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Trump praises ‘terrific’ white supremacist conspiracy theorist

Laura Loomer, banned from social media after describing herself as ‘proud Islamophobe’, draws approval from former president

The Guardian - US · Aug 14, 2023

Voters in Allentown, Pennsylvania, to decide on ballot initiative to create an alternative police team to address certain calls related to mental health

Voters in Allentown, Pennsylvania, will decide in Nov. 2023 on a citizen-initiated ballot measure that would create the Mobile Community Responder Pilot Program (MCRPP). The program would be designed as an alternative first response to various types of calls related to mental and behavioral health, substance use, welfare checks, family…

Ballotpedia · Aug 14, 2023

Prosecutors charge Donald Trump and 18 others with election interference crimes – as it happened

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The Guardian - US · Aug 14, 2023

"Anti-woke" movement jumps the shark

A bizarre racist outburst at a Texas school board isn't an isolated event — it's part of a national pattern

Salon · Aug 14, 2023

1.5% of all absentee/mail-in ballots were rejected in 2022, roughly equal to 2018

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Ballotpedia · Aug 14, 2023

Ron DeSantis faces ‘pudding fingers’ chant and other protests during Iowa campaign stop

‘B****es get stuff done’ group tails second-place GOP candidate in early caucus state

The Independent UK · Aug 14, 2023

Trump mocked for sarcastic response to 2020 election interference question: ‘You know the answer’

‘He didn’t say no’

The Independent UK · Aug 14, 2023

Alabama lost a voting rights case at the Supreme Court. It's still trying to win

Alabama is under a federal court order to draw a new congressional map with two districts where Black voters have a chance to elect their preferred candidate. But its GOP-led legislature refused.

WEKU · Aug 14, 2023

How Fani Willis oversaw what might be the most sprawling legal case against Donald Trump

Just one month after Donald Trump’s January 2021 phone call to suggest Georgia’s secretary of state could overturn his election loss, district attorney Fani Willis announced she was looking into possibly illegal “attempts to influence” the results

The Independent UK · Aug 14, 2023

Jack Smith calls out Trump defence for forgetting when the Capitol riot happened

‘Not only is this claim impossible, as January 6, 2021, was two and a half years ago, but it is disingenuous,’ Special Counsel’s office writes

The Independent UK · Aug 14, 2023