Marc Elias

Marc Elias

Another long week in the fight for democracy. If you want to stay up to date on what is happening to democracy in court, subscribe now to Democracy Docket. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0 Goodnight.😴

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🚨BREAKING: 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/...

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🚨BREAKING: A Fulton County judge has temporarily paused his own contempt order that would have fined the county commission $10,000 per day for refusing to seat two election-denying Republican nominees to the county’s Board of Elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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We announced some really great news this morning! Consider joining the Democracy Docket community today to support its vital work. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0

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A Texas Republican lawmaker who last week blocked Democrats’ effort to filibuster the state’s gerrymander made disturbing comments at a 2022 legislative hearing — suggesting a way to deal with immigrants might be: “shoot, shovel and shut up.” www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Democracy Docket is getting ready to publish a special edition of my weekly news round-up to announce some big organizational milestones and to thank our loyal community. Sign-up now to receive, celebrate and enjoy. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0

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Legal and constitutional experts worry Trump is laying the groundwork to use the Guard to seize control of any city he wants to bring to heel. On Monday, he signed an executive order that primes the Guard “for rapid mobilization,” across the country. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/tru...

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🚨BREAKING: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) signed Republicans’ gerrymander into law Friday, officially moving the redistricting battleground from the state capitol to the federal courthouse. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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NEW VIDEO: Trump is attacking the Constitution and Rep. Jamie Raskin is calling him out. He joined me to discuss restoring American democracy, the administration’s overreach into elections, and Trump’s desire to be a dictator. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDLI...

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"Marc Elias’s Democracy Docket has quietly become a pro-democracy media force, expanding its newsroom to 20 staffers as it surpasses 50,000 paid subscribers." Story here: www.status.news/p/democracy-...

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Marc Elias

Is "Leftist Lawfare Shark" the lawyer equivalent of left shark?

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Marc Elias

I was on with Nicolle Wallace and got to break news! We discussed the ongoing redistricting wars and a lot more. www.youtube.com/watch?v=h68Y...

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NEW: Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook is suing President Donald Trump to keep her job, after the president earlier this week tried to remove her. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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He is wrong on the facts. 1. The data is clear, VBM benefits Democrats electorally and it remains true. Rejected mail ballots skew Democratic as well. 2. Strict photo ID laws also disadvantage Democrats, particularly young voters and those in urban areas. Again, this is data not opinion.

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Marc Elias

I started Democracy Docket in 2020 to keep you informed about what is happening to democracy in court. Now, five years later it has a staff of 20 who work around the clock to expose Trump and alert you to victories large and small. Sign up to stay informed and support their work. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0

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I did promise that Republican states that capitulate to Trump's demands to illegally gerrymander their maps will be sued. And history shows I never bluff and usually win. I also said that there are only two types of GOP officials -- proud MAGA and scared MAGA. That is true.

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VICTORY: In a major victory for voting rights, the Arizona Court of Appeals has rejected a lawsuit brought by right-wing groups and the Arizona Republican Party that sought to limit how election officials verify mail-in ballot signatures. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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🚨BREAKING: Arizona Court of Appeals REJECTS right wing challenge to Arizona's signature matching process. Another VICTORY for my law firm's clients and the voters of Arizona. www.democracydocket.com/cases/arizon...

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Apparently Trump just figured out that the Utah court struck down the gerrymandered congressional map and reinstated the citizen-led redistricting reforms. If he subscribed to Democracy Docket he would have learned about this on Monday. Don't make the same mistake sign-up now. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0

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I'm tired of this theater where Donald Trump asks Republicans to do something, they seem to push bank and then cave. The only two factions of the current GOP are proud MAGA and scared MAGA. Anyone who thinks Republicans are acting in good faith is delusional.

