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"Randall hosted a morning town hall Saturday in Bremerton that filled up in minutes. Rather than turning the overflow crowd away, she immediately held a 2nd session. 'I want to hear from everyone who took the time out of their day to be here,' she wrote online..." www.advocate.com/politics/hug...

submitted 7 hours ago • 211 comments

Nebraska is going to get crushed between Tariffs and Medicaid cuts. They have to balance their state budget and it looks like at least a 200m shortfall this year. BEFORE tariff impacts. And Nebraska Republicans here ! Curious what you think www.1011now.com/2025/03/05/t...

submitted 10 hours ago • 2213 comments

"In a town with just over 1,000 residents, hundreds of people packed Belmont's Community Building Saturday for a town hall hosted by Democratic Rep. Mark Pocan. The building was filled to capacity with people even waiting outside and peeking through the windows..." www.wkow.com/news/politic...

submitted 7 hours ago • 691 comments

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submitted 15 hours ago • 567 comments

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

submitted 1 day ago • 284 comments

Each time I have sat down to write something since the election, I am bothered by this recurring phrase that I simply cannot get out of my head. So,I am going to just say it out loud: we are on our own. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/we-a...

submitted 1 day ago • 877 comments

Ahead of the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, I'm joining Rep. Terri Sewell to reintroduce the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act to protect the right of all Americans to vote without tricks & laws of suppression. Let's summon the moral purpose of the great Congressman Lewis.

submitted 3 days ago • 109 comments

Wouldn’t those with student loans have cause for a class action lawsuit due to the violation of F.E.R.P.A.?

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

He's going to need the draft for this...I can't be the only one thinking that

submitted 5 days ago • 23 comments

Trump's speech has already made its way into court. A group of plaintiffs seeking to dismantle DOGE note that Trump tonight said the group "is headed by Elon Musk," DOJ has repeatedly insisted Musk is not a formal part of DOGE.

submitted 5 days ago • 3 comments

Trump: "We have to take care of our law enforcement."

submitted 5 days ago • 21 comments

Do the Democrats not understand we want people to fight for us????

submitted 5 days ago • 22 comments

I can’t believe this needs to be said. TransGENIC mice are not TransGENDER mice

submitted 5 days ago • 99 comments

He is so fucking awful

submitted 5 days ago • 5 comments

Holy smokes. The Mail, a staunchly RIGHT-WING newspaper in the UK, slammed”‘bully” Trump and called for his state visit to be cancelled. Trump is now the laughingstock of the entire world.

submitted 8 days ago • 399 comments

Even the people working at DOGE say it is a lawless nightmare for America. In fact, they know it better than anyone. Thanks to these true public servants who won’t stand for such a dangerous betrayal of the American people.

submitted 12 days ago • 635 comments

99% of House Republicans just voted to gut Medicaid so they can lower taxes for the richest 1%. They’re showing you exactly who they’re working for.

submitted 12 days ago • 31 comments

Elon Musk and his 19-year-olds have now disrupted the approval of medical devices that save lives. Every member of Congress bears a responsibility to stop this right now.

submitted 12 days ago • 813 comments

Medicaid provides 40% of the funding for community health centers. Medicaid supports 2 out of 3 people in nursing homes. Medicaid provides health care to 41 million children. Trump and his Republican friends want to enact massive cuts to the program. We won't let them.

submitted 12 days ago • 308 comments

Elon, I hate to break it to you but you aren’t my boss. I answer to the people of Minnesota. But since you bring it up, I spent last week fighting to stop tax breaks for billionaires like you, paid for by defunding health care for moms and babies

submitted 14 days ago • 667 comments

Chile is the world's second-largest lithium producer. It has been a welcome boon to the economy, but local community members consider it a disaster.

submitted 14 days ago • 23 comments

DOGE asked what federal employees did last week. Here’s how I replied.

submitted 14 days ago • 206 comments

I am grateful that so many people found my open letter to Elon Musk moving and want to share it. Some well meaning people are just cutting and pasting it on their social media feeds. I would appreciate it if people would link to the version posted on @democracydocket.com instead. Thanks. Marc

submitted 15 days ago • 187 comments

The governor of Maine clashed with Trump over transgender rights during a White House meeting. “See you in court,” she told him.

