Vera Lilly
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I left X and came to bsky hoping to find friends with the same interests here.
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The fact that the legacy media still holds this event is the single best advertising for pro-democracy independent media. Next time you hear them puzzle about declining ratings or readership, send them this post.
Breaking: The White House Correspondents' Association is reversing course and canceling its plans to have comedian Amber Ruffin headline this year's annual fundraising dinner in DC.
March 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The fact that the legacy media still holds this event is the single best advertising for pro-democracy independent media. Next time you hear them puzzle about declining ratings or readership, send them this post.
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Remembering when in December Trump announced:
"The media is tamed down a little bit. They like us much better now, I think. If they don’t, then we’ll just have to take them on again, and we don’t want to do that."
It is amazing how right he was and how cowardly so many of them have become.
"The media is tamed down a little bit. They like us much better now, I think. If they don’t, then we’ll just have to take them on again, and we don’t want to do that."
It is amazing how right he was and how cowardly so many of them have become.
March 29, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Remembering when in December Trump announced:
"The media is tamed down a little bit. They like us much better now, I think. If they don’t, then we’ll just have to take them on again, and we don’t want to do that."
It is amazing how right he was and how cowardly so many of them have become.
"The media is tamed down a little bit. They like us much better now, I think. If they don’t, then we’ll just have to take them on again, and we don’t want to do that."
It is amazing how right he was and how cowardly so many of them have become.
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March 29, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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New York Congressman Dan Goldman and I discuss President Trump’s growing threats to the federal judiciary and the rule of law, the politicization of the Justice Department and the president’s latest election executive order.
Watch, learn and share.
youtu.be/mn2n3BWu31g
Watch, learn and share.
youtu.be/mn2n3BWu31g
Trump’s Growing Threats to Judges | Rep. Dan Goldman
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
youtu.be
March 29, 2025 at 9:01 PM
New York Congressman Dan Goldman and I discuss President Trump’s growing threats to the federal judiciary and the rule of law, the politicization of the Justice Department and the president’s latest election executive order.
Watch, learn and share.
youtu.be/mn2n3BWu31g
Watch, learn and share.
youtu.be/mn2n3BWu31g
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President Donald Trump’s executive order on voting, issued Tuesday, has caused alarm among voting rights advocates, who fear that the measure’s restrictions on mail voting and its attempt to impose proof of citizenship requirements could disenfranchise millions.
How Trump’s ‘Conspiracy-Driven Policy Making’ Could Throw Elections Into Chaos
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
March 29, 2025 at 9:35 PM
President Donald Trump’s executive order on voting, issued Tuesday, has caused alarm among voting rights advocates, who fear that the measure’s restrictions on mail voting and its attempt to impose proof of citizenship requirements could disenfranchise millions.
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Seems like good luck hanging over the game.
March 30, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Seems like good luck hanging over the game.
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Absolutely shameful.👇
"None of the top 20 law firms in the US have so far offered their 'unconditional support' to an effort by Perkins Coie to fight sanctions imposed by the Trump administration." www.ft.com/content/494a...
"None of the top 20 law firms in the US have so far offered their 'unconditional support' to an effort by Perkins Coie to fight sanctions imposed by the Trump administration." www.ft.com/content/494a...
Top US law firms balk at backing Perkins’ challenge to Trump sanctions
Legal industry split over whether to join amicus brief against president’s order for fear of retaliation
www.ft.com
March 30, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Absolutely shameful.👇
"None of the top 20 law firms in the US have so far offered their 'unconditional support' to an effort by Perkins Coie to fight sanctions imposed by the Trump administration." www.ft.com/content/494a...
"None of the top 20 law firms in the US have so far offered their 'unconditional support' to an effort by Perkins Coie to fight sanctions imposed by the Trump administration." www.ft.com/content/494a...
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"Formerly we were in the habit of saying: ‘This is right or wrong.’ Today we must ask the question: ‘What would the Führer say?’ We are under the great obligation of recognizing as a holy work of our Folk Spirit the laws signed by Adolf Hitler." -- Hans Frank, the role of lawyers and judges (1933).
