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Michael McKeon
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Bibliophilic; oenophile; gourmand; devoted gardener;passionate defender of the relevance of liberal arts and sciences
Not ashamed enough. If Harvard had any integrity they would ban him from teaching. Summers (like many many others) belongs in prison. But we all know that will never happen.
November 19, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Not until they’ve bled us for all our assets first.
November 19, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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The right to vote means nothing if citizens can be silenced by database errors, federal overreach, or fear.
November 18, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Americans deserve to know whether their personal voter information was swept into a federal immigration database, why the purpose of the data collection changed, and what protections will be put in place to prevent wrongful voter purges, investigations, or intimidation.
November 18, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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letter demanding answers about whether they were misled regarding these data transfers, and calling for full transparency about which records were shared, what information was included, which agencies accessed it, and under what legal authority these actions were taken.
November 18, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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What begins as “voter verification” today could be expanded later to background checks, travel screening, benefit investigations, or other government systems setting a precedent for federal data use the public never agreed to.

On November 18, 2025, secretaries of state from ten states sent a formal
November 18, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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is being analyzed through an immigration-status database can also create a chilling effect, causing some citizens to decide that registering or voting is too risky for their household. And once federal agencies centralize voter data, there is a dangerous risk of mission creep.
November 18, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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These errors disproportionately affect naturalized citizens, Latino and Asian American voters, and mixed-status families, potentially discouraging eligible voters from participating at all.

The knowledge that voter information
November 18, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Because the SAVE system is known to contain incomplete or outdated records, U.S. citizens may be wrongly flagged as non-citizens due to name changes, clerical errors, or mismatched files resulting in voters being removed from rolls or forced to prove their citizenship just to cast a ballot.
November 18, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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State voter files contain highly sensitive personal information, and uploading those details into a federal immigration-verification database could expose millions of U.S. citizens to data breaches, identity theft, or future government uses that they never consented to.
November 18, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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The delayed or retroactive notice for the expanded SAVE system suggests that these legal requirements may not have been properly met.

Beyond the legal implications, this situation poses real risks for everyday Americans.
November 18, 2025 at 4:38 PM