Reposted by Debbie BridyghamMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 7hWashington Post front page story vs Democracy Docket front page story. Support independent pro-democracy media by subscribing to Democracy Docket now. demdock.com/4w6emld 22866304 866
Reposted by Debbie BridyghamMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 2hX is owned by Musk. TikTok is blocking the Musk movie account. Meta blocked the No Kings account. This is why Democracy Docket is not built on SubStack or any third-party platform that could one day turn against it. It costs more to operate but is worth it. Subscribe now. demdock.com/4w6emld 7953251777 5.3K
Reposted by Debbie BridyghamI 💙 Dogs @dogs100.bsky.social · 12hAhh, it’s CaturDogDay friends.…. 15652108 652
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Reposted by Debbie BridyghamRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/10/2026Ultra-wealthy donors are spending a staggering $430 million to fight state efforts to raise their taxes. If they can afford to drop millions of dollars to keep their taxes low, they can afford to pay slightly higher taxes. They’re making the case for taxing the rich better than anyone else could.levernews.comThe $430 Million War Against Taxing The RichUltrawealthy donors have spent nearly half a billion dollars trying to convince voters to keep their taxes low via the b 24283503431 8.4K
Reposted by Debbie BridyghamDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 5hNEW: The Trump administration has repeatedly claimed that it confirmed the roughly 20k voters challenged in its new lawsuit are, in fact, noncitizens. But in court, it said only that it suspects the voters in question are noncitizens — and it has not confirmed that's true nor has time to do so.democracydocket.comTrump admin. claims it confirmed 20,000 California voters are noncitizens. It didn'tThe DOJ has said in court that it only suspects that the voters in question are noncitizens -- but that it has not confirmed that's true. 20279131 279
Reposted by Debbie BridyghamMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 8hNEW: The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) asked a federal district court Friday night to allow it to continue collecting state voter roll data and comparing it against federal databases to identify alleged instances of noncitizens registering or voting. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comDOJ asks court to let it continue its voter roll purging program despite blockThe program is part of a DOJ campaign to obtain state voter roll data, as President Donald Trump aims to take control of elections. 25664343 664
Reposted by Debbie BridyghamMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 6hDonald Trump and the election deniers he’s placed in critical positions across the federal government have attacked voting on multiple fronts. Now, they’re targeting the most fundamental step for casting a ballot in U.S. elections: voter registration. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comTrump is building a national voter registry, threatening state control of electionsThe Trump administration is actively attempting to exploit voter registration to restrict access to the ballot. 21946543 946
Reposted by Debbie BridyghamDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 11/10/2026Marc Elias has a prediction for the midterms: “If Democrats win, it is 100% certain that Donald Trump will say they were not honest.” Voting rules are being rewritten right now. Stay a step ahead: demdock.com/4yhBJbZ 18818346 818
Reposted by Debbie BridyghamMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 12/10/2026If you are shocked this am that Trump’s government executed a search warrant against a Democratic Member of Congress and ignored a judge’s order then you haven’t been paying attention. Stop saying this isn’t how it works in the US. It is exactly how it works under Trump. 13954162083 5.4K
Reposted by Debbie BridyghamRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12/10/2026trickle down economics trickle down economic trickle down economi trickle down econom trickle down econo trickle down econ trickle down eco trickle down ec trickle down e trickle down trickle dow trickle do trickle d trickle trickl trick 283126603292 12.7K
Reposted by Debbie BridyghamMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 12/10/2026With all due respect, this is precisely what is wrong with the federal courts today. They should not be doing "everything humanly possible to give the government the benefit of the doubt." 1243180888 3.2K
Reposted by Debbie BridyghamMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 12/10/2026🚨BREAKING: Georgia appeals Court REJECTS Republican effort to restrict ballot return access in the state's second-largest county. A victory for DSCC and Jon Ossoff for Senate! www.democracydocket.com/cases/georgi...democracydocket.com🚨Republican National Committee v. HancockLearn more here. 5132881100 3.3K
Reposted by Debbie BridyghamCharles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 10/10/2026 242131713655 13.2K
Reposted by Debbie BridyghamMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 10/10/2026In 2016, I was the general counsel to the Clinton campaign. In 2022, Trump sued me and others for RICO. The case was dismissed. Trump and his lawyers were sanctioned. Now, they have asked SCOTUS to hear the case. I will never back down. I will never stop fighting. When we fight we win.💪⚖️🗳️ 8443261157 4.3K
Reposted by Debbie BridyghamI 💙 Dogs @dogs100.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Morning Relaxation?….. 1182666340 2.7K
Reposted by Debbie BridyghamMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 09/10/2026NEW: The Department of Justice (DOJ) under President Donald Trump has turned its Civil Rights Division’s mission on its head, a federal judge said in a decision blocking the administration from demanding states’ unredacted voter rolls. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comJudge rebukes Trump administration for perverting mission of DOJ’s ‘crown jewel’Read more here. 221708674 1.7K
