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NEW: Advocacy groups sue the Trump administration’s creation of vast, centralized databases of Americans’ personal information for purging voter rolls and launching criminal investigations, arguing such databases violate federal privacy and regulatory procedure laws.
Trump Administration Sued Over Massive ‘Interagency Database’ of Americans’ Private Information
Trump Administration Sued Over Massive ‘Interagency Database’ of Americans’ Private Information
www.democracydocket.com
September 30, 2025 at 6:03 PM
NEW: Advocacy groups sue the Trump administration’s creation of vast, centralized databases of Americans’ personal information for purging voter rolls and launching criminal investigations, arguing such databases violate federal privacy and regulatory procedure laws.
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NEW: Trump told top U.S. military officials it's time to turn armed forces inward against an unspecified "enemy from within" — alarming comments that come as he increasingly attempts to use the military as a domestic police force and claims to have designated some Americans as domestic terrorists.
Trump Tells Top Military Brass to Prepare for War Against ‘Enemy from Within’
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
September 30, 2025 at 5:50 PM
NEW: Trump told top U.S. military officials it's time to turn armed forces inward against an unspecified "enemy from within" — alarming comments that come as he increasingly attempts to use the military as a domestic police force and claims to have designated some Americans as domestic terrorists.
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Remember: Undocumented immigrants pay billions of dollars in taxes every year.
They pay into government funded healthcare programs, but can't access them except in case of emergency.
Emergency Medicaid spending accounted for less than 1% of total Medicaid spending in 2023.
They pay into government funded healthcare programs, but can't access them except in case of emergency.
Emergency Medicaid spending accounted for less than 1% of total Medicaid spending in 2023.
September 30, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Remember: Undocumented immigrants pay billions of dollars in taxes every year.
They pay into government funded healthcare programs, but can't access them except in case of emergency.
Emergency Medicaid spending accounted for less than 1% of total Medicaid spending in 2023.
They pay into government funded healthcare programs, but can't access them except in case of emergency.
Emergency Medicaid spending accounted for less than 1% of total Medicaid spending in 2023.
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NEW VIDEO: Sen. Raphael Warnock joins me to expose Trump’s plan to use the military against Democratic states, explain why moral leadership matters now more than ever, and break down the political battles that will shape the 2026 elections.
Watch, share and enjoy! www.youtube.com/watch?v=InoP...
Watch, share and enjoy! www.youtube.com/watch?v=InoP...
Sen. Warnock Sounds Alarm On Democratic CRISIS
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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September 15, 2025 at 2:04 PM
NEW VIDEO: Sen. Raphael Warnock joins me to expose Trump’s plan to use the military against Democratic states, explain why moral leadership matters now more than ever, and break down the political battles that will shape the 2026 elections.
Watch, share and enjoy! www.youtube.com/watch?v=InoP...
Watch, share and enjoy! www.youtube.com/watch?v=InoP...
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FEMA will send $608 million to states to construct temporary immigrant detention centers, like Florida’s notorious “Alligator Alcatraz.”
Meanwhile, Trump is preparing to cut $1 billion in grants that help communities prep for disaster response.
Cruelty is always the priority.
Meanwhile, Trump is preparing to cut $1 billion in grants that help communities prep for disaster response.
Cruelty is always the priority.
July 26, 2025 at 11:00 PM
FEMA will send $608 million to states to construct temporary immigrant detention centers, like Florida’s notorious “Alligator Alcatraz.”
Meanwhile, Trump is preparing to cut $1 billion in grants that help communities prep for disaster response.
Cruelty is always the priority.
Meanwhile, Trump is preparing to cut $1 billion in grants that help communities prep for disaster response.
Cruelty is always the priority.
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A reminder: FEMA is no longer going door-to-door to assist disaster victims
[From our Climate Desk partner @wired.com]
[From our Climate Desk partner @wired.com]
FEMA will no longer go door-to-door to assist disaster victims
The move, says one agency worker, will “severely hamper our ability to reach vulnerable people.”
www.motherjones.com
July 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
A reminder: FEMA is no longer going door-to-door to assist disaster victims
[From our Climate Desk partner @wired.com]
[From our Climate Desk partner @wired.com]
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Republican Rep. Robert Bresnahan sold shares in a Medicaid health provider just weeks before voting for the Big Ugly Bill — which of course slashes Medicaid.
