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Here is a list I recently sent to premium members of what each of us can do to stand up for democracy and defend our elections. Democracy Docket is dropping the paywall and publishing it because we must all feel the power we have to stand up to Trump and protect our democracy.

submitted 4 days ago • 40 comments

The Trump Administration’s Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, has been tearing through federal agencies on the hunt for fraud. Is DOGE looking in the right places? 60 Minutes investigates, Sunday. 60Minutes.com

submitted 4 days ago • 10 comments

"We have good investments over there-" Just a reminder, America. He's talking about how his personal business empire is affected by the deal with the UK, not the welfare of the people of the United States that he is apparently President of.

submitted 6 days ago • 30 comments

REPORTER: You just announced a new nominee for US Surgeon General who never finished her residency, and is not a practicing physician. So can you explain why you picked her to be America's top doctor? TRUMP: Because Bobby thought she was fantastic ... I don't know her

submitted 6 days ago • 992 comments

Two fighter jets gone in a week, totaling over $100 million. Hopefully Hegseth can put the bottle down long enough to explain to DOGE. www.cbsnews.com/news/u-s-fig...

submitted 7 days ago • 221 comments

NEW: Our CBS News review found approx. 500 of the AMERICORPS program grants terminated by Trump Admin are in states Trump won in 2024 Nonprofits, charities, ed. programs, child abuse prevention initiatives lose millions. Some report "damage & chaos" www.cbsnews.com/news/americo...

submitted 6 days ago • 42 comments

Yet again, the MAGA rubes got fleeced by Trump and the grifters in his orbit. When will they ever learn?

submitted 7 days ago • 214 comments

Trump: "I could announce 50 to 100 deals right now because I'm the shopkeeper and I keep the store. I know what countries are looking for and I know what we're looking for and I can just set those terms and they can go shopping or they don't have to go shopping, because everybody wants to shop here"

submitted 7 days ago • 442 comments

President Trump has signed orders targeting several law firms – orders which could destroy them. That matters because lawsuits and the courts serve as a check on executive power. Scott Pelley reports, tonight.

submitted 9 days ago • 10 comments

Two former Wells Fargo executives were fined $8.5M by the Biden administration for covering up the bank's infamous fake account scandal. Trump just slashed those fines to a paltry $150,000 after Wells Fargo gave $1M to his inauguration. See how this works?

submitted 15 days ago • 517 comments

This is the best 100-day recap I’ve seen — and it begs the damn question: Why is his approval rating still 39%? Are folks in a coma?

submitted 14 days ago • 1114 comments

Boycott backfire. Website For 'MAGA-Friendly Businesses' is not what they wanted – As Critical Thinkers Use It For Boycotts.

submitted 17 days ago • 19 comments

Rick Scott urges people not to buy the Trump Bible and most MAGA merch.

submitted 19 days ago • 262 comments

The FBI has arrested a judge for "interfering" with a persons apprehension for deportation.

submitted 19 days ago • 33 comments

Robert Wolf on Fox News: "I've been in finance for 40 years. This is probably the biggest manufactured crisis I've seen with a bunch of unforced errors. The execution of 'liberation day' was pathetic."

submitted 21 days ago • 1305 comments

As a reminder, when Trump says he is putting massive tariffs on China, or any nation, that means he is putting a massive tax on YOU. China doesn't pay a single penny. You, the consumer, do.

submitted 36 days ago • 297 comments

I was so proud to march today in NYC with my seven year old daughter. #HandsOff #MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com

submitted 39 days ago • 26 comments

Just in case anyone was wondering, every bit of this was classified. Lot of perjury in those hearings yesterday.

submitted 49 days ago • 605 comments

Texted LITERALLY WAR PLANS

submitted 49 days ago • 1480 comments

🤣🤣🤣🤣 h/t: @realalexcole.bsky.social

submitted 51 days ago • 1026 comments

Yep… That’s where we’re at. 😑😳

submitted 51 days ago • 50 comments

So, Trump is being found to have broken the law on average once every four days, and MAGA Twitter wants you to believe this is all lawfare from activist judges. There’s really no amount of pretzel logic that is too much for these people.

