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by Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · about 1 hour ago
"[S]avor the fact that Texans chose not to elect the most openly fascist statewide candidate in recent memory." "The guy who said Native Americans should be deported, to somewhere." #Texas #USA #Transportation #Voting #FossilFuels #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
Texans Decide that Bo French Was the 'Problem'

www.texasobserver.org

Texans Decide that Bo French Was the 'Problem'

The guy who said 100 million people in America should be deported was himself removed from contention for elected office, along, it seems, with the entire ticket around him.
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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · about 1 hour ago
"Voters approved Amendment 3." "Virginia voters have toppled one of the nation's harshest felony disenfranchisement schemes, ending a Jim Crow-era policy of exclusion that has blocked millions of people from voting since 1902." #Virginia #USA #Voting #Apartheid #Incarceration #Courts
Virginia Topples Its Jim Crow-Era Lifetime Ban on Voting

boltsmag.org

Virginia Topples Its Jim Crow-Era Lifetime Ban on Voting

Voters passed Amendment 3 on Tuesday, restoring voting rights for people with felony convictions upon release, and codifying the end of Jim Crow-era disenfranchisement rules.
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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · about 5 hours ago
"The dominant narratives of the anti-rape movement in the United States—that it either spawned from legal reform and institutional progress, or the grassroots activism of 1970s radical feminists—have long ignored or suppressed marginalized voices." #USA #Courts #Protest #Slavery #SexualViolence
What Counts as Anti-Rape Advocacy?

inquest.org

What Counts as Anti-Rape Advocacy?

Black and Indigenous women have long resisted sexual violence through strategies beyond the law and the state. Their histories expand our understanding of what advocacy can be.
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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · about 5 hours ago
"Even if they couldn't stop park rangers from tearing down the signs, maybe they could archive them for posterity." "Within a few months, they would launch Save Our Signs, a nationwide effort to preserve what the government was trying to erase." #USA #Education #Slavery
How Americans Are Saving the History Trump Is Trying to Erase

capitalandmain.com

How Americans Are Saving the History Trump Is Trying to Erase

The administration is whitewashing national park signage to fit its politics. These volunteers are fighting back.
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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · about 6 hours ago
"On Monday night, the United States conducted a series of strikes on Iran's Qeshm Island." "U.S. has been launching smaller-scale strikes for several weeks." "[P]resident has been suggesting that major hostilities could resume shortly after the midterm elections." #USA #Iran #Military #Voting
US Continues Strikes on Iran Despite Trump Claims That War Is Over

truthout.org

US Continues Strikes on Iran Despite Trump Claims That War Is Over

The White House has not reported on the US's strikes on Iran over the past several weeks.
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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · about 6 hours ago
"Expect recounts and lawsuits in every [close race]. Expect, too, that some county boards will refuse to certify." "Two darker scenarios are less likely but would do far more damage." "[F]irst is the seizure of ballots." "[S]econd would be a fight over seating the new House." #USA #Voting #Courts
The fight after the vote

wagingnonviolence.org

The fight after the vote

Starting November 4, we'll need to be ready to defend the count, certification and the seating of the new House. Here's how.
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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · about 7 hours ago
"As of now, I'm just lost in the system." "The Marshall Project spoke to three men who have waited for months at the Raymond Detention Center without formal charges [...] after they were arrested for nonviolent offenses." #Mississippi #USA #Incarceration #Courts #Bail #Healthcare
'Lost in the System': What It's Like to Be Stuck for Months in a Mississippi Jail

www.themarshallproject.org

'Lost in the System': What It's Like to Be Stuck for Months in a Mississippi Jail

Getting arrested in Hinds County leaves some people sitting in jail for months or years with their cases in limbo, waiting for formal charges.
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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · about 7 hours ago
"A Canadian drone maker with investments from a company linked to Donald Trump Jr. lobbied the federal government 44 times over the course of just over a year prior to receiving an up to $24-million contract." #Saskatchewan #Canada #USA #Weapons #Military #Lobbying
Canadian drone-maker with Trump-linked investment lobbied for a year before government contract

theijf.org

Canadian drone-maker with Trump-linked investment lobbied for a year before government contract

The federal government awarded Draganfly Inc. an up to $24-million contract in September
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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · about 8 hours ago
"Social Security Administration and Internal Revenue Service sent out mass emails praising [...] Trump to online account holders just days before the midterm elections, potentially violating federal laws prohibiting the use of official government resources for a campaign." #USA #Voting #Taxes
Federal Agencies Use Internal List to Send Pro-Trump Email Blast Before Election

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Federal Agencies Use Internal List to Send Pro-Trump Email Blast Before Election

Experts said the emails likely violate federal law barring use of an official office for election activities.
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