Judge blocks Virginia Democrats’ ‘10-1’ redistricting plan for 2026 midterms - Democracy Docket
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/judge-blocks-virginia-democrats-10-1-redistricting-plan-for-2026-midterms/
Top Democrats issued a clear message to Donald Trump this week:
either he fires Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary,
or they will impeach her.
The ultimatum came after a majority of the House Democratic caucus signed on to articles of impeachment introduced earlier this month
in response to the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, both US citizens fatally shot by federal agents during the increasingly violent immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota’…
Quite exciting talk:
EFF presents: Rewiring Democracy with Bruce Schneier and Nathan E. Sanders in conversation with Cindy Cohn
3 December, online
https://www.eff.org/event/rewiring-democracy
Can you imagine what could be happening in Gaza right now if the Democrats, through countless administrations over the last 75 years, hadn’t stood up for what’s right against Israel’s settler colonialism, apartheid, and ethnic cleansing and seen the establishment of a two-state solution?
#democrats #republicans
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Dinosaur Jr.:
🎵 Feel the Pain
#DinosaurJr
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https://open.spotify.com/track/6xUMt58RCX98m7g0KcMwAS
Weniger Demokratie:
Der Bundestag löst die Stabsstelle für Bürgerräte und Demokratie-Experimente auf. Vor allem die Union hat Probleme mit ausgelosten Beratungsgremien.
Jetzt erst recht: #DemokratieStärken
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How the explicit deepfake ecosystem evolved from images to high-quality video; an analysis shows 1.4M Telegram accounts signed up to 39 deepfake creation bots (Matt Burgess/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/deepfake-nudify-technology-is-getting-…
While the US can protect security in Europe and deserves our undying gratitude for having done so for the last 80 years,
Europeans cannot protect democracy in the US.
They can and must, however, protect liberal democracy in Europe,
which risks becoming a collateral victim of Trump’s domestic and foreign policy agenda.
What happens in America doesn’t stay in America.
It is often a precursor for trends in Europe.
Just as the