Today would be a great day to ban members of Congress and their families from trading stocks, don't you think?
Today would be a great day to ban members of Congress and their families from trading stocks, don't you think?
July 7, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Republican Rep. Robert Bresnahan sold shares in a Medicaid health provider just weeks before voting for the Big Ugly Bill — which of course slashes Medicaid.
Today would be a great day to ban members of Congress and their families from trading stocks, don't you think?
Today would be a great day to ban members of Congress and their families from trading stocks, don't you think?
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Republicans are suing to block a law allowing some overseas U.S. citizens to vote in Arizona, arguing it violates the state’s residency requirement. @MarcElias.bsky.social and Paige Moskowitz explain.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0bW...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0bW...
July 5, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Republicans are suing to block a law allowing some overseas U.S. citizens to vote in Arizona, arguing it violates the state’s residency requirement. @MarcElias.bsky.social and Paige Moskowitz explain.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0bW...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0bW...
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Republicans in Congress have structured the most painful benefit cuts in their budget bill to kick in AFTER the 2026 midterms.
But the tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy? Those begin immediately.
Remember this.
But the tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy? Those begin immediately.
Remember this.
July 3, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Republicans in Congress have structured the most painful benefit cuts in their budget bill to kick in AFTER the 2026 midterms.
But the tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy? Those begin immediately.
Remember this.
But the tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy? Those begin immediately.
Remember this.
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The world must be set free.
July 3, 2025 at 3:24 PM
The world must be set free.
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Sometimes it’s permissible to hate.
July 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Sometimes it’s permissible to hate.
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NEW: EPA workers who signed onto the “Declaration of Dissent,” sent out Monday criticizing Administrator Lee Zeldin’s leadership, are facing retaliation.
144 have received letters placing them on administrative leave pending an investigation.
www.importantcontext.news/p/epa-worker...
144 have received letters placing them on administrative leave pending an investigation.
www.importantcontext.news/p/epa-worker...
EPA Workers Face Retaliation Over Dissent Declaration
On Monday, hundreds of EPA workers published a Declaration of Dissent criticizing their leadership. Now, they’re getting placed on leave pending review.
www.importantcontext.news
July 3, 2025 at 5:33 PM
NEW: EPA workers who signed onto the “Declaration of Dissent,” sent out Monday criticizing Administrator Lee Zeldin’s leadership, are facing retaliation.
144 have received letters placing them on administrative leave pending an investigation.
www.importantcontext.news/p/epa-worker...
144 have received letters placing them on administrative leave pending an investigation.
www.importantcontext.news/p/epa-worker...
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Trump's Big Ugly Bill is fascist — not only in what it does and authorizes, but in how it got enacted. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/this-is-fascism
July 3, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Trump's Big Ugly Bill is fascist — not only in what it does and authorizes, but in how it got enacted. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/this-is-fascism
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The neo-reactionary blogger Curtis Yarvin wants to destroy American democracy. With the Trumpian right embracing strongman rule, his ideas have found mainstream purchase.
Curtis Yarvin’s Plot Against America
The reactionary blogger’s call for a monarch to rule the country once seemed like a joke. Now the right is ready to bend the knee.
nyer.cm
July 3, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The neo-reactionary blogger Curtis Yarvin wants to destroy American democracy. With the Trumpian right embracing strongman rule, his ideas have found mainstream purchase.
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I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
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Keep in mind that the cuts to Medicaid don’t go into effect until late 2026 conveniently after the midterm elections. Do not be fooled. Vote these ghouls out. Show up and VOTE in the midterms.
July 3, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Keep in mind that the cuts to Medicaid don’t go into effect until late 2026 conveniently after the midterm elections. Do not be fooled. Vote these ghouls out. Show up and VOTE in the midterms.
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I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
July 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
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Keep reminding folks of this.
The Senators that voted 'yes' on this disastrous bill represent more than 30 million FEWER Americans than the Senators that voted 'no.'
July 2, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Keep reminding folks of this.
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NEW VIDEO: A key provision of the GOP’s budget bill that sought to limit judicial power is dead under Senate rules following a challenge from Democrats. Paige and I explain. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJYC...
