The road ahead is tough, and November's elections are make-or-break for our democracy and the fight against authoritarianism.

Donald Trump and his cronies are working overtime to concentrate power, undermine our institutions, and rig the system for billionaires and corporate interests. The only way to stop them is to win — decisively — this November and send a clear rebuke of authoritarian politics.

In our democracy, I'm committed to one simple idea: every eligible voter deserves to have their voice heard. Right now, that idea is under threat from all directions, with Trump ramping up attacks on vote by mail, and state legislatures across the country attempting to prevent citizens from voting by enacting burdensome voter ID laws. And there's the threat from a 21st-century tool nobody saw coming when our election laws were written — artificial intelligence.

A few weeks ago, we learned through news reports that the Trump administration was planning to dismantle the Ocean Observatories Initiative, a network of over 900 sensors on the ocean floor off the coasts of Oregon, Washington, Alaska, North Carolina, and Greenland.

No warning, no scientific review, and no legal notification to Congress as required by law.