Anne Applebaum's Bluesky post
"Voter suppression is one of the core tools of authoritarianism. It is how you shift from democracy to autocracy. And for millions of Americans, it’s about to become the norm"
— Anne Applebaum (@anneapplebaum.bsky.social) 2026-02-06T12:04:24.771Z
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
Related:
When the U.S. Supreme Court said that you could detain people based on their race, their accent, or the language they spoke… there is nothing to preclude ICE from doing that while you’re standing in line getting ready to cast a ballot.
— Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) 2026-02-07T16:29:42.078Z
Stacey Abrams
Voting-rights expert
= new reply since forum marked as read
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