@graylib.bsky.social
Democracy loving Boomer.
Rule of law, freedom, dignity, compassion. Pronouns: she/her
My issues: RIGHTS, PEOPLE!
Liberty by Law! Vaccines save lives!
Jeepers, I’m a Democratic Socialist!?
And I’m mad as hell.
Rule of law, freedom, dignity, compassion. Pronouns: she/her
My issues: RIGHTS, PEOPLE!
Liberty by Law! Vaccines save lives!
Jeepers, I’m a Democratic Socialist!?
And I’m mad as hell.
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Democracy Docket was started to be an uncompromising voice for democracy and free and fair elections. It has no corporate overlords or billionaires pulling the strings. It will never back down or obey.
Support its critical pro-democracy work.
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November 11, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Democracy Docket was started to be an uncompromising voice for democracy and free and fair elections. It has no corporate overlords or billionaires pulling the strings. It will never back down or obey.
Support its critical pro-democracy work.
https://bit.ly/47a0rR6
Support its critical pro-democracy work.
https://bit.ly/47a0rR6
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Obama surprised flight of veterans, families as they arrive in DC
Obama surprised flight of veterans, families as they arrive in DC
“We are very grateful.”
myfox8.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Obama surprised flight of veterans, families as they arrive in DC
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Musk is paid $1tn. Nvidia’s worth $5tn. Yet America’s poor are struggling to eat | Steven Greenhouse
Musk is paid $1tn. Nvidia’s worth $5tn. Yet America’s poor are struggling to eat | Steven Greenhouse
We may be in a golden age for the super-rich – but it doesn’t feel that way for the 42 million Americans who use Snap
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Musk is paid $1tn. Nvidia’s worth $5tn. Yet America’s poor are struggling to eat | Steven Greenhouse
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A father and his one-year-old daughter were pepper sprayed by US ICE agents in Chicago while on their way to go grocery shopping.
November 11, 2025 at 2:47 PM
A father and his one-year-old daughter were pepper sprayed by US ICE agents in Chicago while on their way to go grocery shopping.
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The courts are moving ahead with a scheme to make trans people as a category of second-class citizen, unprotected by law.
More by @valorievandieman.bsky.social and @billiejsweeney.bsky.social here:
More by @valorievandieman.bsky.social and @billiejsweeney.bsky.social here:
An Immediate Need to Impose Bigotry: Rogue Court Endorses Trump’s Ideology — Assigned
An Immediate Need to Impose Bigotry: Rogue Court Endorses Trump’s Ideology
www.assignedmedia.org
November 10, 2025 at 12:41 PM
The courts are moving ahead with a scheme to make trans people as a category of second-class citizen, unprotected by law.
More by @valorievandieman.bsky.social and @billiejsweeney.bsky.social here:
More by @valorievandieman.bsky.social and @billiejsweeney.bsky.social here:
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The white glove treatment being extended to convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell at a minimum security prison in Texas should prompt an investigation into the facility's warden, suggested MSNBC's Ken Dilanian on Monday morning.
'Just stunning': Ghislaine Maxwell prison warden accused of 'corruption' after revelations
The white glove treatment being extended to convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell at a minimum security prison in Texas should prompt an investigation into the facility’s warden, suggested MSNBC’s Ken Dilanian on Monday morning.Reacting to an NBC report and a letter from Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD...
bit.ly
November 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The white glove treatment being extended to convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell at a minimum security prison in Texas should prompt an investigation into the facility's warden, suggested MSNBC's Ken Dilanian on Monday morning.
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Democrats won two governorships and dominated Virginia last week, but the blue wave also set records in some lesser-known elections. Though these contests didn’t make headlines, they demonstrate that voters remain the strongest defense against extremism.
https://bit.ly/43l0w2f
https://bit.ly/43l0w2f
The Down-Ballot Votes That Sustained The National Pro-Democracy Wave
Read more here.
bit.ly
November 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Democrats won two governorships and dominated Virginia last week, but the blue wave also set records in some lesser-known elections. Though these contests didn’t make headlines, they demonstrate that voters remain the strongest defense against extremism.
https://bit.ly/43l0w2f
https://bit.ly/43l0w2f
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The pardons include 77 allies tied to efforts to overturn the 2020 election, including Rudy Giuliani, former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, and former Trump attorney Sidney Powell.
Trump grants pardons to Giuliani, Meadows, others linked to 2020 election efforts
The pardons include 77 allies tied to efforts to overturn the 2020 election, including Rudy Giuliani, former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, and former Trump attorney Sidney Powell.
n.pr
November 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
The pardons include 77 allies tied to efforts to overturn the 2020 election, including Rudy Giuliani, former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, and former Trump attorney Sidney Powell.
