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Into democracy, justice, gardens. Former DOJ, current wife and mom of humans and dogs. Native Detroiter in DMV.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 18/09/2026
It’s hard to avoid the similarities between Trump's relationship with the Kennedy Center and a psychopathic courtship. If he can’t possess it, he threatens to kill it.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/09/2026
and there it is -- Trump says that if the Supreme Court doesn't allow him to put his name on the Kennedy Center then it will close down for good
The Board of The Kennedy Center today agreed, almost unanimously, to close the Building for Safety reasons, and so that it can begin the process of Reconstruction. The closing will take place immediately, however, the Renovation and Reconstruction, which is a very large and complex job, cannot begin until such time as the D.C. Circuit rules on the Board’s approved name. If the ruling is a negative one, which it should not be, and is not overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court, the Reconstruction and the Renovation of The Kennedy Center will not take place. The attorneys from the DOJ will ask for an expedited appeal. In the meantime, 17 Million Dollars, raised by President Trump, has been put into The Kennedy Center account to keep it afloat. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP
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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
WHAT THE FUCK
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Trump administers the Cheater’s Pledge.
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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
How to write a headline Donald Trump Just Basically Bribed Americans to Vote for Republicans talkingpointsmemo.com/news/donald-...
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Donald Trump Just Basically Bribed Americans to Vote for Republicans
With his poll numbers at record lows, gas prices at record highs,...
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Aside from the blatant illegality here, you’ll get this right after your tariff dividend, your freedom dividend, Trump’s health care plan, and your $2 gas
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I keep reading legacy media reports about the daily actions of Trump, as if he were a normal president, as if he wasn’t intent on democracy’s destruction & ignoring the rule of law. This crook has gotten away with crimes all his life because he was not judged clearly as a criminal flouting the law.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 26/08/2026
🏛️ In her dissent, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson warned against the Supreme Court's ruling allowing Trump's anti-mail voting executive order to move forward. She stressed that “no judge or Justice” has concluded that Trump’s order is constitutional: demdock.com/4wRTIoD
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 11/08/2026
Trump has finally done what he’s been gunning for since his first term: He defied the Court’s authority to issue binding rulings against him. ICYMI @kimwehle.bsky.social:
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Trump to Supreme Court: Make Me
His new assault on birthright citizenship will test whether Supreme Court rulings mean anything when a president decides they don’t.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
People voted for authoritarianism because they wanted lower inflation and now they have authoritarianism and even more inflation. (no lessons will be learned) blog.fiftyplusone.news/p/affordabil...
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Affordability concerns are even more important to voters than in 2024
Inflation continues to dominate the issue landscape, and drag down the president
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
All of a sudden "the presumption of regularity" is in the news. I wrote about the need for it to be discarded more than a year ago -- in May 2025. Another good reason to subscribe to Democracy Docket. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/the-...
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The Courts Must Stop Presuming Donald Trump is a Regular President
Read more here.
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Mitch McConnell is on paid eternity leave
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Trump did a corruption to make sure Balogun was eligible to play, but his administration is simultaneously doing everything it can to strip his citizenship. What a fucking country.
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 02/07/2026
Yesterday Major Jason Watson became the nation's first active duty service member to call for the impeachment and removal of Donald Trump and JD Vance. Nonviolent civil disobedience is an act of patriotism.
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 02/07/2026
Throughout U.S. history, periods of extreme corruption and abuse of power have repeatedly given rise to democratic renewal. The current moment can too — here’s how: www.brennancenter.org/our-work/pol...
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The Rhythm of Reform
What will matter most at this moment is not just what we are against, but what we are for.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
I do not think there is sufficient appreciation for how catastrophic yesterday’s decision in Slaughter is for this country. As Justice Sotomayor said in her dissent and she intoned from the bench yesterday, “today the majority reshapes our Govt.”
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
They cannot win on the merits. They have to cheat. Their supporters expect them to cheat. Their backers pay for them to cheat. They pretend to take the high moral ground while cheating all the way.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
At some point Schumer, Jeffries, Govs, Dem AGs, etc need explain clearly to the American people how Trump is doing everything he can to prevent a free and fair election and a peaceful transfer of power in January. They must talk to the American people, help them understand, not pull any punches.
