The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for July 9, 2026New Financial Disclosures Show President Trump’s Cryptocurrency Gains Rake in an Estimated $1.4 BillionFinancial filings by President Donald Trump show he and his family’s cryptocurrency businesses accounted for $1.4 billion dollars in gains in 2025.  While his spokesperson says there’s no conflict of interest, his crypto holdings and policies tell a different story.Some podcasting platforms strip out our links.  To read our resources and see the whole script of today’s report, please go to our website at https://AmericanDemocracyMinute.orgToday’s LinksArticles & Resources:The White House - STRENGTHENING AMERICAN LEADERSHIP IN DIGITAL FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY The White House - President Donald J. Trump Signs GENIUS Act into Law ProPublica - Trump Team Financials - Donald J. TrumpCitizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington - President Donald Trump Disclosure formsProPublica - Documents Reveal a Web of Financial Ties Between Trump Officials and the Industries They Help Regulate PolitiFact - Trump says stock market drove his 2025 income gains, but the majority came from crypto  The Washington Post - Trump’s income topped $2 billion in 2025, boosted by crypto, coin venturesRelated ADM Reports:American Democracy Minute - President Trump’s Crypto Conflicts Compound as United Arab Emirates Investment Fund Uses $2B in Trump-Backed Cryptocurrency for DealCongressional Democrats - TRUMP, CRYPTO, AND A NEW AGE OF CORRUPTIONRegister or Check Your Voter Registration:U.S. Election Assistance Commission – Register And Vote in Your StatePlease follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Bluesky Social, and SHARE! Find all of our reports at AmericanDemocracyMinute.orgSubscribe for FREE at Apple Podcasts, Spotify and most podcasting platforms.#Democracy  #DemocracyNews #DonaldJTrump #PresidentTrump #FinancialDisclosures #Crytocurrency #ConflictofInterest 

The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for July 8, 2026Updates on FBI Raid in Ohio and New Surge in Fulton County, GA, Still Chasing the Specter of Widespread Voting and Registration FraudThe FBI is reportedly throwing more agents and more overtime at its investigation of Fulton County, Georgia’s 2020 election. After another FBI raid in Ohio, a funder of the voter registration nonprofit reports its records have also been subpoenaed.Some podcasting platforms strip out our links.  To read our resources and see the whole script of today’s report, please go to our website at https://AmericanDemocracyMinute.orgToday’s LinksArticles & Resources:MS NOW - FBI directing hundreds of analysts to dig into Georgia election probe subjects, sources sayGeorgia Recorder - FBI redirects hundreds of analysts to examine Fulton County’s 2020 election recordsVotebeat - FBI probe of Ohio voting rights group expands to include an affiliated national advocacy network Nonprofit Vote - Nonprofit VOTE Releases Statement on Recent Investigation Involving Ohio Nonprofit OrganizationOhio Capital Journal - A week after the FBI searched an Ohio voting-rights group, questions remain Brennan Center for Justice - Politicizing the FBI to Intimidate Voters Ohio Organizing Collaborative - OHIO ORGANIZING COLLABORATIVE OPEN LETTER Related ADM Reports:American Democracy Minute - FBI Raids Ohio Group Promoting Voter Registration, Seeking Purported 2020 Fraud. Staff & Volunteers Questioned, Phones and Computers Seized. American Democracy Minute - FBI Raids Fulton County, GA Election Office, Seizing Ballots and Documents in Apparent Pursuit of 2020 Presidential Election FraudGroups Taking Action:Hands Off Ohio, Legal Defense Fund, Issue One, All Voting is Local #Democracy  #DemocracyNews #HandsOffOhio #FBIRaid #FultonCounty #Georgia #Ohio