submitted 51 days ago • 85 comments

Absolute fucking clown show. Hegseth accidentally included a reporter in a text message group announcing strikes in Yemen, including weapons, targets, and timing. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

submitted 51 days ago • 360 comments

A Wyoming lawmaker said less than 25% of the Education Department’s budget goes to educating students. That’s wrong. At least 71% goes directly to student loans and grants; additional funds go to K-12 schools.

submitted 53 days ago • 0 comments

Couture: 700 billion in fraud that only he could find, yet hasn't produced the receipts… this is all about undermining your confidence in the program’s legitimacy so they can raid that trust fund

submitted 53 days ago • 297 comments

Let's see how many wealthy Paul Weiss partners have as much courage as this one associate.

submitted 54 days ago • 296 comments

Navy SEAL Ryan Larkin took his own life after tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. His father suspected there was more to his suicide than depression. 60 Minutes reports how one father's determination helped uncover a hidden danger in military service.

submitted 55 days ago • 1 comment

Folks always ask me how they can make a difference. Find an elderly person who isn’t tech savvy. Help them confirm their Social Security information online. Starting March 31, phone verification will no longer be allowed for Social Security benefits, and in person will be slower as offices close.

submitted 55 days ago • 121 comments

Brad Schimel Admitted to Having "Psychologically Beat the Daylights Out" Of His 8-Year-Old Daughter The Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate said he emotionally shut out his wife and kids meidasnews.com/news/brad-sc...

submitted 55 days ago • 217 comments

We told you it would happen. Trump and Musk are abandoning our veterans because they've never cared about the men and women who serve.

submitted 55 days ago • 186 comments

"MN state Sen. Justin Eichorn allegedly arranged to meet someone he thought was a teenage girl for sex and instead was arrested by police ... One of Eichorn’s recent official acts was being among 5 Republicans who are seeking to dub 'Trump derangement syndrome' as an official mental illness"

submitted 57 days ago • 541 comments

If you live in NC, call every Republican politician you know. Call every farmer you know and ask them to do the same When money walks , voters talk. Make sure they know this effects everyone in their town and state www.wunc.org/news/2025-03...

submitted 60 days ago • 2095 comments

Gonna point out once again that Trump said this exact thing multiple times during the election: used 'Palestinian' as a slur & specifically said Schumer "became a Palestinian" as a way of demeaning him. The reason ppl thought this man would be "better on Gaza" is bc they werent paying attention.

submitted 63 days ago • 31 comments

File this under no shit Sherlock: Even JD’s cousin says Trump and Vance are Russia’s useful idiots who are getting played by Putin. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

submitted 65 days ago • 33 comments

#SlavaUkraine🇺🇦

submitted 69 days ago • 540 comments

We actually already have a crypto reserve called "asset forfeiture"

submitted 67 days ago • 23 comments

cutting pediatric cancer research… www.cnn.com/2025/02/25/h...

submitted 70 days ago • 322 comments

Our farmers will lose billions in USAID cuts. His tariffs will not make up the shortfall, because most of the produce coming in does not compete with local produce. People aren't going to buy more Idaho potatoes because Mexican bananas cost more. + labor shortages. The fuckening continues.

submitted 71 days ago • 651 comments

Oh. My. God.😳 It’s like Hitler got in a fight with a weed whacker😱

submitted 70 days ago • 496 comments

Johnson is about to do ANOTHER CR to keep govt open until Sept, since he has been unable to pass his own budget. This was Johnson in NOV 2023: “I’m done with CRs. We are. We’re resolved.” He has repeatedly broken every promise he made in this clip, & is about to do it again.

submitted 70 days ago • 669 comments

There it is. Literally saying the US and Russia are working together to take away the independence of another country. I'm wondering if any of our press is gonna pick this one up? Seems like headline material?

submitted 72 days ago • 170 comments

Canadian MP Charlie Angus: Donald, what, you had to bring a guy from the Russian state media in to watch you try and beat up Zelenskyy—and you thought that would make you look good? It made you look like the crook you are. Zelenskyy is a man that you will never be; he’s a genuine hero.

submitted 72 days ago • 262 comments