Experts alarmed as Trump launches broad-front attack on US voting rights

With election denialists installed in key positions, officials using series of measures to change voting rules…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/16/trump-voting-rights-elections

 

MS NOW EXCLUSIVE: Trump's FBI RAIDS voting rights organization in Ohio

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9-ufNkNnHg

 

Why Conservatives Are Trying to Kill the Voting Rights Act – Mother Jones

“The notion that everyone deserves equal access to the ballot, that everyone deserves equal access to elections, that one person ought to mean one vote, and that there ought to be some measure of political equality has never really sat well with the political right in this country,” Bouie says...

 https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/05/conservative-voting-rights-act-jamelle-bouie/

 

Senate Dems want to create Michigan Voting Rights Act to counter Supreme Court ruling

“With the clear and present danger of voting rights being under increasing attacks across this country, Michigan has an opportunity and a responsibility to lead,” said state Senator Erika Geiss (D-Taylor), one of the bill sponsors.  

Supporters said Michigan could be one of the first states to offer a legislative response to the Supreme Court decision and efforts by President Donald Trump to concentrate control of elections at the federal level.  

“And we’re calling on everyone who cares about our state, our country and our most fundamental freedoms to join in this fight,” said Deputy Secretary of State Aghogho Edevbie. “In doing so, Michigan can lay down the blueprint and can show other states, communities, and voters how to fight back and win.”…

 https://www.michiganpublic.org/politics-government/2026-05-20/senate-dems-want-to-create-michigan-voting-rights-act-to-counter-supreme-court-ruling

 

‘We will not go back to Jim Crow’: thousand of Mississippians rally for voting rights

Demonstration, held at historic location where the ‘Mississippi Plan’ was enacted, comes as southern states race to dilute Black voting power…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/20/mississippi-voting-rights-rally

 

NAACP calls for boycott of Southern college sports programs over voting rights | PBS News

Launched on Tuesday, the "Out of Bounds" campaign urges prospective Black athletes, their families, alumni and fans to "withhold athletic and financial support" from major public universities in states that "have moved to limit, weaken or erase Black voting representation."…

 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/naacp-calls-for-boycott-of-southern-college-sports-programs-over-voting-rights

 

‘They may draw racist maps, but we are the south’: thousands rally in Alabama for Black voting rights

People came to Montgomery by bus, car and plane to march on the state capitol with local and national leaders…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/16/alabama-black-voting-rights-protest 

 

Weekly Roundup: The Grownups in Charge? SCOTUS, Gerrymandering & White Christian Power (Bradley Onishi and Daniel Miller; Straight White American Jesus podcast)

The Christian Nationalist Plan to Roll America Back to the 1850s (Full Weekly Roundup) 

Welcome to Straight White American Jesus. This week, Brad and Dan dive into the redistricting chaos unfolding across the country in the wake of the Supreme Court’s latest voting rights decision. From Texas to Tennessee, Louisiana to Virginia, they trace how aggressive gerrymandering efforts are reshaping American democracy — and why Christian nationalist leaders see this moment as part of a decades-long project to reclaim political power for a shrinking minority.

The episode unpacks the racial, theological, and historical dimensions of the current backlash against voting rights, with clips from figures like Kevin Roberts, Mike Johnson, and Indiana Lieutenant Governor Micah Beckwith. Brad and Dan examine how rhetoric about “the adults in the room” echoes older hierarchies rooted in white Christian patriarchy, and why today’s attacks on representation are inseparable from the long conservative backlash against the Voting Rights Act, civil rights reforms, and pluralistic democracy itself.

The conversation also revisits the legacy of Paul Weyrich and the Christian nationalist strategy of pursuing minority rule through institutional control rather than majority support. Along the way, Brad and Dan explore the Supreme Court’s role in enabling these shifts, the partisan battles over congressional maps, and the broader erosion of democratic norms under MAGA politics.

Topics include: 

• The Supreme Court’s latest redistricting ruling and its impact on voting rights
• Tennessee’s dismantling of a majority-Black congressional district in Memphis
• Christian nationalism and the push for minority rule
• Why leaders like Mike Johnson frame white Christian men as “the adults in the room”
• The historical roots of modern gerrymandering battles
• The role of the FBI raid on Virginia lawmaker Louise Lucas
• How backlash politics seeks to roll the country back to the 1950s — or even earlier
• The ongoing assault on democratic institutions and representation

Plus: a fiery exchange between Ketanji Brown Jackson and Samuel Alito, reflections on the failures of “adult” governance in the Trump era, and reasons for hope amid mounting democratic crisis.

Subscribe to Straight White American Jesus wherever you get podcasts, and support independent journalism and analysis at Axis Mundi Media. 

Interview: 

• Audio only:https://www.straightwhiteamericanjesus.com/episodes/weekly-roundup-the-grownups-in-charge-scotus-gerrymandering-white-christian-power?hsLang=en
• YouTube video: https://youtu.be/TQ9jLpdsubw?si=_ZmNXsKB_pN4dyc0

Samuel Alito’s Voting Rights Act ruling cited misleading data from DoJ

Exclusive: Data in justice department filing quoted in landmark supreme court decision relied on questionable methodology, Guardian analysis finds…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/08/supreme-court-voting-rights-act-misleading-data-doj

 

Poll: Voters aren’t so sure about Trump’s sweeping election bill - POLITICO

The POLITICO Poll finds that a plurality of Americans neither support nor oppose the bill, or are unsure, even as the president makes it a top priority...