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This is very bad news. Louisiana won't even defend its own map in SCOTUS. It abandoned its own Black voters. Those of us committed to defending the VRA are now entirely on our own. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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🚨BREAKING: California Supreme Court DENIES Republicans’ petition asking the court to stop state officials from putting a redistricting measure on the ballot – the second GOP challenge to the state’s redistricting it’s thrown out in one week. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Marc Elias

🚨BREAKING: A state judge ruled to hold the Fulton County, Georgia Board of Commissioners in civil contempt after two Democrats blocked the appointment of two Republican election deniers to the board of elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Thanks to all of you, Democracy Docket has crossed 500,000 YouTube subscribers!🥳 www.youtube.com/democracydoc...

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🚨BREAKING: The Trump administration is asking select states to help “soft launch” the latest new feature of the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) revamped citizenship verification program. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Democracy Docket's YouTube channel is up to 499K subscribers. I think we may make our goal of 500K by Labor Day...👀

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Marc Elias

Republicans would lose their minds.🤯

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The political appointment, first reported by Democracy Docket, shows how self-styled election investigators who have thrown themselves into election conspiracy theories since 2020 are now being celebrated by a presidential administration that indulges their false claims.

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Republicans are trying to force the Fulton County Board of Commissioners into installing two far-right activists – Julie Adams and Jason Frazier – on Georgia’s largest county’s elections board. atlanta.capitalbnews.org/fulton-commi...

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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...

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498,000!

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Democracy Docket's YouTube channel has 497k subscribers.👀 www.youtube.com/democracydoc...

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In 2020, when I told people that I was building a pro-democracy media outlet, people thought I was kidding. When I told them that the fight for democracy was the fight of our time, they thought I was being overly dramatic. Well...here we are. Subscribe to Democracy Docket now. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0

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No one is saying this except Trump.

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"The political appointment, first reported by Democracy Docket, shows how self-styled election investigators who have thrown themselves into election conspiracy theories since 2020 are now being celebrated by a presidential administration that indulges their false claims." apnews.com/article/heat...

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Not tired of winning!🥳

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Democracy Docket is getting ready to publish my latest about how yesterday was a day of tyranny in America. Receive premium content and support Democracy Docket's critical mission by joining now. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0

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NEW VIDEO: Donald Trump is weaponizing the Department of Justice to target Democrats. Rep. Rob Menendez joins me to discuss Trump’s threat to the immigrant community, the federal takeover of Washington, D.C., and the GOP’s refusal to do their job. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9Gq...

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A retirees group working with Democratic operative Marc Elias’ law firm raised concerns in June about a plan that could resolve the legal dispute. The Elias clients’ court filing suggested that the legal action threatens voting rights in the state. www.carolinajournal.com/nc-elections...

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🚨BREAKING: A federal judge dismissed a Department of Justice lawsuit against every federal district judge in Maryland. The ruling, by a Trump appointee, slammed the Trump administration for an “unprecedented” effort to “smear and impugn” judges who rule against it.

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I celebrate every victory for voting rights, but this one is particularly special. No issue has been more hotly contested or more important to PA voters than this one. The DSCC and DCCC fought hard and it is great to see them prevail. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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🚨BREAKING: Third Circuit STRIKES DOWN Pennsylvania requirement that mail-in ballots that arrive in undated or misdated return envelopes be discarded. Court holds that Constitution requires they be counted. A big victory for our clients DSCC and DCCC and PA voters!

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What you missed overnight night.🥳 Utah's gerrymandered congressional map was struck down. The judge reinstated the citizen-led redistricting reforms voters approved in 2018. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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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

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🚨BREAKING: In a landmark victory for voters, a Utah judge struck down the state Legislature’s gerrymandered congressional map and reinstated the citizen-led redistricting reforms voters approved in 2018. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Washington Post vs Democracy Docket

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“This is about the President of the United States and his complicit lackey, Stephen Miller, searching for ways to lay the groundwork to circumvent our democracy, militarize our cities, and end elections.” – Gov. J.B. Pritzker

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For me, hope is not a feeling of certainty about the future. It is born of the knowledge that we may do everything we can without the assurance that it will be enough. Hope is accepting that the arc of the moral universe may not bend toward justice — even if all of us push with everything we have.

