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Trump is using ICE to terrorize our cities. He is using DOJ to target his political opponents. He will eventually try to steal the 2026 election. I started Democracy Docket to be fiercely independent and unbowed. Become a member now to help support its work and to stay informed. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
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January 13, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Trump is using ICE to terrorize our cities. He is using DOJ to target his political opponents. He will eventually try to steal the 2026 election. I started Democracy Docket to be fiercely independent and unbowed. Become a member now to help support its work and to stay informed. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
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It’s darkly humorous he can’t even muster the ability to give some lip service to democracy or allowing the Venezuelan people to choose their leader.
FOX & FRIENDS: What do you think is next for the Venezuelan people now that you have removed Maduro so he can face American justice?
TRUMP: Well, we're making that decision now. We can't take a chance on letting somebody else run it, just take over where he left off. So we're making that decision
TRUMP: Well, we're making that decision now. We can't take a chance on letting somebody else run it, just take over where he left off. So we're making that decision
January 3, 2026 at 3:13 PM
It’s darkly humorous he can’t even muster the ability to give some lip service to democracy or allowing the Venezuelan people to choose their leader.
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NEW EPISODE: This is going to be the biggest election story in 2026. The Trump Department of Justice is aggressively seeking access to Americans’ most sensitive voter data—including Social Security numbers, party affiliation, voting history, and signatures—by suing more than 20 states.
WARNING: Trump’s 2026 Plan to Weaponize Your Voter Data
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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January 3, 2026 at 4:03 PM
NEW EPISODE: This is going to be the biggest election story in 2026. The Trump Department of Justice is aggressively seeking access to Americans’ most sensitive voter data—including Social Security numbers, party affiliation, voting history, and signatures—by suing more than 20 states.
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Today, in the Sunday print NYT, we published an investigative look at Harold Hamm, the 13th child of Oklahoma sharecroppers who started an oil company named Continental, which turned him into a billionaire, powerbroker and friend of Donald J. Trump. You may never have heard of Hamm. But you should
December 15, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Today, in the Sunday print NYT, we published an investigative look at Harold Hamm, the 13th child of Oklahoma sharecroppers who started an oil company named Continental, which turned him into a billionaire, powerbroker and friend of Donald J. Trump. You may never have heard of Hamm. But you should
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Anyone still serving in the Trump Administration must reckon with the reality that, when the government has previously perpetrated egregious miscarriages of justice, history has not been forgiving to those who’ve gone along, however reluctantly. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
History’s Judgment of Those Who Go Along
Some civil servants and senior officials in the Trump Administration are experiencing bouts of conscience.
www.newyorker.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Anyone still serving in the Trump Administration must reckon with the reality that, when the government has previously perpetrated egregious miscarriages of justice, history has not been forgiving to those who’ve gone along, however reluctantly. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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Marc Elias: Donald Trump hates me, and the feeling is mutual.
"I believe he is a criminal and an authoritarian who is trying to destroy our democracy and the rule of law. I spend a considerable amount of my time fighting against him and his enablers in court and in public discourse."
"I believe he is a criminal and an authoritarian who is trying to destroy our democracy and the rule of law. I spend a considerable amount of my time fighting against him and his enablers in court and in public discourse."
Trump Sued Me. I Fought and Won.
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Marc Elias: Donald Trump hates me, and the feeling is mutual.
"I believe he is a criminal and an authoritarian who is trying to destroy our democracy and the rule of law. I spend a considerable amount of my time fighting against him and his enablers in court and in public discourse."
"I believe he is a criminal and an authoritarian who is trying to destroy our democracy and the rule of law. I spend a considerable amount of my time fighting against him and his enablers in court and in public discourse."
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We will pay a price for putting utterly incompetent and self-serving people in charge of national policing.
www.thebulwark.com/p/fbi-spent-...
www.thebulwark.com/p/fbi-spent-...
The FBI Spent a Generation Relearning How to Catch Spies. Then Came Kash Patel.
