Mark Teel
@teelmj.bsky.social
💙 Virginian. Veteran. Critical thinker. Return integrity, courage, & compassion to American politics. Arlington Democrat. 💙
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November 8, 2025 at 6:27 PM
The fastest growth at Democracy Docket is our YouTube channel. It just crossed 575,000 subscribers and is doing great work.
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Trump loves coal; he just doesn't care whether the mine workers live or die... 😡
Deep in Trump country, coal miners with black lung say government is suffocating the 'working man'
Lisa Emery, a respiratory therapist, is deeply concerned about West Virginia coal miners suffering from black lung disease.
apnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Trump loves coal; he just doesn't care whether the mine workers live or die... 😡
Trump=Corruption: pardons former Tennessee House speaker convicted of federal public corruption charges
Trump pardons former Tennessee House speaker convicted of federal public corruption charges
President Donald Trump has pardoned former Tennessee House speaker Glen Casada and his aide Cade Cothren.
apnews.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Trump=Corruption: pardons former Tennessee House speaker convicted of federal public corruption charges
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The Battle in Virginia Over an Activist Who Protested Stephen Miller
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November 7, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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**Join us on Wednesday, November 12 to debrief this year’s election.** We’ll share what we know and what clues the results hold for the coming midterms.
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November 6, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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Knock Doors in Arlington with Senator Mark Kelly · Spanberger for Governor
Join us for an exciting Day of Action with Senator Mark Kelly as we hit the doors in Arlington to talk with voters about what’s at stake this election!
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Join us for an exciting Day of Action with Senator Mark Kelly as we hit the doors in Arlington to talk with voters about what’s at stake this election!
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October 27, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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Trump demanded the justice system prosecute people he doesn't like. To make that happen, he had to fire the competent staff and install an incompetent boot-licker.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan Here.”
My Signal exchange with the interim U.S. attorney about the Letitia James grand jury.
www.lawfaremedia.org
October 21, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Trump demanded the justice system prosecute people he doesn't like. To make that happen, he had to fire the competent staff and install an incompetent boot-licker.
Trump's Republican Party is destroying the United States. Most Republican leaders know it, but are too spineless and selfish to act.
My Last Day as an Accomplice of the Republican Party
Why I’m leaving the GOP and why I’m urging my former colleagues to do the same.
open.substack.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Trump's Republican Party is destroying the United States. Most Republican leaders know it, but are too spineless and selfish to act.
Trump & Youngkin continue to trash Virginia's health & welfare: With clinics closed, Churchville's predicament could foreshadow things to come for more of rural Virginia cardinalnews.org/2025/10/16/c...
With clinics closed, Churchville’s predicament could foreshadow things to come for more of rural Virginia
The tiny community of Churchville in western Augusta County no longer has a doctor’s office. Its clinic was one of three recently shuttered by Augusta Health.
cardinalnews.org
October 16, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Trump & Youngkin continue to trash Virginia's health & welfare: With clinics closed, Churchville's predicament could foreshadow things to come for more of rural Virginia cardinalnews.org/2025/10/16/c...
How many people do you have to fire in order to find someone corrupt and/or spineless enough to pursue Trump's unprecedented weaponization of the US justice system? The corruption & incompetence is a rare blend.
U.S. Attorney Was Forced Out After Clashes Over How to Handle Russia Inquiry
www.nytimes.com
October 16, 2025 at 12:13 AM
How many people do you have to fire in order to find someone corrupt and/or spineless enough to pursue Trump's unprecedented weaponization of the US justice system? The corruption & incompetence is a rare blend.
I’m voting for leaders who protect health care, fight for fair pay, and keep our schools safe. That means no to book bans and NRA lobbyists, and yes, to fairness, freedom, and the future we deserve. social.redwine.blue/s/1wYFQESO
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October 15, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I’m voting for leaders who protect health care, fight for fair pay, and keep our schools safe. That means no to book bans and NRA lobbyists, and yes, to fairness, freedom, and the future we deserve. social.redwine.blue/s/1wYFQESO
Trump & Youngkin rig our economy for the rich. Democrats fight for an economy that works for all of us. - Coal Miners With Black Lung Say They Are ‘Cast Aside to Die’ Under Trump
Coal Miners With Black Lung Say They Are ‘Cast Aside to Die’ Under Trump
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October 14, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Trump & Youngkin rig our economy for the rich. Democrats fight for an economy that works for all of us. - Coal Miners With Black Lung Say They Are ‘Cast Aside to Die’ Under Trump
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Fired up after launching today’s canvass with Virginia AFL-CIO members! Union workers are the backbone of our economy, and as Attorney General, I’ll always have their backs – defending fair wages, safe workplaces, and the right to organize.