Reposted by Debbie BridyghamDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 09/10/2026Trump has claimed that states are “merely an ‘agent’ for the federal government” and they must do what the president tells them. “Almost nothing in that statement is correct as a matter of law,” Marc Elias says. Keep an eye on the people trying to rewrite the rules: demdock.com/4rSKLdE 27731271 731
Reposted by Debbie BridyghamWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 09/10/2026what is with the standing here 10149163 491
Reposted by Debbie BridyghamMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 09/10/2026🚨BREAKING: Federal court BLOCKS Dept. of Justice policy of collecting unredacted voter rolls, checking them against federal citizenship databases, and urging states to remove voters flagged as ineligible. www.democracydocket.com/cases/doj-na...democracydocket.com🚨 Common Cause v. U.S. Department of JusticeLearn more. 7047241654 4.7K
Reposted by Debbie BridyghamMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Today we got access to a smoking gun document from ICE that shows how it is weaponized against progressive groups registering voters while building a voter suppression database. 11764493188 6.4K
Reposted by Debbie BridyghamDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 07/10/2026🚨BREAKING: The Montana Supreme Court struck down key GOP restrictions on citizen ballot initiatives. The unanimous ruling is a major win for direct democracy — and a powerful check on the Legislature’s ability to interfere with the people’s lawmaking power.democracydocket.comMontana Supreme Court strikes down GOP restrictions on citizen ballot initiativesThe decision is a major victory for citizen-led democracy in Montana, where the state constitution expressly reserves the powers of initiative and referendum to the people. It also delivers a… 141375373 1.4K
Reposted by Debbie BridyghamMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 06/10/2026🚨BREAKING: GOP lawyer Cleta Mitchell and convicted election denier Tina Peters are pushing a scheme to have Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick seize voting machines, as part of a broader effort for the Trump administration to interfere with the midterm vote. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comElection deniers Cleta Mitchell and Tina Peters want Trump’s commerce secretary to seize voting machinesThe problem? No federal official can seize control of election administration from the states and counties, who hold the power run elections under the U.S. Constitution. 57152653222 5.3K
Reposted by Debbie BridyghamMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 07/10/2026🚨BREAKING: ICE collected tens of millions of voter records, explored undercover investigations against voter registration groups and considered feeding election data into a system used to locate people for deportation as part of an effort to find voter fraud. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comICE amassed millions of voter records in sweeping fraud hunt, documents revealIt's one of the clearest pictures yet of how deeply Trump's immigration enforcement apparatus has become involved in elections. 10922891457 2.3K
Reposted by Debbie BridyghamMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 07/10/2026🚨BREAKING: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) over the past year investigated hundreds of nonprofits across the U.S. that help people register to vote, according to new records analyzed by Democracy Docket. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comICE probed hundreds of voter registration groups across the U.S.The agency also contemplated deploying undercover agents to "initiate prosecutions" against the groups and "dismantle" them. 22037542329 3.8K
Reposted by Debbie BridyghamMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 02/10/2026NEW EPISODE: Weeks before the midterms, election deniers on Georgia's election board quietly asked Trump's DOJ to intervene. I break down the excuses in the letter and why it fits Trump's long obsession with controlling how Georgia's votes are counted. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwoR...youtube.comTrump is Coming for Georgia's Vote CountYouTube video by Democracy Docket 22910434 910
Reposted by Debbie Bridyghamdarren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 02/10/2026 39449961869 5K
Reposted by Debbie BridyghamI 💙 Dogs @dogs100.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Someone is happy…. 743281343 3.3K
Reposted by Debbie BridyghamMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The presumptions of good faith and of regularity are made up court creations that fly in the face of commonsense and the structure of the Constitution. It should be a priority for Democrats and progressives to undo both. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comCourt upholds Tennessee’s GOP gerrymander, saying lawmakers deserve ‘presumption of good faith’A federal court dismissed a lawsuit challenging a gerrymandered map adopted by Tennessee Republicans that eliminated what was the state’s one Black-majority congressional district, based in Memphis. 44969351 969
Reposted by Debbie BridyghamRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I know Rahm Emanuel. I worked with him for years in the Clinton administration, and then when he was Obama’s chief of staff. Rahm Emanuel represents everything that’s been wrong about the Democratic Party for the last 30+ years. Be warned. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-rahm… 1300190806221 19.1K
Reposted by Debbie BridyghamMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026🚨BREAKING: A federal judge Tuesday allowed a pro-voting challenge to Louisiana’s proof-of-citizenship voter registration law to move forward, including claims that the law discriminates against voters based on national origin. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comJudge greenlights challenge to Louisiana anti-voting law, citing discrimination claimsThe judge found that the pro-voting plaintiffs had plausibly alleged that officials in Lafayette Parish discriminated against some registration applicants based on national origin. 161857595 1.9K
