NEW: @ProPublica unpacks the financial web of influence surrounding the far-right legal movement that extends from lower courts all the way to the SCOTUS. The man at the center of this story, Leonard Leo, may be unknown to some — but is no stranger to Democracy Forward.

🧵 @propublica While this particular expose breaks new ground in the effort to uncover just how far Leo will go to reshape our legal system in every corner of our nation, our team has been tracking his work and the constellation of groups that make up the far-right legal movement.

When workers fight back in court and beyond, democracy wins.

That’s why we’ve teamed up with partners across the labor movement.

In honor of #LaborDay, a thread of our recent work on labor justice: We’ve worked with a broad coalition to defend the legality of President Biden’s federal contractor minimum wage increase.

We filed a brief urging the 9th Circuit to uphold the increase, underscoring the administration used its lawful authority to empower minimum wage workers.

You may have heard about the Supreme Court’s recent ruling in 303 Creative that was heralded as a decision “only” affecting creative expression…

Here’s what you need to know about how extremists will likely use this case to further erode civil rights across the nation: In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that the owner of a website design company can refuse to create “expressive designs” containing messages with which the designer disagrees.

The messages? LGBTQ+ wedding announcements.

📢ICYMI: We’re calling on our community to share how YOU will resolve to fight for #democracy in 2023. Whether it's attending a school board meeting or writing a postcard to voters, no act is too small to help us meet this critical moment. Fill out yours: bit.ly/3FQvaUj To help shape our 2023 #resolutions we’re taking a look back on some lessons learned from our fights for #democracy in 2022. First up: our challenge to the Mississippi state legislature’s funneling of private money to public schools.
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Florida’s state government is training public school librarians to comply with the state’s censorship law. This is terrifying enough.

But unfortunately, there’s more. 1/

https://twitter.com/FLFreedomRead/status/1585230328087691268

The government intends to rely on an appointed workgroup to develop the training. One participant touts her membership in an organization opposed to books “they say promote Islam, socialism, sex, LGBTQ identity, evolutionary science, climate change, or gun control.” 2/

FILED: We sued in Wisconsin on behalf of @weareoversight to stop the Office of Special Counsel (OSC), the group responsible for a partisan inquiry into WI's 2020 election results, from deleting public docs days after an official from OSC testified he deleted investigation records WI’s Office of Special Counsel was created by the Wisconsin Assembly in 2021 to examine claims made by Trump about the integrity of the 2020 election. Despite spending nearly a million taxpayer dollars, the inquiry has uncovered no credible evidence of irregularities. 2/

ICYMI: Last week, w/ @rtushnet & a coalition of First Amendment & securities disclosure law experts, we submitted a comment supporting @SECGov climate disclosure rule.

Despite vocal opposition, strong evidence underscores investors' need for this information. Let's dive in🧵 Companies may face climate-related risks like catastrophic weather events, supply chain disruptions, changing demand, and regulatory and transition costs as the world uses fewer fossil fuels. And the consequences of not having access to this information are high. /2

THREAD: @ProPublica's reporting about social media activity by @CBP employees was shocking. CPB has said that it’s investigating the Facebook group, as is Congress; we have *18* legal questions for them that are a good place to start. 1/ @propublica @CBP According to ProPublica, thousands of current and former CBP employees may have participated in a FB group demeaning migrants, celebrating their pain, misery, and death, and threatening members of Congress. 2/ propublica.org/article/secret…

NEW: We and @VoteVets just sued the VA over a breathtakingly illegal scheme: empowering Mar-a-Lago members to steer Veterans Affairs policy from Trump’s golf club.

A thread explaining the case ⬇️ propublica.org/article/vetera… @votevets We know Trump isn't fond of following the law. But secretly turning a ~$200 billion agency over to 3 unqualified Mar-a-Lago buddies who haven’t served in our military is a masterpiece of lawlessness that violates the Federal Advisory Committee Act. propublica.org/article/ike-pe…

While we’re on the subject. Here’s a list of actions @realDonaldTrump has taken since January to roll back protections for survivors of sexual assault. (Apologies for length) 1/

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.@realDonaldTrump ended the Department of Education’s initiative to address college sexual assault 2/ cnn.com/2017/09/22/pol…