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submitted 22 hours ago • 1053 comments

NEW: In a win for democracy, the U.S. Supreme Court paused an emergency request from Trump and allowed the head of the whistleblower agency to remain in office until a Feb. 26 hearing.

submitted 22 hours ago • 20 comments

As you see NIH restrictions and bans lifted now, it’s not a coincidence that happened after a big rally that got coverage all over TikTok and on Maddow. Trump is susceptible to public pressure! They want to do their coup in the dark. As we’ve been saying, science must speak to the public now. 🧪

submitted 1 day ago • 7 comments

Janet Mills isn’t here for any of that king bullshit. MORE OF THIS!!!

submitted 1 day ago • 133 comments

Ruh roh

submitted 1 day ago • 383 comments

Canada held a solidarity rally in support of Ukraine against the fascist Russian invasion and the unsurprising US betrayal. Scenes from Montreal. #3E #EndImpunity #EndOligarchy #StandWithUkraine

submitted 1 day ago • 196 comments

Mark my words—He is going to try to shut down mail-in voting. When he does, we will sue and we will win. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

submitted 1 day ago • 1056 comments

I miss the days when YA drama was like "This person in my debut group one-starred my book on Goodreads" and not like "this school district in Florida set a bunch of books on fire and also the FBI now has me on a list for writing about Black people."

submitted 1 day ago • 15 comments

"As we navigate the sheer quantity of hate and unconstitutional extremism found within these orders, it’s essential we not let this blitzkrieg distract or deter us." - Keith Thirion

submitted 1 day ago • 182 comments

“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist” James Baldwin

submitted 1 day ago • 156 comments

I’m telling you @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, please watch this. This is the energy. Not egg prices and book tours and strongly worded letters. It’s time to take the gloves off.

submitted 1 day ago • 1536 comments

Elon Musk recently posted on his site that another lawyer and I are “undermining civilization.” He goes on to ask if we suffered childhood trauma and concludes by suggesting we are suffering from “generational trauma.” This is my response. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/my-o...

submitted 1 day ago • 296 comments

No to oligarchy. Join the #3E movement.

submitted 1 day ago • 52 comments

I watched Gladiator 2 and they had TWO co-Caesars and that hit home.

submitted 1 day ago • 114 comments

End impunity End autogenocide End oligarchy #3E

submitted 14 days ago • 333 comments

Masterstroke by Judge Ho. Brilliant.

submitted 1 day ago • 123 comments

#BREAKING US envoy to Ukraine says had 'positive' talks with 'courageous leader' Zelensky

submitted 1 day ago • 7 comments

There will be retribution. The incoming FBI director published a book that includes an enemies list. In a weird, backhanded compliment, he told Steve Bannon that I am an “enemy of the Republican Party. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/ther...

submitted 1 day ago • 164 comments

Taxpayer advocates and unions filed a lawsuit to block Elon Musk’s DOGE from accessing and retaining sensitive data from the IRS. Plaintiffs say "DOGE is violating multiple laws[.]"

submitted 1 day ago • 19 comments

Arab leaders are gathering in Saudi Arabia to hammer out a recovery plan for Gaza aimed at countering President Donald Trump's proposal for US control of the territory and the expulsion of its people. https://u.afp.com/SJwS

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

TODAY: A hearing will be held in Rhode Island in a lawsuit from 22 Democratic states & Washington, D.C. seeking a long-term block on Trump's federal funding freeze as litigation proceeds. A court previously issued a temporary restraining order in the case.

submitted 1 day ago • 13 comments

A Virginia court will hear a lawsuit today seeking to block DOGE's access to sensitive Treasury Department data. Plaintiffs say DOGE has "exceeded the scope of their legal authority[.]" Read the lawsuit: https://www.democracydocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/12025-02-10-Complaint-2.pdf

submitted 1 day ago • 25 comments

This would be completely illegal. But you wouldn’t know that from reading this post, the headline, or the lede. Unbelievably bad.

submitted 1 day ago • 985 comments

I created Democracy Docket in 2020 to help keep you informed on the fight for democracy in court. Five years later, it continues to be fearlessly independent and unapologetically pro-democracy. Support the work of its 19-person team: www.democracydocket.com/member-me/

submitted 2 days ago • 81 comments

Big news at @democracydocket.com! 🥳

submitted 2 days ago • 76 comments

In future generations, when your children and grandchildren look back on this moment, they are not going to ask about the price of eggs. They are going to ask you what you did. Not what you felt. Not what you paid. But what you did. And I want to be able to say I did everything I possibly could.

submitted 1 day ago • 1244 comments

The Trump administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in a lawsuit challenging Trump's termination of the head of the nation’s top independent federal investigative and prosecutorial agency.

submitted 1 day ago • 22 comments

Last night in my newsletter, Civil Discourse, I used presidential polling numbers to show that Trump isn't inevitable. We can find our way out of this. joycevance.substack.com/p/on-being-i...

submitted 1 day ago • 120 comments

The Friday Brief, February 20, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/therickw...

submitted 1 day ago • 134 comments

I got raked across the coals for this take in 2022.

submitted 1 day ago • 241 comments

I will use every tool at my disposal to protect this country from Trump. I will litigate to defend voting rights until there are no cases left to bring. I will speak out against authoritarianism until my last breath. I will not back down. I will not bow or scrape. I will never obey.

submitted 1 day ago • 678 comments

I am the great-grandson of a man who led his family out of the shtetl to a strange land in search of a better life. I am the grandson of the three-year-old boy on that journey. As you know, my name is Marc, but my Hebrew name is Elhanan—after the warrior in David’s army who slew a powerful giant.

submitted 1 day ago • 255 comments

Protests happen when they happen, if you can only show up on certain days show up on those days, if no protest is available on your dates then organize one, open your own spaces. Protests need to be daily, but not everyone is expected to show up daily. Do what you can when you can. Just show up.

submitted 1 day ago • 83 comments

The Eric Adams criminal case raises significant concerns about the independence of the Justice Department and the role of political influence in prosecutions. 💡 The key question: Was there an improper quid pro quo—and if so, will the Court do anything about it?

submitted 1 day ago • 228 comments

The reason the USA is so messed up is because everyone thinks bad things will never happen to them.

submitted 1 day ago • 368 comments

Kash Patel’s confirmation to head the FBI is quite a contrast to what happened with Richard Nixon’s first pick, L. Patrick Gray, who Congress rejected for being to partisan & too close to the president—the same characteristics Patel possesses. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

submitted 1 day ago • 210 comments

Posted minutes after the Commander of the ISS said Musk lied about the stranded astronauts in his Fox interview with Trump.

submitted 2 days ago • 920 comments

The FBI has only ever had Republican directors. Trump illegally forced out the last two FBI directors for not being Republican enough. Today, Senate Republicans let him appoint a new FBI director who posted an AI video of himself chainsawing Democrats’ heads off

submitted 2 days ago • 80 comments

Formez vos bataillons

submitted 2 days ago • 106 comments

It would be a shame to encourage folks to use banned book lists to do strange things like -check them out regularly at the library -request the library order them if they don’t have them -buy them -start or support banned book clubs -organize a banned book kids story time A real shame

submitted 2 days ago • 145 comments

"Should the court grant the motion, it would be the first lawsuit against DOGE where the plaintiffs are able to obtain evidence, albeit limited, on how Elon Musk’s faux agency is operating within the federal government." www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

submitted 2 days ago • 97 comments