As China’s spies grow more aggressive, the FBI is distracted and off-balance.
www.thebulwark.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:50 PM
We will pay a price for putting utterly incompetent and self-serving people in charge of national policing.
www.thebulwark.com/p/fbi-spent-...
www.thebulwark.com/p/fbi-spent-...
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This has never been done before by anyone.
December 15, 2025 at 7:37 PM
This has never been done before by anyone.
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🚨BREAKING: Republicans on county election boards are advancing proposals to the North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBE) that would make it harder to vote — especially for student, minority and working-class voters. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
North Carolina Counties Propose Cuts to Voting Access
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:56 PM
🚨BREAKING: Republicans on county election boards are advancing proposals to the North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBE) that would make it harder to vote — especially for student, minority and working-class voters. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Wrote about how Reiner’s moral center manifested on-screen and off, as so many of his friends have testified today. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/m...
Rob Reiner Made Clear What He Believed In, Onscreen and Off
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Wrote about how Reiner’s moral center manifested on-screen and off, as so many of his friends have testified today. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/m...
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Yesterday, I told you that my law firm is litigating 66 voting and election cases in 35 states. By the end of today, it is up to 69 cases in 37 states.
The 2026 midterm elections will be a fight to protect democracy. I started Democracy Docket to keep you informed. Sign up now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
The 2026 midterm elections will be a fight to protect democracy. I started Democracy Docket to keep you informed. Sign up now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
December 16, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Yesterday, I told you that my law firm is litigating 66 voting and election cases in 35 states. By the end of today, it is up to 69 cases in 37 states.
The 2026 midterm elections will be a fight to protect democracy. I started Democracy Docket to keep you informed. Sign up now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
The 2026 midterm elections will be a fight to protect democracy. I started Democracy Docket to keep you informed. Sign up now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
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This is the desert of the real. The Wachowskis called it. But like Bernie says, no one wants this. Folks are organizing in amazing ways.
Mark Zuckerberg is building a data center in Louisiana that will use 3x more electricity than all of New Orleans.
Oligarchs want YOU to pay for these data centers with higher water & electric bills.
Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people.
Oligarchs want YOU to pay for these data centers with higher water & electric bills.
Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people.
December 12, 2025 at 6:32 AM
This is the desert of the real. The Wachowskis called it. But like Bernie says, no one wants this. Folks are organizing in amazing ways.
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The president of Ukraine in a town that the president of Russia claims Russia occupies. Ukrainians can defend themselves if they are helped by their allies. We have a simple job here — help courageous people who are defending themselves in horrible circumstances. Continuous good work by Phil OBrien
Just sent out my free weekend update. Was quite a week in the land war, started with great doom for Ukraine and ended with the Ukrainians pushing the Russians away from Kupyansk and advancing in a week twice as much as the Russians advanced in 4 months. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
Weekend Update #163: Ukraine Goes From Collapsing to Liberating Kupyansk
The Two Negotiations; Stirrings in Europe
open.substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:38 PM
The president of Ukraine in a town that the president of Russia claims Russia occupies. Ukrainians can defend themselves if they are helped by their allies. We have a simple job here — help courageous people who are defending themselves in horrible circumstances. Continuous good work by Phil OBrien
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Johnson is a hard-core, devoted 9-11 truther (every "argument" as far as I can tell is exactly the same as it was 24 years ago)
Senator Ron Johnson went on a conspiracy show to promote 9/11 Truther-type nonsense.
This is a sitting U.S. Senator.
This is a sitting U.S. Senator.
December 5, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Johnson is a hard-core, devoted 9-11 truther (every "argument" as far as I can tell is exactly the same as it was 24 years ago)
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“The president inhabits a position of moral leadership. When the president and his officials sell their policies, they’re selling a version of what it means to be an American”
I wrote about the Trump administration, the boat strikes, and St. Augustine.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/o...
I wrote about the Trump administration, the boat strikes, and St. Augustine.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/o...
Opinion | Trump’s Boat Strikes Corrode America’s Soul
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:37 AM
“The president inhabits a position of moral leadership. When the president and his officials sell their policies, they’re selling a version of what it means to be an American”
I wrote about the Trump administration, the boat strikes, and St. Augustine.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/o...
