] Jewish supremacists stormed Mahmoud Khalil his book event in Morningside Heights in New York and assaulted staff. alternative video upload source

‘Get Focused!’ Karl Rove Drops Epic Tirade On Trump’s Lack of Message Ahead of the Midterms “We don’t need to hear about the president saying, I’m going to tear down the Kennedy Center if I don’t get recognition!” Rove fumed about Trump’s recent antics The post ‘Get Focused!’ Karl Rove Drops Epic Tirade On Trump’s Lack of Message Ahead of the Midterms first appeared on Mediaite.

Trump’s Finger Gets Closer to Nuclear Button Not that Congress cares

Trump’s SEC Can Now Rewrite Wall Street’s Rules With A Single Vote A quiet rule change could signal “the end of independent financial regulators” just as the SEC prepares to deregulate crypto, mega-IPOs, and corporate governance.

SCOTUS allows third-country removals to resume, as lower courts close in on Trump’s lawlessness A split-screen of the Supreme Court allowing Trump to expand his authoritarian efforts as appeals courts are increasingly supporting district courts’ accountability efforts.

lowkirkenuily cross-posted from: mander.xyz/post/49629217

NSA, Military To Guard Computer Systems After Trump Guts Election Monitor The announcement came just weeks before Election Day on Nov. 3 and with early voting already underway.

Bernie Sanders Going Back to California to Rally for Billionaire Tax Ballot Measure

Chinese commercial reactor achieves nuclear fusion with clean hydrogen-boron fuel In a first, a Chinese company has achieved high-parameter hydrogen-boron plasma control, marking a “significant and valuable” advance in research into neutron-free magnetic confinement fusion. ENN Group, based in Langfang, Hebei province, announced on Monday that its EXL-50U spherical device – a compact tokamak that uses a magnetic field to confine charged gas, or plasma, for nuclear fusion research – had successfully achieved hydrogen-boron fusion reactions.

The Criminal Selfishness of Imperial Politics How Empires Depend on a Self-Absorbed Populace

[Video] Climate Defiance protests against NYC leasing to arms companies complicit in genocide source

Austin City Council Candidate Misael Ramos Arrested After Protest Against ICE Shooting “We must end the terror in our communities created by the fascist administration in Washington and here in Texas—I will never stop standing up and speaking out for our community.”

“Delayed Texas voter applications highlight how difficult it is to register in the state, experts say” Votebeat and the Texas Tribune: Texas’ backlog of at least 200,000 voter registration applications and updates, which election officials must now process in the weeks before the critical midterm elections due to state error, is highlighting just how difficult … Continue reading The post “Delayed Texas voter applications highlight how difficult it is to register in the state, experts say” appeared first on Election Law Blog.