Reposted by GwennLeeRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 5hReally speaks to the impotence of Congress that the president thinks he can simply sign an executive order invalidating a law that Congress passed -- and he signed -- just a few months ago. At worst, SCOTUS might slap his hand months or years from now -- well after the damage has been done. 561446346 1.4K
Reposted by GwennLeeSenator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 22/09/2026Trump's ICE is disappearing thousands of people in their system, hiding their locations from loved ones & lawyers, & preventing them from exercising their constitutional rights. This is the lawlessness Republicans keep writing blank checks for. Not another dime! apnews.com/article/ice-...apnews.comAP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal ordersU.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding most detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, in a move that has made it harder for lawyers an... 16329126 329
Reposted by GwennLeeSteven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I said this years ago. It's been obvious. It remains obvious. It's a tragedy for our country. 705147305278 14.7K
Reposted by GwennLeeJesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 14/09/2026“This should be unthinkable for the son of the president. End of story.” A Russian oligarch close to Putin bankrolled Don Jr.’s wedding. www.propublica.org/article/dona...propublica.orgDonald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian OligarchThe oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large... 23336121499 3.6K
Reposted by GwennLeeRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/09/2026The amount of Amazon workers relying on SNAP and Medicaid has nearly tripled since 2020. — while Amazon’s annual profits soared by over 550%. It’s the same story everywhere: corporate profits are at record highs, while workers’ share of the economy is at a record low. We must unrig the system. 517153135865 15.3K
Reposted by GwennLeeWajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I mean just look at this horrible, offensive, hateful statement by Macklemore! We must support his cancellation!!! We must! 1804922951 4.9K
Reposted by GwennLeeSenator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 12/09/2026Judge Berner's decision is a sobering read. Trump's mass detention agenda "harkens back to some of the darkest moments in our country’s history," including the internment of Japanese people during WWII. 9 Appellate Courts have now shot down this lawless policy. SCOTUS should too.politico.comAppeals court rejects ICE detention policy, setting stage for SCOTUSThe 4th Circuit Court of Appeals compared ICE’s policy to Japanese internment. 9322130 322
Reposted by GwennLeeDan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 12/09/2026One of the most inept Trump articles the NYT has pubbed lately (low bar). It’s like all this stuff just happened to Trump. Passive construction over and over. And if your first paragraph transmits a Trump lie and your second doesn’t call it a lie, you are a propagandist, not a journalist. 1/2 411133 111
Reposted by GwennLeeDavid Sirota @davidsirota.com · 12/09/2026political corruption is literally an apocalyptic problem — pass it on 615859 158
Reposted by GwennLeeWajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 12/09/2026www.metrotimes.com/news/mike-ro...metrotimes.comMike Rogers opposed 9/11 responder health care not twice, but nine times - Detroit Metro TimesNewly uncovered record shows Mike Rogers repeatedly opposed efforts to establish, advance, or fund medical care for people sickened after the Sept. 11 attacks. 25872483418 7.2K
Reposted by GwennLeeWajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Again, do you trust elected officials to regulate this catastrophic technology when both sides are paid by the same Silicon Valley companies to do the opposite? Follow the money. They've bought out most Dems and Republicans. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/t...nytimes.comAnthropic C.E.O. Dario Amodei Calls for A.I. SlowdownIn an essay, the head of Anthropic laid out the rapidly advancing capabilities of artificial intelligence and said there needed to be greater safety controls across the industry. 26451129 451
Reposted by GwennLeeZeteo @zeteo.com · 12/09/2026Several Trump administration officials privately told Zeteo the Iran war was spiraling out of control, after the Republican Party’s midterm convention. One official said they viewed the developments as Iran & the Houthis in Yemen launching a “Tet Offensive” on the economy: zeteo.com/p/trump-iran... 1730793 307
Reposted by GwennLeeDan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 12/09/2026It is in the subordinate clauses that you most clearly see the way NYT reporters have internalized the normalization of a lunatic. Ladies and gentlemen, I present you with: “In keeping with his freewheeling approach to the global stage…” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/w...nytimes.comTrump Says Irish Unification Would Be ‘Fantastic,’ Breaking With PrecedentThe United States is officially neutral on an issue that had been a source of decades of violence in Northern Ireland until a 1998 peace deal. 1914359 143
Reposted by GwennLeeBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 07/07/2026The Democrats are dumping Graham Platner. The Republicans nominated Ken Paxton. 1103452637 3.5K
Reposted by GwennLeeHappy Doggo @happydoggo.com · 27/11/2025In less than 24 hours, our team rallied to load and deliver 2 tonnes of dog food and supplies to flood-affected Hat Yai 🛻 311418 114
Reposted by GwennLeeSenator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 18/06/2026Trump's lawless ICE operation spent $700 MILLION of your tax dollars on 7 warehouses they’re now trying to get rid of. Not only is this ICE operation draconian & inhumane, it's an abuse of taxpayer dollars, paid for by their cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. It's twisted. 25434161 434
