Trump administration proposes more drastic election security cuts

 

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Trump administration proposes more drastic election security cuts The Trump administration introduced a new budget proposal calling for a near $500 million cut to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the nation’s top federal entity responsible for protecting elections from hacking.  Trump ‘looking at’ suspending Habeas Corpus, Stephen Miller says  The Trump administration is looking into suspending people’s right to challenge their incarceration in court, to carry out President Donald Trump’s mass deportation efforts, White House aide Stephen Miller said today. Though Miller described it as a “privilege,” the writ of habeas corpus is a fundamental right guaranteed by the Constitution and can only be suspended “when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it.” New challenge to Wisconsin congressional map A second lawsuit was filed in the Wisconsin Supreme Court challenging the state’s congressional map. Voters, represented by the Campaign Legal Center, argue the map unevenly distributes the population, violating the state constitution. Iowa voting materials won’t be translated The Iowa Supreme Court reversed a lower court decision that allowed voting materials to be translated into other languages, despite a state law requiring documents to be distributed in English only. The case was dismissed due to lack of standing. Wyoming’s citizenship requirement challenged A pro-voting group is challenging Wyoming's House Bill 156, which mandates documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote. The lawsuit alleges the measure violates the First, Fifth, and 14th Amendments by creating barriers for eligible voters. The group argues the law disproportionately affects women, Hispanic, young, and low-income residents. This comes amid already low civic participation in Wyoming, where only 65% of eligible voters registered and 60% voted in 2024. We have more power than Trump wants us to believe Trump wants us to believe he is all-powerful. He wants us to believe that opposing him is futile or worse. He wants you to accept that there’s nothing you can do to limit his ability to harm our country and our democracy. But that simply isn’t true. Marc shares 10 things you can do to stand up to Trump and protect our democracy.