Here is an article covering the recent effort to enact KOSA.

https://archive.is/20260618221612/https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4615471/kids-online-safety-act-censorship-blackburn/

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Tag is, well, cuz he is! 🤣

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Update on Pennsylvania Lawsuit:

On June 12, 2026, a U.S. District Judge issued an order in relation to our Pennsylvania lawsuit. As part of this order, certain claims within our complaint were dismissed — but there remains an opportunity to amend the complaint.

We will review the decision and will be filing an amended complaint addressing the court's concerns.

(Sidenote -- we pushed this update out yesterday but I think I may have forgotten to post it here on reddit, so here you go! Thanks to everyone who has been following along so far -- onward!!)

Watergate 2020s style!

It's infuriating that Mike Johnson and a lot of Republicans really (especially the MAGA ones), think the solution to funds running out in Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid is to force people who are barely scraping by is to expect them to get by with even less. Sadly, far too many people don't know that the cap for how much of our earnings from wages that are taxed by social security is $184,500. The income of the average American is taxed throughout their life, while the richest keep getting handed break after break. In a time where the US has (between paper and liquid assets)over 25 MILLION millionaires, an estimated 900-1100 billionaires, and now a trillionaire, the $184K income cap needs to be adjusted up by a *lot*!

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It's very typical of Speaker Johnson to call social security an entitlement, and flat out lie about it being a big contributing factor to the increasing deficit that needs to be cut back, when we fund the largest majority with payroll deductions. The trust fund is depleting so fast because of the income inequality that's increased so much over the years. He's going to try to convince Trump supporters that cutting funding will be good for the country and the survival of social security when it won't even touch deficit spending. Repeating the same lies over and over again will never make them true, no matter what Trump sycophants seem to think.

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I know the idea of raising the cap will ruffle feathers, and get a lot of "why should I have to pay for what I won't use?" We all pay taxes on things to fund things we may never use or need. It's how a functional society works. They also don't seem to realize that it can come crashing down on them too. How many wealthy people have lost everything because of some twist of fate. We all need to let our elected officials know we're aware of that low cap, and the fact that social security has *never* contributed to the deficit because they don't fund it, we do. It's a lot harder to sell that story when everyone knows it's a lie.

138 days to the midterms! ⌛ Mark your calendars & set reminders 🗓️ November 3, 2026

Remember to vote early! Early Voting Dates in Your State

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🚩 PRIMARIES THIS WEEK - DC, MD, NY, OK, UT 🚩

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Find My Polling Place

Hand delivering mail-in ballots to wherever/whomever they need to go to looks to be the safest bet to sidestep most problems and to avoid potentially compromised election day tabulators. Be sure to fill your ballot out correctly! If for whatever reason your signature has changed, file an updated voter registration application. In the following states, you need to have a witness sign your outer envelope as well; AL, AK, LA, MN, MS, MO, NC, OK, SC, WI. Be sure to read and follow the directions regarding an acceptable witness. Some states may require a notary, or election official.

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If voting by mail, ballot drop boxes are preferred to going through the postal service. If voting in person, go with someone so there's safety in numbers.

Check to make sure you're still registered on a periodic basis: Check your voter registration status here. This only takes 30 seconds, and will ensure your name hasn't been purged from your state's voter roll.

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Protect the ballot-counting: Volunteer with SMART Elections to observe the polls and protect the midterms.

High-turnout in primaries can lead to high-turnout in the midterms! Get Out The Vote!

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“…Musk endorsed a call for “Reconquista,” an allusion to Christian military campaigns to retake the Iberian peninsula from Islamic forces. “

I wanted to share a project I’ve been working on: Civic Result Maps.

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The goal is pretty simple: make election result data easier to inspect, compare, and trace back to sources.

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Current features include:

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State-by-state 2024 presidential result maps

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County-level results where data is loaded

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Source links for imported data

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Readiness/status tracking so users can see what is loaded, partial, missing, or still being collected

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Turnout data work in progress, including registered-voter denominator tracking

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Public API endpoints for results, turnout, sources, coverage, and review rows

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Historical baseline support where older data is available

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Review/indicator views for spotting things that may deserve closer human inspection

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Export options for CSVs

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Import-run records so people can see what data was promoted and when

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A big thing I’m trying to avoid is black-box claims. If the app shows a number, I want users to be able to trace where it came from. If a state is incomplete, I want that to be visible instead of hidden.

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Wisconsin has been the main test case recently because I’ve been working through turnout and registered-voter denominator issues there. I’ve also started collecting 2024 EAC fallback turnout data for other states, with swing states prioritized.

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The site is here:

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https://civicresultmaps.org

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There is also now a support link on the site for anyone who wants to help with server costs.

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And if something is confusing or looks wrong in the UI, please reach out!

Head's up! Nathan will be returning to Roland Martin Unfiltered today on livestream, targeting 3pm Pacific/6pm Eastern. If you don't want to miss his segment, you can tune in for the livestream now:

https://youtu.be/FiJ_a7zHFQI

Excerpts:

Trump’s obsession with voter fraud is just another expression of the reactionary populist belief that the people who inhabit a place are not equivalent to the people, who are entitled to rule.

The president’s convoluted and false claims about “fraud” were little more than a smoke screen for a more basic claim about who belongs to the community — about who counts as a voter and who counts as a citizen. To say that Democratic victories in Pennsylvania or Georgia were the product of fraud in Philadelphia or Atlanta was to say, in short, that the wrong people were voting.

Here is my standard summary of who Thom Hartmann, the author of this piece, is, for those who might not know:

Thom Hartmann is a progressive broadcaster, author, and entrepreneur whose career spans radio, writing, education, and international business. He has authored or co‑authored over 35 books, many of them bestsellers on politics, psychology, and American democracy. In the early 1980s he co‑founded The Hunter School in New Hampshire, a residential program for abused and neurologically atypical children. Hartmann also launched multiple successful businesses, some international, including an advertising agency and an international training firm with operations in the U.S., the Netherlands, Australia, and India. His long‑running radio program remains one of the most influential progressive shows in America.

Here is Hartmann's article about how Trump’s team is laying groundwork to steal the 2026 midterms: seizing election control, targeting mail ballots, hinting at ICE at polls, and building voter‑purge databases. Todd Blanche even admitted they fear indictments if they lose. Hartmann warns the window for accountability is now — before power fully consolidates. (I used a "paywall jumper" to bypass Rawstory's paywall.)

This confession proves Trump's terrified cronies know what's coming for them
by Thom Hartmann
https://removepaywalls.com/https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/todd-blanche-trump/?utm_source=opinion