Reposted by GwennLeeDrop Site @dropsitenews.com · 18/06/2026💢 Israeli forces murdered 2 Palestinians and wounded many others Wed. evening in a drone strike targeting civilians on the beach in the Al-Mawasi area west of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, according to Felesteen Online. Medical sources identified the 2 killed as Mohammed Jawda al-Farra & Hussein... 23731 37
Reposted by GwennLeeWill Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 18/06/2026The feds' bogus conspiracy case against 'The Minneapolis 15' is outrageous But their real target is YOU -- to shut you up and make regular folks think twice about protesting Trump's stunts to steal the election in November Free the Minneapolis 15! My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...inquirer.comThe ‘Minneapolis 15′ ICE-protester indictments are meant to shut you up | Will BunchAn outrageous federal conspiracy case against 15 anti-ICE protesters in Minnesota really seeks to silence all dissent. 19565266 565
Reposted by GwennLeeWill Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Of course as a cynical columnist I felt I needed to write today about the America we're NOT supposed to be share.inquirer.com/AqF4RKshare.inquirer.comThe ‘Minneapolis 15′ ICE-protester indictments are meant to shut you up | Will BunchAn outrageous federal conspiracy case against 15 anti-ICE protesters in Minnesota really seeks to silence all dissent. 1134880 348
Reposted by GwennLeeDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 18/06/2026NEW: A federal judge allowed legal challenges to Trump's executive order targeting mail voting to proceed, ruling it would harm states' ability to carry out the midterms. While Trump and GOP states requested that the suits be dismissed, the judge said the order was "ripe and fit" for legal review.democracydocket.comJudge lets lawsuits against Trump’s attack on mail voting proceedThe judge said Trump's order is “both ripe and fit” for legal review because it will affect elections this November. 8426134 426
Reposted by GwennLeeDemocracy Now! @democracynow.org · 18/06/2026Advocates Say Jailed Immigrants “Disappeared” After Transfer from “Alligator Alcatraz” democracynow.orgAdvocates Say Jailed Immigrants “Disappeared” After Transfer from “Alligator Alcatraz”The Department of Homeland Security announced Thursday that all immigrants detained at an isolated ICE jail in the Florida Everglades, known as “Alligator Alcatraz,” have been transferred to other fac... 6121100 121
Reposted by GwennLeeWajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 18/06/2026We have to crush these billionaire villains. www.wired.com/story/trump-...wired.comTrump Mocked Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos by Showing Off Fawning Texts“You would not believe the texts I got from these tech guys,” NYT reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan quote Donald Trump as telling associates in an upcoming book. 15477130 477
Reposted by GwennLeeRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Ladies and gentlemen: our Titans of Industry www.wired.com/story/trump-... 13491100 491
Reposted by GwennLeeDavid Sirota @davidsirota.com · 18/06/2026NEWS: A direct challenge to Citizens United is headed to voters in Montana. After nearly 50,000 signatures, a ballot measure would ban corporations and trade associations — including out-of-state groups — from spending to influence elections. The super PAC era may have just met its mutiny. 👊 24514 45
Reposted by GwennLeeMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 13/06/2026There is something terribly wrong with a polity where supposedly pro-democracy Senators pose in seersucker with the supporters of lawless authoritarianism, who also happen to be the prime enablers of the trillionaires who have committed unprecedented constitutional crimes & mass murder 🤷♂️ 31999202 999
Reposted by GwennLeeTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 13/06/2026You can help to keep Ukrainians safe. By contributing, you are allowing people to survive and helping people to persevere. You are also letting them know that they are not alone, and that you can see a better future, and want to part of it. Please help if you can. snyder.substack.com/p/sky-defens...snyder.substack.comSky Defense: Bringing it HomeWe are saving lives and neighborhoods in Ukraine 101063425 1.1K
Reposted by GwennLeeGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 13/06/2026No one should give a shit about risky politics—I certainly don't. Donald Trump is demented and psychopathic, and he has control of a stockpile of 3700 nuclear weapons. *That* is the risk we should be talking about. 1054256922 4.3K
Reposted by GwennLeeSarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 11/06/2026sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-truth-... 5218105 218
Reposted by GwennLeeMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 10/06/2026The Trump Justice Department is doubling down on an argument that, if accepted, could open the door for the administration — and anti-voting groups — to create lists of voters and send them to states for removal right before elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comTrump DOJ doubles down on claim that states can purge voters right before electionsIn other words: DOJ is claiming that the federal government or private groups could conduct the systematic review, identify voters they believe may be ineligible and pass those names on to Georgia, wh... 60931564 931
Reposted by GwennLeeWajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Democrats need the Senate to take the Supreme Court or at least block 2 young replacements for Clarence Thomas and Alito. Eyes on the prize, folks. We get nothing without the Supreme Court. 39933223 933
Reposted by GwennLeeAl Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 09/06/2026Israel preventing more than 16,500 Palestinians from accessing medical treatment aje.news/kkhvvj 7169122 169