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“Residents of affluent neighborhoods like Lincoln Park need to understand that the predatory policing practices now seen in their communities are primarily employed to protect the wealthy from the poor and forcefully maintain an exploitative economic system.”
thetriibe.com/2025/11/the-...
thetriibe.com/2025/11/the-...
THE REVOLUTIONARY COLUMN: Racist police violence is always the common denominator • The TRiiBE
ICE violence does not exist within a vacuum. It didn’t come out of nowhere. This is how it feels to be Black and policed in this country.
thetriibe.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:36 PM
“Residents of affluent neighborhoods like Lincoln Park need to understand that the predatory policing practices now seen in their communities are primarily employed to protect the wealthy from the poor and forcefully maintain an exploitative economic system.”
thetriibe.com/2025/11/the-...
thetriibe.com/2025/11/the-...
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Hungary has financial shield agreement with Washington, Orban says reut.rs/4qRvCZe
Hungary has financial shield agreement with Washington, Orban says
Hungary has secured an agreement with Washington on a "financial shield" to protect its economy and public finances, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said after talks with U.S. President Donald Trump.
reut.rs
November 9, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Hungary has financial shield agreement with Washington, Orban says reut.rs/4qRvCZe
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Samuel Alito owns fossil fuel stocks.
Those companies now have a case before his court.
He’s staying on the case anyway.
www.levernews.com/alitos-oil-i...
Those companies now have a case before his court.
He’s staying on the case anyway.
www.levernews.com/alitos-oil-i...
Alito’s Oil Investments Pollute Contractor Accountability Case
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has not recused himself from a case that could stop states from holding federal contractors accountable for climate damage and other malfeasance.
www.levernews.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Samuel Alito owns fossil fuel stocks.
Those companies now have a case before his court.
He’s staying on the case anyway.
www.levernews.com/alitos-oil-i...
Those companies now have a case before his court.
He’s staying on the case anyway.
www.levernews.com/alitos-oil-i...
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"That style of aggressive, militarized enforcement is something that the Trump administration loves, because it plays very well for them among their base.”
Chicago Immigration Crackdown “Coming to Other Cities,” Warns Expert
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker is calling for federal agents to pause immigration enforcement in the Chicago area until after Halloween, amid widespread condemnation of violent arrests and confrontatio...
www.democracynow.org
November 9, 2025 at 8:56 PM
"That style of aggressive, militarized enforcement is something that the Trump administration loves, because it plays very well for them among their base.”
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The president’s corruption is audaciously out in the open, but decades of letting the wealthy play by their own rules enabled him.
Liberal Elites Kicked the Door Wide Open for Trump’s Flagrant Corruption
The president’s corruption is audaciously out in the open, but decades of letting the wealthy play by their own rules enabled him.
interc.pt
November 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The president’s corruption is audaciously out in the open, but decades of letting the wealthy play by their own rules enabled him.
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The I.R.S. is shutting down its free online system for filing tax returns, a program that the Biden administration introduced last year and that users gave high marks.
via @tarasiegelbernard.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/b...
via @tarasiegelbernard.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/b...
I.R.S. Halts Free Online Offering for Filing Taxes Directly
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The I.R.S. is shutting down its free online system for filing tax returns, a program that the Biden administration introduced last year and that users gave high marks.
via @tarasiegelbernard.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/b...
via @tarasiegelbernard.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/b...
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I have said this before, and I’ll say it again here: We are at most a few years away from the mainstream media becoming controlled top to bottom, with a few very exceptions, by ultrarich conservatives and their hirelings. trib.al/xfVHa6H
The Washington Post Has Become
Right-Wing Even Faster Than I Thought
It’s not going to happen. It’s happening: The mainstream media is becoming right-wing. What are wealthy liberals going to do about it?
trib.al
November 9, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I have said this before, and I’ll say it again here: We are at most a few years away from the mainstream media becoming controlled top to bottom, with a few very exceptions, by ultrarich conservatives and their hirelings. trib.al/xfVHa6H
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📽️ICYMI: Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) joined Marc Elias to explain how Trump is weaponizing the DOJ, threatening Republicans and covering up the Epstein files. They discuss the dangers of mid-decade redistricting and what Democrats can do to defend democracy.
https://bit.ly/49btxB4
https://bit.ly/49btxB4
Trump's Power Grab: Epstein Files, Redistricting, Intimidation | Rep. Dan Goldman
Rep. Dan Goldman joins Marc Elias and Democracy Docket to expose how Donald Trump is weaponizing the DOJ, threatening Republicans, and covering up the Epstein files. They discuss the dangers of mid-decade redistricting, election denial, and what Democra...
bit.ly
November 9, 2025 at 7:06 PM
📽️ICYMI: Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) joined Marc Elias to explain how Trump is weaponizing the DOJ, threatening Republicans and covering up the Epstein files. They discuss the dangers of mid-decade redistricting and what Democrats can do to defend democracy.
https://bit.ly/49btxB4
https://bit.ly/49btxB4
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Like many Americans, Scott Adams had insurance problems. But unlike most people he has powerful friends on social media, and when he asked President Trump for help, he got the cancer drug he needed.
