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NEW: Judge Sooknanan gets all 76 children trump tried to send to Guatemala back home, trump has been MIA for almost a week, the Epstein estate is going to hand over some actual Epstein files, and a discussion with @rweingarten.bsky.social about her new book. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
“…told the crowd gathered for the first official observance: “Let us each Labor day, hold a congress and formulate propositions for the amelioration of the people. Send them to your Representatives with your earnest, intelligent indorsement [sic], and the laws will be changed.””
NY Times vs Democracy Docket. Why does the Times use the word "explicit" when Trump has ZERO authority?👀 Support pro-democracy independent media. Subscribe to Democracy Docket today. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0
CNN vs Democracy Docket. Why does CNN simply repeat Trump's lies without noting he has ZERO authority to do this?👀 Support pro-democracy independent media. Subscribe to Democracy Docket today. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0
Pritzker: "No one in the administration -- the president or anybody under him -- has called anyone in my administration or me. It's clear that in secret they're are planning this invasion with US troops."
Exactly. It doesn't give him implicit authority, either.
This is just sad. We’ve posted about this before. Now here is what is going down. The rainbow crosswalk at the Pulse memorial in Orlando (created to honor the 49 lives lost in the 2016 shooting) has now become the target of state enforcement.
The entire fascist plot relies on us being terrified and sad. This is why they’re constantly trying to scare everyone with theatrics. They want you to see him as unstoppable and not as a 79-year-old with severe health problems who will die soon.
Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe (R) reinforced GOP power grabs sweeping the country, calling a special legislative session Friday to redraw congressional districts and weaken the ability of voters to pass laws through ballot initiatives. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Medicare for all, paid leave, universal childcare. Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed. Getting big money out of politics. Supporting unions and fighting for higher wages. If Dems want to win back working people, this is the agenda they must support.
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On Wednesday, Sept. 3 at 7 p.m. ET, I will record a LIVE podcast via zoom with Heather Cox Richardson. Democracy Docket premium members will go behind the scenes, hear exclusive questions, and connect live in the chat during the exclusive live event. Sign up now to reserve your spot!
📲 Now is a moment to call your Senators and Reps! 5calls.org/issue/rfk-hh...
NEW: Since corporate media won't call for Trump's resignation, I will. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/trump-must...
Thou shalt not end vaccines. God will not save you from plague. The Middle Ages should’ve made that very clear.
Washington Post vs Democracy Docket. This one is easy. The Washington Post ignored Trump's latest attack on democracy entirely. It went with one about "grey rocking" instead. Support pro-democracy independent media. Subscribe to Democracy Docket today. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0
Look at this graph. The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened. This is why we must build back union power.
Why has Trump been attacking unions and workers’ rights? He wants working people to feel helpless and divided. Trump and his billionaire backers realize that the collective power of a unified labor movement outweighs their own power. Know this: Workers outnumber the oligarchs.
Perfection.
Rudy Giuliani hospitalized after his "vehicle was struck from behind at high speed.” Thots and prayers.
Why is our government deporting children? They are *children*. Are we going to say these are hardened criminals who threaten national security, ffs?
"The straw man being put forward is that it's either we have the military or we're going to get our throats cut at night in DC. Is there no middle ground? Do local law enforcement account for nothing? We've got the National Guard GARDENING right now in DC. Is that an efficient use of our resources?"
NEW: The trump administration attempted to remove 600 terrified unaccompanied minors to Guatemala in the middle of the night on a holiday weekend. Judge Sooknanan stopped it. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/the-sookna...
Pure fucking evil. Everyone involved in this shit needs to be held accountable.
There's only one way to stop the rumors about Donald Trump's health: a press conference. Why won't he talk to the press, and why isn't the media doggedly demanding it?
senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, former chief economist to Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) & director of budget and spending policy for Marco Rubio’s 2016 presidential campaign👇🏽
I think it's time to discuss the 25th Amendment.
Pritzker: "National Guard troops, any kind of troops, on the streets of American city don't belong unless there is an insurrection, unless there is truly an emergency. There is not."
