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The Trump administration is using crime and degradation as an excuse to control important transportation hubs. The government controlled the trains in Nazi Germany. They control them in North Korea. And now, they’re wrestling for control of the trains in the United States of America.
NEW VIDEO: Donald Trump wants his puppet to be the next governor of New Jersey, but Rep. Mikie Sherrill is fighting back. We discuss the importance her election in November, the reason Republicans are falling in line, and why she doesn't think Trump is leaving office so easily.
Can someone in the legacy media explain to me how this is not front page news? How is it that only Democracy Docket is covering this unfolding authoritarian takeover? www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Exactly Right!
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.
Chinese artist Leng Jun,I have never seen anything like it. Extraordinary!!!
Today proved once again that no one is covering the GOP's redistricting scheme as closely and with as much analysis as Democracy Docket. Its team of 20 works around the clock to provide you independent pro-democracy news and information. Support their work by signing up today. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0
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Please pay attention.
I will say it again. No one is covering the GOP's redistricting scheme as closely, with as much context and analysis as Democracy Docket. Its team of 20 works around the clock to provide you independent pro-democracy news and information. Support their work by signing up today. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0
Six months into Trump's presidency, there are 144 voting and election cases pending in 42 states. The GOP is involved in 75. My team is litigating 50. Trump's DOJ is in 17. Georgia has 15. North Carolina has 14. You can find them all at Democracy Docket. www.democracydocket.com/cases/case-s...
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The 20+ person Democracy Docket team did amazing work this week. Here is my request: 1. If you haven't signed up, please do so--free or paid. 2. If you are already a subscriber, tell 10 friends to do the same and share this post. Link: hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0
Ahoy, mateys! SpongeBob is headed to the BIG SCREEN! I am the voice of SpongeBob's arrrrch-enemy: The Flying Dutchman. Watch the teaser trailer for The #SpongeBobMovie: Search for SquarePants now! The Search begins only in theaters December 19. 🦜🏴☠️
Trump clearly didn't write this. It's not his normal pattern of word vomit. Who is running the country? That's an easy question with a deeply concerning answer #TrumpDementia
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When the courthouse doors open tomorrow, my law firm will be litigating 55 voting and election cases in 24 states. Yes, that is a lot. In advance of 2026, Republicans and their allies are trying to make it harder for you to vote and easier for them to cheat.
The people who lost children and other loved ones in the Texas floods are owed honest answers from officials. They should be told why flash flood warnings issued hours earlier were not conveyed to people in the path of the water. They don’t need more prayers from politicians. They need answers.
“The question Trump and his team ought to face is simple: 'Why has American job growth slowed this year to a 15-year low?'” www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
If you want evidence there are good people who get into politics for all the right reasons, watch my discussion with Gov. J.B. Pritzker about how he is fighting Trump, protecting democracy and serving the people of his state. youtu.be/wwxFVHCTvAA
The fact we have secret police whisking people off the streets doesn’t get enough attention. It ain’t normal and we’re further down the road to authoritarianism than you think.
We the people will have the last word. The fight has just begun...
This year it feels more like the Farce of July.
I've known and admired J.B. Pritzker for years. He is a true warrior for democracy. I think you will enjoy watching this conversation as much as I did recording it. youtu.be/wwxFVHCTvAA
Wow! France gifted her to us, and now they’ve captured what so many Americans are feeling on Independence Day. The values the Statue of Liberty stood for are no more. 📌 A stunning mural of the Statue of Liberty covering her face was unveiled in Roubaix, France, on July 3, 2025.
This whole story is insane
“In the last week, more than 200 veterans have volunteered to attend immigration hearings with Afghans who worked with U.S. forces during the 20-year war in Afghanistan…”
I honestly don’t know how to answer that one! Flagging this because I’m curious what other folks think. (FWIW, I don’t think we’re in unrecoverable territory yet, but this is a good question)
A long and -- at times -- brutal week. But we continue to fight for democracy with hope and determination. Thank you to everyone who has offered kind words of support on this journey. More soon. Goodnight.😴
NEW: In a sweeping rebuke of President Donald Trump’s campaign of retribution against law firms that challenged his political agenda, a federal judge Friday struck down in its entirety an executive order issued by Trump that targeted a powerful law firm. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Amid allegations of inhumane and unsanitary conditions in ICE facilities, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is taking further steps to continue skirting congressional oversight. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Yes, I agree — it would be terrible. Please do NOT share this information!!!
Here was what I wrote about the experience of speaking out on 60 Minutes about Donald Trump's attacks on the legal profession. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/my-t...
