The most dangerous days start now

Amid all the joy and celebration, we must not forget that this election was held in the shadow of Trump’s relentless assault on voting.

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Trump DOJ drops California ballot segregation lawsuit after Supreme Court defeat

The Trump administration voluntarily dismissed its lawsuit against California, abandoning its effort to force election officials to set aside thousands of mail ballots cast by voters it suspected of being noncitizens.

Peltola campaign sues Alaska for information on rejected mail ballots

With Peltola leading by such a narrow margin, addressing a handful of rejected ballots could prove decisive. 

Karma: By gutting Voting Rights Act, Supreme Court launched a new Civil Rights movement and may have broken Mississippi’s red wall

It has been 156 years since the nation elected its first Black United States senator. He represented Mississippi. The state may soon see its second Black senator in history, after voters flocked to the polls in…