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AOC: I saw on Fox, Jeanine Pirro says that they found so many babies and two year olds and four year olds receiving social security. I got a notice for you Jeanine Pirro: those babies receive social security because their parents died. That’s not a waste. That’s humanity. That’s America.

submitted 8 hours ago • 514 comments

Fascism is when a leader uses the power of the state to control or coerce private institutions—like Trump has tried to do with universities and private companies such as Apple. His attempts to dictate what schools can teach or how businesses should operate are textbook authoritarianism. Harvard

submitted 20 hours ago • 56 comments

It certainly looks like Elon Musk’s henchmen stole all the data from the agency which protects workers rights, tried to cover it up, and then threatened to kill the guy who blew the whistle on it.

submitted 20 hours ago • 82 comments

1. The North Carolina Supreme Court just TOSSED 260 BALLOTS in a razor close election for a seat on the same court The ballots were invalidated based on a claim by the Republican candidate that all of voters were "never residents" of North Carolina But that claim is false We have receipts

submitted 22 hours ago • 54 comments

Courage is contagious. #Harvard Have the day you deserve.

submitted 21 hours ago • 94 comments

We need more of this—and more solidarity: “No government—regardless of which party is in power—should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue.” - Harvard President Alan Garber www.harvard.edu/president/ne...

submitted 21 hours ago • 58 comments

Make sure you understand the SAVE Act, which will seriously suppress voting rights, not prevent fraud as its sponsors claim.

submitted 21 hours ago • 48 comments

"After all these years in and around politics, I’d like to think I have a pretty strong stomach, but yesterday was sickening... This was not newsreel footage of two dictators meeting somewhere far away and long ago. This was yesterday. Here in the Oval Office." www.thebulwark.com/p/two-dictat...

submitted 20 hours ago • 361 comments

Van Hollen: "If the president gets to shred the Constitution and ignore the Supreme Court in this case, it is a very short path to the president ignoring court orders in other cases. So every American should care about this."

submitted 20 hours ago • 597 comments

Thank you @jeffjarvis.bsky.social

submitted 20 hours ago • 320 comments

We are on Russias side. The orange fatty is straight traitor

submitted 20 hours ago • 538 comments

Not a drag queen, trans, immigrant or Democrat. Just a straight cis Republican maga predatory man. Trump’s cult. #Voices4Victory

submitted 20 hours ago • 109 comments

How many days until DOGE announces it is laying off three Supreme Court justices?

submitted 1 day ago • 186 comments

🚨BREAKING: On behalf of NC Alliance for Retired Americans and VoteVets AF, my firm has filed an appeal to the Fourth Circuit to block the Republicans' efforts to steal a North Carolina state Supreme Court election. Follow Democracy Docket for full details. www.democracydocket.com/cases/north-...

submitted 1 day ago • 362 comments

I’ve just posted this video message to members of the DC Bar, urging them to vote AGAINST AG Pam Bondi’s brother to be its next president. Please pass this on to anyone who is eligible to vote. www.instagram.com/reel/DIcQFxt...

submitted 1 day ago • 361 comments

Many products sold in the U.S. are made in El Salvador. In response to the El Salvador president’s statements today, we’re calling for an immediate boycott of all Salvadoran-made goods. Please help by listing any products or brands made in El Salvador in the comments below.

submitted 1 day ago • 892 comments

Oh look. Another bribery and extortion scheme.

submitted 1 day ago • 1903 comments

BREAKING: AOC bringing the house down in Utah. “It will never be just institutions and officials alone who uphold our democracy. It will always be the people, the masses who refused to comply with authoritarian regimes who are the last and strongest defense of our country and our freedom.”

submitted 2 days ago • 235 comments

Let’s send food safety inspectors to the coal mines’

submitted 3 days ago • 1284 comments

Trump’s unilateral tariffs caused global market instability and wiped out trillions of dollars in value. Congress must revoke Trump’s tariff authority to prevent similar economic chaos in the future. For more on no on how you can help go to: actionnetwork.org

submitted 2 days ago • 5 comments

Don't let Donald's tariff stupidity distract you from talking about the Signal security lapse at the Pentagon that put our troops in danger. The media may have forgotten about it, but the voters have not. And we can multitask our criticisms.

submitted 2 days ago • 86 comments

The United States is the richest country in the history of the world. But who benefits from those riches? Consider: the richest 10% of Americans hold nearly 70% of the nation’s wealth – while the bottom 50% hold just 3%. See the problem?

submitted 3 days ago • 573 comments

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I have seen a few questions regarding Democracy Docket: 1. It does not sell subscriber or member information or email addresses. 2. It is not part of Substack or ActBlue. It is fearlessly independent, unapologetically pro-democracy. Subscribe now. newsletters.democracydocket.com/all-newsletters

submitted 2 days ago • 59 comments

This is disgusting. Someone set fire to Shapiro’s home while he and his family were sleeping. I hope this person is caught quickly and held accountable to the fullest extent of the law.