The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for July 7, 2026With the SAVE America Act Stalling in Congress, Look for Renewed Efforts to Pass Similar Restrictions in State LegislaturesWith the SAVE America Act now stalled in Congress and unlikely to pass, more GOP-dominated state legislatures may take up SAVE Act-like restrictive proof of citizenship and narrower voter ID options.  Some have already passed similar provisions.Some podcasting platforms strip out our links.  To read our resources and see the whole script of today’s report, please go to our website at https://AmericanDemocracyMinute.orgToday’s LinksArticles & Resources:Voting Rights Lab - 2026 Legislative Session in ReviewCenter for American Progress - The SAVE Act May Be Stalled in Congress, But State Versions Are Being Advanced All Across the CountryBrennan Center for Justice - States Already Enacting Harmful SAVE Act Policies, Requiring Proof of Citizenship to Vote Related ADM Reports:American Democracy Minute - Florida Legislature Passes State Version of the SAVE America Act. Its Proof of Citizenship & Voter ID Rules May Disenfranchise Thousands.American Democracy Minute - (2025) Restrictive Voting Laws Passed in 20 States in 2025. Proof of Citizenship, Limits on Mail-In Voting and Narrower Voter ID Rules Dominated.Groups Taking Action:League of Women Voters FL, ACLU UT, Legal Defense FundRegister or Check Your Voter Registration:U.S. Election Assistance Commission – Register And Vote in Your StatePlease follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Bluesky Social, and SHARE! Find all of our reports at AmericanDemocracyMinute.orgSubscribe for FREE at Apple Podcasts, Spotify and most podcasting platforms.#Democracy  #DemocracyNews #VoterID #ProofofCitizenship #VoterSuppression  #Disenfranchised #SAVEAmericaAct

The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for July 6, 2026Time & Trouble Bringing the ‘SAVE America Act’ to a Merciful End in the U.S. House & Senate, Derailing the President’s Top PriorityThe passage of the SAVE America Act appears to be nearing a merciful end in the U.S. House and Senate.  Both have now rebuffed the President’s demand to attach the restrictive voting bill to critical bipartisan housing, national security and defense appropriations bills.Some podcasting platforms strip out our links.  To read our resources and see the whole script of today’s report, please go to our website at https://AmericanDemocracyMinute.orgToday’s LinksArticles & Resources:The Hill - House conservatives block rule advancing NDAA, stalling key bills The Hill - Thune says Senate will move FISA bill without SAVE America Act, rebuffing Trump The Hill - Tillis: SAVE America Act is ‘dead’ as time has run out to implement new voting rulesPolitico - The GOP’s dirty little secret about the SAVE America ActRelated ADM Reports:American Democracy Minute - As Threatened, Trump Holds Up Passage of Long-Awaited Bipartisan Housing Bill, Demanding the Senate Pass the Restrictive SAVE America ActAmerican Democracy Minute - President Trump Ties Ending the Partial Government Shutdown to Passage of the SAVE America Act. The Draconian Voting Bill Still Doesn’t Have the Votes.Groups Taking Action:League of Women Voters US, Common Cause, Legal Defense FundRegister or Check Your Voter Registration:U.S. Election Assistance Commission – Register And Vote in Your StatePlease follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Bluesky Social, and SHARE! Find all of our reports at AmericanDemocracyMinute.orgSubscribe for FREE at Apple Podcasts, Spotify and most podcasting platforms.#Democracy  #DemocracyNews #SAVEAmericaAct #SAVEAct #MailInVoting #ProofofCitizenship #VoterSuppression #USSenate #USHouse

The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for July 3, 2026Throwing Off Despotism:  For Independence Day, a Portion on the Declaration of IndependenceFor July 4th, while we can't read the entire Declaration of Independence in 90 seconds, we read a portion which includes the passage: "But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government."  Happy Independence Day.Some podcasting platforms strip out our links.  To read our resources and see the whole script of today’s report, please go to our website at https://AmericanDemocracyMinute.orgToday’s LinksArticles & Resources:National Archives - Declaration of Independence: A TranscriptionNational Archives - The Declaration of Independence: A History American Constitution Center - Constitutional Voices: African Americans’ early responses to the Declaration of IndependenceGilder Lehrman Institute of American History - The Declaration of Independence and Women’s Rights Related ADM Reports:American Democracy Minute - Thomas Jefferson Gets the Credit for the Declaration, but the ‘Independence’ Part Came from Richard Henry Lee on June 7, 1776Register or Check Your Voter Registration:U.S. Election Assistance Commission – Register And Vote in Your StatePlease follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Bluesky Social, and SHARE! Find all of our reports at AmericanDemocracyMinute.orgSubscribe for FREE at Apple Podcasts, Spotify and most podcasting platforms.Are you a radio station?  Find our broadcast files at Pacifica Radio Network's Audioport and PRX#Democracy  #DemocracyNews #DeclarationofIndependence #July4th #UnalienableRights #Depotism 

