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Bryan 🌐 🇺🇦 Slava Ukraine personal opinions only @papootx.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The Deadline Is Monday Texas voter registration closes Monday, Oct 5. Miss it, you sit out November. Texas is the hardest state in America to vote in, and that's no accident. It's 150 years of laws built to keep the list short. 🧵 open.substack.com/pub/lonestar...
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How Texas Turned Voter Registration Into A Political Weapon
150 years of making it hard on purpose. Check your registration before Monday.
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The Calitaliano Kid 😎🇺🇦🗽 @moved2italy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
WTF… is a sanctuary bus stop⁉️ Republicans will twist themselves into pretzels 🥨 to justify #ICECruelty & #ICELawlessness‼️ And until we #TakeBackTheHouseandSenate, we cannot stop these cruel & inhumane Gestapo tactics by #ICE‼️ #BlueWavein30Days www.commondreams.org/news/ice-rai...
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'It Has to Stop': Community Members Condemn ICE Arrests at Bus Stops After GOP Blocks Bill to Protect Kids | Common Dreams
Republicans in the US Senate blocked a bill to protect school bus stops from ICE arrests, leading to outrage in Pennsylvania and Austin. Children left abandoned as parents are detained. Is this the Am...
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Roberta Piket @robertajazz.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
FFS can we tax billionaires properly-then regulate AI and data centers “Meta..claims..AI data centers are a giant experiment..It does this so it can tap into a tax credit..which Meta embraced to claim billions of dollars..for data center expansion” #BlueWaveIn30Days www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...
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How Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes (Gift Article)
Meta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky.
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Roberta Piket @robertajazz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
In an effort to be “neutral,” AP compares Trump BANNING journalists and declaring them “enemies of the people” to FDR using the new medium of radio to reassure Americans during the most acute economic crisis in US history. This is what’s wrong with the media. apnews.com/article/trum...
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What is the White House pool? These days, it's a battleground between Trump and free press rights
The White House press pool is at the center of a free speech battle between President Donald Trump and news outlets.
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
It's crazy to me that this is not leading the New York Times, NBC News, CNN, etc. If you're that numb, maybe think about a field other than journalism.
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Brandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Library funding is tied to usage.
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 27/07/2026
An analysis of the Supreme Court’s 2024–2025 term shows its transparency problem is getting worse. Americans deserve an open and honest high court. bit.ly/4eXCGQi
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The Supreme Court Is Moving More Cases into the Shadows
For the first time, the Court decided more substantive cases on its shadow docket than on its traditional merits docket.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
TPS for Haitians officially expires tomorrow. ICE is planning big operations, with Springfield, Ohio among the targets www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-hai...
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ICE plans to target Haitians as Temporary Protected Status is set to end, sources say
The plans include arresting migrants in Ohio and quickly putting them on deportation flights to crisis-stricken Haiti, the internal documents indicate.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
🚨BREAKING: President Donald Trump took a step closer to slaying his white whale Wednesday and enacting the SAVE America Act, a sweeping voter suppression measure that the Senate has repeatedly refused to pass. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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House passes SAVE America Act anti-voting measures in budget reconciliation, stock trading bills
"This bill is a Trojan horse," one Democratic Representative said.
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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
1/ Peter Thiel does not want a better government. He wants no government, just corporations running your town, with him owning the shares. This thread breaks down 5 investigations showing that plan is already moving. 🧵 #DV1 #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #USDemocracy
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Maureen Berzanski 🧷🇺🇦🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🟧🌊 🐾 @moberzan.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Today, our friend Jay USAF Major Jason Watson read his oath to the Constitution and demanded that Congress do its job to IMPEACH this President and cabinet. He was arrested on the Capitol steps. #DOOR @defendersofourrepublic.org @removalcoalition.bsky.social @citizensimpeachment.com
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 30/06/2026
The Supreme Court upheld birthright citizenship today. In the majority opinion, Chief Justice John Roberts kept returning to one name: Wong Kim Ark. We sat down with Wong Kim Ark's great-grandson earlier this year.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
This piece was originally published for Democracy Docket members only. We’re sharing it more widely because it was too timely to keep behind the paywall. Become a member to get my exclusive notes first. bit.ly/4qmEiFz www.democracydocket.com/opinion/mail...
