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Lifelong Democrat! Concerned citizen! Working to stay hopeful!

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Today 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.
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rainey53.bsky.social @rainey53.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Haven’t used Amazon since Bezos pulled WAPO’s Kamala endorsement!
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Marc 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.com
ICE amassed millions of voter records in sweeping fraud hunt, documents reveal
It's one of the clearest pictures yet of how deeply Trump's immigration enforcement apparatus has become involved in elections.
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Marc 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.com
Election deniers Cleta Mitchell and Tina Peters want Trump’s commerce secretary to seize voting machines
The 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.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026
Holy shit.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 04/10/2026
🚨 OCTOBER 5 DEADLINE #BlueWaveIn30Days If you live in one of these states, Monday is the voter registration deadline: • Arizona • Arkansas • Florida • Georgia • Indiana • Kentucky • Louisiana • Mississippi • Montana • Ohio • Tennessee • Texas Check your registration. IWillVote.com
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Blumenthal: Tether is a crypto company that has a stablecoin known as USDT, and it is the major means of Iran avoiding and evading sanctions. What we’ve also exposed is that Cantor Fitzgerald has a major financial tie. Cantor Fitzgerald was owned by Howard Lutnick. It’s still run by his family.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Each election year, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) takes extra steps to ensure ballots sent through the mail arrive at election offices on time. This year, it’s delaying those efforts. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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USPS pushes back measures that ensure mail ballots arrive on time
“The shorter timeframe is noteworthy and I don’t know why they’re doing this,” Steve Hutkins, who writes for Save the Post Office, told Democracy Docket.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🚨BREAKING: The Trump administration illegally changed a form used by overseas voters to register and request mail ballots just weeks before the midterms, Democrats argue in a new lawsuit filed Thursday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Trump admin quietly changed overseas voter form at 11th hour to disenfranchise Democrats, lawsuit says
The change is part of a Republican plan to make it more difficult to vote or outright disenfranchise a bloc of voters viewed as more inclined to vote Democratic, the DNC lawsuit argues.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
-Trump Airlines -Trump Beverages -Trump Casinos -Trump Magazine -Trump Mortgage -Trump Steaks -Trump's Travel Site -Trumpnet -Trump Tower Tampa -Trump University -Trump Vodka -Trump Fragrances -Trump Mattress -Trump Mobile All massive financial failures led by Trump. Now this...
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The Kennedy Center was solvent when Trump took over. Then its finances collapsed.
The Post examined 15 years of the institution’s financial records to see why it went south after the president took over
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Before the week begins, I have a specific 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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rainey53.bsky.social @rainey53.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
People with brains.
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Not to alarm anyone, but if you think times are rough right now economically, wait until after midterms when it all starts kicking in.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 26/09/2026
Incredible: another Ukrainian famine is unfolding, this time in Russian-occupied Oleshky. The remaining inhabitants of what used to be a thriving small city, now down to about 6000 people, are blockaded by Russian forces and cut off from food and water. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Oleshky: Eating garden weeds to survive in Russian-occupied city cut off from food and water
The BBC has spoken to residents in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian town of Oleshky who say they are being "constantly shelled".
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Here is the guest list for the State Dinner for China tonight. I have preserved misspellings from the list the White House sent.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Elias Law Group has joined the Stinson lawyers on the brief, and Abha Khanna is counsel of record. This will be Docket No. 26A388: www.documentcloud.org/documents/28... Here is the argument and request:
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The Eighth Circuit cannot nullify this Court's stay by replacing the stayed injunction with a new injunction granting identical relief.
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The Eighth Circuit had jurisdiction only to correct the district court's failure to convene the three-judge court required by federal law
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Purcell bars a federal court from demanding impossible relief that guarantees confusion in an election that is already underway.
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The remaining equitable factors demand relief.
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Plaintiffs have no likelihood of success on the merits of their federal claims, which this Court has already twice considered.
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CONCLUSION
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replacement injunction-or any other lower court order granting the relief this Court has stayed. Alternatively, if this Court concludes that its September 10 Order does not already reach the new injunction, Applicants seek a stay of the district court's new injunction and the Eighth Circuit's order requiring its entry, together with a
recall and stay of the mandate to the extent necessary to preserve the status quo.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
BREAKING: Intervenors in Missouri maps case go to SCOTUS seeking emergency relief following the Eighth Circuit's Monday order. Justice Kavanaugh — nearly immediately — called for a response by 2p ET Wednesday. www.lawdork.com/p/eighth-cir...