submitted 16 days ago • 81 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 17 days ago • 1250 comments

According to ProPublica, dozens more pregnant and postpartum women have died in Texas hospitals since abortion bans were implemented, compared with maternal deaths in the state immediately before the pandemic.

submitted 17 days ago • 289 comments

President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that the Resolute Desk has been temporarily removed from the Oval Office to be “refinished,” a touch-up that occurred just days after Elon Musk’s son seemingly picked his nose and wiped it on the historic piece of furniture.

submitted 17 days ago • 40 comments

Just as an erratic Elon Musk took the stage at a conservative conference in Washington, D.C., his ex-girlfriend Grimes was begging him on X to address an urgent medical crisis involving one of their three children.

submitted 17 days ago • 24 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 17 days ago • 1053 comments

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submitted 18 days ago • 255 comments

MARC ELIAS is founder @democracydocket.com, Chair of Elias Law Group. Created Democracy Docket in 2020 to help fight for democracy in court. 5 years later, still at it. Fearlessly independent and unapologetically pro-democracy. Known across the nation as THE fearless powerhouse on election law.

submitted 20 days ago • 10 comments

Former CNN anchor Jim Acosta has called for reporters and news outlets to band together against the Trump administration after it blacklisted an Associated Press reporter for refusing to call the “Gulf of Mexico” by its new Trump-appointed name.

submitted 21 days ago • 84 comments

If the Musk-rats will leak classified information, think what they will do with your private data as they rummage through our data systems. www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-m...

submitted 22 days ago • 78 comments

BREAKING NEWS Two real estate brothers who worked with Ivanka Trump & Jared Kushner have been charged with raping 60 women. Oren and Alon Alexander are "big Trump supporters" who were "in the room" on election night and at multiple White House parties

submitted 28 days ago • 803 comments

A president can’t just create a new federal agency via executive order — that can only happen through an act of Congress. Then what is DOGE www.democracydocket.com/analysis/the...

submitted 28 days ago • 196 comments

Reporter: Why do you want to be chairman of Kennedy Center board? Trump: Some of the shows were terrible. They were a disgrace. Reporter: Have you seen any shows there? Trump: No, I didn’t go.

submitted 28 days ago • 796 comments

A federal court this evening blocks the US government from sending three Venezuelans, detained in New Mexico, to Gitmo. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/u...

submitted 28 days ago • 3 comments

The 84-year-old appointee of Ronald Reagan halted Trump's assault on birthright citizenship, condemning it as a lawless outrage.

submitted 29 days ago • 2 comments

SCOOP: Kash Patel—whom Donald Trump has nominated to head the FBI—took $25,000 from a production company with ties to Russia propaganda activity to appear in an anti-FBI docuseries.

submitted 30 days ago • 100 comments

"Vance had a chance to defend his OWN family, and he opted to defend the Indian-hating bigot instead. Where are the balls on these Republican men? ... Elon wants his DOGE kid who hates Indians back and Vance does his bidding... Do they castrate these guys at the door of the RNC?"

submitted 30 days ago • 711 comments

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submitted 29 days ago • 173 comments

It wasn’t just a freeze on Elon Musk and DOGE accessing Americans’ personal data. He was ordered to DESTROY any data they already took. Elon must confirm he has followed the court order.

submitted 29 days ago • 72 comments

This week, Congressman Eric Swalwell joined me to discuss the first few weeks of Trump's second term, how Trump’s actions are harming our democracy and security and Democrats’ plan to fight back. I hope you watch and enjoy. youtu.be/CedQKOm29YE

submitted 29 days ago • 69 comments

Outrageous.

submitted 29 days ago • 180 comments

No one who believes that Jan. 6 was an inside job or the 2020 presidential election was stolen should be trusted with a national security role.

submitted 29 days ago • 127 comments

In light of the news of @markzaidesq.bsky.social being targeted by Trump, I am reposting this. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/ther...

submitted 29 days ago • 44 comments