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Reporter @AP covering race, democracy and other light topics. Optimist, traveler, sci-fi nerd & disco enthusiast. mebrown @ap .org
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New: Georgia’s largest county removed two poll workers from their jobs just before polls opened today after staff found Facebook posts from the mother and son showing them participating the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol
#gapol
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“No justice, no peace!” protestors chant in Black Lives Matter Plaza, a block away from the White House and RNC
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With the White House as a backdrop, activists chant “Black Women Matter, because we get stuff done”
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We’re not doing this.
TL;DR on Harris so far: Vibes are bussin, but polls still mid. Big glow-up from Biden's oof numbers tho.
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New:
@ReverendWarnock
will hold a press conference on Saturday early voting in the Georgia runoff with voting rights leaders tomorrow at 2pm in Atlanta
#gapol
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Crowd in front of the White House still stretches back for blocks in multiple directions
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NEW: The Georgia special grand jury investigating the 2020 election has found “serious” criminal allegations that may lead to "prison sentences," DA Willis tells us. More targets will be identified and Willis hopes to wrap up this year.
w/
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What's in Biden's EO:
- Order federal agencies to expand voter registration and election info
- Update federal voting info sites
- Expand voting access for federal employees
- Establish a Native American voting rights group
- Expand voting education for those currently in jail
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The owner of the Black barbershop where
@ByronDonalds
,
@WesleyHuntTX
and Ben Carson hosted a Trump campaign surrogate roundtable says he wasn’t told it was a political event beforehand.
“I feel like I have been betrayed.”
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Georgia, Michigan, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin are all at high risk of extremist violence. Law enforcement says they're monitoring groups in each of those states for attempts to disrupt
#ElectionDay
voting
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Have Americans registered that we’re electing the president who will oversee the nation’s 250th anniversary and the 2028 Olympics?
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“I’ve been voting since they let us vote,” said Ida Simmons, 105, who was turned away from the polls the first time she tried to vote in 1964, at the height of the civil rights movement. “I think it is my duty to do it."
The past isn't even past
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A key question in the Fulton County DA’s criminal probe into Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election is whether he knew his team was lying when they pushed false voter fraud claims. Court documents out today show they did
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@Azi
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“You could be anywhere in the world right now; but you’re here” Crowd on 14th St is about 3-4000 large right now
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@POTUS
on the anniversary of Bloody Sunday: "The legacy of the march in Selma is that while nothing can stop a free people from exercising their most sacred power as a citizen, there are those who will do everything they can to take that power away."
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The Johns Creek, Ga. woman said “I stormed the Capitol building” and that “My children have had the best learning experience of their lives.”
She almost worked as a poll worker today until Fulton officials the secretary of state intervened.
#gapol
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Protestors have draped the metal fence erected around the White House with murals, posters and memorials, including a giant canvas reading
#BlackLivesMatter
#dcprotest
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"We're doing something new here and there's going to be an independent justice department,"
@PressSec
said about whether the White House supports prosecuting Trump. "I am not going to speculate about legal prosecution from the White House speaker's podium."
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Some news! I’m starting a new beat covering voting rights, election security, misinformation, public trust and all things Georgia as part of the
@washingtonpost
’s new democracy team.
I couldn't be more excited to tell the story of the state that raised me. Coming home, ATL!
Matthew Brown joins The Post as a Georgia-based reporter for our new Democracy Team
@mrbrownsir
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Vice President Harris made a surprise visit to a practice session in Las Vegas for the USA Men’s Olympic Basketball Team. “Bring home that gold,” the vice president told them.
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Speaking with dozens of Black voters in Atlanta today and the vibe is pretty clear:
> Very nervous about the election generally
> Very likely to support Harris
> Skeptical America will support a Black woman for president
> Many don’t know her but are eager to learn
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Solid majority of Dems want Biden to bow out, AP-NORC poll finds, undercutting his claims average party members back him.
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Some personal news: Very excited to be joining the
@AP
as a national race and politics reporter next month. I'm looking forward to exploring how communities across the US build meaning, engage civically and find common ground in this diverse country.
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Fulton County, which has been the site of death threats and harassment of poll workers since the 2020 election, is also assigning hundreds of law enforcement to protect polling places around the county.
