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Friday, May 10, 2019

We’re ACLU voting rights and mass incarceration experts. Ask us anything about our platform to restore voting rights to people while incarcerated. - Politics

We’re ACLU voting rights and mass incarceration experts. Ask us anything about our platform to restore voting rights to people while incarcerated. - Politics


We’re ACLU voting rights and mass incarceration experts. Ask us anything about our platform to restore voting rights to people while incarcerated.

Posted: 09 May 2019 10:20 AM PDT

That's a wrap! Thanks for your questions. We'll see you and all of the candidates on the campaign trail.

The ACLU has been fighting for civil rights and liberties for nearly 100 years. For the first time, we're directly engaging presidential candidates during the 2020 primaries: Our volunteers are fanning out nationwide to get candidates on the record about voting rights, immigrants' rights, abortion access, and a nationwide strategy to end mass incarceration.

When our volunteer got Bernie Sanders on the record to support restoring voting rights to people who are currently incarcerated, it sparked an important national dialogue, and we got flooded with questions.

For at least the next hour, you can ask our experts on voting rights and criminal justice reform anything you want. We're here to talk to you about the discriminatory history of felony disenfranchisement laws, how our mass incarceration crisis exacerbates this problem, how states are already letting people in prison and jail vote, and most importantly — why our next president must support the right to vote, even while incarcerated. Ask us anything!

Participants: Bobby Hoffman, Advocacy and Policy Counsel, u/ACLU_Bobby Janos Marton, Smart Justice State Campaigns Manager, u/janosdmarton Barron Jones, Smart Justice Coordinator for the ACLU of New Mexico, u/CitizenConvict

Proof: https://twitter.com/aclu/status/1126231859883597824

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Friday Fun Thread

Posted: 10 May 2019 06:57 AM PDT

It's finally Friday! That means it's time to sit back, debate which gin is the best, argue about whether or not you can yawn in your sleep, and talk about whatever your heart desires.

As always remember to follow our civility rules and save any meta feedback for our modmail.

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Schiff considers fining Trump officials held in contempt $25,000 a day

Posted: 10 May 2019 05:34 AM PDT

Three Production Companies Say They Won't Film in Georgia Over Abortion Law

Posted: 10 May 2019 04:38 AM PDT

Should 11-year-old girls have to bear their rapists’ babies? Ohio says yes.

Posted: 10 May 2019 03:37 AM PDT

Full Text of the Mueller Report's Executive Summaries

Posted: 10 May 2019 07:08 AM PDT

History will judge sycophantic Republicans harshly

Posted: 10 May 2019 06:56 AM PDT

Alabama Lt. Governor Admits State Abortion Ban Is Direct Attempt To End Roe v. Wade

Posted: 10 May 2019 05:47 AM PDT

North Dakota quietly decriminalized marijuana - The state is the 25th to decriminalize or legalize weed.

Posted: 10 May 2019 07:23 AM PDT

Pence claims Trump will ask Supreme Court to bar judges from blocking his policies

Posted: 10 May 2019 04:22 AM PDT

Elizabeth Warren: 'Nobody in America Succeeds on Their Own'

Posted: 10 May 2019 05:49 AM PDT

Documents Detail Meetings Of Russians With Treasury, Federal Reserve

Posted: 10 May 2019 02:34 AM PDT

Schiff on Giuliani's Ukraine trip: "It just takes your breath away"

Posted: 10 May 2019 07:17 AM PDT

Five months ago, a parent warned Highlands Ranch about bullying, violence, and drug culture at the school which might lead to a shooting. The school took action... by suing the parent for defamation

Posted: 10 May 2019 05:40 AM PDT

Delta told workers to spend on video games and beer instead of union dues. It didn’t go well.

Posted: 10 May 2019 06:59 AM PDT

Over the course of 17 hours, President Donald Trump repeated 17 false and misleading claims

Posted: 10 May 2019 02:48 AM PDT

Trump will betray his country — again

Posted: 10 May 2019 08:19 AM PDT

Trump is Pressuring Ukraine to Smear Clinton and Biden

Posted: 10 May 2019 06:05 AM PDT

John Bolton holds 'highly unusual' meeting at CIA

Posted: 10 May 2019 05:37 AM PDT

Giuliani’s remarkable admission about seeking Ukraine’s assistance for Trump

Posted: 10 May 2019 07:30 AM PDT

Additional actors, filmmakers boycott Georgia over new abortion law

Posted: 10 May 2019 07:53 AM PDT

Ben Shapiro has mega tantrum on the BBC

Posted: 10 May 2019 09:05 AM PDT

3 production companies say they won't film in Georgia after abortion law signed

Posted: 10 May 2019 07:49 AM PDT

George Conway slams Trump for calling Biden 'creepy': You 'palled around with Jeffrey Epstein'

Posted: 10 May 2019 08:39 AM PDT

Comey: Mueller Had Enough Evidence to Charge Trump

Posted: 10 May 2019 05:23 AM PDT

Georgia and Ohio's new abortion laws will harm women, but Republicans only care about winning a political battle - Though the GOP claims these laws honor the sanctity of life, they prove the party's utter disregard for women already living.