WE HAVE QUESTIONS… This is a kidnapping. No uniform, no badge, civilian car. Who are they? ICE? Sanctioned bounty hunters? Either way, they’re grabbing people without warrants. How often is this happening, and why aren’t more people talking about it? Congress?
sounds about right. www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
🧵 1/2 Breaking: This is NOT good. When brilliant, experienced scientists feel they can no longer do their jobs—it’s a warning siren 🚨 RFK Jr. is undermining science and endangering lives. Call your reps—especially Republicans. 🧠🪱 has got to go. 🧵 www.reuters.com/business/hea...
Trump’s Father’s Day Message Calls for Mass Deportations, Targeting Cities and Families Trump’s policies will break up more families meidasnews.com/news/trumps-...
New York City Council candidate Inna Vernikov proudly posted video of her ad truck blaring spammy political videos at New Yorkers as they try to shop and eat. The videos also include her recent endorsement from Don Jr.
Donald Trump’s deployment of military personnel to Los Angeles (and the threat of deployments to multiple other cities) represents an abuse of our armed forces. The call to “liberate” Los Angeles is a thin cover for the armed intimidation of demonstrators and intentional escalation of public unrest.
Trump risks plunging our republic into a full-blown constitutional crisis to give him unprecedented control over our civil liberties. In the coming days, servicemembers may be given potentially illegal orders to use lethal force against demonstrators and members of the press.
My latest article is a message to the active duty members of the United States military that may face unethical and illegal orders.
As someone who has personally faced the wrath of Trump & the right-wing for standing up for what is right, I understand how difficult it may be to object to orders from a superior that you know are illegal. Remember your oath, place your country above your own interest, and know you are not alone.
🚨BREAKING: Donald Trump cites false claims about noncitizen voting to justify expansion of deportation efforts to other Democratic controlled cities. I will have this and more in my newsletter to premium members tomorrow. Subscribe now. newsletters.democracydocket.com/member-meblu...
In 2020, when I told people that I was building a pro-democracy media outlet, people thought I was kidding. When I told them it was because the fight for democracy was the fight of our time, they thought I was being overly dramatic. Well...here we are. Please subscribe now. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0
“Under His Eye” can kiss it goodbye www.threads.com/@amay.a100/p...
This is the moment when he realizes what he's become.
Raskin: You are not our king, and we are not your subjects. We will never be your subjects. All of us born here on this land are citizens and your executive order is nothing but bad graffiti on the Constitution, and we're going to wash it off today
Every major Dem politician needs to realize that, in this environment, they can schedule a "speech to the nation," like Newsom did, and get tons of media coverage. Just do it.
Sen. Alex Padilla, who was just forcibly removed from a DHS press conference, is the ranking member of Judiciary’s subcommittee on immigration, citizenship, and border safety, which has “oversight of federal agencies with citizenship, asylum, refugee, and immigration enforcement responsibilities.”
Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!
Make this phone# 👇 visible on NoKing day! Remind them that someone who is emplyed/USED by a criminal, a dictatorial tyrant, is NOT a law-enforcer; ● WHEN (because they will) the trials come, "I was only following orders" will NOT save you. & don't forget to fly the US flag: Take back your country!
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Real power isn't staged in DC — it rises up everywhere else. Join me on No Kings Day to stand together against cruelty, corruption, and authoritarianism. app.sosha.ai/s/rLql1iKf
Forcibly removing and handcuffing @padilla.senate.gov for asking a question and conducting legitimate Congressional oversight is an outrageous and egregious violation of our constitutional guardrails and democratic values.
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The most important story of our time is not what Donald Trump wants to do, but what the people of this country allow him to do.
Bravo, Glendale. Bravo. More, please. And it's time for Democrats to loudly say, "Abolish ICE." Someone please stand up and have a spine.
WE WON!! bsky.app/profile/did:...
We found out that ICE is staying at the AC hotel in #Pasadena and now there's a couple of hundred people protesting #NoICE
CW: Mounted police using batons to beat person who is on the ground, while the horses simultaneously stomp them #acab #abolishice #chingalamigra
"During a Senate hearing, Kennedy told Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester that Matthew Buzzelli is the CDC's acting director. Kennedy called Buzzelli a public health expert. Buzzelli's biography on the CDC website lists no public health experience..." www.axios.com/2025/06/05/c...
Here's the most damning direct evidence against Kilmar Abrego Garcia (from detention memo): His alleged lies when he was stopped in 2022. BUT storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Republicans would lose their minds.🤯
A guy who heads a right-wing group told Congress today that I am a "Democratic 'super-lawyer' whose partisanship is unrivaled." I feel seen...
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka (D) sued acting U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey Alina Habba Tuesday over his arrest while protesting the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts last month. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
HAWLEY: Let's see the Trump chart. You don't think it's a little bit anomalous that Trump has so many more nationwide injunctions against him? KATE SHAW: A very plausible explanation you have to consider is that he's engaged in much more lawless activity than other presidents
Some law firms sold out to Trump and now their clients are walking. No sellouts at Democracy Docket — just truth, accountability and a platform that caters to its readers, not those in power. Become a premium member today to support independent media. newsletters.democracydocket.com/member-meblu...