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
I would like a side-by-side account of the cost of: the Iran war, the reflecting pool, the ballroom, the Qatari plane, the WWE fight; DOJ settlement payoffs (like to Ashli Babbitt) and any other vanity projects I'm missing; compared with all of the "waste and fraud" supposedly saved by the DOGE cuts
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Today in Chicago, Barack and Michelle Obama reminded Americans how we can be our best as a country, just as they did during their eight years in the White House.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
If you watch the Obama Library, the World Cup, and the Knicks parade this afternoon -- and nothing else -- you can actually see the America we're supposed to be at age 250
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MS NOW @ms.now · 18/06/2026
"You were doing the people's work: rescuing our economy, expanding healthcare, ending a war... winning a peace prize..." Former first lady Michelle Obama praises former President Barack Obama at the grand opening of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago. WATCH LIVE: youtube.com/live/4jPZhuw...
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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Pete Hegseth is ignoring a framework set in place by Congress and military boards to advance a racist agenda. He is engaging in viewpoint discrimination: refusing to advance candidates for relatively anondyne statements related to diversity, equity and inclusion, www.nytimes.com/2026/06/19/u....
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Secret Vetting and Blocked Promotions: Inside Hegseth’s War on Diversity
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 18/06/2026
Barack and Michelle reminded us today of what leadership in this nation truly looks like. What an incredible day for Chicago and for Illinois as we celebrate the opening of the Obama Presidential Center.
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The Briefing with Jen Psaki @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
"We've been saying from Day 1 that this is a White House cover-up. And now it's very clear that the vice president is a large part of that cover-up." - Rep. Garcia reacts to new NYT reporting about frantic White House planning to protect Donald Trump from the release of the Epstein files.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 10/06/2026
Nothing is more un-American than a president questioning elections, and therefore his fundamental status as a representative of the people who serves by their consent.
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Talk of Canceling Elections Shows Trump Is Unfit for Office
No president has ever canceled a federal election, even in our deepest crises.
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Kim Masters @kimmasters.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
That’s a headline.
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
“It’s only racial gerrymandering if Elbridge Gerry did it himself.” — #SCOTUS, one day soon.
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wendyweiser.bsky.social @wendyweiser.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
And Congress needs to step up here. The Roberts Court does not have to be the last word on civil rights and democracy. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
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Congress Must Respond to Callais
A ban on partisan gerrymandering, codified voting rights protections, and Supreme Court reform can mitigate the fallout.
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Judge Brinkema (EDVa) has issued, in effect, a temporary restraining order blocking any funding or disbursements under the $1.776B anti-weaponization fund pending further briefing. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Order on Motion for Miscellaneous Relief – #31 in Floyd v. Department of Justice (E.D. Va., 1:26-cv-01399) – CourtListener.com
ORDERED that plaintiffs' Expedited Motion, [Dkt. No. 30], is DENIED and defendants request for additional time is GRANTED; however, to ensure that no funds are irreversibly disbursed from the Anti-Wea...
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 16/05/2026
The Justice Department ordinarily would prevent attacks on voting rights. Now it’s carrying them out.
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Trump’s DOJ is building a voter purge machine—powered by your private data
The federal agency ordinarily would prevent attacks on voting rights. Now it’s carrying them out.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
They lied that Trump’s ballroom would be privately funded. They lie all the time about everything.
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Republicans propose $1 billion in taxpayer dollars to secure Trump ballroom
The president said repeatedly that the White House ballroom would be privately funded but has raised security concerns, particularly in light of the correspondents' dinner shooting.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
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 for free and share its content with everyone you know. Thanks. bit.ly/4qmEiFz
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 03/05/2026
The Brennan Center’s Jesse Wegman explains how the Supreme Court’s conservative majority is constructing a world of its own, untethered from modern American life, previous Court rulings, and the Constitution itself. bit.ly/3OE0G0B
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The Supreme Court’s Hermetically Sealed Logic on the Voting Rights Act
In decimating one of the most sacred and popular pieces of legislation in American history, Justice Samuel Alito quotes himself. 
