debva.bsky.social
@debva.bsky.social
Democrat.
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He’s a disaster as defense secretary. But here’s a question that must be pondered this week: Didn’t we all know this? Wasn’t there ample reason to suspect that a talk-show host would be in way over his head in running the largest corporation in the U.S. government?

newrepublic.com/post/204017/...
Cowardly Pete Hegseth Is This Week’s Proof of the GOP’s Moral Rot
Of course defense secretary is a disaster. But everyone knew back in January that he would be. That’s where the real problem lies.
newrepublic.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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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
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Alina Habba’s parents emigrated to the US from Iraq citing persecution.
November 30, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Five-byline alert: 🚨

“.. the full scope of [Witkoff’s talks] went much further, according to people familiar .. They were privately charting a path to bring Russia’s $2 trillion economy in from the cold—with American businesses first in line .. to the dividends. 🇺🇦

www.wsj.com/world/russia...
November 29, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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The Halligan Shenanigans

www.youtube.com/live/75THLs4...
Jen Taub LIVE - Revenge Tour Crashes
YouTube video by Jen Taub
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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I hope
you’ll read this piece that I wrote about Donald Trump, the price of having a president who openly calls for his political enemies deaths, & why we should be discussing this with friends & family during the holiday. joycevance.substack.com/p/sorry-geor...
Sorry, George Washington Would Not Have Hanged Them.
This week, Donald Trump continues to use his claimed power to kill people who have received no due process, in international waters, based on his administration’s assertion that they are narcoterroris...
joycevance.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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“I’ve got the best poll numbers I’ve ever had! Red hot!!!”
November 22, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Me, on how Pam Bondi's shenanigans from last week will likely backfire.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTdP...
Back to Bondi
YouTube video by emptywheel
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November 22, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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I guess the plan to have Mike Johnson lie in shutdown press conferences every day for 3 weeks didn’t work out.
November 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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Reminder: At the height of COVID
When hospitals were desperate for COVID tests, Trump sent thousands to Putin for his personal use
November 4, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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California – this Election Day, vote yes on Prop 50.

California’s Prop 50 says that if Republicans are going to abuse the system to try and hang onto power, we’re going to counteract that abuse and create a level playing field in the midterm elections.

Make a plan to vote yes on Prop 50.
October 30, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 79th day out of the last 91.

The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.

It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
October 22, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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NEW: Jim Jordan wants to question Jack Smith about his search of Mar-a-Lago, but Merrick Garland executed that search months before Jack Smith was even appointed. One of several lies in this letter demanding Jack Smith's testimony. judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
October 14, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Yes, so embarrassing.
October 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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Congratulations to new Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado for her courageous struggle to bring democracy to Venezuela.
Live Updates: María Corina Machado of Venezuela Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
www.nytimes.com
October 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Mornin, @thehill.com
September 27, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Trump just ordered the military into Portland, and he’s giving them the green light to use lethal force on American citizens.

Authoritarianism is an abstract concept but Trump is making its impacts real and tangible. Let’s be real about it: This is the beginning of dictatorship in America.
September 27, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Voters in southwest Arizona are highly likely to elect a new Democratic House member in a special election today. That would-be lawmaker plans to become the 218th and clinching supporter of a bipartisan effort to force public disclosure of federal investigative files related to Jeffrey Epstein.
How Arizona voters are set to put Mike Johnson in a corner
The likely winner of a special election Tuesday is set to rekindle the Jeffrey Epstein firestorm in the House.
www.politico.com
September 23, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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Who could have imagined that a guy who uses the moniker “Ka$h” would take over the FBI and shut down the bribery investigations of his buddies?
September 21, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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Child sex trafficker protecting Trump and his cronies heads to her yoga class at Club Fed.
September 21, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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Ashley Babbit dishonored her service by committing insurrection against her country. While her death is absolutely tragic and I wish it hadn’t happened, the Air Force giving her honors is in itself a dishonor.
August 28, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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🚨BREAKING: Arizona Court of Appeals REJECTS right wing challenge to Arizona's signature matching process. Another VICTORY for my law firm's clients and the voters of Arizona. www.democracydocket.com/cases/arizon...
🚨 Arizona Free Enterprise Club v. Fontes Appealed
Learn more.
www.democracydocket.com
August 28, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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JUST IN: Judge Berman agrees that effort by DOJ to unseal Epstein grand jury files is a “diversion” when DOJ could just release a trove of far more comprehensive documents without court involvement. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
August 20, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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I will say it again.

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August 9, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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A video arguing that women shouldn’t be able to vote was just shared by Trump’s Secretary of Defense, the guy in charge of our whole military.

And Democratic Party leaders still can’t stand up to this administration?! Our rights are on the line and all our party leaders offer us is silence.
August 9, 2025 at 6:27 AM