VieH
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It was all fun and games until it came up in the trial.
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Weaponized gratitude is a key tool in the abuser's toolkit. The goal is to convince the victim that they owe the abuser so much, they should feel guilty for wanting to complain.
October 4, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Weaponized gratitude is a key tool in the abuser's toolkit. The goal is to convince the victim that they owe the abuser so much, they should feel guilty for wanting to complain.
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NEW: In Texas redistricting case, a leading political scientist testified that he saw “evidence of intentional discrimination” in the map, which “aggressively seeks to roll back minority power.” www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Texas Gerrymander ‘Aggressively Seeks to Roll Back Minority Power,’ Expert Testifies
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
October 4, 2025 at 11:34 AM
NEW: In Texas redistricting case, a leading political scientist testified that he saw “evidence of intentional discrimination” in the map, which “aggressively seeks to roll back minority power.” www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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As we begin another week, my law firm is litigation 52 voting and election cases in 25 states. We are preparing another half dozen. The fight for free and fair elections is the fight of our time and I am proud that my firm is helping to lead this fight in court.
September 21, 2025 at 2:32 PM
As we begin another week, my law firm is litigation 52 voting and election cases in 25 states. We are preparing another half dozen. The fight for free and fair elections is the fight of our time and I am proud that my firm is helping to lead this fight in court.
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Pair of snowy egrets fishing.
#🪶
#birds
#nature
#wildlife
#birding
#photography
#birdsofbluesky
#snowyegrets
#naturephotography #birdphotography #nikon #nikonZ8 #nikonphotographer
#🪶
#birds
#nature
#wildlife
#birding
#photography
#birdsofbluesky
#snowyegrets
#naturephotography #birdphotography #nikon #nikonZ8 #nikonphotographer
September 1, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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As we begin a new month, my law firm is litigation 51 voting and election cases in 25 states.
6 in Arizona
6 in Georgia
4 in Florida
4 in North Carolina
8 involve redistricting
6 in Arizona
6 in Georgia
4 in Florida
4 in North Carolina
8 involve redistricting
September 1, 2025 at 2:27 PM
As we begin a new month, my law firm is litigation 51 voting and election cases in 25 states.
6 in Arizona
6 in Georgia
4 in Florida
4 in North Carolina
8 involve redistricting
6 in Arizona
6 in Georgia
4 in Florida
4 in North Carolina
8 involve redistricting
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I just finished my latest update on how to make sense of what the GOP is doing in Texas and why it may backfire on them. It goes out in the morning to Democracy Dockets premium members.
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August 6, 2025 at 2:45 AM
I just finished my latest update on how to make sense of what the GOP is doing in Texas and why it may backfire on them. It goes out in the morning to Democracy Dockets premium members.
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Stephen Colbert, if you’re reading this: the door is open at the MeidasTouch Network open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
A Message to Stephen Colbert from MeidasTouch
By Ben Meiselas
open.substack.com
July 18, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Stephen Colbert, if you’re reading this: the door is open at the MeidasTouch Network open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
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John Lewis walked, bled, and lived for justice.
Five years since his passing, we honor him the only way we know how:
By refusing to stay silent and getting in more Good Trouble.
Five years since his passing, we honor him the only way we know how:
By refusing to stay silent and getting in more Good Trouble.
July 17, 2025 at 6:20 PM
John Lewis walked, bled, and lived for justice.
Five years since his passing, we honor him the only way we know how:
By refusing to stay silent and getting in more Good Trouble.
Five years since his passing, we honor him the only way we know how:
By refusing to stay silent and getting in more Good Trouble.
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i think it is bad that the president's budget director thinks congress is an advisory body and that the constitution is a set of recommendations www.huffpost.com/entry/russ-v...
Trump's Budget Chief Is About To Go Rogue On Massive Spending Cuts
Russ Vought said to expect more massive spending cuts because Trump is "not cowing to a legislative branch’s understanding of its own authorities and powers."
www.huffpost.com
July 17, 2025 at 5:52 PM
i think it is bad that the president's budget director thinks congress is an advisory body and that the constitution is a set of recommendations www.huffpost.com/entry/russ-v...
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Of course, they do. Their ancestors were paid when they lost their slaves after the Civil War. Yep. They got reparations.
Descendants of slaveholders in Congress have $3.9 million higher net worth on average.
Descendants of slaveholders in Congress have $3.9 million higher net worth on average
A study found U.S. Congress members with slaveholder ancestors have an average net worth $3.9 million higher than their peers, even after accounting for factors like age, race, and education, highligh...
www.psypost.org
July 16, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Of course, they do. Their ancestors were paid when they lost their slaves after the Civil War. Yep. They got reparations.
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Phang: Teachers are some of the least paid, most underappreciated people, and they work in such an intimate way in our lives. Your kids spend more time at school than they do at home, at least in waking hours. So why not encourage our teachers? Why create this oppressive environment?
July 15, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Phang: Teachers are some of the least paid, most underappreciated people, and they work in such an intimate way in our lives. Your kids spend more time at school than they do at home, at least in waking hours. So why not encourage our teachers? Why create this oppressive environment?
