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Kaitlin Kal Lee @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Deborah Lynn @mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Medicare For ALL Single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1.04 trillion or 20% less than system it would replace, according to new preprint study led by researchers at Yale School of Public Health. go.bsky.app/kHQhsS
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I am still 26 subscribers short of my goal. Still several hours to go.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I'm still working to add 500 Democracy Docket subscribers this weekend. Democracy Docket will never send you spam or sell your email address. It's not on Substack or ActBlue. Free and premium options available. Link and thanks! demdock.com/4w6emld
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
State election leaders say they’re largely in the dark on mail voting just weeks away from when many are set to send ballots out to voters. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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As election looms, states are stuck in wait-and-see mode on Trump mail voting order
“If we have to do this, we have to do this, but there’s no guidance yet so I think we’re all in the same boat,” a secretary of state spokesperson said Monday.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
NEW: Since Democracy Docket broke this news, it appears that DHS has taken down the website. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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DHS posts ‘Citizenship Lists Portal’ to advance Trump’s anti-voting order
It’s the latest sign that the federal government is hurtling forward with Trump’s anti-voting executive order.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
In 1971, Daniel Ellsberg leaked The Pentagon Papers exposing the lies told to the public about the disastrous Viet Nam war, forever becoming a hero in history. Now... someone PLEASE leak #TheEPSTEINFiles & end the biggest coverup scandal of all-time! 🙏
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Glenn D Stockard @gdstockard.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Not shocked.....
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Gillian Martin @gillmartin.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
RELEASE THE FILES #epsteintrump #listentothevictims #nobodysgirl
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Jeff Rudd 🇮🇪 🇨🇦 🇵🇸 @jeffrudd.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
REMEMBER: They all knew.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Kelly: Trump knows nothing about this stuff… He's a marginally failed real estate developer with multiple bankruptcies. He shouldn't be weighing in on systems on aircraft carriers.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Private equity is price gouging firefighters now. Yes, you read that right. Firefighters. Is this the most evil thing they've done yet?
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WidowsPique 🇨🇦 @widowspique.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I 💝 Hillary.
Local man suggests jailing his own boss.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
🚨BREAKING: The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) took its latest blow in a failing voter roll crusade as a federal judge Thursday dismissed its case targeting Washington, D.C. This marks a 0-21 record for the DOJ. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/doj...
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DOJ is 0 for 21 as court dismisses D.C. voter roll grab
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) took its latest blow in a failing voter roll crusade as a federal judge Thursday dismissed its case targeting Washington, D.C.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Appalling cruelty — and all to fund more tax cuts for the rich.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Should be a bigger story— “Alexandra Bravo, prosecutor investigating 🇺🇸 strikes on 3 Ecuadorian boats and survivor accounts of torture/kidnapping, shot dead… hitman on a black motorcycle opened fire… Bravo’s sister jumped to protect her, also killed…” www.dropsitenews.com/p/prosecutor...
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
🚨BREAKING: President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice appealed its latest batch of defeats Thursday, expanding its nationwide campaign for private voter data into eight federal appeals courts despite losing all 17 district court rulings to date. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Trump DOJ appeals new round of voter roll losses, expanding crusade to 8 circuits
The new filings bring DOJ’s voter roll crusade into eight of the nation’s regional appeals courts.
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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Man spent five hours filling his bucket with fish, until he woke up to find every single one gone. On May 20th, a man was fishing off a dock when he started having one of the best days he’d had in weeks. Dock camera showed his Dog was feeding a Dolphin 🐬
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
The modern Republican Party, folks. They are definitely not OK in Oklahoma.
Screenshot of a post from @factpostnews on X.com stating that Oklahoma Democrats forced a vote banning child marriage and that 36 Republicans voted against it. Below are two images side by side: the Republican Party elephant logo on a red background, and a photo of the Oklahoma State Capitol building.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
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. Tel everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket for free and share its content with everyone you know. Thanks. bit.ly/4qmEiFz
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/04/2026
Biden proposed this idea, and Harris endorsed it, too. Congress would have to pass the law, though, so candidates for Congress should be pushing this as well. Here's more info: END/ abovethelaw.com/2023/07/dont...
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Supreme Court Term Limits Still The Only Reform That Matters - Above the Law
Court expansion fails to address almost every structural problem with the Supreme Court. And it makes most of them worse.
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The GREAT HOUDINI @thegreathoudini.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
On the right is someone NFL doctors say is 6’3, 230 lbs with 5% body fat On the left is someone White House doctors say is 6’3, 224 lbs with 4.8% body fat If the White House is THAT dishonest about something so clear, why should we believe anything they say about anything?
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
That light fixture placement behind him is so apt.
Screenshot of a tweet by Headquarters (@HQNewsNow) reporting that the Trump administration ended an $11 million Catholic Charities contract providing care and shelter for unaccompanied migrant children, noting the cancellation came after Pope Leo criticized Trump's war in Iran. The post includes a split image of Trump seated beneath an American flag in dramatic lighting, and Pope Leo XIV in white papal vestments.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Hey media-- Pam Bondi is not a victim -- she willingly carried out Trump's political agenda to prosecute his political enemies and undermine free and fair elections. Todd Blache is not shouldering a "burden" or "walking a tightrope." He is a willing accomplice. Language matters.