Have a good Labor Day - all who keep faith in the workers of America! #laborDay #celebration #laborunion #bluesky
J.B. Pritzker is 100% right. Please listen to him, pay attention, and join us in speaking out against authoritarianism and to protect free and fair elections.
Media should hound him at least half as much as they hounded Biden. But they won’t.
The U.S. is one of the world's biggest human rights violators under Trump. Well done, maga.
it shouldn't be easier to get a gun in America than the covid vaccine
Normally they've booked 40% of their fall soybean sales to China at this point. This year, they are at 0% booked, and no, that's not a typo. www.farmprogress.com/soybean/us-s...
Our national parks generated $56 billion in visitor spending and supported 415,000 jobs in 2023. The entire National Park Service budget was just $3.6 billion. That’s some return on investment — so why is Donald Trump taking an axe to our parks?
"President Trump’s decision to issue a Labor Day proclamation shortly after stripping union rights from thousands of civil servants, a third of whom are veterans, should show American workers what he really thinks about them." What AFGE President Everett Kelley said.
Since trump made cuts… “Renewable energy is crucial to addressing the existential crisis of climate change, but as former president Joe Biden emphasized, developing the sector was also key for building a strong middle class. Well-paying jobs, in turn, help to protect democracy.”
Trump wasn't seen yesterday by the White House press pool. He wasn't seen today. He has no public events scheduled this weekend. Trump hasn't been seen in public since Weds, and it's unclear if he'll be seen in public until Tues. That's pretty damn weird.
what a disgusting disgraceful disaster.
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There is no party platform anymore. Just the whims of a madman and the agenda of his handlers.
💚💚 We stand with & support our brave EPA colleagues who took the courageous step to sign a public Declaration of Dissent to their administrator. They do this BECAUSE of their commitment to protecting the environment and American people. Tonight, the EPA illegally fired many of the public signers.
Washington Post vs Democracy Docket covering the latest on the GOP's redistricting power grab in Missouri. Who do you trust to give you pro-democracy news, information and analysis? Support DD and subscribe today: hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0
DOGE wasn’t a cost-cutting venture. It was a data mining operation for private interests. Trump opened the gates to the castle from inside for invaders with bad and greedy intent to plunder and exploit.
Trump’s movement, just like his health, is deteriorating. MAGA is furious that he's been lying to them, covering up a huge pedophilia scandal. That's why the GOP is scrambling trying to cheat and pass every agenda while Trump is flailing, because they know their time is running out.
August 29, 2025
A great watch for those wondering about getting the COVID booster.
ABOUT DAMN TIME!!! 🚨FIRE RFK Jr! 🚨
If you don’t believe we are, or are moving towards authoritarianism, you need to read this! The National Guard sent to stop crime is doing landscaping. DOGE put 300mil people at risk of hackers. While the 🍊admin cuts vital staffing (consumer financial protection) and those who oppose him. 🤬😳😱
Stephen Miller “Democrat Party does not fight for, care about, or represent American citizens. It is an entity devoted exclusively to the defense of hardened criminals, gangbangers, and illegal, alien killers and terrorists. The Dem Party is not a political party. It is a domestic extremist org….” 🤬
My husband has MS, where the only treatment is to suppress the immune system. Vaccines are vital for us.
On this day in 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed the Organic Act, officially creating the National Park Service to protect and preserve America’s natural wonders and historic treasures “for the enjoyment of this and future generations.”
“to the public servants who have forsaken their oath to the Constitution to serve the petty whims of an arrogant little man, to any fed off’l who would come to Chicago and try to incite my people into violence as a pretext for something darker and more dangerous, we are watching, and taking names.”
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Our constitutional republic does not have any provision which allows a president to enact a criminal statute by executive order that would put people in prison. bsky.app/profile/atru...
It’s funny, we never get those anguished “but how will I explain this to my child?” posts when it’s armed goons violently snatching people off the street. They save that for the real horrors, like someone having two dads.
Nice article from @pbs.org debunking RFKJ's bullsh** claim that that pediatricians are recommending vaccines for money.
Still waiting for someone of prominence to admit it was not about eggs.
Tonight, California governor Gavin Newsom’s social media account posted: “Trump’s militarization of Los Angeles seems to have been just the start of an authoritarian takeover of American cities. This is not leadership. This is a scary, unlawful grab for power, and we should all be deeply concerned.”