IN THE
Supreme Court of the United States
PEOPLE NOT POLITICIANS AND RICHARD VON GLAHN,
Applicants,
CONGRESSMAN ROBERT "BOB" ONDER; RICHARD "RICK" BRATTIN; PATRICIA "PAT" THOMAS; AND DEBRA HAVENS,
Respondents,
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STATE OF MISSOURI AND DENNY HOSKINS, in his official capacity as Missouri
Secretary of State,
Respondents.
EMERGENCY MOTION TO CLARIFY
THIS COURT'S SEPTEMBER 10, 2026 ORDER
AND ALTERNATIVE EMERGENCY APPLICATION FOR STAY AND ADMINISTRATIVE STAY PENDING APPEAL
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Perpetually “concerned” Susan Collins should be VERY concerned by the latest reporting from ProPublica, revealing her involvement in an alleged bribery/pay to play scheme of awarding defense contracts to a specific firm right after that company made campaign “donations." youtu.be/f2fFlCPjKnk?...
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GOP Senator CAUGHT RED-HANDED In MASSIVE BRIBERY SCHEME Probe!?!
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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Amanda Carpenter @amandacarpenter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The top question people have for election experts is: What's the best way to vote in the midterms? It's a valid Q given Trump's attempts to interfere, but those failed! So, let's GO! Rules vary by state, but two words of advice apply to everyone: BE EARLY!
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Five corporations control 90% of the US media. Airlines have merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today. A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry. Four giants control 80% of meat processing. The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
billionaires have yet again bribed, censored, and bullied their way to the top. ... billionaire media conglomerate closely allied w/POTUS will soon own 1 of its closest rivals, including news outlets.. Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund will co-own those outlets, too. x.com/BedoyaUSA/st...
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rainey53.bsky.social @rainey53.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Ronan is brilliant. I appreciate his hard work!
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
@tomjoscelyn.bsky.social is the best so @civildefenseinst.bsky.social is sure to be great!
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
BREAKING: Trump's handpicked Board is trying to let him demolish the Kennedy Center, blatantly violating the court order, again We asked the Judge to make it clear: this American institution can't be demolished on Trump's say-so @democracydefendersaction.org & WLG fight on w/ Rep.Beatty👇 -TN
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: Federal Court REJECTS lawsuit seeking to compel Vermont to provide the DOJ with access to its complete statewide voter registration database. Another victory for Elias Law Group and our clients. DOJ is now 0-24. ELG is undefeated. www.democracydocket.com/cases/vermon...
democracydocket.com
🚨 United States of America v. Hanzas
Learn more here.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 17/09/2026
🚨NEWS: U.N.-backed investigators say they found “reasonable grounds” to believe the U.S. committed war crimes in two strikes in Iran, including one on a school in Minab. apnews.com/article/un-h...
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
It is clear that Democrats are set to sweep control of Congress in free and fair elections. It is also clear that Trump and the GOP are working to make sure the elections are not free and fair. I founded Democracy Docket to help you stay informed to fight back. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
We are less than two months until Election Day for the most important midterms of our lifetime. Ballots have already started to be sent out. The threats to free and fair elections are real and growing more serious by the day. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/here...
democracydocket.com
Here is Trump's blueprint to rig the 2026 midterms
We are less than two months until Election Day for the most important midterms of our lifetime.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I am tired of people saying we can’t win in front of the Supreme Court. I’m annoyed by those who say my firm is too partisan to be effective. Today we won a huge redistricting fight before SCOTUS and a ballot access case before the Nebraska Supreme Court. The lesson: When we fight we win.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I hope everyone is paying attention to Yemen. If the Houthis are able to hold Mokha and significantly impede Bab al-Mandab, this gets really, really bad.
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Prof. Anthea Butler @antheabutler.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I totally get why Lonnie Bunch is leaving the Smithsonian, but I am also very worried and very sad for what may come. All of the nation's history is in peril, and who knows what kind of historian may be coming to lead it under this administration
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Corporate America’s playbook: 1) Exploit workers to maximize profits 2) Use profits to buy Congress 3) Use Congress to pass union-busting laws 4) Use union-busting laws to further exploit workers 5) Rinse and repeat How we break this cycle? Build back a powerful labor movement.
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God @thegodshow.com · 03/09/2026
Dear Americans, The president golfs every weekend while getting soldiers needlessly killed and and got mad that you get “too many holidays.” National strike when?
