Bolts
A publication that covers the nuts and bolts of political change: Boltsmag.org
- “North Carolina has long expected imprisoned people to shoulder part of the cost of their incarceration,” says a law professor who studies prison labor and revenue.
- Pro-ICE sheriffs in competitive counties all over, including Maryland, New York, Montana, and Wisconsin, are up for reelection in 2026. These races will test voters’ appetite for complying with Trump’s deportation agenda.
- Democrats scored a major upset last night in Texas. Taylor Rehmet, a union leader, flipped a state Senate seat in the Fort Worth region. The win represents a turnaround for a district that tends to be reliably red and voted for President Trump by a large margin in the fall of 2024.
- "What we know from research is, if you don’t have compulsory voting, the people least likely to vote are poorer people, people from new migrant groups, and often the young," says an Australian scholar on what it means that Australia requires voting.