#gapol
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New: Obama admin alumni are launching a national network to train and connect local advocates solving problems in their communities. It’s part of a broader push by
@BarackObama
to build the next generation of America’s leaders.
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"I predict to you your children or grandchildren with be doing their doctoral thesis on 'Who succeeded: Autocracy or Democracy?' And that's not just China, look around the world," Biden cautions, saying that the world is in a "fourth industrial revolution."
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New: Senate Democrats are calling on the Justice Department to launch a federal investigation into the expulsions of two Tennessee lawmakers to determine if any constitutional or federal civil rights laws were violated.
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Over 2 hours after DC’s curfew took effect, still several thousand protestors in front of the White House. Crowd that left to protest at the Capitol is also returning
#dcprotest
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"The scenes of smoke and violence were at once both shocking and predictable, the tragic realization of a prophecy Bolsonaro has repeatedly uttered to mobilize his base and terrify his adversaries.
If I’m removed from power, violence will follow."
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BREAKING: A judge rules that Saturday early voting is allowed in Georgia's Dec. 6 U.S. Senate runoff in a case brought by
@ReverendWarnock
@dscc
challenging the state's election laws.
#gasen
#gapol
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While the grand jury's final report isn’t finished, Willis said that she believes based on what’s already been learned people will likely face prison time.
“The allegations are very serious. If indicted and convicted, people are facing prison sentences"
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Biden reiterating that federal workers who do not get vaccinated will be greatly restricted in their activities and required mandatory testing. A military vaccine mandate is under consideration still.
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Important to note that more than 1000 people almost weren’t sent a ballot because a single election worker didn’t properly save a spreadsheet off a flash drive. Tiny mistakes like that show how fragile our democracy can be.
#gapol
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Sanctioning Putin's inner circle will be far more effective than previous steps taken by the US and its allies to deter the Russian strongman's tactics,
@vashurkov
argued.
Biden admin is mum on the idea;
@ABlinken
says he's "very concerned" about Navalny's safety
Top ally of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny calls on Biden to sanction Putin's 'cronies and wallets' via
@usatoday
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ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has formally approved allowing priests to bless same-sex couples, with a new document explaining a radical change in Vatican policy by insisting that people seeking God’s love and mercy shouldn’t be subject to “an exhaustive moral analysis” to receive it.
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The scene from
@ReverendWarnock
’s election party after projections put him winning the race
#gapol
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At least 17 people are targets of the inquiry. Willis said more will be notified they face likely criminal prosecution. They include
@RudyGiuliani
and 16 Republicans who participated in the so-called fake elector plot to contest Georgia’s 2020 election.
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Thanks for the photo credit
@HillaryClinton
What we saw last night sums up so much of the Trump administration:
A law-breaking convention on your dime, on the lawn of your house, to celebrate a president like a king for overseeing the needless deaths of 180,000 Americans—and counting.
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President Biden made a surprise visit to
@LeDiplomateDC
on 14th street in Washington, DC on
#MemorialDay2021
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Why, a month after the midterms, are Georgians still seeing campaign ads, candidates holding political rallies and counties spending millions to conduct another election? Some history on Georgia’s runoff system, a relic of Jim Crow
#gapol
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❗️Were US service dogs left in Afghanistan?❗️
Defense Department spokesman
@ericpahon2
: “To correct erroneous reports, the US military did not leave any dogs in cages at Hamid Karzai International Airport, to include the reported ‘military working dogs.’”
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New: Since 2021, Georgia’s largest county’s been looking for a new election director. The process comes after county workers were targets of conspiracy theories and death threats. Leaders now fear that past stalled the search, threatening its midterm prep
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Q: Did Georgia’s new voting law lead to the failure to send out the requested ballots?
Cobb’s election director: “The timeframe has been compressed. It is more difficult to get the number of ballots out in the short time that we have.”
#gapol
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“While referrals hold no legal weight, people familiar with the committee’s deliberations said the panel intended to make a strong statement about the need to hold accountable those responsible for inciting the Capitol assault — Trump especially.”
