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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 22h
🚨BREAKING: The Republican National Committee (RNC) is piloting a training program for Wisconsin election observers to identify discrepancies with voting machines, as the GOP piles additional scrutiny on voting processes in the swing state. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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GOP trained Wisconsin election observers to target voting machines in pivotal swing state
The new RNC program appears to mark an escalation from typical poll watching activities.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
ICYMI: “Two veteran FBI agents overseeing counterterrorism operations in the nation’s capital removed from their jobs and reassigned” — reportedly because they didn’t consider harassing phone calls to Katie Miller terrorism. 🤔 www.scrippsnews.com/us-news/two-...
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Outspoken™️ @out5p0ken.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Black folks don’t hang themselves from trees.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I think I'm getting the hang of this.
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Marc 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/...
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Judge greenlights challenge to Louisiana anti-voting law, citing discrimination claims
The judge found that the pro-voting plaintiffs had plausibly alleged that officials in Lafayette Parish discriminated against some registration applicants based on national origin.
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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
1/ Montana just flipped switch to start kicking ppl off benefits. Starting Oct 1, the state can deny or cut Medicaid for about 70,000 adults who can't prove 80 hours a month of work, school, or volunteering. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act is now real. 🧵 #DV1 #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #USDemocracy
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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 29/09/2026
"A common argument I hear in favor of wealth taxes is about the ability of wealthy people to leverage their assets as a form of untaxed income. … If it is true that the asset-rich are skirting taxes with loans, the obvious solution is to close the loophole." www.liberalcurrents.com/tax-the-weal...
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Tax the Wealthy, Not Wealth
Don’t miss the forest for the tallest trees.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
extremely weird shit during the Jack Smith hearing -- Sen. Eric Schmitt's team briefly displays a poster board that Schmitt claims contains evidence Smith committed perjury, but then Schmitt's team takes it down before anybody can read it and refuses to show Smith what it says
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob." —FDR, 1936 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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How A.I. Super PACs Are Trying to Influence the Midterms
See how groups aligned with Anthropic and OpenAI have funneled major money into the fight for control of Congress.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 21h
NEWS: GOP candidate Brandon Herrera defended massive CEO salaries, mocked renters as “bums,” joked about people who don’t “tip their landlords,” then compared being called a “renter” with a hard R to a racial slur.
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Brandon Herrera Defended High CEO Salaries, Joined Mocking of Renters
GOP candidate: "Did you really call me 'renter' with a hard 'r? It's 'renta' to you."
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A 94-year-old Jewish human rights barrister was among more than 80 people arrested outside the Labour Party conference in Liverpool while demonstrating in support of Palestine Action. The arrests came as Ed Miliband told critics of the government’s policy on Palestine: “We hear you. You were right"
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Dr. Amy Acton @amyactonoh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I don’t own individual stocks, and I won’t own them as governor. The only thing I am invested in is lowering costs for Ohioans. Vivek Ramaswamy has over $5 million invested in the data center industry and millions more in many other industries that Ohio’s governor would be in charge of regulating.
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 23h
From Josh Helfgott: ICE detained a Los Angeles car washer and father of four for six months. His kids ended up in therapy, his family lost its income, and he is still fighting to stay in the country. José Padilla, 41, was detained by ICE on January 27 while he
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: Republican members of the Georgia State Election Board (SEB) adopted a resolution Monday seeking the Trump administration to intervene in a vague crusade against the state’s voting system just weeks before the midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Georgia election board asks for Trump admin to help go after state’s voting machines
“I think this is federal overreach," the board's lone Democrat warned.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
IMPORTANT: There are 15 states that require in-person registration 28–30 days before an election, meaning this maybe your last week to register. Check your registration at Vote.gov.
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Register to vote in your state | Vote.gov
Find the information you need to make registration and voting easy. Official voter registration website of the United States government.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
SEN. WARREN: "They cut taxes and they always say ‘it's really going to pay off for you’ — every time academics come back say ‘What really happened is the richest people got richer and everybody else got left behind.’.. this is the 20.0 version of this.” (H/T @atrupar.com )
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Ray @raymolson22.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We are not being governed. We are being looted.
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Pocket News 📰 @jeanpocket.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Today before Senate.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This. It has always been this. A sitting American president did this. And because he did this, he should have been convicted and put behind bars. And the fact that we never held him accountable for these crimes will forever stain this country. And we may never recover from it.👇
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I spend my days fighting for voters in court. Most of what happens there never makes the news. That's why I started Democracy Docket. Sign up now. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21h
At a time when the most influential leaders of the U.S. need to stand up loudly and clearly for the rule of law, they are leading the charge in the opposite direction. But not Jack Smith. Kudos to him for continuing to be a much needed voice of clarity.
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Debbie Northway 🇦🇺🦘🐨 @debbienorthway.bsky.social · 19h
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knnott.bsky.social @knnott.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
chaser.com.au/general-news... And it probably bypassed the proof of identity check!