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Mail-in voting is under attack. Here's what you can do
The USPS is proposing a rule that would require states to share information about voters who request mail-in or absentee ballots for federal elections.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
🚨BREAKING: Maryland Federal Court DISMISSES Department of Justice lawsuit to gain access to state voter data. A big victory for our clients Maryland/DC Alliance for Retired Americans and democracy. DOJ is now 0-9 in these cases. We are undefeated.🗳️💪⚖️ www.democracydocket.com/cases/maryla...
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🚨 United States of America v. DeMarinis
Learn more here.
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
I'm posting this video every day so we NEVER forget what insurrectionist Donald Trump did on J6 Instead of accepting defeat and honoring the peaceful transfer of power, Trump unleashed a deadly mob on the U.S. Capitol in a last-ditch attempt to stay in power THIS is what an insurrection looks like
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 20/06/2026
In this election cycle, courts have been used more to restrict voting rights than to expand them, Marc Elias says. “We need more people to be in this fight.” Help us stand up for democracy across the country: bit.ly/4qskS3m
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
My one ask to everyone right now: Spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. Tell everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket for free and share its content with everyone you know. Thanks. bit.ly/4a7l1TR
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
The Albanian people have been massively protesting for several consecutive days against slumlord crook Jared Kushner and Crimestress Ivanka seizing land in their country to the sum of billions of dollars to build a trashy resort. I hope they don’t stop until their evil corrupt deal is reversed.
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Marla Flores-Jauregui @senorajauregui68.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
'He's Just Stealing Your Money': House Dems Launch Bid to Block $1.7 Billion Trump-MAGA 'Slush Fund' www.commondreams.org/news/trump-i...
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'He's Just Stealing Your Money': House Dems Launch Bid to Block $1.7 Billion Trump-MAGA 'Slush Fund' | Common Dreams
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 18/05/2026
If there ever was an example of a candidate trying to buy an election, it’s Tom Steyer. I’m not okay with that.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Here is what Democracy Docket is tracking today: Active Voting Rights Cases: 159 Active Redistricting Cases: 47 Active Anti-Voting Cases: 79 Active Pro-Voting Cases: 77 Active DOJ Lawsuits: 29 www.democracydocket.com
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Anti-voting group released a sweeping new “model laws” handbook that urges lawmakers and election officials to restrict mail-in voting, eliminate same-day voter registration, conduct mass voter challenges and empower officials to deny/delay certification. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Cleta Mitchell’s election denial network releases new blueprint to severely restrict voting
It outlines a vision that would transform voting from a fundamental democratic right to a complicated, rule-bound process accessible only to those who can navigate a maze of requirements.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
This is amazing - @kevinolearytv 🤡 is fearmongering about Chinese agents opposing his giant Utah data center… but it’s 2 young local girls in Utah who hilariously call him (and his “dumbass hat”) out👇🏽 Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DYU074V...
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Another late night in the fight for free and fair elections. To those asking me how they can help, here is my only ask -- subscribe to Democracy Docket for free and share its content. That is all! Thanks. bit.ly/4qmEiFz
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
NEW: NAACP on Supreme Court allowing Alabama to redraw map to dilute power of Black voters "We are witnessing a return to Jim Crow. Anybody who is alarmed by these developments—as everybody should be—better be making a plan to vote in November to put an end to this madness"
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
🚨BREAKING: The U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) has allowed Alabama to select a different map for this year’s congressional elections in a stunning, last-minute move to interfere with another state primary election that has already begun. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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SCOTUS greenlights 11th-hour Alabama redistricting plan for 2026 election
The order means that Alabama will discard its court-ordered congressional map for the 2026 primary elections and use a 2023 map that courts previously struck down as a violation under Section 2 of the...
