DOJ Wants Election Worker Names. Trump Threatens Iran Again. Delivering While Black. #TheBreakdown

The Department of Justice issued a grand jury subpoena demanding names, addresses, phone numbers, and emails for all Fulton County, Georgia, election workers involved in the 2020 election. Fulton County officials are challenging this in federal court, arguing it aims to 'target, harass, and punish' perceived political opponents amid an investigation into alleged irregularities.

The Department of Justice demanded the names and contact information for every election worker in Fulton County, Georgia involved in the 2020 election last month. The Fulton County Board of Registrations and Elections is now asking a federal courts in Atlanta to quash the grand jury subpoena from federal agents requesting names, addresses, phone numbers, and emails for any staff member who worked the 2020 election. Lawyers for the Fulton County officials said in a motion filed Monday that its purpose is to target, harass, and punish the president's perceived political opponents.

Former President Donald Trump successfully targeted Republican state lawmakers in Indiana who opposed his stance on congressional redistricting. Five of seven Trump-backed challengers defeated incumbent Republican state senators, demonstrating Trump's continued power to influence local elections and punish dissent within the GOP.

In Indiana, several Republican state lawmakers who opposed former President Donald Trump on congressional redistricting last year, well, they have now lost their primary elections. Five of the seven Trump backed challengers defeated incumbent Republican state senators Tuesday, marking a major political victory for Trump after he vowed to target lawmakers who oppose a Republicanbacked redistricting proposal.

Filmmaker Amanda Rostik's documentary 'Delivering While Black' highlights the dangerous racial profiling Black women face in the American healthcare system. It argues that Black women are dying not because they are less healthy, but because they are consistently disregarded and disrespected by medical providers, mirroring the 'driving while Black' phenomenon.

Amanda Rostik: 'black women are dying not because they're less healthy, but because they're being disregarded by the American healthare system.' The title is 'a play on the concept of how racial profiling is harmful for black people in just everyday normal circumstances from driving to healthcare.' Black women are three to four times more likely to die from pregnancy related conditions than white women, regardless of income, education, or insurance, indicating race and racism are the primary factors.

Kayla Reed, Executive Director of Action St. Louis, details ongoing community struggles in St. Louis, including fighting state control over the police department, advocating for resources for North City after a devastating tornado, and demanding accountability for over 20 inmate deaths in the City Justice Center over five years. These issues are framed as consequences of historical neglect and an over-reliance on carceral solutions.

Kayla Reed: 'Our police departments... are actually under state control.' Action St. Louis is fighting 'their demand of so much money from our budget that would result in massive layoffs, cuts to services.' An EF3 tornado hit North St. Louis, a historically Black area, and '300 days later... homes are not being repaired. Debris is still on the ground.' Continuously, 'about 20 folks have died in the city justice center over the last 5 years.'

The Supreme Court issued an emergency order allowing Louisiana Republicans to redraw congressional maps, expediting the process despite the 'Purcell principle' which typically prevents changes close to an election. This move is criticized as deeply racist and partisan, designed to eliminate Black congressional districts and weaken the Congressional Black Caucus, contrasting with previous rulings where the same court invoked Purcell to protect existing maps.

Ellie Mistal: 'The court allowed a recent ruling last week that weakened a crucial part of the Voting Rights Act to take effect sooner than usual.' 'The court ruled that it invalidated Louisiana's congressional map and diminish section two of the Voting Rights Act.' 'This doesn't show just their partisanship. This shows their deep abiding racism. This is a purely racist decision because what you see happening in Louisiana... they are trying to eliminate the Congressional Black Caucus.' The court previously invoked the Purcell principle in Alabama (Allen v. Milligan) to prevent map changes five and a half months before an election, but ignored it for Louisiana's expedited redraw when an election had already started.