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President and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, . Former head of USDOJ Civil Rights Division. Views my own.

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    Sep 4

    NEW: A draft DHS report I reviewed calls white supremacists the most dangerous terror threat to the US homeland. Subsequent drafts of the same document, which I also reviewed, use slightly different language to describe the threat Story here:

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  2. 11 hours ago

    University and college officials everywhere should follow President Bollinger’s lead.

    From a note that Columbia University President Lee C. Bollinger just sent to the community.
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  3. 22 hours ago

    Friday night news...it never ends: Trump is moving to cancel federal agencies’ racial sensitivity trainings, casting some of them “divisive” and “un-American,” according to a memo by the White House Office of Management and Budget.

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    Sep 4

    Two former sr Trump admin officials confirm . reporting that President Trump disparaged veterans and did not want to drive to honor American war dead at Aisne-Marne Cemetery outside Paris.

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    Sep 4

    AG Bill Barr's CNN interview “reveals the degree to which the DOJ is being and will be weaponized in Trump’s effort to hold power. His willingness to just defy all of the evidence before him and just participate in the president’s political agenda is staggering.” –

    After Trump’s remarks, election officials warn that trying to vote twice is a crime and could undermine the system
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  6. Sep 4

    This thread. One day these incidents could be part of the history books on how close the US came to full authoritarianism. For now it’s all happening unless we stop it.

    This WP story about how Bill Barr confidently, even pugnaciously, told CNN viewers about a massive mail-in ballots fraud incident in Texas that never happened, is a reminder of some other things like that. /1
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    Sep 4

    Monday: Wednesday: Today: This week, has used her platform at the to and to fight for justice. We thank her.

    Graphic shows Naomi Osaka wearing masks to honor Breonna Taylor, Elijah McClain, and Ahmaud Arbery.
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  8. Sep 4

    This was two years ago – the day the hearings began. We fought every day to stop Trump’s Supreme Court takeover, and we fight every day now for fair courts & to stop anti-civil rights judges. These are our courts, not Trump’s, and we’ll never stop fighting for them.

    . outside the Kavanaugh confirmation hearing: This Senate process will define who we are as a country for generations to come. That's why we're fighting to save the soul of our democracy.
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  9. Sep 4

    Good morning. The 2020 election season has officially started - North Carolina today is sending mail-in ballots to those who’ve requested them and is the first state to do so. Remember: vote early!

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    Sep 3

    My phone is blowing up. Academy classmates, old Army friends, former Soldiers, colleagues. The anger, sadness, raw rage is palpable. At what was said, but more so to all those who excused it and wished it away. Every wound of each and every loss is open and raw again.

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    Sep 3

    You probably weren't paying attention over the last week, but all three of the major US government entities—DOJ, DHS, and ODNI—have now taken steps that appear to weaken election security. My latest:

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  12. Sep 3

    But what are facts to an Attorney General?

    Barr claims a man collected 1,700 ballots and filled them out as he pleased. Prosecutors say that’s not what happened.
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  13. Sep 3

    No level is too low He is so deeply unfit to be president.

    New, from : Trump skipped a visit to an American military cemetery in France after calling the dead "losers" for getting killed: Full story here:
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  14. Sep 3

    What a coincidence that Trump and Putin are using the same messaging

    NEW: Intelligence bulletin warns Russia is amplifying false claims that mail-in voting will lead to widespread fraud, an attempt to sow doubt about the integrity of the 2020 elections
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  15. Sep 3

    On behalf of women, may I just say that it is so ridiculous and outrageous that the Speaker of the House has to spend even a second on this. We are in the middle of a pandemic and war on our democracy and economic crisis, people.

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    Nancy Pelosi is getting heat over a visit to a hair salon at a time when California businesses are limited due to concern over the . Read more:
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  16. Sep 3

    “A Black man died of suffocation in Rochester, N.Y., after police officers who were taking him into custody put a hood over his head and then pressed his face into the pavement for two minutes, according to video and records released by his family.”

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  17. Sep 3

    111 days. Meanwhile, McConnell has teed up votes on five of Trump's judicial nominees beginning on Tuesday (9/8) when the Senate returns from recess. Stacking the courts is his top priority – even amid the pandemic.

    It has been 111 days since the House passed the , and still Republicans in the Senate remain determined to block this plan to help America’s working families. Enough is enough. The Senate must put and finally pass the Heroes Act.
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    Sep 3

    The private sector has a key role to play in building an America as good as its ideals. Businesses around the globe can, and do, significantly impact society in the space of civil and human rights. But we need more than social media posts. We need action:

    Graphic reads: "Social media shouldn't be the only place a company calls for social justice. Businesses are either watching history - or making it. Help us hold businesses accountable for racial justice, inclusion, and opportunity. civilrights.org/makehistory."
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  19. Sep 3

    Reminder: The Senate comes back next Tuesday afternoon and will immediately start voting on...Trump's judicial nominees. No COVID relief. No meaningful police reform. No USPS or election funding. Just more votes to stack the courts with Trump's judicial picks. It's outrageous.

    Vote Scheduled: at 5:30pm on Tuesday, September 8th, the Senate will proceed to a vote on the motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #771 Brett H. Ludwig to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.
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  20. Sep 3

    .'s announcements about policing voting misinformation, including by politicians, and defending a fair election are significant improvements & come after much pressure from civil rights community. But everything – any impact – rests on enforcement. We’ll remain vigilant.

    Breaking News: Facebook said it would bar new political ads the week before Election Day, part of changes to limit misinformation and prevent interference
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