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NEW: We reviewed the 7 most far-reaching Republican voter suppression laws enacted this year.

Passing the #ForThePeopleAct would invalidate roughly 2/3 of their attacks on voting access.

The only way to save democracy is for Democrats to act. This is what's at stake:
Georgia’s infamous SB 202 remakes almost every element of the state’s election laws to make it harder for people of color to vote.

The For The People Act would end its onerous voter ID requirements, restore ballot drop boxes, and block partisan poll watchers, among other fixes. Image
In Florida, the #ForThePeopleAct would overturn much of Gov. Ron DeSantis and the GOP's assault on voters.

It would prevent the destruction of the state's mail-in voting list, stop extreme voter ID requirements, and end the criminalization of ballot delivery. Image
Iowa was the first state to pass an extreme voter suppression law this year.

The For The People Act would overturn Iowa’s new limitations on drop boxes, ban on ballot delivery, and harsh limits on sending absentee ballots. Image
Arizona — home of the conspiracy theorist-run “audit” — has also passed a number of voter suppression laws.

Republicans voted to end the state’s ultra-popular permanent vote-by-mail list and to make it harder to correct a ballot.

Both these laws would be overturned. Image
It got even more difficult to vote in Arkansas this year due to stringent new voter ID requirements, absentee ballot limitations, and a signature matching program.

Each would be blocked by the #ForThePeopleAct. Image
In Montana, after a clean Republican sweep, the GOP legislature decided to further restrict ballot access.

The state ended same-day voter registration and now requires *two* forms of ID to vote in many cases. Both would be blocked by S 1. Image
In Kansas, a Republican supermajority overrode Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto to enact a slew of new voter limitations and make a major legislative power grab.

The For The People Act would stop this election rigging in its tracks. Image

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Feb 5
THREAD: Alabama has generated over $250 million since 2000 by exploiting prison labor.

For years, inmates protested the barbaric prison system that uses and abuses them.

The Free Alabama Movement is calling for a protest on Feb. 8 to halt the flow of money that enables abuse.
Since 2022, the Free Alabama Movement has demanded:

-The abolition of forced prison labor
-Rescinding the Habitual Felony Offender Act that doles out life sentences “far beyond any rehabilitative purpose.”
-Protecting family programs and increasing access to familial communications, visitations, and overnight stays.
-Resentence all eligible prior convictions under harsher sentencing statutes and apply modern laws so inmates can receive “fair and consistent treatment as those sentenced today.”

And more:

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Alabama became one of the first states to enact a total ban on slavery without exceptions in 2022, but the abuse continued.

During a work stop strike in 2022, Alabama prisons reduced meals and axed family visitation rights for inmates. The same starve-out tactics was used in the 2024 work strikes. In 2025, Alabama dismissed a 2023 class action lawsuit filed by inmates against ADOC for using prisoners for its modern-day slavery machine.

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Feb 2
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DHS is planning 23 new detention centers that would more than double the number of people in ICE custody, detaining an additional 76,500 people, according to Bloomberg. bloomberg.com/news/features/…
ICE is buying massive warehouses with the intention of converting them into immigration jails in nearly two dozen communities. Image
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Jan 30
ICE is the most well-funded law enforcement agency in the country, and its budget is set to triple this year.

ICE is using that cash to arm itself with a high-tech arsenal to track immigrants and citizens alike.

THREAD.
So far, seven people have reported ICE recording them and uploading their data into a facial recognition app without their permission. ICE uses Mobile Fortify and a ClearviewAI facial recognition app to track undocumented immigrants and citizens opposing ICE’s presence.

nytimes.com/2026/01/30/tec…
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During the 2008 recession, Warsh wanted to keep high interest rates even as the economy teetered toward collapse. Warsh opposed interest rate cuts, and when the Fed issued them, inflation didn’t rise.

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- The Minnesota AFL-CIO
- The Sunrise Movement
- Faith leaders

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1: ICE must leave Minnesota now.
2: Renee Good’s killer, Jonathan Ross, must be held legally accountable.
3: No additional federal funding for ICE in the upcoming budget.

“These are moral common sense for a state that values truth, freedom, and life.”

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