Posted: 10 May 2019 02:48 AM PDT

Shocker! The GoFundMe Campaign to Build the Wall Is a Bust

Posted: 10 May 2019 04:42 AM PDT

American siblings trapped in China make public plea for help: "We wake up every morning terrified" - All news

American siblings trapped in China make public plea for help: "We wake up every morning terrified" - All news


American siblings trapped in China make public plea for help: "We wake up every morning terrified"

Posted: 10 May 2019 03:46 AM PDT

Woman broke into stranger's home, petted dog, washed dishes and left, authorities say

Posted: 10 May 2019 06:43 AM PDT

Florida man who was arrested for refusing to remove vulgar sticker has charges dropped

Posted: 10 May 2019 05:59 AM PDT

Couple who uprooted 180-year-old tree on protected property ordered to pay $586,000

Posted: 09 May 2019 03:07 PM PDT

17-year-old girl brandishing chef's knife apologizes after officer shoots her 3 times

Posted: 10 May 2019 03:01 AM PDT

UK girl first in the world to get deadly superbug infection treated with bacteria hunting GM viruses.

Posted: 10 May 2019 03:40 AM PDT

Woman, 81, killed herself after pension was frozen in error

Posted: 09 May 2019 12:59 PM PDT

'You're fired': Heartless prank brings Walmart employee to tears

Posted: 10 May 2019 07:40 AM PDT

Fed's Brainard: Middle-class wealth still less than before Great Recession

Posted: 10 May 2019 06:54 AM PDT

Delta airlines staff told 'don't unionise, buy video games'

Posted: 10 May 2019 05:03 AM PDT

Judge rules 3-year-old must receive chemotherapy against parents' wishes

Posted: 09 May 2019 10:17 AM PDT

Migrants Apprehended At Southern Border Top 100,000 For Second Consecutive Month

Posted: 10 May 2019 05:38 AM PDT

Frenchman Jean-Jacques Savin completes journey across Atlantic in a barrel, arrives safely in Martinique

Posted: 10 May 2019 02:29 AM PDT

A California teacher on medical leave for breast cancer has to pay for her substitute

Posted: 09 May 2019 02:19 PM PDT

Tomb found behind Aldi 'UK's Tutankhamun'

Posted: 10 May 2019 05:10 AM PDT

FCC Blocks Chinese Company's Bid For International Phone Services In The U.S.

Posted: 10 May 2019 05:34 AM PDT

Many Hospitals Charge Double or Even Triple What Medicare Would Pay

Posted: 09 May 2019 06:54 PM PDT

10-year-old girl shot while sleeping after stray bullet hits her Utica apartment

Posted: 10 May 2019 06:25 AM PDT

Jim Fowler, who hosted 'Wild Kingdom' series, is dead at 89

Posted: 09 May 2019 11:06 PM PDT

3 production companies say they won't film in Georgia after abortion law signed

Posted: 10 May 2019 09:38 AM PDT

Chelsea Manning released from jail on contempt charge

Posted: 09 May 2019 06:09 PM PDT

The suspect in the California synagogue shooting faces 109 federal civil rights and hate crime charges

Posted: 09 May 2019 12:17 PM PDT

Man arrested in 1985 cold case murder of TV director in North Hollywood

Posted: 10 May 2019 06:30 AM PDT

Thursday, May 9, 2019

Pope Francis makes it mandatory for sex abuse cases to be reported - All news

Pope Francis makes it mandatory for sex abuse cases to be reported - All news


Pope Francis makes it mandatory for sex abuse cases to be reported

Posted: 09 May 2019 04:08 AM PDT

White House revokes press passes for dozens of journalists

Posted: 09 May 2019 07:39 AM PDT

Denver voters approve decriminalizing "magic mushrooms"

Posted: 08 May 2019 05:18 PM PDT

Video shows police firing 76 shots at suspect. The officers won't be charged in his death

Posted: 09 May 2019 04:03 AM PDT

Kentucky teen who sued over school ban for refusing chickenpox vaccination now has chickenpox

Posted: 08 May 2019 10:13 AM PDT

Child molester who faked suicide near Golden Gate Bridge found living in storage container in Florida, police say

Posted: 09 May 2019 06:13 AM PDT

Feds to let debt collectors bombard you with texts, emails. Consumer advocates aren’t happy

Posted: 09 May 2019 08:19 AM PDT

STEM School shooting Students burst into protest at vigil

Posted: 08 May 2019 09:45 PM PDT

Danny Baker fired by BBC over royal baby chimp tweet

Posted: 09 May 2019 03:52 AM PDT

Holocaust Remembrance Day Event In Russellville Interrupted By White Supremacists Rally

Posted: 08 May 2019 11:33 PM PDT

R. Kelly judgment withdrawn after lawyers say he can't read

Posted: 09 May 2019 07:25 AM PDT

Climate change: Brazil cuts Budget for climate protection by 95 percent

Posted: 09 May 2019 03:26 AM PDT

An unusually high number of whales have washed ashore in San Francisco

Posted: 09 May 2019 05:40 AM PDT

A Man in Kazakhstan Held Up a Blank Sign to See if He’d Be Detained. He Was.

Posted: 09 May 2019 09:15 AM PDT

Attorneys general from 33 states urge pot banking reform

Posted: 08 May 2019 05:34 PM PDT

Ohio Legislature Considering An Abortion Bill That Is More Restrictive Than The "Heartbeat Bill"

Posted: 09 May 2019 03:23 AM PDT

U.S. goods trade deficit with China hits five-year low

Posted: 09 May 2019 08:06 AM PDT

California High School in San Ramon to stay open Thursday despite a third threat of violence

Posted: 09 May 2019 04:44 AM PDT

‘Magnificent,’ 4,500-Year-Old Ancient Egyptian Tombs Found Near Giza Pyramids

Posted: 08 May 2019 07:19 PM PDT

Chicago Cubs ban fan who flashed "white power" symbol on air behind black reporter

Posted: 09 May 2019 08:00 AM PDT