I wrote about the Trump administration, the boat strikes, and St. Augustine.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/o...
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Asking earnestly, how is the ballroom project at all legal under the Anti Deficiency Act?
www.gao.gov/legal/approp...
www.gao.gov/legal/approp...
www.gao.gov
October 21, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Asking earnestly, how is the ballroom project at all legal under the Anti Deficiency Act?
www.gao.gov/legal/approp...
www.gao.gov/legal/approp...
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Please follow Marc Elias and if the next President ( if we actually have a fair Election ) doesn’t make him the AG they are a fool .
When we marched, we were not only protesting Trump’s assaults on civil liberties and the rule of law; we were standing up for the right of citizens to choose their own leaders. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...
Trump’s Plan To Remain on His Throne
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
October 22, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Please follow Marc Elias and if the next President ( if we actually have a fair Election ) doesn’t make him the AG they are a fool .
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North Carolina moved closer Tuesday to dismantling a historically Black congressional district in a move one of its former representatives described as “blatant discrimination.” www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
‘Blatant Discrimination’: North Carolina Advances GOP Gerrymander at the Expense of Black Voters
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
October 22, 2025 at 1:11 AM
North Carolina moved closer Tuesday to dismantling a historically Black congressional district in a move one of its former representatives described as “blatant discrimination.” www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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NEW — I'm suing DC Metro Police for the full body cam footage from the DOGE raid on the US Institute of Peace back in March.
The public deserves to know why MPD chose to sell out the people they’re tasked with protecting in order to bend to Trump's will. I'm repped pro bono by @rcfp.org.
Details:
The public deserves to know why MPD chose to sell out the people they’re tasked with protecting in order to bend to Trump's will. I'm repped pro bono by @rcfp.org.
Details:
I'm suing DC Metro Police for body cam footage of US Institute of Peace raid
The Handbasket is represented pro bono by lawyers from the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.
www.thehandbasket.co
October 22, 2025 at 12:56 AM
NEW — I'm suing DC Metro Police for the full body cam footage from the DOGE raid on the US Institute of Peace back in March.
The public deserves to know why MPD chose to sell out the people they’re tasked with protecting in order to bend to Trump's will. I'm repped pro bono by @rcfp.org.
Details:
The public deserves to know why MPD chose to sell out the people they’re tasked with protecting in order to bend to Trump's will. I'm repped pro bono by @rcfp.org.
Details:
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We have almost 500 people registered in our small community outside of Los Angeles. Far more people than we have ever had before. We are excited and energized, yellow safety vests ready.
No matter where you live or if you’ve never protested before, there’s a local No Kings Day event for you. Join a peaceful protest to make it clear that We The People will never bow down to a wannabe king: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 1:33 AM
We have almost 500 people registered in our small community outside of Los Angeles. Far more people than we have ever had before. We are excited and energized, yellow safety vests ready.
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Five reasons to rally! Another one I didn’t mention — it’s fun and it makes you feel better. Thanks to everyone who is already out there. I’ll be at #NoKings in Cincinnati.
snyder.substack.com/p/why-we-pro...
snyder.substack.com/p/why-we-pro...
Why We Protest
No Kings — Freedom
snyder.substack.com
October 18, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Five reasons to rally! Another one I didn’t mention — it’s fun and it makes you feel better. Thanks to everyone who is already out there. I’ll be at #NoKings in Cincinnati.
snyder.substack.com/p/why-we-pro...
snyder.substack.com/p/why-we-pro...
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On No Kings Day, I wrote about the long road ahead to restoring and rebuilding democracy and how we can start now. If you want to receive this and all Democracy Docket premium content, while also supporting pro-democracy media, join today. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
October 18, 2025 at 6:49 PM
On No Kings Day, I wrote about the long road ahead to restoring and rebuilding democracy and how we can start now. If you want to receive this and all Democracy Docket premium content, while also supporting pro-democracy media, join today. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