March 30, 2025 at 3:30 PM
"Formerly we were in the habit of saying: ‘This is right or wrong.’ Today we must ask the question: ‘What would the Führer say?’ We are under the great obligation of recognizing as a holy work of our Folk Spirit the laws signed by Adolf Hitler." -- Hans Frank, the role of lawyers and judges (1933).
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The greatest threat to Donald Trump’s authoritarian dream is not the courts — it is free and fair elections. While the courts can stand in the way of his twisted vision for America, they can never completely halt it. Trump knows this. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...
Trump’s Latest Executive Order is a Sham—and a Warning
From Marc | The greatest threat to Donald Trump’s authoritarian dream is not the courts — it is free and fair elections.
www.democracydocket.com
March 30, 2025 at 6:55 PM
The greatest threat to Donald Trump’s authoritarian dream is not the courts — it is free and fair elections. While the courts can stand in the way of his twisted vision for America, they can never completely halt it. Trump knows this. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...
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A lesson in right vs wrong:
Using government power to target political enemies is wrong.
Standing up for those who are targeted is right.
Bowing down is wrong.
Refusing to be deterred and stating tall is right.
Silence is wrong.
Peaceful opposition is right.
www.cnn.com/2025/03/30/p...
Using government power to target political enemies is wrong.
Standing up for those who are targeted is right.
Bowing down is wrong.
Refusing to be deterred and stating tall is right.
Silence is wrong.
Peaceful opposition is right.
www.cnn.com/2025/03/30/p...
Trump is using the power of government to punish opponents. They’re struggling to respond | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump is using the power of the federal government to intimidate or neuter potential sources of opposition to him: The legal establishment, academia and prominent cultural institution...
www.cnn.com
March 30, 2025 at 9:05 PM
A lesson in right vs wrong:
Using government power to target political enemies is wrong.
Standing up for those who are targeted is right.
Bowing down is wrong.
Refusing to be deterred and stating tall is right.
Silence is wrong.
Peaceful opposition is right.
www.cnn.com/2025/03/30/p...
Using government power to target political enemies is wrong.
Standing up for those who are targeted is right.
Bowing down is wrong.
Refusing to be deterred and stating tall is right.
Silence is wrong.
Peaceful opposition is right.
www.cnn.com/2025/03/30/p...
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If you haven't already, check our Democracy Docket's YouTube channel. www.youtube.com/democracydoc...
March 30, 2025 at 9:29 PM
If you haven't already, check our Democracy Docket's YouTube channel. www.youtube.com/democracydoc...
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As we begin the week, my law firm is litigating 46 voting and election cases in 20 states. I expect additional litigation to be filed this week.
March 30, 2025 at 10:17 PM
As we begin the week, my law firm is litigating 46 voting and election cases in 20 states. I expect additional litigation to be filed this week.
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And the legacy media will do nothing...except sit politely in their assigned seats.
My advice to viewers/readers: Support independent pro-democracy media that cannot be told where to sit and when to speak.
My advice to viewers/readers: Support independent pro-democracy media that cannot be told where to sit and when to speak.
In the Trump administration’s latest assertion of power over the press corps, the White House intends to take over the seating assignments in the press briefing room.
Here's my full report for CNN: www.cnn.com/2025/03/30/m...
Here's my full report for CNN: www.cnn.com/2025/03/30/m...
Trump White House plans to shake up briefing room seating, flexing power over press corps | CNN Business
In the Trump administration’s latest assertion of power over the press corps, the White House intends to take over the seating assignments in the press briefing room, according to a senior official.
www.cnn.com
March 30, 2025 at 10:20 PM
And the legacy media will do nothing...except sit politely in their assigned seats.
My advice to viewers/readers: Support independent pro-democracy media that cannot be told where to sit and when to speak.
My advice to viewers/readers: Support independent pro-democracy media that cannot be told where to sit and when to speak.