submitted 2 days ago • 207 comments

“.. judging only from price action, we are suddenly witnessing a comprehensive turn away from US assets (stocks, USTs, corporate credit and the dollar). this is the single most important theme to monitor over coming weeks. .. for the moment capital is flowing out of the US.” - GS Desk/Pasquariello

submitted 2 days ago • 252 comments

Kinda hard to see a free and fair 2028 election where she doesn’t win by a lot.

submitted 3 days ago • 922 comments

Eugenicists are so stupid.

submitted 3 days ago • 1404 comments

If you need a bike and want to buy American, check out guardianbikes.com. We started on the path of bringing mfg from China to the USA in 2020. Indiana. And they are now there. From Shark Tank to possibly the leading bike company in the USA

submitted 2 days ago • 469 comments

I have this radical lefty belief that voting should be easier than buying a gun.

submitted 2 days ago • 254 comments

Bernie Sanders made an appearance at Coachella to introduce Clairo. "The future of what happens to America is dependent on your generation. Now, you can turn away and you can ignore what goes on, but if you do that, you do that at your own peril.” Love this dude!

submitted 2 days ago • 245 comments

@tylerblack.bsky.social

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🎶 Because the list (the list) does not exist Because the list does not exist 🎶 ~ Hall and Oates on tariff deals

submitted 5 days ago • 578 comments

Hey, @schumer.senate.gov :: you better not be playing cute with your language about stopping the SAVE Act. I hope you intend to VOTE NO ON CLOTURE, as opposed to what you did with the CR when you told us you'd vote no on the bill, but still voted YES on cloture. We are in no mood for games.

submitted 5 days ago • 998 comments

Multiple members of Congress allegedly purchased large amounts of stocks approximately 10 minutes before President Trump announced a pause on tariffs. The disclosure deadline is May 15th, which will publicly reveal who may be subject to SEC investigation for insider trading.

submitted 5 days ago • 4 comments

Vandalize a Tesla dealership get 20 years. Vandalize The Capitol and attack the police get pardoned and glorified as "patriots".

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NEWS: Chief Justice John Roberts is aware there is a matter before him about a man who was improperly sent to a prison in El Salvador. Per the court, Roberts has denied the request from Kilmar Abrego Garcia's lawyers to file a sur-reply — a reply responding to DOJ's reply — in the matter.

submitted 5 days ago • 181 comments

#ProudBlue What were all the Muskites doing in all our systems? Apparently collecting this data for their project. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/u...

submitted 5 days ago • 6 comments

What did Marjorie Taylor Greene know about the tariff announcements and what stock trades did she make? We need answers.

submitted 5 days ago • 659 comments

Sanders: We look to these law firms who have hundreds of well-paid lawyers to defend the constitution, to defend the rule of law. They were more interested in getting millions of dollars from their lobbying.. They should be ashamed of themselves.

submitted 6 days ago • 325 comments

This should be run as an ad to help take back the majority in midterm elections.

submitted 5 days ago • 16 comments

FOUR FUCKING DEMOCRATS!!!! Reps. Ed Case (Hawaii) Henry Cuellar (Texas) Jared Golden (Maine) Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (Wash.) — voted with all Republicans in favor of the SAVE Act. SPREAD THEIR SHAME!!! 🤬

submitted 5 days ago • 26 comments

Whoa…this 🔥🔥🔥 Trump called out for “Market manipulation” by @repstevenhorsford.bsky.social

submitted 6 days ago • 269 comments

This isn't The Art of the Deal. It's insider trading with a bad comb-over. Step 1: Tank the Market, Scare the Non-Millionaires Step 2: Let the Aristocrats Feast Step 3: Flip, but say ‘Winning’ Step 4: Pretend None of This Ever Happened & Get Your Media Dregs To Do The Same Rinse, Enrich, Repeat.

submitted 6 days ago • 751 comments

SUMMERS: “Bullies back down. It is tragic to see the United States following banana republic policy approaches ..” 🍌 @larrysummers.bsky.social

submitted 6 days ago • 68 comments

Per CNBC: White House is now saying EU will not be punished for their retaliation because it hadn't gone into effect yet. So they only get the 10% baseline tariff. That excuse just tells you in black and white how much they've contorted themselves in order to back the fuck off this poor strategy.

submitted 6 days ago • 108 comments

Now, this is news.

submitted 6 days ago • 78 comments

NEWS Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard signed a sworn declaration stating that she was a resident of the State of Texas. But then she voted in Hawaii.

submitted 6 days ago • 740 comments