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‼️
@GaSecofState
Raffensperger calls to end Georgia runoff elections, notes the added stress on county election staff:
“We're also one of the only states that always seems to have a runoff…No one wants to be dealing with politics in the middle of their family holiday.”
#gapol
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The White House says President Biden told
@ZelenskyyUa
the US will “respond decisively if Russia further invades Ukraine. He also underscored the commitment of the United States to Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.”
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Trump is the first president to be indicted, but not the first to be arrested. Ulysses S Grant was arrested for speeding his horse carriage while still president. The policeman was William H. West, a Black man who had fought in the Civil War.
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“I honestly didn’t think about it. It was just once you say Black small business give back to the community, it’s like, ‘Okay, I’m doing it,’” said Jones. “I didn’t do the research I should’ve done. Now, I’m letting everyone else know you need to be aware of these calls.”
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@POTUS
on the legacies of civil rights icons C.T. Vivian, Joseph Lowery and John Lewis:
"In our lifetime, for Black Americans, the fundamental right to vote has been denied by white supremacy hiding both behind white hoods and in plain sight in statehouses and courtrooms."
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“This motion is an example of Trump’s kitchen sink litigating style that has gotten him in trouble in the past,”
@NormEisen
said. "They don’t like the law, so they’re trying to distort it into something that it’s not.”
#gapol
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>> Right before the vote, Justin Jones entered the council chamber and addressed his supporters. He called the House speaker an “extremist” and vowed a younger generation would eventually enact tougher gun laws. He then led the crowd in song.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Young Black lawyers and law students are taking on a new role ahead of the general election: Meeting with Black voters in battleground states to increase turnout and serve as watchdogs against voter disenfranchisement. From
@aalex413
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>
@KamalaHarris
departs Joint Base Andrews for campaign events in Las Vegas and Dallas this week
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An emergency virtual session of the Georgia state election board was just Zoom bombed by porn and ended immediately. Another day in
#gapol
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This case was brought to stop "ballot harvesting" — collecting and dropping off legal votes in bundles — which didn't happen at a large scale in Wisconsin. Like elsewhere, there's no evidence drop boxes enable widespread voter fraud
In 4-3 decision, Wisconsin Supreme Court bans the use of ballot drop boxes.
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@DeptofDefense
: "Kabul Small Animal Rescue told us they had a contract plane coming, but that flight never showed up or contacted us. All our working dogs left with their handlers. We would not leave them behind. To suggest otherwise is ridiculous."
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New: Conspiracy theories and election disinformation are fundamental drivers of Trump-backed candidates in 2022. In Michigan, that’s tearing at the state GOP—and trust in the state’s elections. My first report for
@washingtonpost
:
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Team Trump responds with its contract for the event. The owner says he is now willing to give the money back:
The business owner signed an agreement with the Trump campaign and received payment for the time spent in his location for this event.
See the contract below:
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Hmm:
@GavinNewsom
creates group to fight "rising authoritarianism" in red states, per
@MaeveReston
He told the White House: "I said after this week, after these three young girls were killed — I’ve got 9 year olds — I can’t take it. I’m done. I’m going.”
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Willis didn’t say whether Trump is a target of the GA investigation and left the door open on whether she will call him as a witness. “A decision is going to have to be made,” she said, “and I imagine it’s going to be made late this fall.”
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New:
@AyannaPressley
introduced legislation today that would guarantee the right of people with felony convictions to vote in federal elections. Currently formerly incarcerated peoples’ voting rights in any election can vary greatly by state.
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Confirmed: The Georgia grand jury investigating Trump's potential criminal interference in Georgia's elections has subpoenaed his closest legal advisors, including
@RudyGiuliani
@LindseyGrahamSC
and others. More here
@washingtonpost
:
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“I’m pleased with where it is. I think we’re moving along at a really good speed,” Willis said of the pace. She isn't concerned that some witnesses are resisting testimony.
“We are going to be done calling witnesses by the end of this year. Period."
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Willis’ comments are unusual for such a high profile case, and in sharp contrast to the muted comments from the fed prosecutors at the DOJ. Willis says part of her job is transparency to Fulton County residents and the country.
