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@brendales.bsky.social
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Proud Canadian and lover of democratic norms and values, equality for all. Let's all help eachother and love one another more.🇨🇦🇨🇦

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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The Paramount-Warner Bros. merger was officially approved this past week. Corporate concentration means more power for CEOs — and less freedom for everyone else. Former FTC Chair Lina Khan explains.
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The Illusion of Choice: How Big Business Controls Your Life (ft. Lina Khan)
From your grocery bill to your paycheck, monopolies are making you less financially secure and ultimately less free. For
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Tomorrow I’ll be joined by Professor Timothy Snyder for a Substack Live. I've been an admirer of Prof. Snyder's lessons on tyranny and how we fight back against authoritarian governments. It will be an interesting conversation. Here's the link: open.substack.com/live-stream/368678
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The Democratic Coalition @thedemcoalition.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Bill Clinton, speaking at the Clinton Global Initiative's 2026 summit this week, slammed the Trump regime's recent actions as self-serving 👇 Read more here: bit.ly/3Tjhigo #ResistTrump
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
CNN is about to travel the same dark path of WaPo and CBS News. They will say it's not true. They will ask you to ignore what you see and disbelieve what you hear. Instead, I suggest you support independent media. You can start with Democracy Docket but there are many others. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: The California Supreme Court ruled that Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco violated state law when he seized roughly 650,000 ballots from last year’s special redistricting election after pursuing debunked claims of a massive ballot discrepancy. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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California Supreme Court orders GOP sheriff to return seized ballots, affirms state’s power over local law enforcement
The twin rulings stand to make it significantly harder for local law enforcement to create election chaos and use unsubstantiated fraud claims to seize ballots outside California’s established electio...
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Here is what Democracy Docket is tracking today: Total Active Cases: 203 Active Voting Rights Cases: 163 Active Redistricting Cases: 40 Active Anti-Voting Cases: 82 Active Pro-Voting Cases: 81 Active DOJ Lawsuits: 30 www.democracydocket.com
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Democracy Docket
Democracy Docket is the leading digital news platform dedicated to information, analysis and opinion about voting rights and elections in the courts.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Gas prices hit $4.46 a gallon today — a gain of 17 cents over the previous week and $1.26 higher than the same point last year. Diesel prices are up more than $2.74 from a year ago. Families, farmers, and truckers are all getting squeezed. Meanwhile...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
In Alligator Alcatraz, detainees were forced into small outdoor cages for hours at a time. In Camp East Montana, detainees report beatings from guards and denial of medical care. In Delaney Hall, detainees report unsafe drinking water and retaliatory abuse for speaking up. Unimaginable cruelty.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Corporations are not people. Their money is not speech. They should not be able to buy politicians. End Citizens United.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Unsurprisingly, 60 Minutes ratings are down. What people like Ellison don’t understand is that many of us wouldn’t watch CBS News, including 60 Minutes, if you paid us. Like Bezos, they don’t understand that consuming content is as much a statement of values as anything.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
This is how it’s done.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/09/2026
Abdul El-Sayed: "Weijia, with all due respect, this is the third time you've asked about a Twitch streamer ... their whole game is to make us fight culture wars so that we don't pay attention to the fact the president has made $2.2 billion ... "
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
This weekend you're going to be faced with a lot of sales and deals. If you want to know how you can help me, my ask is simple: please consider investing in democracy. Democracy Docket is offering $20 off an annual premium membership — use code LDW20 at checkout. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
If you want to know how you can help me, this weekend you're going to be faced with a lot of sales and deals. My ask is simple: please consider investing in democracy. Democracy Docket is offering $20 off an annual premium membership — use code LDW20 at checkout. demdock.com/4w6emld
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Jennifer Welch Claps Back At Piers Morgan.......
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Elias Law Group is currently litigating 89 voting and election cases in 42 states plus the District of Columbia: AL, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI.
