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Trump’s MUSK Scandal EXPLODES as Judge Blocks Him From Dismissing “Dirty” Data Center Lawsuit!

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  Legal AF 1.27M subscribers Oct 28, 2026 The Intersection with Michael Popok In a special Legal AF, Popok is joined by Abré Connor the Director of Environmental and Climate Justice for the NAACP about  making sure that the Climate is on the Ballot as the NAACP introduces a new Nationwide Electoral Database you can use to see how your elected officials and candidates would vote on environmental and data center issues.  Popok and Ms. Connor also talk about new good developments in Federal Court as a federal judge does not allow the DOJ or the EPA under Trump to dismiss the NAACP's pollution lawsuit against Musk's data centers! https://naacp.org/resources/climate-y... Subscribe:     / @legalafmtn   Become a member of Legal AF YouTube community:     / @legalafmtn   Become a member of the Legal AF Substack: https://michaelpopok.substack.com/20off Follow Legal AF on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/lega...

Honoring the Legacy of Selma

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  This past weekend, Common Cause joined thousands in Selma, Alabama, to mark the 60th anniversary of the Selma Bridge Crossing—a moment that forever changed our democracy. We walked across the Edmund Pettus Bridge, retracing the steps of the brave marchers who, in 1965, risked their lives for the right to vote. We learned from civil rights leaders, discussing the urgent fight for voting rights today. And we gathered with our partners from the NAACP, honoring those who paved the way while recommitting ourselves to the work ahead. But this anniversary wasn’t just about remembering the past—it was a call to action.  Because six decades later, the fight for voting rights is far from over. Across the country, politicians are working to suppress votes and silence voices—pushing new laws that make it harder to vote, limit ballot access, and manipulate elections in their favor. That’s why Common Cause is fighting back in nearly two dozen states to defend and expand voting rights—beca...

Does MA have a white supremacy problem? Depends which Brockton state rep hopeful you ask.

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Does MA have a white supremacy problem? Depends which Brockton state rep hopeful you ask. Chris Helms The Enterprise  Published Aug 28, 2022  Brockton NAACP presents MA State Representative 11th Plymouth District Debate Night 8-25-22 BROCKTON – Candidates for the city's new majority-minority State House district took questions on race, rent and revitalization in a debate hosted by the Brockton Area Branch NAACP. Three people hope to represent the 11th Plymouth District: Democrats Shirley Asack and Rita Mendes, plus Fred Fontaine, who is running as an independent on a sticker campaign after missing an election filing deadline. Asack and Mendes both serve on the City Council, with Asack the longtime representative of Ward 7 and Mendes the top vote-getter among at-large candidates. Questions from panelists Patricia Jackson and Courtney Henderson laid bare some differences among the candidates at the forum on Thu...