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“When the Executive publicly announces its intent to break the law, and then executes on that promise, it is the Judiciary’s duty to check that lawlessness, not expedite it.”
-Justice Sonia Sotomayor
-Justice Sonia Sotomayor
July 15, 2025 at 10:01 PM
“When the Executive publicly announces its intent to break the law, and then executes on that promise, it is the Judiciary’s duty to check that lawlessness, not expedite it.”
-Justice Sonia Sotomayor
-Justice Sonia Sotomayor
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Ex-farm worker here.
We need to talk about this whole "But a living wage for farm workers would spike the cost of food!" thing.
Not true AT ALL.
Y'all don't understand how fast experienced farm workers are.
The average tomato picker pulls 650lbs per hour.
At $20/hr, that's $0.03/lb for labor.
We need to talk about this whole "But a living wage for farm workers would spike the cost of food!" thing.
Not true AT ALL.
Y'all don't understand how fast experienced farm workers are.
The average tomato picker pulls 650lbs per hour.
At $20/hr, that's $0.03/lb for labor.
July 13, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Ex-farm worker here.
We need to talk about this whole "But a living wage for farm workers would spike the cost of food!" thing.
Not true AT ALL.
Y'all don't understand how fast experienced farm workers are.
The average tomato picker pulls 650lbs per hour.
At $20/hr, that's $0.03/lb for labor.
We need to talk about this whole "But a living wage for farm workers would spike the cost of food!" thing.
Not true AT ALL.
Y'all don't understand how fast experienced farm workers are.
The average tomato picker pulls 650lbs per hour.
At $20/hr, that's $0.03/lb for labor.
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Padilla: "What if I was outside a Home Depot, because I like to do some work around the house, not dressed in a suit. Would I be a target of ICE enforcement under Tom Homan? Probably. And it is just wrong."
July 13, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Padilla: "What if I was outside a Home Depot, because I like to do some work around the house, not dressed in a suit. Would I be a target of ICE enforcement under Tom Homan? Probably. And it is just wrong."
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New York City’s mayoral race is taking up all the oxygen but the most consequential mayor in the nation is Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass who is defending her city, the state, and the nation against federal fascism.
More democrats should be speaking up for her- including NYC folk
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More democrats should be speaking up for her- including NYC folk
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July 13, 2025 at 8:56 PM
New York City’s mayoral race is taking up all the oxygen but the most consequential mayor in the nation is Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass who is defending her city, the state, and the nation against federal fascism.
More democrats should be speaking up for her- including NYC folk
1 of 2
More democrats should be speaking up for her- including NYC folk
1 of 2
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They’re eating the files, they’re eating the flight logs, they’re eating the list. 😉
July 13, 2025 at 3:36 PM
They’re eating the files, they’re eating the flight logs, they’re eating the list. 😉
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We remember, Nancy.
July 13, 2025 at 7:18 PM
We remember, Nancy.
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John Leguizamo: "We feed this country, we serve this country, we build this country, and then we get treated this way."
July 6, 2025 at 9:43 PM
John Leguizamo: "We feed this country, we serve this country, we build this country, and then we get treated this way."
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In 2020, when I told people that I was building a pro-democracy media outlet, people thought I was kidding.
When I told them that the fight for democracy was the fight of our time, they thought I was being overly dramatic.
Well...here we are.
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When I told them that the fight for democracy was the fight of our time, they thought I was being overly dramatic.
Well...here we are.
Subscribe to Democracy Docket now. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0
July 7, 2025 at 1:29 AM
In 2020, when I told people that I was building a pro-democracy media outlet, people thought I was kidding.
When I told them that the fight for democracy was the fight of our time, they thought I was being overly dramatic.
Well...here we are.
Subscribe to Democracy Docket now. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0
When I told them that the fight for democracy was the fight of our time, they thought I was being overly dramatic.
Well...here we are.
Subscribe to Democracy Docket now. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0
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everything about this article is so deeply American. exiling the truth teller, wanting to know the history but not too much, inability to come to terms with its own violent history. fam, this is as American as apple pie.
June 21, 2025 at 5:37 PM
everything about this article is so deeply American. exiling the truth teller, wanting to know the history but not too much, inability to come to terms with its own violent history. fam, this is as American as apple pie.
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This is the most important thing I have written recently that you probably haven't read. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/the-...
The Courts Must Stop Presuming Donald Trump is a Regular President
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
June 21, 2025 at 12:56 AM
This is the most important thing I have written recently that you probably haven't read. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/the-...
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I'm so angry. Children are going to die. CHILDREN ARE GOING TO DIE BECAUSE OF THIS RULING
June 18, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I'm so angry. Children are going to die. CHILDREN ARE GOING TO DIE BECAUSE OF THIS RULING
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You know why I can't take some of you on the left seriously? Because when you didn't vote for Harris, you voted for exactly what's happening now. Don't think it's your fault? It sure as shit is.
June 17, 2025 at 11:02 PM
You know why I can't take some of you on the left seriously? Because when you didn't vote for Harris, you voted for exactly what's happening now. Don't think it's your fault? It sure as shit is.