Dilbert creator taps Trump to get cancer drug. Others wish they could, too
Like many Americans, Scott Adams had insurance problems. But unlike most people he has powerful friends on social media, and when he asked President Trump for help, he got the cancer drug he needed.
n.pr
November 9, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Like many Americans, Scott Adams had insurance problems. But unlike most people he has powerful friends on social media, and when he asked President Trump for help, he got the cancer drug he needed.
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In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.
FBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID Themselves
In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.
wrd.cm
November 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.
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Remind us again why the Democrats are to blame?
“The Trump administration told states on Saturday to ‘immediately undo’ any actions to provide full food stamp benefits to low-income families, threatening financial penalties if they do not comply.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
“The Trump administration told states on Saturday to ‘immediately undo’ any actions to provide full food stamp benefits to low-income families, threatening financial penalties if they do not comply.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Officials Demand States ‘Undo’ Work to Send Full Food Stamps
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Remind us again why the Democrats are to blame?
“The Trump administration told states on Saturday to ‘immediately undo’ any actions to provide full food stamp benefits to low-income families, threatening financial penalties if they do not comply.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
“The Trump administration told states on Saturday to ‘immediately undo’ any actions to provide full food stamp benefits to low-income families, threatening financial penalties if they do not comply.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
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They're laughing in your face as they steal your money and make you suffer
Argentina President Javier Milei doing the “Trump dance” at Mar-a-Lago after getting an $40 billion bailout.
Meanwhile, Trump won’t renew subsides for American healthcare.
Meanwhile, Trump won’t renew subsides for American healthcare.
November 8, 2025 at 7:03 PM
They're laughing in your face as they steal your money and make you suffer
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They’re wearing masks so they can’t be prosecuted later. As long as they think they can’t be prosecuted, their crimes will intensify. They will torture, starve and kill, as they have already, on greater and greater scale.
Signed, someone who’s covered the unaccountable War on Terror for 23 years.
Signed, someone who’s covered the unaccountable War on Terror for 23 years.
I’ve come to believe that we need to gather considerable forces and a campaign to demand the removal of face masks by ICE, Border Patrol, FBI and police.
It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.
It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.
Video on social media shows an immigration agent pulling a gun in Little Village and holding it to the side — which is not an appropriate or safe way to hold a gun. (Among other issues.)
November 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
They’re wearing masks so they can’t be prosecuted later. As long as they think they can’t be prosecuted, their crimes will intensify. They will torture, starve and kill, as they have already, on greater and greater scale.
Signed, someone who’s covered the unaccountable War on Terror for 23 years.
Signed, someone who’s covered the unaccountable War on Terror for 23 years.
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One of the unacknowledged advantages of this awful era is that it's revealing for all to see the putrid connections between great wealth and great power.
The intentions of the oligarchs are fully exposed and more blatant than ever.
But remember: We outnumber the oligarchs.
The intentions of the oligarchs are fully exposed and more blatant than ever.
But remember: We outnumber the oligarchs.
November 9, 2025 at 2:00 AM
One of the unacknowledged advantages of this awful era is that it's revealing for all to see the putrid connections between great wealth and great power.
The intentions of the oligarchs are fully exposed and more blatant than ever.
But remember: We outnumber the oligarchs.
The intentions of the oligarchs are fully exposed and more blatant than ever.
But remember: We outnumber the oligarchs.
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🇩🇪 Pistorius said that Germany should become "ready for war" due to the threat from Russia, - WSJ
Germany’s heavy industry is beginning to shift toward defense production, but it’s not clear that it can retool sufficiently or quickly enough.
Germany’s heavy industry is beginning to shift toward defense production, but it’s not clear that it can retool sufficiently or quickly enough.
November 9, 2025 at 1:11 PM
🇩🇪 Pistorius said that Germany should become "ready for war" due to the threat from Russia, - WSJ
Germany’s heavy industry is beginning to shift toward defense production, but it’s not clear that it can retool sufficiently or quickly enough.
Germany’s heavy industry is beginning to shift toward defense production, but it’s not clear that it can retool sufficiently or quickly enough.
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BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...