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More people have died in ICE detention in 2025 than any year since 2004.
The government has a legal and moral obligation to provide people in its custody with medical care and livable conditions.
The government has a legal and moral obligation to provide people in its custody with medical care and livable conditions.
Four ICE detainee deaths in four days spark alarm as arrests grow
At least 30 detainees have died in 2025, prompting concerns about deteriorating conditions at facilities even as the agency has received an infusion of cash from Congress.
wapo.st
December 22, 2025 at 9:58 PM
More people have died in ICE detention in 2025 than any year since 2004.
The government has a legal and moral obligation to provide people in its custody with medical care and livable conditions.
The government has a legal and moral obligation to provide people in its custody with medical care and livable conditions.
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CBS paid the president of the United States millions in bribe money and now they censor news reports so it does not annoy him. I don’t know how much plainer we can put this.
December 22, 2025 at 12:14 PM
CBS paid the president of the United States millions in bribe money and now they censor news reports so it does not annoy him. I don’t know how much plainer we can put this.
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The Trump administration is asking states to hand over voters' private data in an effort to create a national voter database.
We've already taken steps to stop them in:
✅ California
✅ Colorado
✅ Maine
✅ Maryland
✅ Minnesota
✅ Nevada
✅ New Mexico
✅ Oregon
✅ Pennsylvania
✅ Rhode Island
We've already taken steps to stop them in:
✅ California
✅ Colorado
✅ Maine
✅ Maryland
✅ Minnesota
✅ Nevada
✅ New Mexico
✅ Oregon
✅ Pennsylvania
✅ Rhode Island
December 22, 2025 at 4:33 PM
The Trump administration is asking states to hand over voters' private data in an effort to create a national voter database.
We've already taken steps to stop them in:
✅ California
✅ Colorado
✅ Maine
✅ Maryland
✅ Minnesota
✅ Nevada
✅ New Mexico
✅ Oregon
✅ Pennsylvania
✅ Rhode Island
We've already taken steps to stop them in:
✅ California
✅ Colorado
✅ Maine
✅ Maryland
✅ Minnesota
✅ Nevada
✅ New Mexico
✅ Oregon
✅ Pennsylvania
✅ Rhode Island
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I am furious that DOJ ignored the new federal law requiring release of the Epstein Files. I am equally angry that so many in legacy media seem not to care.
My latest for Democracy Docket lays out the case. Sign up now to access this and all premium content. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
My latest for Democracy Docket lays out the case. Sign up now to access this and all premium content. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
December 21, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I am furious that DOJ ignored the new federal law requiring release of the Epstein Files. I am equally angry that so many in legacy media seem not to care.
My latest for Democracy Docket lays out the case. Sign up now to access this and all premium content. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
My latest for Democracy Docket lays out the case. Sign up now to access this and all premium content. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
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I miss the days when FBI Directors caught mass shooters and didn’t fly to wresting events on a government jet to watch their girlfriend sing.
December 18, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I miss the days when FBI Directors caught mass shooters and didn’t fly to wresting events on a government jet to watch their girlfriend sing.
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NEW: The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead.
Use information from your prescription label to locate the factory and see if the plant has a history of inspection violations.
Use information from your prescription label to locate the factory and see if the plant has a history of inspection violations.
Where Was My Generic Prescription Drug Made? - Rx Inspector - ProPublica
The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead. Use information on your prescription label to locate the factory and see inspection reports.
projects.propublica.org
December 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
NEW: The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead.
Use information from your prescription label to locate the factory and see if the plant has a history of inspection violations.
Use information from your prescription label to locate the factory and see if the plant has a history of inspection violations.
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Today my law firm filed to intervene to fight DOJ's lawsuits to access confidential voter data in Colorado and Hawaii. We are now fighting to protect our clients' sensitive data in 16 of the 18 cases filed by DOJ (plus Fulton County). I expect we will file in the remaining 2 (DE and MA) this week.
December 18, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Today my law firm filed to intervene to fight DOJ's lawsuits to access confidential voter data in Colorado and Hawaii. We are now fighting to protect our clients' sensitive data in 16 of the 18 cases filed by DOJ (plus Fulton County). I expect we will file in the remaining 2 (DE and MA) this week.