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Former Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall's op-ed in NYT today... www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/o...
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Denial is one of the two approaches the nation’s senior military leaders seem to have taken to cope with Donald Trump’s presidency. When they aren’t ignoring how abnormal things have become, they turn to the other approach, claiming that they have no responsibility for the actions the armed forces have been ordered to take because those orders were “policy” choices outside the scope of their duties. This is a cop-out, and it is putting our democracy at risk.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Where's Mitch?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Federal corporate political spending has already reached nearly $650 MILLION ahead of the midterms, according to @publiccitizen.bsky.social. That’s an all-time high — and we’re still months away from Election Day. Big Money is the real threat to “election integrity.”
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/08/2026
"I was not shocked that he helped somebody. My shock is that he was murdered. And no one has given us the complete truth or anyone has been held accountable. And it's been 7 months! ... there was more effort in vilifying him than pursuing justice" -- Alex Pretti's parents
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PinkTweets @pinktweets.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
www.reuters.com/sports/kaepe...
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Kaepernick to receive Muhammad Ali humanitarian award
Former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick, whose protests against racial injustice a decade ago made him one of the most prominent athlete activists in the U.S., will receive the ​Muhammad Ali Center's ...
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 24/08/2026
If Jensen Huang has time to attend a $1 million-a-head dinner at Mar-a-Lago and fly across the world to meet with President Xi Jinping, he can find time to testify in front of Congress about reports that NVIDIA technology is powering Russia’s war machine.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
🚨BREAKING: The US Postal Service announced late Friday night that it intends to move forward with its final rule on changing how mail voting is administered. The new rule was created to enact Donald Trump’s executive order, which seeks to restrict mail voting. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
USPS pushes final rule on restricting mail voting forward
The federal postal service acknowledges the new rule will impose burdens on states, but says its necessary to help law enforcement hunt for voter fraud.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Natalie Harp is a year older than Martin Luther King Jr. was when he gave his I Have a Dream speech. She has agency and is running the propaganda operation that serves to put people in concentration camps. She does not get a pass because she looks like a dipshit teenager.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
In the past, the rich used to pay higher taxes. Now, the government pays the rich interest on a swelling debt, caused largely by lower taxes on the rich. It's a big switcheroo that we need to talk about if we're going to talk about the national debt.
youtu.be
The Secret Way the Rich are Getting Richer
The biggest untold story about how we pay for government involves a big switcheroo by America’s wealthy. Watch.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
"Pretty soon I'll be declaring the Hormuz Strait a territory of the United States," Trump said yesterday. A remark like that should prompt an emergency vote of the Cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment and remove Trump. But it doesn't, because the U.S. is swimming in a collective madness.
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Alex Russell @infrequently.org · 15/08/2026
Stephen Miller deserves to spend the rest of his natural life fighting a legal system charging him of crimes he didn't commit in a language he does not speak, alone, and without counsel: publicnotice.co/p/stephen-miller…
publicnotice.co
Stephen Miller's secret campaign against helpless kids
That it's happening in the shadows doesn't make it less of a moral blight.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 13/08/2026
SHOCK: Mike Lawler was repeatedly pressed on CNN over why he won’t return $10,000 from Max Miller’s PAC amid serious abuse allegations against Miller. Lawler defended Miller, calling it a “private family matter.”
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Mike Lawler Defends Max Miller, Refuses to Return $10,000 From Miller’s PAC
Lawler refuses to allow allegations of abuse to deter him from Miller’s campaign money.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Yet, he voted for the guy. Total coward. "Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) seemed not fully sure about how the new U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche might approach November’s midterms." www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
Sen. Cassidy’s ‘existential anxiety’ about whether Blanche will uphold the constitution on elections
Decisions about confirming Blanche for attorney general and whether he'll abide by the Constitution are "not black-or-white," said Cassidy.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
America has experienced oligarchy thrice in its brief history. The first was under the slaveholding founders The second, the robber barons, a century later. A third American oligarchy emerged around 1980 — and has only gotten more powerful.
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The Enshittification of Everything (Part 2)
And how to disempower the oligarchy
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
A new report from the Government Accountability Office finds that DOGE wildly exaggerated the purported "savings" it delivered for the federal government. We lost vital government services for basically nothing in return. Watch.
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The DOGE Damage Elon is Leaving Behind
Musk has stepped out of the limelight, but DOGE is still gutting countless government programs and services that million
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
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. Tell everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket and share its content. demdock.com/4w6emld
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