Cleta Mitchell calls on Congress to pass a ‘Super SAVE Act’

• Anti-voting activist Cleta Mitchell told a sparse crowd at a Capitol Hill rally today that she wants Congress to pass a “Super SAVE ACT” — a turbo-charged version of the massive voter suppression bill approved by the House earlier this year.
  
  
• The Democracy Docket team covered the rally to collect photos, video and quotes, including this one of Mitchell calling out Marc, who responded. 

Senior FBI agents detail White House-led political purge of bureau 

• A trio of former senior FBI agents argued in a new lawsuit that they were illegally dismissed as part of a White House-led political purge of the bureau.
  
  
• For the first time, the lawsuit provides direct accounts of the early days of the Trump administration’s effort to assert control over the FBI and purge the bureau of agents and personnel who worked on criminal investigations into President Donald Trump. 

The GOP gerrymander in Texas: How they rigged the map

• When Trump told Texas Republicans to find him five more GOP seats in Congress this summer, they hastily redrew their map to deliver exactly what he wanted. Democracy Docket took a close look at how the new map is designed to further dilute the strength of minority voters.

Judge blocks Trump’s attempt to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook

• A federal judge last night blocked Trump’s attempt to fire Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook, ruling it violated federal law and her constitutional rights. While the case proceeds, this is a setback for Trump’s bid to control the Fed. The Trump administration appealed today.

The GOP is attacking the VRA from all angles — and could soon make it all but useless

• A raft of lawsuits aimed at narrowing the VRA, or gutting its most powerful remaining section completely, are either now before the court or waiting in the wings. 
  
  
• “Every advancement in democratic rights…is met sooner or later by a counter reaction,” one historian told Democracy Docket. “We’re now seeing one of a variety of periods of rolling back on democracy.” 

Republicans are destroying democracy

• Historian Heather Cox Richardson joined Marc to explain how fascism is on the rise in America. As one of the country’s foremost experts on the Civil War, she revealed how the GOP went from the party of Lincoln to the party of Trump.

Coming up tomorrow

• The 4th Circuit will hear an appeal concerning whether the Department of Government Efficiency can access sensitive personal data at the Social Security Administration. It can be streamed here.