President Trump has ended collective bargaining rights for more than one million federal workers. Unions have sued to block the move, but agencies are terminating contracts as litigation continues.
President Trump has ended collective bargaining rights for more than one million federal workers. Unions have sued to block the move, but agencies are terminating contracts as litigation continues.
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/...
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
C’mon folks 19 states are facing occupation, let’s make sure this toolkit makes it around BlueSky 🤗 WE are the resistance!
The golden age of online shopping is over. Ian Bogost on how the end of a legal loophole could make purchase more expensive:
The Voting Rights Act is the crown jewel of the civil rights movement. Experts unpack its origins, its impact, and the challenges it faces today in our latest Brennan Center Live episode. Listen: bit.ly/469k7nI
Talk to Putin, then fire your Russia expert. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
The federal government’s bid to gather voter records from across the country is yet another attempt to undermine U.S. elections. bit.ly/4mK6qSe
The Social Security Administration's chief data officer has quit after filing a whistleblower complaint against DOGE.
Since returning to the White House, Trump has widely deployed the National Guard, with clear plans to expand its presence nationwide and few safeguards to limit him. And it looks like he might take his use of the military to the polls in 2026 and 2028.
Listen DNC and elected officials! Strong, clear, real life people centric messages! Straight talk!
“These policies have horrifically impacted people in rural America that vote for them because they weaponize their faith and lure them in.” - @mizzwelch.bsky.social
This decision will produce a solid decade of rising electricity costs for US consumers. Why exactly? www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
We need her to train DNC and elected officials! Voice matters! Message matters!
She is clear, strong, intelligent! Right on!
I joined Nicolle Wallace to discuss how Trump’s use of military in D.C. and other blue cities could affect the outcome of the 2026 elections, as well as the FBI’s investigation into John Bolton as a tool of weaponization. www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9yj...
No one is covering the GOP's growing 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
Trump has steadily rolled back sanctions on Russia since being sworn in for his second term. And NYT has consistently failed to report on it.
President Trump’s federal takeover of D.C.’s local police is unprecedented. “The last person who asserted the authority to use military personnel for routine law enforcement anywhere in the country for any reason was King George,” a legal scholar said.
The Nazis literally met and argued over how to do it faster. They did not have the transport and infrastructure to do it, but this is a secret and only known to people who read books
This gerrymandering crisis in Texas has its roots in an ideological Supreme Court decision from 2019 and a stolen Supreme Court seat.
Another judge points out that the government has the Epstein Files and the grand jury only got a “snippet,” so releasing the grand jury material doesn’t make sense. As MAGA Bondi and Patel knew when they cooked up this harebrained proposal.
Tulsi Gabbard announces her decision to discontinue counterintelligence operations involving Russia and China. They're our good friends now, apparently. apnews.com/article/gabb...
Judge Berman makes a complete obvious point about what Pam Bondi is doing: she asks for release of Epstein files which the court has no authority to release while keeping secret all the files that the public is demanding and release of which is completely within her discretion.
America’s public servants are caught in the crossfire of a retribution campaign, William J. Burns argues. They deserved better.
“This is racial gerrymandering at its worst. It is something that Jim Crow would be proud of." After weeks of delays and threats of arrests, the Republican-led Texas House on Wednesday passed a highly contentious redistricting plan that could give the GOP five additional seats in the US House.
The president’s promise to get rid of mail voting is completely unconstitutional. The Constitution gives states and Congress the power to run elections, and presidents have no authority to rewrite election rules. bit.ly/4mnLGiK
Republicans want to rig the midterm elections. Will they succeed? | Moira Donegan
Posing for photos outside NY AG Letitia James’s house while wearing his Columbo trench coat in August, Trump’s “Weaponization” czar Ed Martin is making a mockery of justice. But there is nothing funny about the casual abuse of power. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/u...
Control of the Senate could be decided in Maine. This oyster farmer is vying to unseat Susan Collins.
