Trump’s Schedule F plan, explained
In October 2020, the Trump Administration issued an executive order that would have stripped protections from civil servants perceived as disloyal.
June 11, 2024
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In October 2020, the Trump Administration issued an executive order that would have stripped protections from civil servants perceived as disloyal.
June 11, 2024
A guide to navigating the new executive actions on the federal workforce and suggestions for what civil servants can do now
January 21, 2025
A new poll finds that most Americans in the most competitive Congressional districts do not want Trump to focus on Jan. 6 pardons — including most Republicans.
January 16, 2025
January 6 was not, as President Trump would have the public believe, a “day of love.” It was a day of shocking violence at the U.S. Capitol.
January 13, 2025
A zombie lawsuit aims to overturn and steal a NC Supreme Court race
January 11, 2025
The Hunter Biden pardon, together with Trump’s abuses, makes an urgent case for reform
December 3, 2024
Across the world, proportional representation tends to increase voter turnout compared to winner-take-all.
December 3, 2024
List maintenance helps ensure that voter rolls contain the right people and can be trusted as the foundation of our elections.
November 4, 2024
The suits are meant to cast doubt on the validity of the election results and provide a pretext to challenge them — not to succeed in court.
November 1, 2024
The importance of protecting space for peaceful protest in a period of rising authoritarianism.
October 31, 2024
United Sovereign Americans is trying to dress up the same old lies in junk data science, which they are using to ask the courts to disenfranchise voters in Georgia and in states throughout the country
October 29, 2024
Defeating authoritarianism is going to take all of us. Everyone and every institution has a role to play. Together, we can protect democracy.
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