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‼️Election deniers have won nearly 2/3rds of GOP nominations for key state and federal offices in 2024 battlegrounds. Revealing analysis by
@AmyEGardner
>>
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Biden taped two interviews with Black radio stations that will air tomorrow morning: One with
@sherwinagain
on 101.7 The Truth in Milwaukee and another with V-103.3‘s
@BigTiggerShow
in Atlanta.
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“Photos circulating online were animals under the care of the Kabul Small Animal Rescue, not dogs under the care of the U.S. military,”
@DeptofDefense
says.
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Tyre Nichols’ mother mouths “Yes” and “Thank you” repeatedly when Biden says “Something good must come of this” while urging for police reform and gun control.
#SOTU
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@BillBarrowAP
@dsupervilleap
Biden officially awarded an honorary degree with Morehouse. “I’m not going home,” Biden says as he exits the stage. Some chants of “Four more years” from the crowd.
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Between the National Mall and White House, a GoGo band is performing to a large crowd
#dcprotest
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Most Internet/youth culture is really black culture pt. 100000 and y’all are going to get into some uncomfortable jokes if you throw around too many words and phrases you don’t really understand
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Some, including
@LindseyGrahamSC
@BrianKempGA
and
@RudyGiuliani
, say Willis is running a political probe. She rejected that, noting she’ll suspend on Oct 7:
“I didn’t want people to claim that this was some political stunt...to impact the election”
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People just started clapping on the steps of the Supreme Court. It’s the first time the crowd of a couple hundred people made any noise. It’s otherwise been very solemn
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At
@GeorgiaTech
,
@staceyabrams
speaks to students as the campus’s early voting location opens: “We had an extraordinary early voting period last week, record turnout. But where we are a little shy is young people. If you guys show up, you guys change the future,” she says.
#gapol
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“Despite an ongoing complicated and dangerous retrograde mission, U.S. forces went to great lengths to assist the Kabul Small Animal Rescue as much as possible,”
@DeptofDefense
says.
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Cobb County election director says the ballots weren’t sent out due to “human error,” says 38% of staff are new to their jobs.
On mass staff departures: “Many of them said they’re overworked, too much pressure, their own lives were suffering with the extra workload.”
#gapol
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@PressSec
on the July 4 spike in shootings, murders: “We see spikes in violent crime during the summer months and typically, unfortunately, during holiday weekends.”
Promotes Biden's agenda on gun violence and police reform.
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Military police begin advancing at protestors, firing tear gas and pepper spray. Helicopters overhead
#dcprotest
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A golf simulator, a donated treadmill, private flights on planes provided by donors fundraisers and other political events and a "Governor's cabana." This story has it all, from
@iarnsdorf
@jdawsey1
@FOIANate
@michaelscherer
@alice_crites
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Crowd at the Supreme Court singing “Imagine” by John Lennon
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CONFIRMED: Rudy Giuliani is a target of the Fulton County criminal investigation into election interference. He's scheduled to testify to the special grand jury on Wednesday
#gapol
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“The top Republican campaigns in Illinois used a private online portal last year to request stories and shape coverage in a network of media outlets that present themselves as local newspapers”
Wild read from
@isaacstanbecker
@jdawsey1
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The level of disbelief in this crowd at NABJ is palpable between groans, laughs, as well as some scattered cheers and boos.
But the overwhelming vibe and look on folks faces is confusion.
#NABJ24
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MCBURNEY: "I propose we move Mr. Giuliani's appearance date to August 17. It would be here in person. That gives him a week and a day to sort out whether he would travel by private coach or bus or whatever it would be."
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So excited and blessed to be joining
@USATODAY
's White House team!
I couldn't ask for a better squad to work with while covering the Biden admin:
@carenbohan
@RebeccaMorin_
@cmsub
@joeygarrison
@mcollinsNEWS
@dberrygannett
@mgroppe
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Q: Will you accept the results of the Georgia gubernatorial race even if you do not win?
@staceyabrams
: "Yes."
@BrianKempGA
: "Absolutely."
And there you have it.
#gapol
@gagov
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Vice President Kamala Harris was also in attendance, as was First Lady Jill Biden. The crowd at Le Diplomate clapped and cheered upon their arrival.
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