The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for July 2, 2026U.S. Supreme Court’s Conservative Majority Unleashes Political Party Coordinated Campaign Money – And Likely More Big Donor InfluenceIn the tradition of Citizens United, the U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority decided National Republican Senatorial Committee v. FEC, allowing political parties to spend unlimited funds on behalf of a  federal candidate. It could unleash even more campaign money and more big donor influence.Some podcasting platforms strip out our links.  To read our resources and see the whole script of today’s report, please go to our website at https://AmericanDemocracyMinute.orgToday’s LinksArticles & Resources:U.S. Supreme Court - Opinion in Republican Senate Campaign Committee v. FEC Federal Election Commission - Supreme Court issues opinion in National Republican Senatorial Committee, et al. v. FEC, et al. SCOTUSblog - Justices strike down campaign finance lawCovington & Burling Law Firm - Supreme Court Decision in National Republican Senatorial Committee v. Federal Election Commission Empowers Political Parties, Calls Other Restrictions into Question End Citizens United - ECU Blasts SCOTUS for Siding With Billionaires and Special Interests Over Voters in NRSC v. FECRelated ADM Reports:American Democracy Minute - (2025)  U.S. Supreme Court Hears Challenge to Coordinated Campaign Finance Limits for Political Parties.  It Could Unleash Another Torrent of Election Cash.Groups Taking Action:Issue One, Public Citizen, Campaign Legal Center/League of Women Voters/Common CauseFind all of our reports at AmericanDemocracyMinute.org Subscribe for FREE at Apple Podcasts, Spotify and most podcasting platforms.#Democracy  #DemocracyNews #BigMoney #MoneyinPolitics #USSupremeCourt #SCOTUS #DNC #RNC

The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for July 1, 2026In a Surprising Pro-Voter Decision, the U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Mississippi’s Five-Day Mail-In Ballot Grace Period After Election DayThe U.S. Supreme Court surprisingly upheld Mississippi’s law allowing eligible mail-in ballots to be counted up to five days after election day.  The decision protects voters in the 29 states which allow receipt of absentee, mail-in, or overseas UOCAVA ballots after election day, if postmarked on or before that day.Some podcasting platforms strip out our links.  To read our resources and see the whole script of today’s report, please go to our website at https://AmericanDemocracyMinute.orgToday’s LinksArticles & Resources:U.S. Supreme Court - Opinion in Watson v Republican National CommitteeU.S. Supreme Court - Docket in Watson v Republican National CommitteeSCOTUSBlog - Justices uphold state law allowing for late-arriving mail-in ballotsBrennan Center for Justice -  Friend-of-the-Court Brief in Watson v. Republican National CommitteeNational Conference of State Legislatures - Receipt and Postmark Deadlines for Absentee/Mail Ballots Related ADM Reports:American Democracy Minute - March 23rd, U.S. Supreme Court Hears Mississippi Case Which Could Impact Mail-in Ballots in 14 or More StatesAmerican Democracy Minute - The Supreme Court’s Conservatives Appear Likely to End Mail-In Ballot Grace Periods, Affecting Dozens of State Laws and Millions of VotersGroups Taking Action:Asian Americans Advancing Justice - AAJC,  ACLU MS, Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, Campaign Legal CenterRegister or Check Your Voter Registration:U.S. Election Assistance Commission – Register And Vote in Your StateFind all of our reports at AmericanDemocracyMinute.org#Democracy  #DemocracyNews #USSupremeCourt #SCOTUS #Mississippi #WatsonvRNC #MailInBallots

The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for June 30, 2026SCOTUS Lets Stand an 8th Circuit Decision Disallowing a ‘Private Right of Action’ in Voting Rights Cases. It May Be the Next VRA Domino to Fall The U.S. Supreme Court let stand a case from the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals June 22nd which takes another step toward striking down a “private right of action” for Voting Rights Act cases.  For the moment, it impacts only seven states, but it may be the next VRA domino to fall.Some podcasting platforms strip out our links.  To read our resources and see the whole script of today’s report, please go to our website at https://AmericanDemocracyMinute.orgToday’s LinksArticles & Resources:U.S. Supreme Court -  Decline of 8th Circuit's ARKANSAS UNITED, ET AL. V. THURSTON U.S. 8th Circuit  Court of Appeals - ARKANSAS UNITED, ET AL. V. THURSTONMALDEF (via Democracy Docket) - (2023) ARKANSAS STATE CONFERENCE NAACP v ARKANSAS BOARD OF APPORTIONMENT, ET AL.,NPR - Supreme Court allows a ruling that ends a tool to protect minority voters in 7 statesRelated ADM Reports:American Democracy Minute - (2024) Look for 2025 Conservative Challenges to a ‘Private Right of Action’ for Voting Rights Cases, Attempting to Dismantle the Voting Rights Act American Democracy Minute - (2025) Eighth Circuit ‘Private Right of Action’ Ruling Temporarily Halted by Justice Kavanaugh in Case by North Dakota Tribal Nations American Democracy Minute - (2023)  Radical Federal Court of Appeals Ruling Deals Another Blow to Voters, Democracy Groups and the Voting Rights ActGroups Taking Action:Arkansas United,  Native American Rights FundRegister or Check Your Voter Registration:U.S. Election Assistance Commission – Register And Vote in Your StateFind all of our reports at AmericanDemocracyMinute.org#Democracy  #DemocracyNews #PrivateRightofAction #Arkansas #SCOTUS #USSupremeCourt #8thCircuit #VRA #VotingRights 

