North Carolina election board flags hundreds of thousands of voters for potential disenfranchisement

• North Carolina’s GOP-led election board will send letters to over 241,000 voters whose driver’s license numbers or Social Security numbers did not match government databases. Around 98k of those voters could be forced to cast provisional ballots, which could put them at risk of disenfranchisement.
  
  
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Maryland House greenlights new congressional map to counter GOP gerrymanders

• The Maryland House last night passed a congressional map that would eliminate the state’s last GOP-held seat. Democrats say the move is necessary to counter Trump-backed gerrymanders. The bill now heads to the Senate, where its future is uncertain.
  
  
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Will Republicans kill the filibuster to pass Trump’s voter suppression bill?

• The GOP is urging Senate Republicans to eliminate the filibuster to pave the way for the MEGA Act — a bill that could disenfranchise millions by imposing strict photo ID requirements to vote. But history shows that killing the procedure could actually bode well eventually for Democrats.
  
  
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Insider reveals plan to crush the GOP in 2026

• Republicans are panicking as the 2026 Senate map tightens and Democrats outline a real path back to the majority. Devan Barber, executive director of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, joined Marc to break down which Senate seats are truly at stake — from Georgia and North Carolina to Maine, Ohio, and Alaska — and why GOP incumbents are suddenly vulnerable.
  
  
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