Watashiwa judisudesu
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"YouGov has ICE at 39% favorable, 52% unfavorable...But this top line really understates the intensity of public backlash to ICE and its tactics. In February 2025, just 19% of Americans held a strongly unfavorable view of ICE. Today, 40% do."
open.substack.com/pub/gelliott...
open.substack.com/pub/gelliott...
Support for abolishing ICE hits a a new high
Americans have turned sharply against Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and say it too often resorts to violence
open.substack.com
January 9, 2026 at 12:18 PM
"YouGov has ICE at 39% favorable, 52% unfavorable...But this top line really understates the intensity of public backlash to ICE and its tactics. In February 2025, just 19% of Americans held a strongly unfavorable view of ICE. Today, 40% do."
open.substack.com/pub/gelliott...
open.substack.com/pub/gelliott...
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In case you missed Jimmy Kimmel he found this video of lil Goebbels in High school. Watch him get dragged off. And now look where he is and consider the janitor picking up his trash. WTF GOP UFAMFPOS’s
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substack.com/@demwinsmedi...
Democratic Wins Media (@demwinsmedia)
Share this everywhere so all Americans know what an a**hole Stephen Miller is.
substack.com
January 9, 2026 at 2:08 PM
In case you missed Jimmy Kimmel he found this video of lil Goebbels in High school. Watch him get dragged off. And now look where he is and consider the janitor picking up his trash. WTF GOP UFAMFPOS’s
substack.com/@demwinsmedi...
substack.com/@demwinsmedi...
In the pantheon of White House demons, Vance is now lumped in with the likes of Stephen Miller, Pete Hegseth and Kristi Noem, and there’s no scrubbing out that kind of stain.
Jay Kuo
Jay Kuo
January 9, 2026 at 7:18 PM
In the pantheon of White House demons, Vance is now lumped in with the likes of Stephen Miller, Pete Hegseth and Kristi Noem, and there’s no scrubbing out that kind of stain.
Jay Kuo
Jay Kuo
Vance is still the same cruel, charisma-challenged suck-up whom the public first met, and quickly winced at, back in 2024.
Jay Kuo
Jay Kuo
January 9, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Vance is still the same cruel, charisma-challenged suck-up whom the public first met, and quickly winced at, back in 2024.
Jay Kuo
Jay Kuo
Shaming and spreading lies about a murder victim isn’t something that sits well with the “normies” who make up the electorate. Vance may feel he needs to act as awful as he can to own the libs like a right-wing edge lord to secure the support of the MAGA base and the far-right Groypers.
Jay Kuo
Jay Kuo
January 9, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Shaming and spreading lies about a murder victim isn’t something that sits well with the “normies” who make up the electorate. Vance may feel he needs to act as awful as he can to own the libs like a right-wing edge lord to secure the support of the MAGA base and the far-right Groypers.
Jay Kuo
Jay Kuo
Footage reveals Good may not have been there to “interfere with” any ICE enforcement action at all. Her vehicle arrived 4 minutes before ICE was on the scene. She was only there as a “legal observer” of ICE abuses. In the video, cars can be seen passing by Good’s vehicle without incident.
Jay Kuo
Jay Kuo
January 9, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Footage reveals Good may not have been there to “interfere with” any ICE enforcement action at all. Her vehicle arrived 4 minutes before ICE was on the scene. She was only there as a “legal observer” of ICE abuses. In the video, cars can be seen passing by Good’s vehicle without incident.
Jay Kuo
Jay Kuo
PORTLAND
Per the witness, the shots were fired as the vehicle drove away—contradicting the notion of “self-defense.”
Robert Hubbell
Per the witness, the shots were fired as the vehicle drove away—contradicting the notion of “self-defense.”
Robert Hubbell
January 9, 2026 at 9:09 AM
PORTLAND
Per the witness, the shots were fired as the vehicle drove away—contradicting the notion of “self-defense.”
Robert Hubbell
Per the witness, the shots were fired as the vehicle drove away—contradicting the notion of “self-defense.”
Robert Hubbell
Prior to Trump, American presidents scrupulously avoided commenting on the guilt of people accused of committing federal crimes. The statements by Trump, Vance, and Noem violate long-standing democratic norms and principles of fairness in the administration of justice.
Robert Hubbell
Robert Hubbell
January 9, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Prior to Trump, American presidents scrupulously avoided commenting on the guilt of people accused of committing federal crimes. The statements by Trump, Vance, and Noem violate long-standing democratic norms and principles of fairness in the administration of justice.
