UPDATE: VIDEO & THE YEAR OF OUR 250TH BIRTHDAY.....VOTE VOTE VOTE ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3RD, 2026

 

Setting the record straight on mail-in voting 26OKT26

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EL-SAYED, TALARICO AND DRUMPF/TRUMP RALLIES 14OKT26

PEACEFUL PROTESTER AT DRUMPF/TRUMP RALLY IN OHIO ASSAULTED BY MAGA CULTIST THEN AGGRESSIVELY REMOVED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT BUT THE ATTACKER(S) REMAINED FREE 12OKT26

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Supreme Court Allows Expansive Federal Database for Voter Screening 25SEP26

DHS may have violated state election law, Virginia's AG says after whistleblower report 18SEP26

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2026 MIDTERM ELECTIONS, we've got to finish the job!!! 3SEP26

The ACLU's most ambitious election protection program EVER & Judge Once Again Bars Postal Service From Restricting Mail-In Vote & Texas Has Suspended More Than 1 Million Voters Ahead of Senate Race 1SEP&27AUG26

MOTHER JONES DAILY: Celebrating America Doesn’t Have to Mean Erasing Our History, America is 250 years old. Have you ever read the Declaration of Independence?, Watch: Trump’s dystopia takes over the National Mall, The Army took down its page commemorating a civil rights icon, The federal government has made America 250 a spectacle. These states want it to be a moment for reflection.,Trump's war on history 6JUL26

 

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July 6, 2026 I spent my July 4th weekend visiting family in upstate New York and avoided the celebrations for personal reasons: imperialism, fascism, violence against immigrants and LGBTQ people—the list goes on. But I was curious about how the Trump administration would celebrate the holiday, given the extreme heat wave, the chaotic nature of the president’s endeavor to make Washington in his own image, and, as journalist Amanda Moore reported for Mother Jones, the lack of attendees at the Great American State Fair. Unsurprisingly, the day in question was a disaster. Emergency responders said they evaluated hundreds of people for heat-related illnesses as the temperature rose to over 100 degrees. According to DC Fire and EMS, at least 34 people were taken to local hospitals. Then, at night, before Trump’s commemoration speech, a severe thunderstorm led to a two-hour evacuation of the National Mall. At around 11:15 p.m. ET, Trump finally delivered his remarks, praising the military bombing campaign in Iran, declaring that “communists” would not take over the country ahead of the midterms, and promising to restrict mail-in ballots. The president's speech ignored the complicated history at the core of America's founding. But, as my colleague Jeffrey Kelly wrote this weekend:  Telling an honest and complete history that actually acknowledges the harm marginalized people endured in this country helps us reckon with what we’ve been through in the nation, and what we’d like to see in the next 250 years. —Alex Nguyen P.S. Did you have a chance to listen to this weekend’s Reveal episode? Host Al Letson traveled to Montgomery, Alabama, to learn about the importance of memorializing the country's worst historical atrocities while the Trump administration attempts to erase it from the record. You can find the episode here.

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Celebrating America Doesn’t Have to Mean Erasing Our History How historians, academics, and creatives shifted my perspective on the semiquincentennial. BY JEFFREY KELLY

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America is 250 years old. Have you ever read the Declaration of Independence? BY MICHAEL MECHANIC AND THOMAS JEFFERSON Watch: Trump’s dystopia takes over the National Mall BY JEREMY SCHULMAN The Army took down its page commemorating a civil rights icon BY CHASITY HALE The federal government has made America 250 a spectacle. These states want it to be a moment for reflection. BY JEFFREY KELLY

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Trump's war on history On America’s 250th anniversary, the president wants to control the country’s future by bulldozing its past. DAN FRIEDMAN AND AMANDA MOORE

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