Donald Trump sued me for racketeering, I won and did not back down. Donald Trump tried to have me investigated, I did not back down. Donald Trump named me in executive orders, I did not back down. If your lawyers are so afraid that they are cutting deals with Trump, you have the wrong lawyers.
NEW VIDEO: Lawyers are on the frontlines of the fight for democracy. Harvard Law Professor Michael Klarman and I discuss law firms bending the knee to Trump, the administration’s attacks on Harvard, and advice for law students. You won't want to miss this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6-6...
Yeah he's near the top of the List
1. Trump and his Republican allies say their budget cuts are targeted at waste, fraud, and abuse But Trump's new 1,223-page budget proposal, quietly released on Friday afternoon, reveals the real target: Poor children
Democrats seem incapable of coordinating a messaging system to combat the lies, misinformation and bad policies of the Trump WH. Why can’t our party organize this? How do we control the narrative?
I appreciate all of the Dems “doing their own thing” normally, but in this case I do agree. The GOP responds to… well, everything, with hive-mind focus. I don’t want Dems to get THAT bad, but they do need to do a better job coordinating, simplifying talking points, and staying on message.
Spent some time with my friend @jaimeharrison.bsky.social this afternoon. So grateful for his endorsement in this race. He knows better than anyone how important it is that we send Lindsey Graham home. *Also keep a lookout for an announcement from him that explains the microphones.
Republicans’ budget bill earmarks a staggering $45 billion for immigrant detention centers. The biggest beneficiaries? Private prison companies like CoreCivic and GEO Group – who both donated hefty sums to Trump’s inauguration. Always follow the money.
NEW: DOGE's cuts are barely saving anything — and the disruption they’ve caused far outweighs any savings. Here are seven ways they're making your life worse.
I’m dying from the cuteness *and* the kindness 🥹💖 7-year-old Kiatsumi from Peru saw a Mexican family struggling at a U.S. airport—and stepped in to help with her bilingual superpowers. “Mom, I can do it,” she said. And she did. Humanity restored. ✨ #OnYourSide
"Trump Pardoned Tax Cheat After Mother Attended $1 Million Dinner" "Paul Walczak’s pardon application cited his mother’s support for [Trump], including raising millions of dollars and a connection to a plot to publicize a Biden family diary." via NYT 🎁 🔗 www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...
Excellent and meticulous entry by @rgoodlaw.bsky.social taking down the Administration’s assertion of state secrets privilege in Abrego Garcia. They really are shameless.
The blatant corruption would be staggering in any other administration. Here? It’s just Tuesday.
The rise in antisemitism in our country is deeply alarming and we must continue to combat hate in all of its forms.
In a week where the reality of antisemitism resulted in the gun violence murder of two people in DC, the Secretary of Defense just made a known antisemite his new Deputy Press Secretary. For the Jewish people who voted for this, help me understand why? www.npr.org/2025/03/06/n...
Some random thoughts. 1. Whatever a "trophy wife" is, I am sure I have one. 2. The DIPSHIT in the White House, who went to West Point and delivered a commencement address about trophy wives, is only enabled by the elected dipshits who serve in Congress. Make this about them.
It was a team effort to go through this list of attendees and attempt to contact them. Also to go out to the Trump golf course in Virginia and to be there at the White House, all to document this event. Thanks readers for supporting this work.
Here is our story on some of the $TRUMP buyers: folks who paid money to the Trump family and their partners in exchange for getting access to the president of the United States. A free link. Who Won a Seat at Trump’s Crypto Dinner? www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/u...
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I am worried that even as we see the weaponization of government against Trump's political opponents, too few have stepped forward to object. I worry that as a result, we will see an escalation of political retribution that will be met with what MLK called "the appalling silence of the good people."
Let's hope this is just the start.
multiple actions at rachelcohenofficial.com :) also I would be so remiss not to name—Katie has been such a strong supporter and amplifier not just on these issues but also in helping me navigate the weirdness of stepping into this era of my career. what a gift to have connected so early
U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla is taking a stand against attacks on free and fair elections. As Republicans in Congress try to jam through anti-voter laws, Padilla sat down with me to discuss protecting “the integrity of our elections” and “proactive ideas” to strengthen our democracy.
🚨BREAKING: Federal Court STRIKES DOWN Trump executive order targeting law firm Jenner & Block. Another victory for law firms standing up to Trump.
mazel tov! great news — and a great series. well done!!
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem was busted for lying about habeas corpus. We should all care about habeas relief, what it is, and how Stephen Miller wants to lock you up with no ability to challenge it. youtu.be/Aw58MC4OZ2w
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