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Democracy Docket does not sit where Donald Trump tells it to and it will never fete him at a lavish dinner. If you want to support news that is fiercely independent and uncompromisingly pro-democracy, sign up for Democracy Docket now. www.democracydocket.com/member-me/
March 30, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Democracy Docket does not sit where Donald Trump tells it to and it will never fete him at a lavish dinner. If you want to support news that is fiercely independent and uncompromisingly pro-democracy, sign up for Democracy Docket now. www.democracydocket.com/member-me/
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Can’t make this up.
March 21, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Can’t make this up.
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Kinda feels like this right now
March 17, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Kinda feels like this right now
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Thousands of US Department of Agriculture employees, including food inspectors and disease-sniffing dog trainers, remain out of work, leaving food to rot in ports and pests to proliferate.
DOGE’s Cuts at the USDA Could Cause US Grocery Prices to Rise and Invasive Species to Spread
Thousands of US Department of Agriculture employees, including food inspectors and disease-sniffing-dog trainers, remain out of work, leaving food to rot in ports and pests to proliferate.
www.wired.com
March 17, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Thousands of US Department of Agriculture employees, including food inspectors and disease-sniffing dog trainers, remain out of work, leaving food to rot in ports and pests to proliferate.
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Let’s all shed a tear for the real victims.
March 17, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Let’s all shed a tear for the real victims.
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📌 “I should be the leader.”
• No, dude, you shouldn’t!
📌 “One thing I am known at being very good at, is how to win Senate seats.”
• We lost Senate seats in 2024.
Schumer’s out of touch. Without new leadership, nothing changes.
@schumer.senate.gov — do what’s right for the people: step down.
• No, dude, you shouldn’t!
📌 “One thing I am known at being very good at, is how to win Senate seats.”
• We lost Senate seats in 2024.
Schumer’s out of touch. Without new leadership, nothing changes.
@schumer.senate.gov — do what’s right for the people: step down.
March 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
📌 “I should be the leader.”
• No, dude, you shouldn’t!
📌 “One thing I am known at being very good at, is how to win Senate seats.”
• We lost Senate seats in 2024.
Schumer’s out of touch. Without new leadership, nothing changes.
@schumer.senate.gov — do what’s right for the people: step down.
• No, dude, you shouldn’t!
📌 “One thing I am known at being very good at, is how to win Senate seats.”
• We lost Senate seats in 2024.
Schumer’s out of touch. Without new leadership, nothing changes.
@schumer.senate.gov — do what’s right for the people: step down.
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“‘I was put in a cell, and I had to sleep on a mat with no blanket, no pillow, with an aluminum foil wrapped over my body like a dead body for two and a half days.’”
Canadian woman put in chains, detained by ICE after entering San Diego border
A Canadian entrepreneur detained by ICE is speaking out after she got arrested while trying to enter the San Diego border to obtain a visa last Monday.
www.10news.com
March 17, 2025 at 2:36 PM
“‘I was put in a cell, and I had to sleep on a mat with no blanket, no pillow, with an aluminum foil wrapped over my body like a dead body for two and a half days.’”
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Everything is bad except for Bucephalus
March 18, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Everything is bad except for Bucephalus
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It feels like a lot of centrist pundits are rallying around Schumer because they feel the lesson of 2024 was that pushing out the ineffective older guy didn't work, instead of that they probably should've pushed him out earlier to get the new crew organized sooner.
March 18, 2025 at 12:43 AM
It feels like a lot of centrist pundits are rallying around Schumer because they feel the lesson of 2024 was that pushing out the ineffective older guy didn't work, instead of that they probably should've pushed him out earlier to get the new crew organized sooner.
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I founded Democracy Docket in 2020 to be fearlessly independent and unapologetically pro-democracy. Its work is more important today than ever before and so is your support.
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March 18, 2025 at 1:08 AM
I founded Democracy Docket in 2020 to be fearlessly independent and unapologetically pro-democracy. Its work is more important today than ever before and so is your support.
Consider becoming a member today. www.democracydocket.com/member-me/
Consider becoming a member today. www.democracydocket.com/member-me/