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Former U.S. election security official on how disinformation is driving voting restrictions

Republican lawmakers in Texas are moving closer to passing new voting restrictions, making it the largest to do so in the wake of fomer President Donald Trump’s 2020 election defeat. Matt Masterson, former lead election security official for the federal government’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, spoke to CBSN’s Tanya Rivero about how Trump’s false claims about fraud are driving changes to state laws. Source

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Historian says 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre was “actively covered up” by White community

This month marks 100 years since the Tulsa Race Massacre. Scott Ellsworth, a lecturer at the University of Michigan’s Department of Afroamerican and African Studies and author of “The Ground Breaking: An American City and Its Search for Justice,” joins CBSN’s Tanya Rivero for a closer look at what’s widely considered the worst racially motivated massacre in U.S. history. Source

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Supporters of Belarus activist taken from diverted plane fear he’ll be tortured in jail

The president of Belarus is being condemned after ordering a fighter jet to force a commercial flight to land in the country over the weekend. One of the passengers was a prominent critic of Belarus’ authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko, and the 26-year-old activist was arrested when the aircraft landed. CBS News foreign correspondent Charlie D’Agata joined CBSN from London to discuss. Source

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