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I am taking the next few days off from writing to prepare for a Supreme Court argument. If you want to support Democracy Docket during my pause, here is there link. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
December 5, 2025 at 2:30 AM
I am taking the next few days off from writing to prepare for a Supreme Court argument. If you want to support Democracy Docket during my pause, here is there link. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
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This is the most consequential story for the 2026 midterms. Yet, I cannot find it anywhere on legacy media. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
DOJ Sues Six More States in Sweeping Push to Obtain Unredacted Voter Rolls
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:21 PM
This is the most consequential story for the 2026 midterms. Yet, I cannot find it anywhere on legacy media. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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A federal court ruled Thursday that President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops in Washington D.C. was likely unlawful and inflicted serious harm on the District’s right to govern itself. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Trump’s D.C. National Guard Deployment Was Unlawful, Federal Court Finds
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:34 PM
A federal court ruled Thursday that President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops in Washington D.C. was likely unlawful and inflicted serious harm on the District’s right to govern itself. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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California is a global climate powerhouse.
At #COP30 today, I met with leaders from around the world to double down on our work to confront the climate crisis, create good-paying jobs, and help protect Californians from natural disasters exacerbated by climate change.
At #COP30 today, I met with leaders from around the world to double down on our work to confront the climate crisis, create good-paying jobs, and help protect Californians from natural disasters exacerbated by climate change.
November 12, 2025 at 2:40 AM
California is a global climate powerhouse.
At #COP30 today, I met with leaders from around the world to double down on our work to confront the climate crisis, create good-paying jobs, and help protect Californians from natural disasters exacerbated by climate change.
At #COP30 today, I met with leaders from around the world to double down on our work to confront the climate crisis, create good-paying jobs, and help protect Californians from natural disasters exacerbated by climate change.
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🚨BREAKING: President Donald Trump violated the Constitution and federal law by ordering hundreds of National Guard soldiers to Portland, Oregon, earlier this year, a federal judge ruled Friday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Trump-Appointed Judge Rules His Portland Military Takeover Was Unconstitutional
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:30 AM
🚨BREAKING: President Donald Trump violated the Constitution and federal law by ordering hundreds of National Guard soldiers to Portland, Oregon, earlier this year, a federal judge ruled Friday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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When you desperately want to starve Americans:
November 6, 2025 at 11:06 PM
When you desperately want to starve Americans:
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The Constitution protects the right to free speech and the right to peacefully assemble. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/06/o...
‘The use of force shocks the conscience’: Judge issues sweeping injunction on Chicago tactics of immigration agents
A federal judge in Chicago issued a sweeping injunction that puts more permanent restrictions on the use of force by immigration agents during “Operation Midway Blitz.”
www.chicagotribune.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The Constitution protects the right to free speech and the right to peacefully assemble. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/06/o...
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Mamdani: "We can respond to oligarchy and authoritarianism with the strength it fears, not the appeasement it craves. After all, if anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him."
November 5, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Mamdani: "We can respond to oligarchy and authoritarianism with the strength it fears, not the appeasement it craves. After all, if anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him."
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Apparently it's "communist" to retain a rent stabilization system which has been in place since 1941, but it's "capitalist" for Trump to insist that the federal government take a controlling stake in dozens of companies with which he engages.
Kelly Loeffler: "This is gonna be a crisis in the city of New York, to have a communist in there talking about seizing the means of production ... this is the face of Democrat Party now, and you saw that with everyone coming and bowing to him."
November 5, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Apparently it's "communist" to retain a rent stabilization system which has been in place since 1941, but it's "capitalist" for Trump to insist that the federal government take a controlling stake in dozens of companies with which he engages.
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November 2, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Scientific evidence has overwhelmingly proven that mifepristone is safe and effective.
Our access to medicine must be dictated by science, not politics. This is a win for our reproductive rights.
Our access to medicine must be dictated by science, not politics. This is a win for our reproductive rights.
Federal judge in Hawaii rules FDA violated the law by restricting access to abortion medication
A federal judge in Hawaii has ruled that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration violated the law by imposing restrictions on a medication used for abortions and miscarriage management.
apnews.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Scientific evidence has overwhelmingly proven that mifepristone is safe and effective.
