"...From paying off people to keep voters from learning of his scandals in a blatant attempt to interfere with the election, to inciting a deadly insurrection on January 6, 2021, to threatening our national security by illegally retaining classified documents and obstructing justice, Donald Trump has repeatedly jeopardized American democracy by stoking chaos and disorder—and he’s an even worse threat today.
While Trump and his allies have sought to delay accountability at every turn...there’s still time to bring criminal cases against Trump to trial before November...
In today's newsletter from Workers Circle, Jewish Culture for a Just World:
"...In 2021, Texas lawmakers passed a wide-ranging voter suppression law, Senate Bill 1. The law made voting even more challenging in a state where it was already difficult — particularly for Black and Latino voters and for people with disabilities, limited English proficiency, or limited literacy.
S.B. 1 imposes new requirements and penalties for vote assisters, deterring volunteers from aiding voters at the polls. It also makes it a crime to compensate or receive compensation for helping people vote by mail, which prohibits, for example, civic organizations from supporting community members who have trouble filling out the forms. Under one provision of the law, a vote assister must sign an oath affirming that the voter qualifies to receive help “under the penalty of perjury” — a requirement that Cole called “offensive.”