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Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) swiftly pushed back, saying Illinois never asked for federal troops and that Trump has no legal authority to unilaterally seize control of the Illinois National Guard. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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The legacy media won't admit it, but no one is providing more complete coverage of the attacks on democracy than the 20 person team at Democracy Docket. Help support their vital efforts by becoming a subscriber or premium member today. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0

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J.B. Pritzker got it exactly right, Donald Trump is sending the military to blue cities because he wants to undermine free and fair elections in 2026. Trump believes that military deployments in blue cities is his path to keeping power and Republican victory.

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Tyrants govern through fear. Dictators take their power from the acquiescence of the good people who don't speak out. It is our obligation as citizens to set aside fear and take a step forward not a step back.

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This is 100% correct.

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🚨BREAKING: 3rd Circuit REJECTS RNC motion to pause ruling requiring Pennsylvania counties to count undated/wrongly dated ballots. This means counties cannot reject undated and wrongly dated ballots while the case continues on appeal. Congrats to our clients DSCC and DCCC!

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Mississippi’s Republican secretary of state is asking the Supreme Court to rule against a coalition of GOP groups and reinstate a five-day post-election grace period for late mail-in ballots struck down by a federal appeals court. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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"In response to the lawsuit, LaRose lashed out at Marc Elias, founder of Democracy Docket and firm chair of the Elias Law Group (ELG), which is representing the plaintiffs in the case." www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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🚨BREAKING: Republicans are trying again to stop California from passing a new congressional map, an effort the state is taking on to counter a Texas gerrymander aimed at adding more GOP seats in Congress in 2026." www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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🚨BREAKING: A leading election conspiracy theorist has been named to a new “election integrity” post at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Democracy Docket on Saturday vs Politico today.

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My weekly look at what is happening to democracy in court and in politics. youtu.be/wJm74JFRqeI

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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

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Marc Elias

My law firm is currently litigating 52 voting and election cases in 23 states. This includes the Ohio case we filed on Friday night and the redistricting case challenging Texas' new congressional map. I am thankful for our clients willing to wage these fights. They, not the lawyers, are the heroes.

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NEW VIDEO: My weekly update on what’s happening to our democracy and the court cases you need to watch. This week I give you the most up to date news on Texas' gerrymandered map, the weaponization of the government, the Epstein Files, some good news, and more. Watch and share!

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🚨BREAKING: One day after Texas passed its new map, my law firm, in partnership with @redistrictfdn.bsky.social, has filed a motion for a preliminary injunction seeking to block the use of the new congressional map for the 2026 election. www.democracydocket.com/cases/texas-...

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Stand by for news from Texas...

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Hope is what we do when the odds are long and the options limited. It is the stubborn act of trying when despair feels easier. Rather than a passive optimism, hope is the commitment of those who believe they can make a difference, however small. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/what...

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Thanks for the shoutout @brianstelter.bsky.social. view.newsletters.cnn.com/messages/175...

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Sunday morning, premium members will get a transcript of my newsmaker interview of the week. Sunday afternoon, they will receive my exclusive analysis of the legal challenge filed against Texas' new map. Join now to support Democracy Docket and receive both in your inbox. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0

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It isn't until the 26th paragraph that there is mention that what Trump is doing is being challenged as illegal. And it accepts Trump's stated rationale to act. Here is what I think: Trump is illegally deploying the military in blue cities to set the stage to interfere with the 2026 elections.

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At 2:00 a.m., Texas Republicans passed their gerrymandered congressional map. At 8:00 a.m., with the support of the National Redistricting Foundation, my law firm sued. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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“Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.” ― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism

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Texas Republicans cleared the final legislative hurdle for their extreme mid-decade gerrymander, as the Senate voted to approve HB4. The bill now heads to Gov. Greg Abbott, who is expected to sign it into law. Within hours of the bill’s passage, advocates filed a legal challenge aiming to block it.

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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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💪🗳️⚖️

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"Democratic governors are on the frontlines of the redistricting fight. They have the power to veto rigged maps, pass fair ones and go on offense to counter Republican extremism in places like Texas." - Meghan Meehan-Draper www.democracydocket.com/opinion/the-...

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OK, this one is too easy (and no, Trump does not have a point). Washington Post vs Democracy Docket.