Robert Hubbell
Robert Hubbell
The FBI’s stonewalling reeks of bad faith and cover-up. 3 senior administration officials—Trump, JD Vance, and Noem—declared Renee Good to be a domestic terrorist and the aggressor in the confrontation.
Robert Hubbell
Robert Hubbell
January 9, 2026 at 8:59 AM
The FBI’s stonewalling reeks of bad faith and cover-up. 3 senior administration officials—Trump, JD Vance, and Noem—declared Renee Good to be a domestic terrorist and the aggressor in the confrontation.
Robert Hubbell
Robert Hubbell
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NEW: Once upon a time, mail voting was a bipartisan reform aimed at making voting more accessible. Post Trump, it’s now an ideological battle line between Democrats and Republicans. But a new USPS rule change risks harming voters from both parties, @marcelias.bsky.social writes.
How new USPS rules put the right to vote at risk
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
January 8, 2026 at 8:45 PM
NEW: Once upon a time, mail voting was a bipartisan reform aimed at making voting more accessible. Post Trump, it’s now an ideological battle line between Democrats and Republicans. But a new USPS rule change risks harming voters from both parties, @marcelias.bsky.social writes.
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🚨 The White House is now actively covering up a murder.
January 8, 2026 at 4:25 PM
🚨 The White House is now actively covering up a murder.
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.@PabloReports: What do you make of Trump and of Noem especially labeling Renee Good as a domestic terrorist?
Grijalva: I can't think of any other situation with any other president that we'd have so many people blindly believing a narrative that we can clearly see is inaccurate.
Grijalva: I can't think of any other situation with any other president that we'd have so many people blindly believing a narrative that we can clearly see is inaccurate.
January 8, 2026 at 8:56 PM
.@PabloReports: What do you make of Trump and of Noem especially labeling Renee Good as a domestic terrorist?
Grijalva: I can't think of any other situation with any other president that we'd have so many people blindly believing a narrative that we can clearly see is inaccurate.
Grijalva: I can't think of any other situation with any other president that we'd have so many people blindly believing a narrative that we can clearly see is inaccurate.
The DOJ admitted it would violate near-unanimous, bipartisan legislation requiring it to publish all of its documents on convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. It has only released less than 1% of the files, ensuring it will stay in violation for a long time.
Democracy Docket
Democracy Docket
January 8, 2026 at 8:59 PM
The DOJ admitted it would violate near-unanimous, bipartisan legislation requiring it to publish all of its documents on convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. It has only released less than 1% of the files, ensuring it will stay in violation for a long time.
Democracy Docket
Democracy Docket
At the same time the administration was pouring gas on the domestic fire ICE had sparked and the international fire it had set with its attacks on Venezuela and threats against Greenland, it was quietly making a number of financial moves
Heather Cox Richardson
Heather Cox Richardson
January 8, 2026 at 8:43 AM
At the same time the administration was pouring gas on the domestic fire ICE had sparked and the international fire it had set with its attacks on Venezuela and threats against Greenland, it was quietly making a number of financial moves
Heather Cox Richardson
Heather Cox Richardson
Get the f*ck out of Minneapolis. We do not want you here. Your stated reason for being in this city is to create some kind of safety, and you are doing exactly the opposite. People are being hurt. Families are being ripped apart…and now somebody is dead.
Mayor Frey
Mayor Frey
January 8, 2026 at 8:41 AM
Get the f*ck out of Minneapolis. We do not want you here. Your stated reason for being in this city is to create some kind of safety, and you are doing exactly the opposite. People are being hurt. Families are being ripped apart…and now somebody is dead.
Mayor Frey
Mayor Frey
DHS and Trump posted false accounts of the shooting even as there are 4 videos that reveal that those accounts are lies. They are demanding Americans abandon reality in favor of whatever the administration says.
Heather Cox Richardson
Heather Cox Richardson
January 8, 2026 at 8:28 AM
DHS and Trump posted false accounts of the shooting even as there are 4 videos that reveal that those accounts are lies. They are demanding Americans abandon reality in favor of whatever the administration says.
Heather Cox Richardson
Heather Cox Richardson
Trump is working with frenetic urgency to do his worst in the shortest time possible. He is doing so because he knows that his unlawful reign depends on a corrupt, complicit, cowardly GOP with control of Congress. Once that advantage disappears, he will be diminished and weakened.
Robert Hubbell
Robert Hubbell
January 7, 2026 at 12:39 PM
Trump is working with frenetic urgency to do his worst in the shortest time possible. He is doing so because he knows that his unlawful reign depends on a corrupt, complicit, cowardly GOP with control of Congress. Once that advantage disappears, he will be diminished and weakened.