Reposted by Debbie BridyghamMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026A prominent election denier whom the Trump administration hired to pursue investigations into election-related conspiracy theories has resigned several months after he failed to find evidence that the 2020 presidential race was stolen. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comElection denier Kurt Olsen leaves DOJ after failing to find evidence of stolen electionA prominent election denier whom the Trump administration hired to pursue investigations into election-related conspiracy theories has resigned several months after he failed to find evidence that the... 481782698 1.8K
Reposted by Debbie BridyghamMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026It’s difficult to overstate how dangerous such a declaration would be for American democracy. It would mean a president is attempting to sidestep the Constitution, which empowers states to run elections, in order to prevent his party from losing. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comCould Trump take over voting by declaring a ‘national emergency’?Advocates agree such an attempt would be blatantly unconstitutional but still worry that such an emergency order could suppress voting nonetheless. 1441510648 1.5K
Reposted by Debbie BridyghamThe Verge @theverge.com · 29/09/2026Every single one of 21 tested vehicles sent data to a third-party domain over Wi-Fi. Over half contacted domains specializing in advertising, tracking, or analytics. These companies gather details about your vehicle or driving behavior to sell to insurance companies or target you with ads.theverge.comYour car’s data privacy problems are worse than you think“There’s a lot to be worried about,” the project lead said. 691291712 1.3K
Reposted by Debbie BridyghamMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The government's AI chatbot is able to say something that no Trump nominee is allowed to. 623236988 3.2K
Reposted by Debbie BridyghamMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I think I'm getting the hang of this. 542848821 2.8K
Reposted by Debbie BridyghamRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The arguments you've heard against California's billionaire tax are utter BS. Here to debunk them — and explain why you should vote YES on Prop 40 — is renowned economist @gabrielzucman.bsky.social 441263514 1.3K
Reposted by Debbie BridyghamAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort." 692279729554 28K
Reposted by Debbie BridyghamAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence: 2634210055725 21K
Reposted by Debbie BridyghamMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 28/09/2026🚨NEW EPISODE: The Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration can once again use a flawed database to help Republicans purge eligible voters from the rolls, just weeks before the midterms. Some are calling it a partial win. I see a warning. youtube.com/watch?v=wvhm...youtube.comThere is No Bright Side to Voter SuppressionYouTube video by Democracy Docket 251131498 1.1K
Reposted by Debbie BridyghamMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 27/09/2026You’ve likely seen the news: The U.S. Supreme Court Friday greenlit a flawed Trump administration database for purging voters from the rolls. Almost as troubling: Plenty of major news outlets were eager to downplay the decision’s importance. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comThis week at Democracy Docket: The Supreme Court boosted Trump’s voter suppression. Legacy media shruggedThe U.S. Supreme Court Friday greenlit a flawed Trump administration database for purging voters from the rolls. And plenty of major news outlets were eager to downplay the decision's importance. 731737835 1.7K
Reposted by Debbie BridyghamMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Network solidarity against Trump's attack on the 1st Amendment lasted less than one week. Pathetic. On the bright side for CNN, moving forward Bari Weiss can make changes to ensure there is no more friction with the White House. Support independent media. demdock.com/4w6emld 1052954847 3K
Reposted by Debbie BridyghamMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 25/09/2026The Chinese Communist Party got access to sensitive components of U.S. F-35 stealth fighters. The U.S. got 2 pandas. 698114053743 11.4K
Reposted by Debbie BridyghamDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 25/09/2026NEW: SCOTUS' revival of the Trump administration's flawed citizenship checker for the midterms signals the court may be eager to weaken one of the most important safeguards against last-minute voter purges.democracydocket.comIn SAVE ruling, Supreme Court signals path to weaken key protection against last-minute purgesA crucial voter protection could hinge on whether the Supreme Court wants to narrow the definition of “systematic” as applied to purges. And there’s reason to fear that it does. 16215119 215
Reposted by Debbie BridyghamCraig Schaefer @craigschaeferbooks.com · 25/09/2026So happy to see Faust readers discovering Noir York and liking it. Please allow me to share the unofficial theme song, which is where Any Minor World got its title: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBzz...youtube.comAny Major Dude Will Tell YouYouTube video by Steely Dan - Topic 091 9
Reposted by Debbie BridyghamMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 25/09/2026🚨BREAKING: In a dangerous decision for voters, the Supreme Court authorized the Trump administration to overhaul a federal immigration database into a vast, centralized and deeply flawed database of personal information to initiate registration purges. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comSupreme Court revives DHS use of flawed immigration database for voter purgesThe decision lets the administration move forward with a key provision of President Trump’s first anti-voting executive order. 25522911337 2.3K
Reposted by Debbie BridyghamJen Bair @jenbair.bsky.social · 04/07/2026My first audiobook, narrated by the fabulous Eleanor Caudill, is LIVE! Audible was the last hold-out after Spotify and the rest of the platforms posted it, but it's up everywhere now and even has its first Audible review! 🎊🥰 021 2