Questions: Mr. Martin, do you think we are on the defense again? How are we creating new ideas vs responding to theirs? Love to see we are fighting in more effective ways, but acknowledge they are from leaders outside DNC and DC. Listen and learn to act differently.
It’s time for those of us who support our democracy to get tough.
I don't believe Texas Dems are returning this week. It would make the entire effort look like a pathetic publicity stunt rather than real opposition. So I'll believe they're buckling when I see it, and until then I'll prepare for Saturday. www.cnn.com/2025/08/12/p...
Striking photos imagine what life could look like in 2100 if the climate crisis continues. cnn.it/3V3IvAF
From @theathletic.com: As more and more athletes use social media to chronicle their lives, strangers have become dangerously obsessed. Many stalking cases go unreported. But even a partial list indicates an alarming pattern. nyti.ms/4mEFwdU
In Citizens United, the Supreme Court predicted that super PACs wouldn’t lead to real or perceived corruption. But a record-breaking run for Trump’s super PAC casts doubt on that idea. bit.ly/4olWjE6
"There really is one crucial, unbridgeable difference between Washingtonians and other Americans: You have more power than we do—a lot more power" Statehood for DC! www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
It’s critical we protect our lower courts, since judges appointed by presidents of both parties recognize the illegality of Trump’s actions and are holding him back in important ways. They must continue to do so, honoring their oath to the Constitution, Rachel Rossi writes.
Brilliant and important 28 minutes of television from my colleague @maddow.msnbc.com just now
What a banal way of describing the march toward fascism.
@allegralawhardy & I have this new piece up on the fate of the Voting Rights Act slate.com/news-and-pol...
The DOJ has been on the hunt for sensitive voting data from states. Although some states have turned over the requested information, others, like: 📍Maine 📍Minnesota 📍New Hampshire have denied the demands altogether.
Narrator: Sadly though, SCOTUS has now exempted the president from the founders’ intent to criminalize bribery.
NEW: Florida is preparing to join Texas with its own mid-decade GOP power grab. Republicans are using a recent court ruling that upheld the state's current congressional map to justify a redrawing that would lock in more GOP seats before 2026. From: @yuniorarivas.bsky.social
@mawaldman.bsky.social on @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social: "For the first time, we see a concerted drive by the Trump administration to undermine the 2026 election. A lot of this is illegal, and it is emphatically not normal." Read our latest report: bit.ly/4l1lUPP
NEW: The 5th Circuit holds that Texas’ ID number requirement for absentee ballot applications and envelopes doesn’t violate a provision of the Civil Rights Act that protects voters from being denied the right to vote due to a minor error.
NEW: New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) stood alongside Texas House Democrats to condemn a “legal insurrection” by Republicans in Texas. She made clear what’s happening in the state is part of a broader authoritarian playbook, and vowed to push back. From: @yuniorarivas.bsky.social
Trump on Mike Tyson raping a 18 year old girl: "Mike should serve some time and everything else, but...here's a woman that was dancing at his door at one o'clock in the morning."
Democrats warn fair elections are in grave danger, and they’re ready to pull the alarm. Former Attorney General Eric Holder said although we’re in a constitutional crisis, it’s not over. “If people participate in elections… I think we can push back.”
NEW: New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) stood alongside Texas House Democrats Monday, condemning what she called a “legal insurrection” by Republicans in Texas and beyond — vowing that New York would not sit quietly as democracy is dismantled state by state. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
…AND he knows the attention span of the media and citizens is short, so pivot to multiple stories to distract attention. It works ever time.
Trump can use the plane once he leaves office, according to a memorandum of understanding. https://trib.al/XvQUT4C
NOTABLY, Boasberg’s purported comments came after weeks in which Trump allies and some administration officials called for the impeachment of federal judges who opposed them and flirted with notion of defying courts. w/ @joshgerstein www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
Last year’s election is widely regarded as an administrative success. Yet, there were serious attempts at disruption. In our report with @rstreet.bsky.social, we highlight the necessary steps state leaders should take to strengthen our election infrastructure. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/pol...
