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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1h
I hope everyone reads this, thinks about it and then shares it. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
A few hundred noncitizen votes are a national scandal. But when states reject hundreds of thousands of ballots from eligible voters, it’s business as usual
One state rejected ballots because some voters failed to include their mother’s maiden name on the back of the return envelope.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 22h
It’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.com
Could 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.
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 21h
Trump is stealing nearly $1 billion from the American people, plain and simple. Republicans don't care. It seems like every time Trump says “stoop” The only response most Republicans can muster is: “How low?”
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Inflation from the Iran War is significantly higher for working and middle class Americans than for top earners.
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 28/09/2026
Gone are the mass raids and militarized metro operations. Gone are the pomp and pageantry. But ICE arrests have hit record levels. ICE operations are no longer concentrated in large American cities. Immigration enforcement officials are also working in suburban and rural areas, all across the US.
A map of the United States that shows immigration arrests per 100,000 people since ICE's new enforcement strategy began under DHS secretary Markwayne Mullin.
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
As someone with no expertise in this I am delighted to see many of my priors confirmed, including "private school vouches are expensive dogshit" and "banning cellphones is not a panacea." 🙏
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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 26/09/2026
It's not even the insurance carriers themselves in most cases--it's a subset of insurance BROKERS who have been enrolling people in zero-premium policies w/out their knowledge/approval in order to pocket the commissions. Technically speaking, they're defrauding the insurance carriers as well.
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James Butler @piercepenniless.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
When was the last time our Secretary of State for Culture displayed anything approaching this degree of public enthusiasm for our world-class arts industry? Has she been seen anywhere? Given impending charter renewal... did she even bother to visit a single prom?
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Andrii dedicated the record to his colleagues Viktor Kuzmenko and Dmytro Skryl, who were killed by a Russian strike while responding to an earlier attack.
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 25/09/2026
Your tax dollars should pay for health care and schools. Not political ads for Trump. Pull it down.
spokesman.com
Patty Murray demands White House stop airing taxpayer-funded Trump ad
WASHINGTON – Sen. Patty Murray of Washington state, the top Democrat on the Senate committee responsible for federal spending, demanded Thursday that the White House stop airing a taxpayer-funded TV a...
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 25/09/2026
Here’s what to know about voting in the midterms: ✅You can vote by mail. ✅You don’t need to bring a passport or birth certificate to vote. ✅It is illegal for ICE or federal troops to be at the polls. Make a plan to vote, and vote early if you can. bit.ly/3UjBBrc
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 25/09/2026
Susan Collins is Severely Concerned about the upcoming midterms. Let’s contact Maine voters to make sure Collins is Disappointed in 39 days: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
The “Collins Scale of Concern” meme.
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Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 21/09/2026
The government moving or hiding jailed people to avoid review by courts isn't some loophole in our habeas corpus rights. This government behavior has been considered a violation of the people's habeas corpus rights since at least the Habeas Corpus Act of 1679. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habeas_...
Jailors were forbidden to move prisoners from one prison to another or out of the country to evade the writ. In case of disobedience jailers would be punished with severe fines which had to be paid to the prisoner.[5][6]
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Operation Vivaldi, Season 2 - Ukraine’s 3rd Army Corps confirms the liberation of Shandryholove and Derylove. Drobysheve is also under Ukrainian control. "During the second stage, more than 800 enemy servicemen were killed.
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General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
*this is a sub-epistle*
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Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 20/09/2026
From @drpawandhingra.bsky.social: Anti-South Asian racism is acute in Texas right now but, nationwide, reports of online hate and threats of violence have sharply increased over the past year. But Texas also has a unique history that it can draw upon to lead the fight against such discrimination,
texasobserver.org
How Texas Can Lead in Fighting Anti-Asian Racism
Rather than demonize immigrants as forever foreigners, the Texan thing has been to document their longstanding commitments to the state.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Amazing: During Operation Vivaldi, Ukrainian forces deployed ground robots behind Russian lines. The 3rd Army Corps reported that this maneuver was carried out for the first time in the world.
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 19/09/2026
Falsely claiming that U.S. citizens and groups have ties to international terrorism could let the government turn tools intended to combat the likes of ISIS against its perceived foes at home. bit.ly/4Ak6MWP
brennancenter.org
Trump Administration Linking Its Domestic Enemies to Foreign Terrorists
Falsely claiming that U.S. citizens and groups have ties to international terrorism could let the government turn tools intended to combat the likes of ISIS against its perceived foes at home.