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/07/poll-trump-save-america-act-voters-uncertain-00908224

 

The Supreme Court's Jim Crow Jurisprudence

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18HdBQjbv58

Weekly Roundup: The Death of Voting Rights: SCOTUS, Alito, and the Colorblind Myth (Bradley Onishi and Daniel Miller; Straight White American Jesus podcast)

In this week's solo roundup, Dan Miller deconstructs a series of aggressive maneuvers by the 47th administration designed to codify Christian nationalism into federal policy. The centerpiece is the newly released report from the Anti-Christian Bias Task Force, an entity Dan argues serves less as a shield for religious freedom and more as a sword against civil rights. By framing standard anti-discrimination protections as inherent attacks on the faith, the administration is effectively creating a legal "red meat" pipeline for its base. 

This ideological shift is mirrored in the judicial branch, where the Supreme Court's ruling in Louisiana v. Calle effectively "guts" the remains of the Voting Rights Act. Dan traces the lineage of Justice Alito's "colorblind" rhetoric back to the Roberts Court, highlighting how the judicial insistence on ignoring race is being weaponized to dismantle Black political representation and broader DEI initiatives.

The episode further explores the chilling effect of "MAGA-style" free speech, highlighting the selective weaponization of federal agencies against cultural and political critics. From the FCC's retaliatory pressure on ABC following a Jimmy Kimmel monologue to the surreal indictment of James Comey over a seashell photo, Miller illustrates a pattern of using law enforcement as a tool for personal grievance. 

On the border, the administration continues its push for a "White America" through restrictive new visa affirmations and a cynical rebranding of ICE to "NICE"—a move Dan describes as a superficial mask for an agency defined by family separations and systemic harm. 

However, the episode closes on a note of strategic optimism: as the 2026 midterm elections loom, the GOP's fixation on cultural grievances over economic affordability suggests a political vulnerability that could shift the national tide.
Interview: 

https://www.straightwhiteamericanjesus.com/episodes/weekly-roundup-the-death-of-voting-rights-scotus-alito-and-the-colorblind-myth?hsLang=en

Voting rights advocates vow to ‘relocate’ fight after supreme court gutting

“I think the answer is for Black voters and other voters of color and voters that believe in a multiracial democracy have to show up en masse in the fall and elect a Congress that will restore our rights,” Shelton said…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/30/organizing-next-steps-voting-rights-act-supreme-court

 

This is horrifying #duet #vote #women #votingrights #maga #cult

MAGA / Christian nationalists don’t want women to be allowed to vote.

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/NhP6Np_-Dww

Supreme Court paves the way for largest-ever drop in Black representation in Congress

From Louisiana and eastward to North Carolina, there are at least 15 House districts now at risk of elimination, according to an NPR analysis conducted earlier this year. (That list grows longer if taking into account newly redrawn districts in Missouri and Texas, which were not included in the analysis.)…

 https://www.npr.org/2026/04/30/nx-s1-5805050/supreme-court-voting-rights-congressional-black-caucus 

Two justices, one quest: push to gut Voting Rights Act reaches final act

They have flipped key elements of the US constitution to achieve the exact opposite outcome to that which had been enshrined. And they have gone against the clear will of Congress which reaffirmed the Voting Rights Act almost unanimously on multiple occasions. “The hubris of John Roberts and Samuel Alito!” Graves said. “They think they have the right to set aside the will of thousands of legislators, expressed over decades, to defend voting rights in America. It’s extraordinary, and fundamentally illegitimate.”…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/30/supreme-court-voting-rights-act-roberts-alito

 

US supreme court ‘demolishes’ Voting Rights Act, gutting provision that prevented racial discrimination

The US supreme court has ruled that Louisiana will have to redraw its congressional map, in a landmark decision that effectively guts a major section of the Voting Rights Act. 

In a 6-3 decision along partisan lines, the court rendered ineffective section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, the last remaining powerful provision of the 1965 civil rights law that prevents racial discrimination in voting. Section 2 has long been used to ensure minority voters are treated fairly in redistricting...

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/29/supreme-court-louisiana-congressional-map-case-ruling

 

Black lawmakers decry supreme court voting decision: ‘We’re going backwards’

The lawmakers who represent Alabama’s two Black congressional districts, who are now at risk of losing their seats after the supreme court effectively decimated the Voting Rights Act, said the decision sends the US “backwards”…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/29/black-lawmakers-supreme-court-voting-rights-ruling

 

Christian influencers push plan to strip women of voting rights!

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ol0gqLElVg

 

Fulton County Foolishness (Senator Sheldon Whitehouse and Mark Warner; Making the Case podcast on YouTube)

March 27 | From both a prosecutorial and intelligence standpoint, the FBI’s raid of a Fulton County election office doesn’t pass the smell test.

In this episode of Making the Case, Senator Whitehouse talks with Senator Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, about the numerous red flags raised by the FBI’s search and seizure this past January. The two discuss DNI Tulsi Gabbard’s presence at the search, Trump’s Weaponization Working Group, the SAVE America Act, and more.

Sheldon Whitehouse represents Rhode Island in the U.S. Senate, where he champions policies to uphold American leadership in the world, protect our planet in a changing climate, and hold the powerful accountable.
Interview: 

https://youtu.be/jG63nCf0_ys?si=iLnmwT2xZZ9Y0zc8