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LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Police shoot U.S. citizen in eye at ICE protest—now permanently blind. Blind in right eye & doctors say he might lose total vision—now he's suing for $100 million. He wasn't even part of protest—he was just riding scooter home from work. Shot with "less than lethal" ammo while he was observing
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Democrats create jobs.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Watch the full video here: youtu.be/3PY2UVmJmIk
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Could Kristie Noem FRAUD SCANDAL Cause Trump to LOSE His IMMUNITY?
YouTube video by Legal AF
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Trump in 2011: “Our president will start a war with Iran because he has absolutely no ability to negotiate. He’s weak and he’s ineffective.”
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NPR @npr.org · 24/02/2026
As President Trump delivers his State of the Union address, reporters from across NPR's newsroom will fact check his speech and offer context. n.pr/3OqPHXR
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Read NPR's annotated fact check of President Trump's State of the Union
As President Trump delivers his State of the Union address, reporters from across NPR's newsroom will fact check his speech and offer context.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 21/02/2026
Trump is giving tax cuts to Bezos but none to you.
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Amazon's tax bill plunges after GOP tax cuts
The 87 percent drop is largely due to a more generous depreciation break in the 'One Big Beautiful Bill Act.'
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Tom the Dancing Bug, by Ruben Bolling @rubenbolling.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Trump's neocortex is a shriveled prune barely clinging by a few tendrils to his limbic system.
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The Steady State @thesteadystate.org · 20/02/2026
The banner of Trump on the DOJ building is a classic authoritarian move, turning an agency that should enforce the law independently into a personal political billboard, blurring the line between neutral justice and leader worship. #holdfast
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
For those unaware, a quick primer on perhaps the most dangerous of the oligarchs. Peter Thiel.
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jmiris.bsky.social @jmiris.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
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Captain Mark Kelly @captmarkkelly.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Today’s ruling was a victory for free speech, but don’t expect Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth to give up. We have to keep standing up to this Administration when they undermine Americans’ rights.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/02/2026
NEGUSE: AG Bondi, that man works for you now, right? The man in that video from J6 yelling 'kill them!' at cops. His name is Jared Wise. BONDI: He does work for us, yes. I believe he was pardoned NEGUSE: And you expect hard-working police officers to believe you take law enforcement seriously?
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
The rot comes from the very top and attracts the very worst.
Screenshot of an X post from Minnesota House DFL stating that Bloomington, Minnesota police announced one of the men arrested in an underage sex trafficking sting was a background checker for ICE agents with a high-level security clearance during the Trump administration. Below the text is a video still of a uniformed police officer speaking at a podium in a council chamber, with a printed photo displayed in front of him. On-screen captions read, “Homeland Security, and federal agencies.”
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The Steady State @thesteadystate.org · 11/02/2026
A ProPublica investigation found that > 170 U.S. citizens have been arrested or detained by immigration agents, including cases where agents ignored or dismissed REAL ID–compliant driver’s licenses and other proof of legal status during enforcement operations. www.propublica.org/article/immi...
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More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
AOC with the zinger of the week.
Screenshot of an X post by Brian Allen (@allenanalysis) stating: “BREAKING: In response to Trump saying he couldn’t understand Bad Bunny’s halftime show because it was in Spanish, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez fired back: ‘I barely know what Trump is saying half the time, so… I feel him.’ Lmao” followed by laughing emojis. Below is a video still of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez standing in a hallway inside a government building, smiling mid-conversation. A watermark reads “Nicholas Ballasy.”
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Sean Morrow @snmrrw.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Dr Oz invited Jeffrey Epstein to his Valentines Day party in 2016:
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
My latest. I hope you read, consider and share.👇 The events of the last 24 hours must serve as a wake-up call for a federal judiciary that has grown too comfortable deferring to the executive branch and too slow to hold it accountable. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/two-...
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Two cases and the grease that breaks democracy
The obvious lesson many are drawing is that ordinary citizens are more reliable protectors of democracy than judges in black robes.
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
In a democracy, we are supposed to feel like we have control over our lives because the people control the government. But in the U.S., people feel like our lives are out of control because the people don’t control the federal government.
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Rebel with a Cause @rebelwithacause2.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
IT'S COMING ... FASCISM IS IN CONTROL ... JUST LIKE PUTIN ... tRUMPSTEIN WILL GIVE HIMSELF 95% OF OUR VOTES ... 🤬🤬🤬 SO WHAT'S THE PLAN???
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 06/02/2026
I hope lawyers, secretaries of state, and state attorneys general are preparing for what’s coming.
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Mr. Spock 🖖 @spockresists.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
This is no longer about politics. It is about good vs evil. Remember this. You have not got hate so deep in your soul it makes you evil. You still have your moral code, and don’t have to pretend to be religious for pseudo righteousness.
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Patriotism is about striving for a righteous country, not parroting empty slogans and waving a flag. Our athletes get it.
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ANTIFA BEVERLY @stewardship.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
THE MOST SERIOUS AND DANGEROUS THREAT TO AMERICA IS THE PRESIDENT AND "HIS" GOVERNMENT.
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Noah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Finneas is better at political messaging than 99% of the Democratic consultants in DC.
Finneas and Billie
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Ginger Cat Dusty @gingercatdusty.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Needed something to get me going... youtu.be/M1F0lBnsnkE?...
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Old Movie Stars Dance to Uptown Funk
YouTube video by Nerd Fest UK
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 03/02/2026
Remember her name: Aliya Rahman Her testimony is everything and it deserves to be heard, by everyone. Decide for yourself. It’s powerful. It’s gut-wrenching. And no one should have to survive what she did. ICE MUST GO‼️
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