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 19/09/2026
www.jec.senate.gov/public/_cach...
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
EXCLUSIVE: The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe told Democracy Docket that it hasn’t received an invitation from the Trump administration to observe the midterms. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
Exclusive: These international observers have monitored US elections for decades. This time, the Trump admin didn’t invite them
It’s the latest ominous sign that the U.S. is backsliding on democracy — and adds to concerns that the administration wants to undermine the vote.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 17/09/2026
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bloomberg.com
Trump Made 29,000 Securities Trades, More Than All of Congress
Donald Trump made nearly 29,000 securities trades in 17 months — more than every member of Congress combined. The stock-purchasing ban he’s pushing would leave him exempt
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The images were sent to CBS News by active service members on condition of anonymity because of rigid media restrictions within the military. "This is major damage to our bases that hasn't been communicated to the American public. We're standing there w/our eyes closed getting punched in the face."
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Prime Minister of Canada Mark Carney signed the 100 Year Partnership Declaration between Ukraine and Canada. Canada was the first Western country to recognise the restoration of Ukraine’s independence on December 2, 1991.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
NEW: On behalf of the Democratic Party we have filed in the U.S. Supreme Court to protect mail-in voting from the unprecedented effort by the Trump administration to subvert it.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Right now, the focus is on industrial cooperation to see if it is possible to both procure air defense systems for Ukraine and establish an industrial solution that allows them to manufacture their own. After all, to put it in plain Norwegian, they have a hole in their roof.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 09/09/2026
If these guys are right -- and they've got several successful discoveries under their belt already -- then the conventional geothermal resource isn't a few dozen gigawatts, as USGS estimates, it is multiple *terawatts*. All accessible with easy-to-finance, off-the-shelf technology. Big if true.
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 09/09/2026
If we are smart enough to create such powerful AI, then we are smart enough to regulate it. America can meet the moment, but the clock is ticking. Congress needs to step up and move NOW to protect American lives and safeguard our future.
cbsnews.com
Anthropic researcher says more than 10% chance AI "could kill all humans"
A top Anthropic researcher says there's more than a 10% chance AI "could kill all humans," after a colleague resigned over similar concerns.
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Washington State Democrats @wadems.org · 09/09/2026
The Washington State Democratic Party released the following statement
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
It’s obviously powerful and powerfully destructive technology with huge unintended consequences and we’re seeing them play out. The models are OBVIOUSLY getting much better. At a minimum you’re building something that will be the most potent cyber security threat that has ever existed.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Canadian PM Mark Carney: I’ve met Putin in the past, multiple times. He only understands strength and directness. And the message would be simple: get out of Ukraine, give back all of Ukraine to Ukraine, end this war, which is killing more than 30,000 of your people every single month.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Destroying American landmarks and building monuments to himself is an abomination. Not the single worst thing, but emblematic of the whole problem. I feel this too. People have always cared about symbols, many care a lot about symbolism today, and there's virtually no national voice channeling that.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 05/09/2026
Voting early helps combat voter suppression, allows more flexibility for working families to get to the polls, and increases participation among all voters. Join our No Kings: Vote Early Kickoff Call to learn about the coalition’s upcoming early vote activation and how you can get involved.
mobilize.us
No Kings: Vote Early Kickoff Call · No Kings
Join our September 10 No Kings: Vote Early Kickoff Call to learn more about the vision, urgency, and strategy behind the No Kings coalition’s early vote activation and election protection campaign and...
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 05/09/2026
Trump forced America into a war the people do NOT support. And now, under his leadership, our troops are paying the price. Trump’s illegal war is a catastrophe. Republicans MUST join with Democrats and VOTE to stop it.
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 05/09/2026
Former Department of Homeland Security Inspector General John Roth offers recommendations for restoring the independence inspectors general need to do their jobs effectively. bit.ly/4zOOOeN
brennancenter.org
Restoring Independence to Government Watchdogs
Stronger job protections, auditing standards, and oversight are needed to allow inspectors general to do their jobs effectively.