"Trump wants to strip those exceptions away. Under his plan, the VA would only allow abortions when a doctor certifies that a veteran’s life is at risk should the pregnancy be carried to term. Not health. Not rape. Not incest."
Great history of how we got to where we are now… “Rufo’s statement is, as one commenter noted, “just textbook 1930s fascism.” “
“Now Trump and his allies appear to be cementing control of the capital. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said in a statement today from the Pentagon that the 2,000 National Guard members stationed in Washington, D.C., will begin to carry weapons. More National Guard personnel are on the way.”
There was an interesting question I saw from someone recently that was asking why there are no historians writing "for the other side." Essentially, why are there no "pro-Trump Heather Cox Richardsons?" The answer lies in our training.
The president of the United States is openly admitting that his party cannot win a free and fair election.”
“Republicans appear to have gone to the next logical step: that democracy itself must be destroyed to create permanent Republican rule in order to make sure the government cannot be used for the government programs Americans want.”
Propaganda much?
“On the road to authoritarianism, this is a whole factory of red flags.”
“It’s a reminder of how truly utterly deranged the current president sounds… and how accustomed we’ve all become to it.” @chrislhayes.bsky.social on the A+ Trump trolling from @gavinnewsom.bsky.social’s team. (Fox bobbleheads not getting it just shows they should never stop)
🚨 🚨 As Speaker Johnson takes aim at Newsom’s effort to counter the Trump effort to steal the 2026 election, let me introduce the Speaker to somebody. This gentleman came to power from what is arguably the least accountable statehouse in the nation… 1/
As a blue dot in Ohio, this makes me very mad. Suddenly Jordan (and Husted) are my reps without a vote, just redistricting illegal maps that were never fixed. And the lies and misinformation about the gerrymandering issue was ridiculous.
“Finally, the U.S. Constitution is very clear that no president has the power to dictate election rules.“ but he wants to cancel the 2028 election. In regards to healthcare, we’re screwed. People on Medicaid and Medicare are royally screwed. And where are the Epstein files?
🚨BREAKING: The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is escalating its effort to pressure states to hand over sensitive voter data, including by threatening legal action, according to letters from a top department official obtained by Democracy Docket. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Release all the files. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
I work at a mental health agency and just listened to the Exec Dir of the Ohio Council (advocacy group) talk about all the changes at the state and federal level. Plus cuts to funding means less treatment and an EO also basically criminalizes mental illness. Not a good start to the week.
Experts are warning that more than 500,000 Ohioans are poised to lose insurance subsidies starting next year. In many cases, the increased costs they’ll face will be so big that more than 100,000 will lose their coverage, they warn. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/08/18/h...
“There is one thing Trump’s military deployments against the American people have accomplished though: media mentions of the Epstein files have plummeted.”
August 16, 2025
ICYMI- Horses Changing Courses- yesterday's cartoon for @australia.theguardian.com
there’s a popular digital guide written and used by police that recommends sharing links with URL tracking elements to capture people’s IPs. Linkumori is a browser extension that purifies URLs before trackers can log you.
August 14, 2025
It’s not about hacking votes. It’s about rigging the system before anyone casts a ballot. Here’s how Trump could pull it off in 2026, and how to stop him. thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/gop-trump-...
I have a question.
August 13, 2025
This is TRUTH.
Trump’s assump of control over the D.C., police and his calling out of the D.C. Nat’l Guard are definitely ways for him to divert atten from the Epstein files and the stalling econ. But they are also an attempt to create a dictatorship as Project 2025 prescribed. Both can be true at the same time.
America is a facist regime.
BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: Senator Whitehouse asked the BOP for Ghislaine Maxwells sex offender waiver, custody level, transfer code, and security point score. I have them. She's also been granted the ability to leave the facility for work assignments. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/exclusive-...
No, I am not panicking. I am outraged. I am outraged that the price of standing up to Trump — of standing for democracy — is to be subjected to endless lies, attacks and false accusations by people who know better. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/im-n...
The president is “Marshaling” you mean Marshall Law?
Not sure if you’re actually supposed to say that part out loud!
Whoops!