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Tell the Senate: Protect the right to vote by mail!

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  MoveOn via Dose of Democracy Trump is quietly pushing through nominations for a lesser-known, yet powerful position—the United States Postal Service Board of Governors. 1 Just weeks before signing an executive order directing the USPS to determine who can vote by mail, he nominated four Republicans to fill vacancies on the board—breaking a longstanding tradition of bipartisan nominations. And the Senate could vote on them as soon as September. 2 Of Trump's four nominations to the board, three have openly expressed doubts about the results of the 2020 elections. 3 Trump is doing everything in his power to suppress voter turnout ahead of the midterms. Sign the petition calling on the Senate to block his nominations NOW. Trump is pushing through these nominations while directing the Department of Homeland Security to build a nationalized list of citizenships and require the USPS to direct states to abide by certain mail-ballot design and tracking requirements. 4 That means USPS woul...

Caught Lying To A Judge. Then Trump Made It Worse.

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  Thank you for keeping this operation independent and answering to nobody but readers like you. If you’re able to do more, upgrade to a Founding Member or gift a subscription to someone who needs to see the truth today. Caught Lying To A Judge. Then Trump Made It Worse. A fired 60 Minutes journalist’s allegation against CBS, a hidden $5 billion jet bill, and Trump’s mail-ballot fight frozen—for now Scott Dworkin Jul 28 This week, Trump forgot on camera the lies he told you last week. That’s what happens when a government builds itself out of cover stories—eventually one of them slips. And this time there was a room full of people there to hear it. Hit the like button and re-stack this edition for Cecilia Vega, the former CBS journalist who says she refused to push a fake story about people who were actually killed. Sharing her report is how we beat the algorithms that were built to bury it. And if you’ve been reading The Dworkin Report for free, here’s your official invitation to...