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Doubtful. Screw you, Navy vet burned over 50% of your body who volunteered to return to active duty, SCOTUS has deemed the God-King above reproach, literally no one can even ask SCOTUS to decide if what he's doing is illegal, SCOTUS just punts it all on other doctrines like standing.
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People Power United @peoplepowerunited.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
🌎 Public lands belong to the PEOPLE. Tell decision-makers: invest in communities and protect our resources instead of handing them over to massive AI projects. newsletter.peoplepowerunited.org/p/stop-surve... #ProtectPublicLands #PowerToThePeople
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/09/2026
"Seventy-eight of them—51 percent of the entire cohort—'committed sex offenses against children—the single largest category on the list,' the report states." Burn these agencies to the ground.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 02/09/2026
More big news from Fervo.
wsj.com
Exclusive | Fervo Secures Its Largest-Ever Geothermal Power Deal, With Google
The company, which counts Bill Gates as an early backer, went public in a buzzy IPO in May.
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 30/08/2026
Mifepristone is safe and effective—and has been widely used for over 30 years. In fact, it’s safer than viagra. But Trump officials want to rip away access to medication abortion in ALL 50 states. It was never about states’ rights—it was ALWAYS about controlling women.
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 29/08/2026
The Supreme Court is increasingly relying on the shadow docket, which provides for little or no explanation of rulings. Congress must put an end to it. bit.ly/4gq1Vvr
brennancenter.org
Dragging the Supreme Court Out of the Shadows
It’s time for Congress to put a stop to the unbriefed, unargued, unexplained rulings that account for a majority of the Court’s decisions.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Elias Law Group is currently litigating 83 voting and election cases across 42 states + DC. Georgia has the most with 9, followed by Florida, Louisiana, Virginia and DC. The only states with zero: Alaska, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Wyoming.
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People Power United @peoplepowerunited.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
⏳ After a lifetime of work, people deserve security—not uncertainty created by politicians. Scrap the cap and protect earned benefits. open.substack.com/pub/peoplepo... #scrapthecap #socialsecurity
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John Duresky for Congress @fjohnd4.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I had a great time yesterday at the Democrats' booth talking with voters at the Benton Franklin County Fair!  I hope to see you in Waterville this afternoon, and East Wenatchee this evening. www.johnduresky4congress.com/events
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 29/08/2026
Nothing about how quiet EVs are, nothing about avoiding pollution, nothing about the incredible quality-of-life benefits of being able to charge at home, nothing about the ability to use the battery for backup power or extra revenue. They don't want to make their gas cars look bad in comparison!
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 29/08/2026
You see a lot of glib analysts repeating the line that "Americans just don't want EVs" without taking into consideration that the US auto buying experience is dominated by a network of extremely ignorant, Republican car dealers dependent on the kind of maintenance that EVs don't need.
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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 29/08/2026
Shibechari Ainu tribe sues Japanese government for return of ancestral remains
abc.net.au
The dark story behind Japan's first people and why they want their ancestors back
A group of indigenous people are suing the Japanese government for the return of ancestral remains taken during the brutal colonisation of Hokkaido.
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Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 29/08/2026
For months, Palestinian farmers in the northern West Bank have watched their water lines cut and their wells marked for demolition in Israel’s slow strangulation of Palestinian agriculture, as farmers tell Mondoweiss "there is no tomorrow" for them. mondoweiss.net/2026/08/dest...
mondoweiss.net
‘Destroying agriculture is the purpose’: How Israel is drying up the West Bank’s most fertile farmlands
For months, Palestinian farmers in the northern West Bank have watched their water lines cut and their wells marked for demolition in Israel’s slow strangulation of Palestinian agriculture, as…
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People Power United @peoplepowerunited.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
💚 Our country is strongest when every community has clean air, good jobs, healthcare, education, safety, and a meaningful voice. open.substack.com/pub/peoplepo... #America250 #Peoples250
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People Power United @peoplepowerunited.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
🚪 Retirement should open the door to dignity—not poverty. Strengthen Social Security by making the wealthiest contribute fairly. open.substack.com/pub/peoplepo... #scrapthecap #socialsecurity
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 26/08/2026
Public support for Supreme Court term limits comes from a simple but fundamental democratic value: No one should have too much power for too long. bit.ly/4glJ7w4
brennancenter.org
Supreme Court Reform Gathers Momentum
The public wants a better Court, and politicians are listening.
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