Reposted by GwennLeeWajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 06/06/2026Ken Paxton and Texas Republicans let a pedophile rapist basically walk free. Adam Hoffman did a plea bargain, spent a few weeks in jail, and walked out and doesn't have to register as a sex offender. Might be a huge scandal. Maybe worth some major headlines and stories. 741968680 2K
Reposted by GwennLeeWajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Reminder Ken Paxton who is running for Senate in Texas pardoned his friend who was in jail for raping a boy for years. Oh well, let's move on. 477131794979 13.2K
Reposted by GwennLeeMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 06/06/2026Donald Trump is lying about California elections, threatening criminal prosecutions and this is what WaPo writes. Let's be honest: Legacy media is broken, it is compromised and failing us. Support pro-democracy independent media. Subscribe to Democracy Docket. bit.ly/4qmEiFz 25639751203 4K
Reposted by GwennLeeGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 05/06/2026What we're seeing at Delaney Hall is symptomatic of what we saw in Minneapolis and across the country. It needs to stop. We need to abolish ICE, and we must restore a sensible, legal, and humane immigration policy. #NY12 262106262835 10.6K
Reposted by GwennLeeNiall Harbison @niallharbison.bsky.social · 03/06/2026It's only 24 hours since I walked up to her in this condition, and I feared the absolute worst. I wasn't sure if she'd even live, never mind walk again. But if you need a big smile, watch until the end of this video, and you'll see just how brave little Skye is. 942475305 2.5K
Reposted by GwennLeeMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 02/06/2026President Donald Trump tapped loyalist Bill Pulte, a top housing official, to serve as acting director of national intelligence (DNI), a cabinet position tasked with overseeing the U.S. intelligence community. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comTrump appoints Bill Pulte, unqualified loyalist who targeted his foes, as acting intel chiefTrump elevated Pulte to the country’s top spy role despite the fact that he has no known intelligence experience. 109615200 615
Reposted by GwennLeeTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 02/06/2026If Big Brother doesn’t like your science topic you won’t be funded and if Big Brother doesn’t like your results you will be defunded. A recipe for backwardness that seems to be designed by people who want America to humiliate itself and collapse. elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/summary-of...elizabethginexi.substack.comSummary of Key Changes in OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance RuleRussell Vought is going to destroy American Science 791395622 1.4K
Reposted by GwennLeeWajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Good. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/02/n...nytimes.comGroup Pledges $2 Million to Fight AIPAC in House Races 119039 190
Reposted by GwennLeeGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 25/05/2026The way I see it, two things need to happen to save our democracy from Donald Trump: [1] Trump must be IMPEACHED and REMOVED. - Trump has to be held accountable, and not just as a formality. - We also need formal investigations into ALL members of his Executive Branch 32058151359 5.8K
Reposted by GwennLeeMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 24/05/2026Thank you to everyone who signed up. I fight in court because it matters to democracy. I started Democracy Docket because independent, prodemocracy media matters as well. Here is the link to sign up for a premium account or free subscription. bit.ly/4qmEiFz 435161 351
Reposted by GwennLeeMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 25/05/2026I have been saying for years that Democrats should run against Republicans on the issue of corruption. Make fighting corruption the centerpiece of their hopefully populist campaigns. Well, if they don’t run on corruption this year, against Trump, then they deserve to lose. 37967451317 6.7K
Reposted by GwennLeeGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 25/05/2026He's completely incompetent, even apart from being deranged. 28081472573 8.1K
Reposted by GwennLeeAl Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 23/05/2026Rashida Tlaib, the US congresswoman from Michigan, decries 'mass murder' in Lebanon as the death toll mounts from Israel's attacks since March, saying the US is not a 'bystander' but an 'active participant' in the Israeli invasion. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.news/osen4f 8413124 413
Reposted by GwennLeeAl Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 23/05/2026Despite ICJ genocide warnings, 51 nations kept arming Israel, even after pledging to halt support aje.news/hsk76r 11222162 222
Reposted by GwennLeejamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23/05/2026congrats to jared polis for getting played like a chump 289132292476 13.2K
Reposted by GwennLeeBarb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Erasing history www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...nbcnews.comJustice Department deletes press releases on charges against Jan. 6 riotersThe Justice Department confirmed that it had deleted the press releases as part of “stripping DOJ’s website of partisan propaganda.” 45856082794 5.6K
Reposted by GwennLeeGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Too many people have accepted Donald Trump’s presidency as "normal." Too many believe there is nothing we can do, and that we simply need to outlast his term. We cannot endure 29 more months with this mendacious, narcissistic, rapist, wannabe dictator who is selling us out to the highest bidder. 27848831238 4.9K
Reposted by GwennLeeMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 23/05/2026In this episode I explain how a made up legal doctrine that says federal courts should not alter state voting rules, district maps, or election procedures too close to an election has been weaponized against Black voters and Democrats. youtu.be/InDAklMpVao?...youtu.beA Made-Up Supreme Court Rule Rigs Election Law for RepublicansYouTube video by Democracy Docket 15908370 908