The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for June 29, 2026Federal Court Blocks Trump Administration from Implementing Key Parts of Executive Order on Elections as Unconstitutional OverreachAttorneys general from 23 states challenged President Donald Trump’s March 31st executive order on elections under the Elections Clause of the U.S. Constitution.  June 25th, a federal district court judge blocked the administration and U.S. Postal Service from implementing key sections of the order.U.S. District Court for Massachusetts (via Court Listener) - Ruling in California v. Trump U.S. District Court for DC (via Court Listener) – League of Women Voters v. Department of Homeland SecurityThe White House – ENSURING CITIZENSHIP VERIFICATION AND INTEGRITY IN FEDERAL ELECTIONSU.S. Postal Service via The Federal Register – Proposal to Comply President Trump’s Executive Order: POSTAL SERVICE 39 CFR Part 111 Ballot Mail for Federal ElectionsBrennan Center for Justice – Analyzing the President’s Executive Order on Mail Voting  NPR - Judge blocks Postal Service proposal to restrict mail-in voting under Trump's orderRelated ADM Reports:American Democracy Minute - Federal District Court Rules Use of Social Security and Other Federal Data for SAVE Database Violates Multiple Federal Privacy StatutesGroups Taking Action:ACLU MA, League of Women VotersPlease follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Bluesky Social, and SHARE! Find all of our reports at AmericanDemocracyMinute.orgSubscribe for FREE at Apple Podcasts, Spotify and most podcasting platforms.#Democracy  #DemocracyNews #TrumpExecutiveOrder #MailInVoting #USPS #ProofofCitizenship #Unconstitutional 

The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for June 26, 2026As Threatened, Trump Holds Up Passage of Long-Awaited Bipartisan Housing Bill, Demanding the Senate Pass the Restrictive SAVE America ActIn our June 19th report we told you about President Donald Trump’s threat to not sign the bipartisan housing or FISA homeland security bills unless the Senate passed the SAVE America Act. The Senate passed the housing bill – without the SAVE Act attached – and its signing ceremony was abruptly cancelled.Some podcasting platforms strip out our links.  To read our resources and see the whole script of today’s report, please go to our website at https://AmericanDemocracyMinute.orgToday’s LinksArticles & Resources:The Hill - Senate overwhelmingly passes sweeping bipartisan housing affordability billThe Post & Courier - US Sen. Tim Scott’s bipartisan housing bill stopped cold as Trump refuses to sign itMSNow - Housing Bill Sponsor Sen. Elizabeth Warren Speaks on Cancelation of Bill SigningU.S. Congress – Text of H.R.7296 – SAVE America ActCampaign Legal Center – What You Need to Know About the SAVE ActRelated ADM Reports:American Democracy Minute - Trying to Resurrect the SAVE America Act, President Donald Trump Demands Attaching it to Bipartisan FISA and Housing BillsAmerican Democracy Minute - The GOP’s Restrictive SAVE America Act is Stalled, and Slipping It into a Budget Reconciliation Bill was Blocked.  Is it Dead?Groups Taking Action:Declaration for American Democracy, National Coalition for Accessible Voting, AARP, NAACP Legal Defense FundPlease follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Bluesky Social, and SHARE! Find all of our reports at AmericanDemocracyMinute.orgSubscribe for FREE at Apple Podcasts, Spotify and most podcasting platforms.#Democracy  #DemocracyNews #SAVEAmericaAct #VoterSuppression #Disenfranchised #FreedomtoVote