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In San Diego, @uniondelbarrio.bsky.social is patrolling neighborhoods to identify potential ICE presence. They keep watch for federal vehicles & use livestreams, radios, & social media to keep communities informed. Read my full article on @boltsmag.org to learn more! boltsmag.org/how-voluntee...

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“Every year, the Black and Latino caucuses hear how polling suggests we need to talk about... immigrants less," says Colorado lawmaker Jennifer Bacon. "But we believe in this, so let’s do it.” She sponsored a law to improve access to ballots in Spanish. boltsmag.org/colorad...

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As Republicans double down on cracking down on immigrants, here's an alternative vision: Democrats in Colorado strengthen mandates for ballots to be available in Spanish. boltsmag.org/colorado-lan...

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Exclusive: US Marines carry out first known detention of civilian in Los Angeles, video shows reut.rs/3ZvxVoY

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NEW in Bolts: Colorado adopted a state Voting Rights Act, to stand in for quickly eroding federal protections. The law contains new requirements that will improve access to ballots in Spanish: boltsmag.org/colorad...

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Bloomberg pouring $5 million to help Cuomo, with 10 days to go: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/n...

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1/ Incredible story from @dfriedman.bsky.social and @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social (fixed!) on how MAGA organizers of Jan 6 "Stop the Steal" rally have quietly taken over the entity running the military/birthday parade organizing entity: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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when you want to join the fun but can't quite get down with the nomenclature (ht @davelevitan.bsky.social)

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NEW: Colorado has adopted legislation strengthening requirements that election offices provide people with ballots in Spanish. The reform comes at a time where the federal government has become very hostile to language accommodations, and to immigrants more broadly. boltsmag.org/colorado-lan...

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Big development in the NYC mayoral race: Lander and Mamdani have 'cross-endorsed' each other, meaning that they've invited their own supporters to rank the other. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/n...

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Terry Townsend, who was released on parole last fall after spending two decades behind bars in Alabama, calls his freedom “a miracle.” Now, Townsend is employed full-time at a packaging company—and he wants lawmakers to apply pressure on the parole board. boltsmag.org/alabama...

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16 Senate Democrats voted with Republicans on crypto, Alex Padilla was shoved to the ground and handcuffed by the Trump administration, and then Democrats participated in another vote. "They will continue to stern-letter us into fascism," a former staffer said. prospect.org/politics/202...

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Big primaries coming up next Tuesday

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This is a really wild situation out of Oklahoma if you followed the Glossip case

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Ohio Republicans are attacking Cincinnati's Dem prosecutor for an anti-Trump message on social media and being too partisan; the prosecutor ended up deleting the post. What's hypocritical: Cincinnati's earlier prosecutor, GOP Joe Deters, was so close to Republican Governor DeWine that... (1/2)

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RESULT: Tuesday's two ballot measures to protect public libraries from the conservative city council in Huntington Beach have both won. The first repeals the recently-created 'book review committee'. The second bars privatization of the public libraries. Context:

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4 Democrats didn’t vote and another 3 Democratic seats are vacant due to member deaths Four Democratic absences (Correa, Beatty, Randall and Norcross) and the deaths of Grijalva, Turner and Connelly left the Democrats down 7 votes as the bill passed by 2. Two Republicans also didn’t vote.

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California's Senator Alex Padilla is dragged out of a Kristi Noem press conference by security, then forced on the ground and cuffed. Stills from video:

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Iowa's State Senator Zach Wahls announced today that he'll challenge U.S. Senator Ernst (R) next year, joining J. D. Scholten and Nathan Sage in the Democratic primary.

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Want to stop ICE collaboration in Virginia? Get on the ballot! Across VA, sheriffs working with ICE are running with no Democratic or independent opposition. There's still time — but not much — to challenge them. Great article from @boltsmag.org: boltsmag.org/sheriff-elections-virginia-2025

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NEW: Alabama's governor and AG pressured the state's parole board to stop granting parole, resulting in a near-full blockade. That is lifting somewhat — board is releasing some more people. Buut Lauren Gill documents that huge problems remain, & oversight stalled this year:

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What's extra weird about the idea of BlueSky as containment or a bubble, is that it's generating significantly increased traffic for news websites — whereas they've made it near-impossible to get anyone on Twitter to click through, leave the site, & read articles.

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This absolutely unhinged exchange is a lawyer for the Texas AG's office arguing that it's totally fine for there to be bugs crawling around in prison food. Amazing stuff.

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Pope Leo’s first US episcopal appointment, San Diego’s Bishop-designate Pham, a Vietnamese refugee, invites priests and faith leaders to “stand in solidarity”with migrants at courthouse on June 20, as they make court appearances.

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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...

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Huge problems in Washington DC’s juvenile detention facility, including violations of the law, the Washington Post reports: www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

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In most states, including Virginia, you don't even need to be a cop to run for sheriff

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For others who want to support Bolts… … it’s easy! Here: boltsmag.org/donate And if not Bolts, find an independent outlet to support and become a subscriber!

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A new poll of NYC, conducted for a comptroller campaign, shows Cuomo trailing Mamdani in the first round for the first time: 35-31. The poll didn’t approximate the RCV, so that’s what we have. www.politico.com/news/2025/06...

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“Immigrant rights advocates are dismayed by this race to the right, and they wonder if the sheriff might have at least felt some pressure […] had there been a more liberal challenger in the race […]. Said Dooley, “There is a voice for fear, for conservatism, but there’s no voice for us.””

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There are now just 6 days left before the final, final deadline for an independent, or a Dem, to enter the race against the GOP sheriffs in Virginia's two largest cities — a matter with heightened stakes given the ties sheriffs & ICE: boltsmag.org/sheriff-elec...

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Quinnipiac finds quite dismal approval numbers for Trump, at month 6: poll.qu.edu/poll-release... Overall: 38/54 'on deportations': 40/56 on the economy: 40/56 on trade: 38/57 on Russia-Ukraine: 34/57 and respondents oppose the 'big beautiful' bill 27/53.

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! "Nearly half of voters (47 percent) think federal funding for Medicaid should increase, 40 percent think it should stay about the same, and 10 percent think federal funding for Medicaid should decrease." poll.qu.edu/poll-release...

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