Our access to medicine must be dictated by science, not politics. This is a win for our reproductive rights.
Our access to medicine must be dictated by science, not politics. This is a win for our reproductive rights.
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A redistricting case from Louisiana could have nationwide ramifications for voting rights.
We went to the Supreme Court earlier this month to defend Black voting power.
We went to the Supreme Court earlier this month to defend Black voting power.
Supreme Court Hears Louisiana Redistricting Case
Activist Dr. Press Robinson reflects on the Supreme Court's reargument in a historic Louisiana redistricting case
www.aclu.org
October 28, 2025 at 4:37 PM
A redistricting case from Louisiana could have nationwide ramifications for voting rights.
We went to the Supreme Court earlier this month to defend Black voting power.
We went to the Supreme Court earlier this month to defend Black voting power.
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"The next presidency is going to have to embark on a sweeping de-Trump-ification of the entire federal government to purge it of the culture of abuse and lawlessness that has taken hold, and there are few more vivid examples than ICE."
New in PN: ICE is beyond repair
"The paramilitary cosplayers dreaming of civil war as their beer guts spill out below their tactical vests have been remarkably quiet this year. That’s because Trump no longer needs them. He has his own army of thugs, one even more lawless & violent. It’s called ICE"
"The paramilitary cosplayers dreaming of civil war as their beer guts spill out below their tactical vests have been remarkably quiet this year. That’s because Trump no longer needs them. He has his own army of thugs, one even more lawless & violent. It’s called ICE"
ICE is out of control and beyond repair
This agency needs to be stripped down to the studs. Dems should start preparing now.
www.publicnotice.co
October 27, 2025 at 1:08 PM
"The next presidency is going to have to embark on a sweeping de-Trump-ification of the entire federal government to purge it of the culture of abuse and lawlessness that has taken hold, and there are few more vivid examples than ICE."
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Gallego: "It's murder. It's very simple. If this president feels they are doing something illegally, then he should be using the Coast Guard. If this is an act of war, then you use our military and then you come and talk to us first. But this is murder ... it's disgusting."
October 26, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Gallego: "It's murder. It's very simple. If this president feels they are doing something illegally, then he should be using the Coast Guard. If this is an act of war, then you use our military and then you come and talk to us first. But this is murder ... it's disgusting."
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These people are, not to put too fine a point on it, nuts.
Chip Roy: "The truth is the marxist, radicals, and Islamists the Democratic Party promoted this weekend, they cannot handle the truth. The truth is that there is a king and that king is Jesus. And the president has been willing to say it, & Charlie Kirk was willing to say it & he got killed for it."
October 20, 2025 at 3:14 PM
These people are, not to put too fine a point on it, nuts.
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🚨 NEWS: Colombian President Gustavo Petro accuses U.S. government officials of murder and violating Colombia’s sovereignty and says the Trump-ordered strike of a boat in the Caribbean killed a fisherman named Alejandro Carranza.
October 19, 2025 at 3:09 AM
🚨 NEWS: Colombian President Gustavo Petro accuses U.S. government officials of murder and violating Colombia’s sovereignty and says the Trump-ordered strike of a boat in the Caribbean killed a fisherman named Alejandro Carranza.
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Our federal tax dollars are being used to fund a network of government social media accounts that pump out disinformation 24/7. Even during a government shutdown. It’s definitely not essential work.
October 18, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Our federal tax dollars are being used to fund a network of government social media accounts that pump out disinformation 24/7. Even during a government shutdown. It’s definitely not essential work.
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This is a profoundly absurd show of force that could put Californians directly in harm's way.
Flying live rounds over a busy highway without coordination between state, federal, and local partners isn't just wrong — it's dangerous.
Flying live rounds over a busy highway without coordination between state, federal, and local partners isn't just wrong — it's dangerous.
October 18, 2025 at 6:20 AM
This is a profoundly absurd show of force that could put Californians directly in harm's way.
Flying live rounds over a busy highway without coordination between state, federal, and local partners isn't just wrong — it's dangerous.
Flying live rounds over a busy highway without coordination between state, federal, and local partners isn't just wrong — it's dangerous.