Democrats Kill Anti-Democracy Part of GOP Budget Bill
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
www.youtube.com
June 23, 2025 at 9:12 PM
NEW VIDEO: A key provision of the GOP’s budget bill that sought to limit judicial power is dead under Senate rules following a challenge from Democrats. Paige and I explain. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJYC...
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Unique analysis and far and away the most powerful rationale for not going to war: www.theatlantic.com/internationa... American Democracy Might Not Survive a War With Iran - The Atlantic
American Democracy Might Not Survive a War With Iran
The United States is well down the road to dictatorship. Imagine what Trump would do with a state of war.
www.theatlantic.com
June 21, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Unique analysis and far and away the most powerful rationale for not going to war: www.theatlantic.com/internationa... American Democracy Might Not Survive a War With Iran - The Atlantic
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Something I’d note is that while there is criminal immunity for “official acts” for the president, no such immunity exists for the deputy chief of staff.
the takeaway from this is that, for all practical purposes, stephen miller is the acting president of the united states. trump is just play-acting as the boss, as he did on the Apprentice. (gift link)
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Stephen Miller’s Fingerprints Are on Everything in Trump’s Second Term
The president ’s deputy chief of staff has played an outsize role in immigration—and amassed more power than almost anyone else at the White House.
www.wsj.com
June 21, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Something I’d note is that while there is criminal immunity for “official acts” for the president, no such immunity exists for the deputy chief of staff.
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The xenophobic fever dream Rep Andy Ogles exists in is entirely detached from reality — and the proof that he knows it is he doesn’t have the courage to show his face in NASHVILLE, which he represents, at a town hall.
June 20, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The xenophobic fever dream Rep Andy Ogles exists in is entirely detached from reality — and the proof that he knows it is he doesn’t have the courage to show his face in NASHVILLE, which he represents, at a town hall.
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Influencers like Alex Jones and Elon Musk spent much of last weekend blaming the murder of Democratic lawmaker Melissa Hortman on leftists and the deep state.
Here’s how the conspiracy theories evolved.
Here’s how the conspiracy theories evolved.
‘Psyop’: How Far-Right Conspiracy Theories About the Minnesota Shooting Evolved to Protect MAGA
Influencers like Alex Jones and Elon Musk have spent the weekend blaming the murder of Democratic lawmaker Melissa Hortman on leftists and the deep state.
wrd.cm
June 21, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Influencers like Alex Jones and Elon Musk spent much of last weekend blaming the murder of Democratic lawmaker Melissa Hortman on leftists and the deep state.
Here’s how the conspiracy theories evolved.
Here’s how the conspiracy theories evolved.
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KTLA: “I have no doubt it’s racially motivated.”
A US citizen in the parking lot of a Home Depot was tackled to the ground, detained, locked up for 24 hours for filming ICE smashing a man’s window. He plans to sue. (From @keithboykin)
A US citizen in the parking lot of a Home Depot was tackled to the ground, detained, locked up for 24 hours for filming ICE smashing a man’s window. He plans to sue. (From @keithboykin)
June 21, 2025 at 5:58 PM
KTLA: “I have no doubt it’s racially motivated.”
A US citizen in the parking lot of a Home Depot was tackled to the ground, detained, locked up for 24 hours for filming ICE smashing a man’s window. He plans to sue. (From @keithboykin)
A US citizen in the parking lot of a Home Depot was tackled to the ground, detained, locked up for 24 hours for filming ICE smashing a man’s window. He plans to sue. (From @keithboykin)
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NEW: Adults fighting kids for clean water, despondent toddlers and a child with swollen feet denied a medical exam - these first-hand accounts from immigrant families are offering a glimpse at conditions in TX detention centers. according to court filing.
apnews.com/article/migr...
apnews.com/article/migr...
New insight into Texas family detention reveals adults fighting kids for clean water
A new court filing in an ongoing legal dispute with the federal government reveals the psychological and physical trauma endured by children and families held at Texas family detention centers.
apnews.com
June 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
NEW: Adults fighting kids for clean water, despondent toddlers and a child with swollen feet denied a medical exam - these first-hand accounts from immigrant families are offering a glimpse at conditions in TX detention centers. according to court filing.
apnews.com/article/migr...
apnews.com/article/migr...