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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Trump declares the Iran war “terminated” precisely on the 23rd anniversary of Bush’s infamous “Mission Accomplished” speech. (h/t @kdbyproxy.bsky.social)
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BREAKING via the AP
White House officially tells Congress it considers Iran war 'terminated' despite presence of US armed forces in region.George W Bush speaking on an aircraft carrier displaying a huge MISSION ACCOMPLISHED banner
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Not only was the Supreme Court's Callais decision cynical and wrong, it has now resulted in the Republican governor of Louisiana declaring state of emergency to cancel the ongoing congressional election. If you think this ends in Louisiana or with redistricting, you are not paying attention.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 29/04/2026
The Supreme Court got it wrong today. Their decision to gut Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act will leave Black voters and other voters of color even more vulnerable to attacks on our freedom to vote and be represented fairly. Our fight for our democracy is not over.
Photo of Justice Elena Kagan on a light green background with a quote of hers in black text: "I dissent. The Voting Rights Act is—or, now more accurately, was—'one of the most consequential, efficacious, and amply justified exercises of federal legislative power in our Nation’s history.'" The quote is attributed to Justice Elena Kagan dissenting in Supreme Court case Louisiana v. Callais
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 29/04/2026
The court has simply recreated the pre-Brown world in allowing racial discrimination across a broad number fields as long as it is “facially neutral,” gutting the Reconstruction Amendments in the process.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 29/04/2026
Trump cuts in front of Queen Camilla to shake some hands
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
$400M for Trump's ballroom? On top of: -$1.5T for the Pentagon -$170B for ICE and Border Patrol -$1B to refurbish Trump's Qatar jet -$496M to send National Guard into cities -$230M for Trump's DOJ "compensation" -$100M for Trump's golf outings But nothing for working people.
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GOP Senators Unveil Plan to Pay for $400 Million White House Ballroom With Taxpayer Funds | Common Dreams
As midterm elections approach and gas prices soar, Republican senators prioritize a $400 million ballroom at the White H
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
King Charles- to Congress 1. Invoked the checks & balances of the Magna Carta- 2. Defended NATO 3. Stood up for Ukraine 4 Made a plea for the planet Wow
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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
New from me: All 40 of Trump's judicial nominees who have taken Qs from the Senate Judiciary Committee have refused to say Trump lost the 2020 election. Now his high-level executive nominees are dodging the Q, too. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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Donald Trump Lost In 2020. An Alarming Number Of His Nominees Won’t Say So.
Dozens of the president’s court picks have refused to say Joe Biden fairly won in 2020. Now his executive nominees are avoiding the question, too.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 24/04/2026
So Trump went from calling this a two-week war to something resembling Vietnam? The U.S. was in combat in Vietnam for eight years. And let’s remember, automatic draft registration was authorized in December 2025. But nothing to worry about.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
The corruption is just stunning. www.thedailybeast.com/chief-justic...
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Chief Justice’s Wife Made $10M+ as Legal Recruiter: Report
At least one of the firms reportedly had a case before Chief Justice Roberts.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
With the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) last week demanding 2024 election records from Wayne County, Michigan, the Trump administration is now aggressively targeting the voting process in perhaps the country’s three most pivotal voting jurisdictions. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Ahead of midterms, Trump’s DOJ is targeting voting in three of the most pivotal swing-state counties
"They're basically acknowledging they got nothing," one elections expert said. "It's going to be used for propaganda and PR. And DOJ's law enforcement powers aren't supposed to be used for propaganda ...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
I don't think I'll ever get over Clarence Thomas ruling on cases related to Jan 6 knowing that his wife was an active participant in the attempted coup. Or ruling on cases related to government regulations and a wealth tax knowing he took gifts from billionaires. It's a disgrace.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
It’s as if the Iran war was fought to sustain the Russian economy. Lifting sanctions for Russians does nothing for Americans. It just makes it easier for Russia to continue its war in Ukraine.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
“National security is not a blank check to proceed with otherwise unlawful activity” Quote of the year?
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
"Democrats need to break from this path and acknowledge that billionaires—especially those in the increasingly antidemocratic tech sector—are never going to side with them over the GOP." From @alexisgoldstein.bsky.social newrepublic.com/article/2087...
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How Silicon Valley Humiliated the Democrats
When will they learn? The party remains far too solicitous of an industry that’s rewarded their fealty with four years of Trump and untold damage to democracy.
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jstreetdotorg.bsky.social @jstreetdotorg.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
J Street is urging Senators to support two Joint Resolutions of Disapproval to block pending U.S. arms sales to Israel, which are up for a vote on the Senate floor Wednesday. 1/4
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