October 11, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Fired up after launching today’s canvass with Virginia AFL-CIO members! Union workers are the backbone of our economy, and as Attorney General, I’ll always have their backs – defending fair wages, safe workplaces, and the right to organize.
What Earle-Sears has to offer: "a pattern of not disclosing these obvious conflicts of interest is indicative of a disregard of the law and implies she had something to hide.” Financial disclosure gaps, questionable gifts cloud Earle-Sears’ bid for governor virginiamercury.com/2025/10/08/f...
Financial disclosure gaps, questionable gifts cloud Earle-Sears’ bid for governor • Virginia Mercury
A closer look at Virginia Republican gubernatorial nominee Winsome Earle-Sears' public filings reveals a pattern of omissions and inconsistencies in her financial disclosures — including a $12,000 “gi...
virginiamercury.com
October 11, 2025 at 6:23 PM
What Earle-Sears has to offer: "a pattern of not disclosing these obvious conflicts of interest is indicative of a disregard of the law and implies she had something to hide.” Financial disclosure gaps, questionable gifts cloud Earle-Sears’ bid for governor virginiamercury.com/2025/10/08/f...
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Actually watch the video.
Unreal.
Unreal.
Trump on pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell: Haven't heard the name in so long. I’ll take a look at it. I’ll speak to the DOJ. A lot of people have asked me for pardons.
Reporter: But she’s convicted of sex trafficking
Trump: I’ll have to take a look at it.
Reporter: But she’s convicted of sex trafficking
Trump: I’ll have to take a look at it.
October 6, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Actually watch the video.
Unreal.
Unreal.
Trump, Youngkin & Miyares have weaponized their government positions to be more concerned with pursuing Trump’s political vendettas than with protecting the US against terrorist attacks.
Fired Prosecutor Assails Justice Dept.’s Pursuit of Trump’s Enemies
www.nytimes.com
October 7, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Trump, Youngkin & Miyares have weaponized their government positions to be more concerned with pursuing Trump’s political vendettas than with protecting the US against terrorist attacks.
Virginia deserves leaders who will fight for our economic future cardinalnews.org/2025/09/30/v...
Virginia deserves leaders who will fight for our economic future
While the federal government’s dramatic downsizing impacts the entire Washington metropolitan region, Virginia is bearing a disproportionate burden — and our state’s leadership has been…
cardinalnews.org
October 6, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Virginia deserves leaders who will fight for our economic future cardinalnews.org/2025/09/30/v...
Trump has always used his inherited wealth to hide his own corruption & screw the middle class, but now he is weaponizing the levers of government to pervert our system of justice.
Trump nominates aide to be top US prosecutor
Trump nominates aide to be top US prosecutor
Trump nominates White House aide to be top US prosecutor for office probing Letitia James
President Donald Trump has announced his nomination of Lindsey Halligan as the top federal prosecutor for the Eastern District of Virginia.
apnews.com
September 22, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Trump has always used his inherited wealth to hide his own corruption & screw the middle class, but now he is weaponizing the levers of government to pervert our system of justice.
Trump nominates aide to be top US prosecutor
Trump nominates aide to be top US prosecutor
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Why are so many in the media and on the right trying to suppress something that was important to Charlie Kirk?
September 13, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Why are so many in the media and on the right trying to suppress something that was important to Charlie Kirk?
"Walkinshaw has cast his victory as a barometer for how voters feel about the [disastrous & devastating] impact of President Donald Trump’s agenda on their daily lives."
What a Virginia Democrat’s decisive win may mean for midterm elections
Democrat James Walkinshaw handily won a recent special election in Virginia’s 11th Congressional District with a message focused on job loss from Trump’s cuts to federal workforce.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 12, 2025 at 10:51 PM
"Walkinshaw has cast his victory as a barometer for how voters feel about the [disastrous & devastating] impact of President Donald Trump’s agenda on their daily lives."