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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Apparently people are sharing this far and wide on social media, which I think is horrible. This could cripple ICE operations. PLEASE do not share this.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
What Pablo Torre did was ridiculously impressive. Uncovered a conspiracy between rich guys, withstood a propaganda campaign by one of the richest guys in the world with a pretty good reputation, didn't buckle or panic, and just kept reporting. That's some Pulitzerin' right there.
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Election Truth Alliance @electiontruthalliance.org · 03/09/2026
Actual question, serious answers only: Why do some Americans readily accept that certain covert, illegal methods for obstructing the casting/counting of votes are a plausible threat — while dismissing other (covert, illegal) methods for doing the same thing as absurd or not worthy of consideration?
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The claims against Donald Trump's anti-voting executive order and the US Postal Service are now clearly ripe and I am representing the Democratic Party to block it from taking effect. I am realistic about the Supreme Court but I believe we will win!
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26/08/2026
MS NOW: "The Talarico campaign is filing a legal motion to unseal two depositions Ken Paxton gave in 2019 and 2022. A source tells MS NOW the Talarico campaign has reason to believe Paxton admitted to crimes in those depositions."
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
If you appreciate the work Democracy Docket has been doing keeping you informed about what is happening to voting and elections in court, please become a free subscriber or premium member. demdock.com/4w6emld Thanks, Marc
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Forbes @forbes.com · 27/08/2026
A 2019 trip to Samoa has been linked to a measles outbreak that killed dozens of people.
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RFK Jr. Lied To About Famous Samoan Trip During Confirmation Hearings, New Letter Indicates
A 2019 trip to Samoa has been linked to a measles outbreak that killed dozens of people.
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NHL (Bot) @notnhl.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
This superb stretch pass from Lane Hutson clocks in at No. 8 on our list of the top assists of the season! 🍎
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Democracy Docket is tracking: Total Active Cases: 200 Active Voting Rights Cases: 161 Active Redistricting Cases: 39 Active Anti-Voting Cases: 84 Active Pro-Voting Cases: 76 Active DOJ Lawsuits: 30 www.democracydocket.com
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/08/2026
Mark Carney: "This fall we will begin intense discussions with the European Union, the world's second-largest economy, to build a much stronger and deeper economic and security partnership"
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/r/Habs @habsonreddit.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Arber Xhekaj when asked today what it means to play for the Habs: "It means everything. It feels like a family. All those guys in the locker room, they're brothers to me. We truly love playing for each other and we all have fun together."
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 24/08/2026
"ICE tactics, already sadistic, are looking increasingly like torture," writes @judith-levine.bsky.social. "The slim avenues to legal recourse and the refusal of transparency or accountability by the perpetrators of de jure and de facto torture are driving detainees to desperate measures..."
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ICE’s tactics look increasingly like torture | Judith Levine
Plans for gloves that can deliver electric shocks underline the homeland security department’s sadistic practices
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
It’s been literally every poll, every week, for over a year. Including every Fox poll. This guy is completely isolated and insulated from the real American public and when he isn’t lying he being lied to by court jesters and sycophants.
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Stu Cowan @stucowangazette.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
My column on Canadiens captain Nick Suzuki being ranked the ninth-best centre in the league by the NHL Network and why he should have been in the top five #Habs: montrealgazette.com/sports/hocke...
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Cowan: Canadiens captain Nick Suzuki short-changed in NHL Network ranking
Rated only ninth-best centre in league despite remarkable durability and posting career-high 101 points last season.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 24/08/2026
Hanging? We need to call this what it is: LYNCHING. Ten Black Americans in less than two years. Every one of these deaths deserves answers, transparency, and scrutiny. No one should look at these images and expect Black Americans to shrug this off, especially in light of our history.
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The Democratic Coalition @thedemcoalition.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
This SCOTUS is CORRUPT AF. We need term limits ASAP and we need to expand the court to counter balance the right-wing justices installed by McConnell and Trump. #ExpandTheCourt
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
BREAKING: What just happened at the Kennedy Center board meeting is a slap in the face to the rule of law. We will see the president and his corrupt cronies in court. This will not stand. Official statements @repbeatty.bsky.social @democracydefendersaction.org & WLG👇
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
My open letter to David Ellison has unexpectedly gone viral. Here is the full version for anyone who wants to read and share. If you like it, I would ask you to sign to Democracy Docket at the bottom. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/my-o...
