Daniel Nichanian

On Native Land, a New Push to Expand Voting Meets the Long Tail of State Violence Ongoing negotiations between tribal leaders and Colorado officials may chart a new path for automatically registering Native voters and growing voter rolls nationwide. But first the state is having to confront a legacy of mistrust.

Lorelei Cloud was born 3 years before Native Americans living on tribal lands in Colorado were guaranteed the right to vote. She is now vice chair of the Southern Ute Tribe. “I don’t want future generations to have to deal with any of what we’ve had to.”
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Inbox: a new Boston Globe poll by Suffolk finds a big lead for Mayor Wu against her more conservative challenger, Josh Kraft: 60% to 30%. (The election is in September.)

Democrats in Southeast Virginia Endorse "Pro-Trump, Pro-ICE" Sheriff - Bolts The Democratic Party in Chesapeake, Virginia’s second-largest city, has embraced and endorsed the local sheriff who proclaimed his office “pro-Trump, pro-ICE,” and who campaigned as a Republican this ...

no Dem ran for sheriff in Chesapeake VA, and then the right-wing incumbent, who calls himself “Detain ‘Em Dave Rosado," lost the GOP primary to a MAGA fascist. so the local Dem establishment is rallying around the incumbent boltsmag.org/chesapeake-s...

The first state to give women the vote is now first in line to disenfranchise them. #Wyoming

NEWS: A proposed Republican spending bill includes a number of provisions impacting D.C. laws and programs. The bill would:
- Repeal D.C.'s assisted suicide law.
- Prohibit D.C. from using traffic cameras, or to ban rights turns on red.
- Repeal non-citizen voting in D.C.

how can such a statement possibly be taken at face value

I mostly agree with all … with stipulation that most who made it past brackets were propped up & catered for (eg I think Bosco’s 2nd bracket win should have gone to Olivia), or the half-points in bracket 2, or the Daya final win. That’s what the production always does! Annoyingly, but not unique.

“An Egalitarian Pressure”: Australia Has Been Requiring People to Vote for 100 Years As Australia compels voters to show up at the polls this weekend, a scholar lays out the genesis of

An Australian scholar explains the idea that drove Australia to adopt compulsory voting: "You would know that the government that was elected had the support of the majority of voters in the electorate—not just the majority of the people who turned up." boltsmag.org/compuls...

I agree that this was a problem with the finale that’s really on production. I personally don’t see it for the rest of the season, though I’ve read all the takes otherwise. I just saw the same reactions toward wins she was getting 10 years ago.

She clearly won three of episodes; a fourth was admittedly questionable but no one did great (the first); she’s been a powerhouse for a decade. It’s rigorry when people’s fave loses, not when, say, Daya has to go up against Bosco who gets to choose a burlesque song.

And even if people disagree she dominated (which is pretty obvious to me), directing direct hate at a performer for decisions she has nothing to do with is wild .

I’m pretty horrified by the torrent of hate I’m seeing this weekend anytime I open my social media but I for one am delighted by the season’s winner!

Priced Out of Phone Calls Home The FCC blocked Biden-era limits on the exorbitant rates and fees charged by prison telecom companies, leaving incarcerated people and their families to fight for state-level reforms.

“Making incarcerated people pay for communication has a regressive effect on their well-being, on their improvement in prison, and after they are released,” says Wanda Betram, a spokesperson for the Prison Policy Initiative.

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Minneapolis DFL convention endorses democratic socialist Omar Fateh for mayor over Jacob Frey Incumbent Frey’s campaign said he’ll appeal Fateh’s Saturday victory in the party’s mayoral endorsement.

The Democratic Party convention in Minneapolis endorsed Omar Fateh, the state senator and democratic socialist challenger to Mayor Jacob Frey: www.startribune.com/can-minneapo...

particularly sad given that Wyoming was the first state to give women the vote

Democrats in Southeast Virginia Endorse "Pro-Trump, Pro-ICE" Sheriff - Bolts The Democratic Party in Chesapeake, Virginia’s second-largest city, has embraced and endorsed the local sheriff who proclaimed his office “pro-Trump, pro-ICE,” and who campaigned as a Republican this ...

A wild story, new in @boltsmag.org:

In a city of 250K people that Harris and Biden both won, Democrats not only failed to run a candidate for sheriff but are now enthusiastically endorsing “Detain ‘Em Dave Rosado,” who just last month signed a contract with ICE.

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Also relevant items in the article — the sheriff did various sorts of new agreements with ICE this year, did not say he’d roll anything back in exchange for this endorsement (nor was he asked for pressure), and the challenger isn’t naming any other policy he’d do.

VA Dems, folks 😑

“This is my first time hearing about any signed contract [w/ICE]…”

The next day, Washington emailed Bolts a…statement of unequivocal support for Rosado, calling him "the right choice to continue leading with professionalism, accountability, & a steadfast commitment to justice."

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- every new Bluesky follower I get
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I appreciate that coming across about Bolts. We don’t cover stories thru the prism of finding a national inference as we think that can often dilute the piece — tho if there’s a national angle, of course we stress is, but I’m hard-pressed to identify where in this story we’re making that inference.

16. The Article was published in The Wall Street Journal as an exclusive.' However, since publication, Defendants have widely disseminated it to hundreds of millions of people worldwide.

WSJ claimed the Trump–Epstein article was an “exclusive.” But what if I told you they fully intended to show it to people? storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

NM launches automatic voter registration, two years after bill signed into law SANTA FE — For the last 30-plus years, New Mexico residents have had the option to register to vote while getting a new driver’s license or updating their vehicle registration.

New Mexico began implementing a new program of automatic voter registration this month, the Albuquerque Journal reports. Since July 1, 17,000 people have been registered, or had their existing registration updated, while interacting with DMV offices.

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In a June Facebook post in which he boasted about his ICE partnership and Trump loyalty, Rosado wrote, “Want to know where I stand? Call me directly at [his phone number] — I’m happy to talk.” Bolts has called and texted Rosado many times since May, both before and after the primary. He has never responded.

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Another Texas Gerrymander: Send Us Your Questions - Bolts Ask a redistricting expert about new GOP efforts to redraw Texas' maps, and the potential impact on Congress and communities of color.

I’m vacationing by the sea this week, but when I return next week, I’ll be answering questions about the Texas mid-decade redistricting.

You can submit yours via the link below! Get them in before the end of this week.

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This is very generous — thank you for reading and for your support for our publication!

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What? I am literally linking to an 1,800 word story that we just published, that has all the information you're asking about.

Though worth noting the 'even-more-pro-ICE' candidate doesn't really have any issues he's naming where he'd be more pro-ICE!