Texas Republicans are rushing a 30-day special session to pass a new congressional map that could give Trump a GOP House majority in 2026. Democrats have few options, but one way to block it is by walking out.
Wait. Is she literally quoting from Russian intelligence sources?
CSU planned to fund salary step raises with funding from a five-year agreement with the governor’s office, and now that may not be possible, university officials said.
Outdated laws give presidents far too much leeway to deploy military forces inside the United States. We’re working to reform those laws and establish new safeguards against abuse. bit.ly/43UHkI1
DOJ wants to talk to Ghislaine Maxwell. I’ll bet they do: www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07...
"Voter list maintenance, when conducted properly and legally, ensures that our elections are secure and safe. But systematic voter purges, often illegally conducted in the run up to federal elections, pose a real threat to voters." - Rep. Morelle WATCH: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EHu...
This is correct. Amidst the reporting on Epstein, the failure to report on or take note of Trump's adjudication as a violent sexual predator in the E Jean Carroll case reflects a failure of editorial judgment and poor professional practice within major news outlets. It also reflects pure cowardice.
“…when Mr. Trump hosted a party at Mar-a-Lago for young women in a so-called calendar girl competition, Mr. Epstein was the only other guest.” www.nytimes.com/2025/07/19/u...
The NYT lead piece yesterday is all framed in absurd terms of Trump and federal judges, and misses this really essential point. No one is calling for the grand jury materials. He is asking for them to be released precisely because FRCrimP don't permit it. This is a crude ruse.
The DOJ has quietly contacted at least a dozen states demanding voter rolls, 2024 election records, even info‐sharing agreements. Voting rights experts warn these “deeply troubling” requests could be federal overreach under Trump’s executive order. Here's all you need to know👇
Why Colbert's cancellation marks a dangerous new stage for the culture at large
Our annual survey of local election officials finds that most are concerned about recent federal cutbacks to election support, including election security programs. bit.ly/3IlRJVZ
Why did Trump “order” bondi to release the grand jury info, which is the ONLY stuff that a judge has to approve, vs releasing all the other stuff that’s not grand jury, that they can release today? How about all of it?
DOJ criminal prosecutors are pressuring Rhode Island to turn over sensitive voter roll data as part of the Trump administration’s ongoing push to hunt for voter fraud. Read the emails obtained by Democracy Docket here: www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Fueled by Trump’s false claims that the 2020 election was stolen, the DOJ launched an unusually intrusive effort to obtain voter data from at least 9 states. Voters deserve to know what Trump plans to do with this sensitive information.
NEW: Wyden questions DHS over its harvesting of DNA from tens of thousands of immigrant children (despite policies that should exempt them). I take the opportunity to explain why this not great for you, citizen. www.wired.com/story/dhs-an...
For Trump, "evil" is no longer a word reserved for terrorists or immigrants but for domestic political opponents and journalists. And in casting his adversaries as evil, he is seeding the ground for threats of prosecution, imprisonment and deportation. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/u...
$1,200 for a bottle of tequila? Chump change compared to Steve Witkoff’s watches (via @hugolowell.bsky.social)
Trump: He's known as Rand Paul Jr in the House. He always votes no. We had somebody else that did him a big favor & I said, 'Sir, I don't think so & so is gonna vote.' And I said, 'No, he's gonna vote bc i did him a big favor. Very personal favor. As big as you can get. Having to do w/death & life'"
Warmer air = more evaporation = more fuel for storms. Scientists warn that global warming is making the type of extreme storm that hit Texas more common. Americans across the political spectrum are feeling the urgency of our climate deadline and demanding bold climate action.
“.. The video was released last week as part of the Trump administration’s commitment to fully investigate Epstein’s 2019 death but instead has raised new questions about how the footage was edited and assembled.” @wired.com www.wired.com/story/the-fb...
Speaker Johnson says he supports the release of the files of deceased sex-offender Jeffrey Epstein. Johnson is a close Trump ally and has never broken so publicly with the president on an issue.
