MS NOW’s Antonia Hylton examines President Trump’s fight to restrict mail-in voting and is joined by Janai Nelson, president of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. (The Beat's YouTube: https://ms.now/ari)
Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon emailed Civil Rights Division attorneys and professional staff this week asking them to volunteer as election monitors on November 3. NOTUS reviewed the message and reported from it. The department declined to discuss the internal email. The Justice Department routinely sends federal election monitors to primaries, midterms, and presidential elections. […] The post DOJ Seeks 1,000 Election Monitors for November Midterms appeared first on StoneZone .
Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon emailed Civil Rights Division attorneys and professional staff this week asking them to volunteer as election monitors on November 3. NOTUS reviewed the message and reported from it. The department declined to discuss the internal email. The Justice Department routinely sends federal election monitors to primaries, midterms, and presidential elections. Internal recruitment notes asking staff to volunteer are not new. This is a volunteer call, not an order. Staff can go to polling places or work a D.C. call center. Trainings are short and assignments come a few weeks before the election. Dhillon has already said the trainings use the same materials prior administrations have used. The irony…Open
Civil rights groups have called on Black college athletes to boycott schools in states that are rolling back voting rights. But highly paid NIL-era athletes are proving to be unwilling protesters. Why it matters: It's exposing a disconnect between advocates who rely on 1960s-style protest tactics, and prominent athletes in today's $3 billion NIL economy who have different views of activism — and who are unwilling to sacrifice unprecedented financial opportunities . The big picture: NIL (name, image, likeness) was championed as a tool to end the systemic exploitation of Black college athletes in big-revenue sports. - Irony has taken hold: Those NIL funds can now shield southern institutions from some political pressure, even as state…
Kristen Clarke, NAACP General Counsel and former assistant AG for the Civil Rights Division at the DOJ, explains how Trump’s DOJ is actively working to “deter people from voting.”
Donald Trump’s Justice Department sent election monitors to two states voting today in what appears to be a test run for a much larger operation come in November. Kristen Clarke, NAACP General Counsel and former Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division at the DOJ, joins The Weeknight to react.
Elon Musk’s controversial chatbot, Grok, is notorious for polluting the “cloud” with sexual deepfakes and racist content. But in the Memphis metropolitan area, it’s under fire for literally polluting the air. Grok’s “supercomputer” is located in massive data centers on the Tennessee-Mississippi border, powered by dozens of gas-burning turbines emitting harmful particulate matter linked to asthma, lung cancer and heart attacks. In April, the NAACP sued xAI and its subsidiary MZX Tech, claiming the fleet of turbines violates the Clean Air Act, by taking advantage of a loophole of sorts: Because their turbines are technically on wheels, Mississippi law considers them “portable” and not subject to permitting constraints,…
‘privacy does not disappear just because of new technology’
Republican Texas Rep. Keith Self on Wednesday proposed legislation would protect Americans’ privacy when federal law enforcement agencies seek surveillance data from Flock Safety, the Daily Caller News Foundation learned exclusively. The Texas conservative introduced the Protecting Rights in Video and Equipment Acquired Discovery (PRIVACY) Act , which would require federal law enforcement to obtain a warrant before accessing or querying surveillance data collected by state and local systems, including automated license plate readers (ALPRs) and other technologies. Self introduced the legislation as state and localities have canceled or suspended contracts with Flock, citing surveillance and privacy concerns. This also comes after some…Open
A former Wisconsin judge received only a $5,000 fine after a jury found her guilty of helping illegal immigrants evade federal agents. The jury found former Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan guilty of obstruction with the judge fining her $5,000 determined Wednesday during sentence hearing, according to Spectrum News 1. (RELATED: Manager Of Laugh Factory Chicago Gets Detained By Border Patrol Agents As Bystanders Screech Hysterically) Dugan spoke for the first time during the trials explaining that she upheld “decorum” and “safety,” aspects that the “public deserves,” the outlet reported. Dugan’s defense team used character witnesses to demonstrate that Dugan acted as a good public servant and Christian by…Open
Juneteenth is surviving the corporate DEI backlash, even as American institutions pull back from the promises that helped elevate it. Why it matters: The holiday's staying power shows how Black history can be absorbed into calendars, payroll systems and public rituals even as the post-2020 commitments that gave it renewed force are renamed, narrowed or abandoned. - The holiday is enduring by becoming quieter, more internal and routine. - Juneteenth remains a federal holiday, and President Trump cannot cancel it unilaterally despite his attacks on it . Catch up quick: President Biden signed Juneteenth into law in 2021 after Congress passed the measure with broad bipartisan support. - Legal experts say only Congress can undo a federal…
The department cited national security concerns, saying Elon Musk’s company had played a crucial role in the Iran war. It also argued it has the authority to stop environmental lawsuits brought by citizens.