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My open letter to David Ellison
You argued that the American people have misjudged you — that they are wrong about what is in your heart and mind. I want to be clear: I don't care what you think or feel. What I care about is your ac...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/08/2026
Mamdani: "If a New Yorker looks at what ICE is doing and wants to see more of it, they should vote for Bruce Blakeman, who has created his own militia in Nassau County. If they look at what ICE is doing and they are shocked by the inhumanity and cruelty, they should vote for Gov. Kathy Hochul."
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 10/08/2026
Dear corporate media: instead of parsing the language of one of the DSA’s platform issues about the two-tiered system of justice in an effort to divide the opposition, how about discussing the fascism on the other side?
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St. Louis Public Radio @stlpublicradio.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Missouri and Illinois are once again part of a widespread food recall, this time involving jalapeños. Here's a list of grocery stores affected:
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Missouri, Illinois jalapeño products recalled over possible salmonella contamination
A new recall affects jalapeño-containing dips, salsas and other prepared foods sold in Missouri and Illinois, with the FDA warning of possible salmonella contamination.
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
There's a full scale PR campaign to convince you that David Ellison is serious about fact based news. Bullsh*t. If that were true, he would have hired someone with actual news experience to run CBS News. There's no way this guy should control CNN, too. jenniferschulze.substack.com/p/david-elli...
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David Ellison can’t be trusted with CNN
We've already seen how Ellison has wrecked CBS. Don't fall for his PR push on CNN.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Many of you are asking how you can help me. My only ask is this: Spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. Tell everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket and share its content. demdock.com/4w6emld
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/r/Habs @habsonreddit.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Carey Price on Habs goalies Jakub Dobes & Jacob Fowler: “They’re a little bit different. I really love Dobes’ compete level…he’s got that swagger. I really enjoy watching that. Fowler kind of reminds me more of myself, a little more reserved. He plays a very quiet game like I did.”
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Proud to be on this list! www.stopthepresses.news/p/25-must-fo...
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25 must-follow people in pro-democracy media
One way to fight negativity is to lift up inspirational voices
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
The Washington Post is now trying to sell individual op-eds for $2. What they don't understand is that people don't want to read their stuff. If you want to support independent, pro-democracy media, subscribe to Democracy Docket instead. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
David Ellison may think we are stupid, but we know who he is. We know what he has done to CBS. We know what he wants to do to CNN. Support independent media.
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Marc Riggsbee @marcriggsbee.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Heed the warning.
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Sue is Pissed! @spb1159.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
The new Faux News
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NelsonPDX✌🏾✊🏽 @bobetb.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
They are killing US citizens and they are covering it up. www.cnn.com/2026/07/22/p...
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18 Days in Minnesota: The false claims, chaos and coverups behind the Trump administration’s killing of two American citizens | CNN Politics
This is the story of the 18 days between the killing of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, the highly questionable ways the Trump administration handled immigration enforcement and the shootings, and the agg...
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Today is the perfect day to preorder Brian Tyler Cohen's new book -- The Day After. I've read it and liked it so much I wrote the foreword! Order now! www.harpercollins.com/pages/theday...
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The Day After by Brian Tyler Cohen
How to Wield Power in a Post-Trump World – From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Shameless, Brian Tyler Cohen explores how Republicans have abused power, how Democrats have refused to exerc...
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Actually, his own social media posts demonstrate specific knowledge of his stock market maneuverings based on insider information, and many of them constitute efforts to manipulate the market.
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Sassy Denise @sassydenise.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Don’t take your eyes off the DOJ. Today is their deadline, again, to release the entire and compete Epstein files. We can’t continue to look away. We can’t stop demanding justice for the survivors. We must stop the coverup to ensure it doesn’t happen again or isn’t continuing.
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