A reminder that Epstein was arrested, charged and died in 2019, during the first Trump Administration.
🚨 NEW via WIRED: Newly uncovered metadata reveals nearly 3 minutes were cut from the so-called “full raw” Epstein prison video released by the DOJ and FBI. When WIRED asked for answers, the DOJ said “refer you to the FBI.” The FBI declined to comment. Link: www.wired.com/story/the-fb...
🚨🚨Newly uncovered metadata from the “raw” Epstein prison video shows approximately 2 minutes and 53 seconds were removed from one of two stitched-together clips. The cut starts right at the “missing minute.”
🚨BREAKING: In new court filing, Texas REJECTS Department of Justice claim that Texas map was drawn using racial considerations. "The Texas legislature did not pass race-based electoral districts for any of those three political maps." Says existing maps "were drawn on a partisan basis"
We intentionally did not put Rosie in the headline because this is not about Rosie O’Donnell it’s about everyone
We are waiting for Texas to file its response today explaining the discrepancy between what it told the court and what Gov. Abbott said publicly in justifying a special session about the use of race to draw the state's congressional map. Once it is filed, Democracy Docket will it post here.
What a recent policy reversal by Attorney General Pam Bondi on confidential sources means and why it threatens press freedom—and, in turn, democracy. Through rigorous, fair, and factual reporting, we can make the world more informed. @newyorker.com #journalism #news #US #press #pressfreedom
Today, a thin-skinned sitting president actually threatened to revoke the citizenship of an American-born citizen because she says things he dislikes. This is ridiculous, and also dangerous. Trump swore to uphold the Constitution, but he seems inclined to violate his oath again and again.
Kash Patel and Tulsi Gabbard are turning America’s spy apparatus on its own employees, @radiofreetom.bsky.social argues.
In a Saturday post on Truth Social, Trump referred to the actor and comedian as a “threat to humanity.”
NEW: The DOJ is intensifying its scrutiny of how states manage voter rolls and is reportedly weighing criminal charges against election officials. Experts warn the effort may damage public confidence ahead of next year’s elections. By: @mattdcohen.bsky.social www.democracydocket.com/analysis/ele...
A federal judge ordered the LAPD to stop using foam projectiles, tear gas and flash-bang devices against journalists covering protests after reporters and photographers were struck during demonstrations last month. The order also prohibits police officers from blocking journalists from closed areas.
NEW VIDEO: Republicans know they can't win in 2026 if there is a level playing field, so they are trying to gerrymander themselves into power again. Paige and I explain the growing scandal in Texas. youtu.be/D_n5VEjQAd0
This is utterly unacceptable.
The Trump administration started laying off more than 1,000 State Department employees today. I wrote a book, War on Peace, that examines the consequences of cuts to State—an agency essential to US security. It speaks to the life-saving work of diplomats: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/war-on-pea...
“Two days after catastrophic floods roared through Central Texas, the FEMA did not answer nearly two-thirds of calls to its disaster assistance line…The lack of responsiveness happened because the agency had fired hundreds of contractors at call centers…” www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/c...
A federal judge found that the Department of Homeland Security has been making arrests in Los Angeles immigration raids without probable cause, ordering the department to stop detaining individuals based solely on race, spoken language or occupation.
Who coulda predicted…?
A judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s immigration raids in the Los Angeles region, calling some tactics unconstitutional.
This is the most important chart you will see all week. www.democracydocket.com/timeline-tra...
“.. We appear to be driving straight into an abyss that holds no memory of what democracy is, was, or should be. “.. The people in charge who are supposed to protect us .. now use the Constitution as a weapon to suit their own ends.” @macfarlanenews.bsky.social www.cbsnews.com/news/fired-j...
I really urge you to watch this
MAGA can’t sabotage the midterms if we keep building the backlash to Trump’s cruelty and corruption.
A federal judge Thursday again blocked President Donald Trump’s attempt to end birthright citizenship.🥳 www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...