Robert Hubbell
Robert Hubbell
In 2023, Ohio voters codified reproductive freedom into law. Now, three years later, state Republicans are pushing to oppose the people by pursuing a backdoor ban on abortion that targets telemedicine and Medicaid funding.
Democracy Docket
Democracy Docket
January 7, 2026 at 10:10 AM
In 2023, Ohio voters codified reproductive freedom into law. Now, three years later, state Republicans are pushing to oppose the people by pursuing a backdoor ban on abortion that targets telemedicine and Medicaid funding.
Democracy Docket
Democracy Docket
The DOJ sued Arizona and Connecticut today for unfettered access to the states’ voter registration data, which includes people’s sensitive personal information. This marks 23 states (plus Washington, D.C.) sued by the DOJ for access to voter rolls so far
Democracy Docket
Democracy Docket
January 7, 2026 at 10:08 AM
The DOJ sued Arizona and Connecticut today for unfettered access to the states’ voter registration data, which includes people’s sensitive personal information. This marks 23 states (plus Washington, D.C.) sued by the DOJ for access to voter rolls so far
Democracy Docket
Democracy Docket
2 weeks after the DOJ was supposed to release all the Epstein files, only 0.6% of the documents have been published. From removing images of Trump from the release to rejecting accusations against him in the files, it’s clear the DOJ is playing defense for the president.
Democracy Docket
Democracy Docket
January 7, 2026 at 10:06 AM
2 weeks after the DOJ was supposed to release all the Epstein files, only 0.6% of the documents have been published. From removing images of Trump from the release to rejecting accusations against him in the files, it’s clear the DOJ is playing defense for the president.
Democracy Docket
Democracy Docket
If Marc Benioff, Tim Cook and Mark Zuckerberg were true leaders, they’d speak out and speak up against Trump. But they won’t and don’t. They go along with Trump’s authoritarian agenda so they can enlarge their wealth and power.
Robert Reich
Robert Reich
January 7, 2026 at 9:40 AM
If Marc Benioff, Tim Cook and Mark Zuckerberg were true leaders, they’d speak out and speak up against Trump. But they won’t and don’t. They go along with Trump’s authoritarian agenda so they can enlarge their wealth and power.
Robert Reich
Robert Reich
The House GOP retreat is a loyalty seminar where dissent is pathologized, obedience is sanctified, and legislators are sorted into groups of affection and contempt. Trump boasted about shaming members who require persuasion and praising the dead for voting with him 100% of the time
George Cummings
George Cummings
January 7, 2026 at 8:05 AM
The House GOP retreat is a loyalty seminar where dissent is pathologized, obedience is sanctified, and legislators are sorted into groups of affection and contempt. Trump boasted about shaming members who require persuasion and praising the dead for voting with him 100% of the time
George Cummings
George Cummings
At the 5th anniversary of an insurrection sparked by his lies about a stolen election, Trump offered no reflection, no acknowledgment of democratic rupture. He doubled down—on grievance,on the idea that violence is always someone else’s fault and power is always his by right.
George Cummings
George Cummings
January 7, 2026 at 7:40 AM
At the 5th anniversary of an insurrection sparked by his lies about a stolen election, Trump offered no reflection, no acknowledgment of democratic rupture. He doubled down—on grievance,on the idea that violence is always someone else’s fault and power is always his by right.
George Cummings
George Cummings
By pardoning January 6 insurrectionists, Trump exposed a foundational lie of MAGA’s ideology: that it stands with police and as a guarantor of law and order. The truth is the opposite.
Jeffrey Goldberg
Jeffrey Goldberg
January 7, 2026 at 6:22 AM
By pardoning January 6 insurrectionists, Trump exposed a foundational lie of MAGA’s ideology: that it stands with police and as a guarantor of law and order. The truth is the opposite.
Jeffrey Goldberg
Jeffrey Goldberg
As we begin 2026, a new development threatens to undermine voting by mail. A recent rule change at the USPS means that postmarks will no longer reflect the date a piece of mail was deposited at a local post office. Instead, postmarks will be applied at a regional processing facility.
Marc Elias
Marc Elias
January 6, 2026 at 9:53 PM
As we begin 2026, a new development threatens to undermine voting by mail. A recent rule change at the USPS means that postmarks will no longer reflect the date a piece of mail was deposited at a local post office. Instead, postmarks will be applied at a regional processing facility.
Marc Elias
Marc Elias