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ChatGPT understands wanting sweet relief of death after interacting with MyGov – The Chaser
The moment the robot started interacting with myGov systems, it understood the feeling almost too well.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The 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.
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Kim A. Wagner @kimatiwagner.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"That is a war crime. That is barbarism. And it is something the United States must never be associated with." I don't know, man - I think it might be a bit too late for that...
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 15/09/2026
NEWS: The Supreme Court has rejected the Trump regime’s emergency request to enforce new restrictions on mail ballots ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. See the full decision and learn more here.
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Supreme Court Blocks Trump Mail-Ballot Restrictions for 2026 Midterms
The justices rejected the Trump regime's emergency request, leaving new ballot-envelope, barcode and voter-data requirements on hold.
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leftylady.bsky.social @leftylady.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
With 50 days until the midterms, I urge you all to: 1) Help get out the vote. 2) Protect our electoral machinery from interference. 3) Not succumb to complacency, defeatism, or cynicism. We are the only ones who can end this nightmare. We are the leaders we’ve been waiting for.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Oh.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 15/09/2026
Thread 👇
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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The Scot 💙🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦 @thescot.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Trump family traitors have sold Ukraine, and by extension Europe out. The ‘Alliance’ is dead and in tatters. The USA, through them, has joined the axis of evil.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Donald Trump admits what DOJ and most of the legacy media refuse to. The U.S. Postal Service mail-in ballot rule was a partisan effort to help the GOP. SCOTUS' decision was, in his words: "a big loss for Republicans."
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Today is National Voter Registration Day — and we're less than 50 days from the midterms. The best time to check that your voter registration is up to date is right now. And remind your friends and family to do the same. This is absolutely vital. ⬇️ nationalvoterregistrationday.org
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National Voter Registration Day
National Voter Registration Day is a holiday celebrated on the fourth Tuesday of every September. It's goal is to focus
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate. The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns. Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care. Big Tech buys off Congress. No action on AI safety. The list goes on and on. Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 13/09/2026
Dr. Sloan shares her personal story as abortion meds face another court challenge: A miscarriage is not a political event for women experiencing it… It’s a medical event, often an emotionally devastating one. Been there. I’ve had two miscarriages, and this medication potentially saved my life.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Nessel: What I think is likely to happen, more likely than not, is that we won’t go through the normal certification process that we usually go through. The president will try to throw a wrench in our ability to do that, and the certification will have to come in the courts,
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 13/09/2026
The best part of today’s episode is Andy’s well-timed “no comment” comments during the DiGenova story, which he can’t comment on because he’s a subject of the investigation. Seriously hilarious. Free to listen. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...
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The Grand Conspiracy
Podcast Episode · UnJustified · September 13 · 1h 1m
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Mike Rogers helped architect legislation to EXPAND the opioid epidemic. Why? He took money from big pharma. Corporate, captured, and cowardly.
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Douglas Ogg @dougogg.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The economic policies of the world's largest economy dictated by the whims of an attention-seeking lunatic.
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Valerie A. Traina @v3ndettaval.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
SAN DIEGO activists at Otay Mesa Concentration Camp‼️
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sunshinelaughter.bsky.social @sunshinelaughter.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Obviously that's not an official act covered under alleged immunity!
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Shaun Pinner @shaunpinner.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Putin’s imperial war wants you to believe Russia is doing far better than it really is. That is precisely why the Kremlin has resorted to killing Ukrainian civilians on an even greater scale than before, to project strength, spread terror and conceal its failures.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/09/2026
Ossoff: "The draft-dodging commander in chief builds a monument to himself while plunging us deeper into a war he doesn't know how to end or win"
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
If you follow me and want to help, I only have one request. Spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. Tell everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket and share its content. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Joe Roberts 🔥💙🔥🐸 @robbyjoe.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
“60 Minutes” — once a fearless national treasure — has been largely gutted. Over a year ago, I appeared on “60 Minutes” because I trusted the leaders of CBS to report the news with honesty and bravery. That will be my last appearance on the show. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/my-o...
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My open letter to David Ellison
You argued that the American people have misjudged you — that they are wrong about what is in your heart and mind. I want to be clear: I don't care what you think or feel. What I care about is your ac...
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
If you haven't had a chance yet to watch, I recommend you take some time this weekend to level set on where things stand right now in court. www.youtube.com/live/TI0szcC...
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Supreme Court Ruling That Could Gut Mail Voting Looms
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I am proud of the work the Elias Law Group team did to twice defeat what David French called the "corrupt machinations of the Missouri case" in the Supreme Court. I can assure him and you, we will fight the GOP's plan to rig and subvert the midterm election. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/o...
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Opinion | The Fix Was Almost In
The midterms dodge their first MAGA bullet. It won’t be the last.
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