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Marc Elias

Trump has replaced justice with retribution and the raid on John Bolton's house and office raises the stakes greatly. My latest for Democracy Docket premium members explains this and what we need to do about it. Join now! hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0

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That got us wondering: How would those governors feel if National Guard troops from other states were ordered onto their streets, perhaps to patrol one of the 53 cities in those states with a higher murder rate than Washington’s? So, we asked them. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/the...

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This is what Trump's Solicitor General told the Supreme Court about Maxwell last month. Unless it's withdrawn, this is the official position of DOJ and the United States.

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The lead stories right now on Washington Post and Democracy Docket. Which provides the news and perspective you value? You can support independent, pro-democracy media, by subscribing to DD now (free or paid). hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0

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I promised Texas would be sued. And I don't bluff. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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🚨BREAKING: Hours after Texas passed its new map, my law firm has challenged it in federal court. In addition to violating the VRA, HB 4 violates the 14th Amendment because it unjustifiably considers race and partisanship as part of a voluntary, mid-cycle redistricting. @redistrictfdn.bsky.social

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My latest on how Trump’s attack on museums is another note from the dictator playbook just went out to Democracy Docket members. Join now to receive all its premium content. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0 Here is an excerpt.

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🚨BREAKING: Texas Republicans cleared the final legislative hurdle for their extreme mid-decade gerrymander Saturday, as the Senate voted to approve House Bill 4 (HB 4). The bill now heads to Gov. Greg Abbott (R), who is expected to sign it into law. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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I expect major movement in Texas tomorrow. No one is covering the GOP's redistricting scheme with as much context and analysis as Democracy Docket. Its team of 20 works around the clock to provide you pro-democracy news and information. Support their work by signing up today. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0

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🚨BREAKING: With the Senate set to give final approval to the map Friday, state Sen. Phil King, the Republican chair of the Senate redistricting committee, revealed he’s spoken with Adam Kincaid, the national GOP’s leading map-maker, three times this summer. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Washington Post vs Democracy Docket. Support independent media. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0

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NEW: Oregon and Pennsylvania are the latest to reject the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) effort to acquire states’ private voter data, according to letters obtained by Democracy Docket. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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🚨BREAKING: Federal court STRIKES DOWN Alabama's state Senate map for violating VRA sec 2 by diluting Black voting power in Montgomery. Alabama must now draw a new compliant map. Status conference is set for Aug. 28 to facilitate remedial proceedings. www.democracydocket.com/cases/alabam...

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Too many people have forgotten about the Epstein Files. Donald Trump clearly hasn't and nor have I. My latest for Democracy Docket premium members explains this and all the news of the week. Join now! hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0

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Donald Trump is going to try to rig the outcome of the 2026 election because he is an authoritarian and that is what authoritarians do. I don't know if I should say it louder or softer, but people need to pay attention and take action. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2bc...

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🚨BREAKING: Federal Court BLOCKS implementation of Trump administration’s dangerous new rule that would strip health coverage from more than 2.2 million people, raise costs for working families, and undermine the Affordable Care Act’s core protections. A huge win for @democracyforward.org.

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🚨BREAKING: The FBI raided the home of John Bolton, President Donald Trump’s former national security advisor who later became a prominent critic of the president. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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I wrote this days after Trump was sworn in. Reposting now. The pro-democracy movement will not survive four years of Trump if its members cannot or will not stand up and do their work. The steps I have outlined are essential if that movement is to thrive. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/ther...

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Here is how the media should be reporting this morning's news. As part of a growing pattern of political retribution, Donald Trump's FBI has raided the home of a prominent administration critic. In this instance it happens to be John Bolton. The pretense is largely irrelevant.

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NEW VIDEO: Michael Steele went from Republican Lieutenant Gov. to RNC Chair to MSNBC host. He and I discuss his journey, the federal takeover of Washington, D.C., and his recommendations for the Democratic Party. www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbA_...

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Everything Trump is doing is aimed at making it harder for Democrats to vote and easier for Republicans to cheat. But we are going to fight like hell in court and we will win.

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