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Sen Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) letter to chair of Senate Judiciary Cmte, which is poised to vote on confirmation of Kash Patel: “We regret that you have rejected our efforts to inquire into the first-ever invocation of Fifth Amendment protection by a nominee seeking to lead the FBI”

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When Disney paid Trump $15 million people were outraged. Now it looks like they got a bargain. In protection rackets, the prices always go up. I built Democracy Docket to stand up to bullies like Trump. Become a member now to help support its work. www.democracydocket.com/me-subscribe/

submitted 24 days ago • 45 comments

Because they are evil, we must stand up to them. But because they are also stupid, we needn’t be afraid to.

submitted 25 days ago • 1631 comments

The Whitehouse is not stupid or incompetent. They’re malicious. This entire freeze has been nothing but a trial to see how far they can go and how far the backlash will be. The chaos and confusion is the point. It’s nothing but blinders to distract you. Move accordingly.

submitted 25 days ago • 48 comments

Don't give up - do something. A great list for civic minded Americans, from @protectdemocracy.org open.substack.com/pub/protectd...

submitted 30 days ago • 61 comments

This @washingtonpost.com headline and story are deeply misleading. The real question in the case is not whether a state (i) "may" (ii) "allow" a religious public school, but instead whether a state (i) must (ii) create a religious public school. [1] www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

submitted 30 days ago • 86 comments

My firm @eliaslawgroup.bsky.social has already encouraged recent law school grads who planned to participate in the DOJ Honors Program to apply for open positions. elias.law/careers

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Oh no

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The reality is that these positions are more important than Sec of Defense because they will do all the work and define all strategies. He won't freelance decisions. @schumer.senate.gov @sanders.senate.gov @fetterman.senate.gov What do you have planned ?

submitted 29 days ago • 846 comments

Firing independent watchdogs is straight out of the authoritarian playbook. Removes another obstacle to corruption and abuse of power www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

submitted 29 days ago • 153 comments

Elon Musk is doing a Nazi salute. The denials are bullshit. You see it. I see it. They see it. Anyone denies it the appropriate response is FU*K YOU!

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“It was ntentional, deliberate and unequivocal.”

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Starting to get it?

submitted 34 days ago • 1502 comments

Bjorn Höcke of the German AFD party that Elon Musk Endorsed.

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"Trump made clear that a lawless presidency is at the core of his second term vision...Opposing, resisting, and checking Trump, and ultimately defeating Trumpism, are the prerequisites to preserving, protecting, and defending the Constitution of the United States." www.thebulwark.com/p/all-out-as...

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Query for WH Press Secretary: Elon Musk has an office in the White House. Does the president support his "salute" yesterday? Has anyone at the White House asked Musk what he meant by it, or suggested he clarify what he meant? Is it fine if other White House staffers offer such salutes?

submitted 33 days ago • 64 comments

Inauguration Day: So much of what was done yesterday is and will prove to be deeply unpopular. The pardons of violent insurrectionists (which JD Vance said wouldn’t happen only days ago). Prescription drug price increases. The price increases that will follow tariffs. And so on. 1/

submitted 33 days ago • 3 comments

Pardons and commutations erase accountability, but dishonor remains.

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What’s the difference between a gov controlling an algorithm, silently eliminating reach for things it doesn’t like, vs the same gov using its power, to demand that the platform remove the things it doesn’t like.? In China they are overt. With TikTok in the US, they control silently

submitted 35 days ago • 2299 comments

The Capitol Rotunda has been traditionally used for presidents lying in state. This Monday, it will be used for a president lying to all states.

submitted 36 days ago • 412 comments

Further evidence that CNN is trying to suck up to Trump. Jim is among the most pro-democracy voices in legacy media. So, of course, CNN wants to bury his show. Shameful.

submitted 37 days ago • 249 comments

"Democracy Dies in Darkness" is kinda like "Don't Be Evil" as a slogan. It's a bit worrying when you choose it, but it's a lot more worrying when you take it down

submitted 38 days ago • 68 comments

Sounds familiar

submitted 37 days ago • 46 comments

Kash and his QFBI will make them pay

submitted 37 days ago • 106 comments

Remember when he wrote an odd op-ed saying the criminal cases against Trump should be dismissed?👀

submitted 37 days ago • 142 comments

Judge Cannon will permit DOJ to release Vol 1 of the report while holding up Vol 2, which they’d already said they wouldn’t, with a hearing. Oh, & she still lacks jurisdiction to do any of the above but 🤷🏻‍♀️

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The most frustrating thing about Smith's report is that the facts were known: Trump planned in advance to use false claims of voter fraud to challenge a loss, his words incited J6 violence, he supported rioters, calling them things like "patriots," & Americans, nonetheless, reelected him.

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from @janemayer.bsky.social, on the campaign to intimidate the Senate into confirming an unqualified Defense Secretary Maybe the best article yet written about the tactics the new administration will use to control Congress, the government and the media. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

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