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Defiance Dispatch @defiancedispatch.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Tennessee and countless other states have been speaking out against what is basically a Jim Crow session
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
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‘Something is fundamentally wrong:’ Detainees start hunger strike at Pa. ICE facility
A hunger strike at Moshannon Valley Processing Center, by roughly 100 people, started Thursday, April 16th.
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Lea Zengage @leazengage.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Putin must be so proud of himself for the impact he has had on the U.S.
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Defiance Dispatch @defiancedispatch.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
A demonstration at the Dilley Concentration Camp in Texas. Children and families have been imprisoned in the concentration camp in Texas for months, and all they’ve experienced is abuse, neglect, mistreatment, undrinkable water and moldy food. #SHUTDOWNDILLEY Credit: @mommmaliz.bsky.social
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Kash Patel's erratic behavior at the FBI could cost him his job. His colleagues describe unexplained absences and excessive drinking, which have alarmed colleagues and his security detail. Sources describe Patel's tenure as a management failure and his behavior a national security vulnerability.
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The FBI Director Is MIA
Kash Patel has alarmed colleagues with episodes of excessive drinking and unexplained absences.
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 18/04/2026
OOP New York Times got receipts on John Roberts being like, 'I know this isn't how anything works, but a Democratic president is about to implement a policy!!' www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...
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"In public, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. has cultivated a reputation for care and caution. The papers reveal a different side of him. At a critical moment for the country and the court, the papers show, he acted as a bulldozer in pushing to stop Mr. Obama’s plan to address the global climate crisis.

When colleagues warned the chief justice that he was proposing an unprecedented move, he was dismissive. “I recognize that the posture of this stay request is not typical,” he wrote. But he argued that the Obama plan, which aimed to regulate coal-fired plants, was “the most expensive regulation ever imposed on the power sector,” and too big, costly and consequential for the court not to act immediately."
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Today is the 251st anniversary of Paul Revere's midnight ride to warn the Minutemen of approaching British troops. I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III. Remind you of anyone?
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Comrade Jingle Pants ☭🔻Organize Against Oligarchs! @cptjinglepants.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Meanwhile in China...
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Toyota's new luxury EV in China receives over 3,000 orders in 1 hour after launching for $22,000
The bZ7, Toyota’s new flagship EV in China, may be its most advanced vehicle yet. After launching for under $22,000,...
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 14/04/2026
The President wants to illegally take over America’s central bank. There should be no Senate hearing on his Fed Chair nominee.
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The President wants to illegally take over America’s central bank.
YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren
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SeattleSanta @seattlesanta.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
ICE Concentration camps; though privately owned; are still under Congressional Oversight. Now, after DOZENS of Deaths, Congressman are showing up unannounced to inspect. One congressperson found conditions that he described as Squalid and Filthy. Worse than MAX Prisons.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Less than three hours after the polls closed, Viktor Orban conceded that he lost. Five years after Donald Trump lost the 2020 election, he still falsely claims that he won. Tomorrow, I offer my analysis of what this means for the midterms. Subscribe now. bit.ly/4qmEiFz
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Orbán's electoral crushing is a far greater achievement than most people outside Hungary realise. He systemically consolidated power for 16 years, fixed the electoral map, abused govt power for political purposes & censored media. The hurdles that Hungarians overcame for this moment were immense.
Opposition leader Péter Magyar at a rally.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 13/04/2026
I’ll have what Hungary’s having.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
May Victor Orbán simply be the first in a string of countries engaging in overdue housecleaning by kicking their authoritarian leaders to the curb.
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Roberta Piket @robertajazz.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
“Hi, I’m one of Congressmember X’s constituents. Trump has threatened to commit war crimes. X has a constitutional responsibility to impeach him and to call for the 25th amendment to be invoked. I’m calling on him/her to do his/her job and publicly demand this madman be removed from office.”
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
If I lived in Lebanon, this would make me very nervous. Netanyahu has a clear incentive to provoke Iran to pull out of the ceasefire by attacking Lebanon again. Netanyahu always prioritizes himself over the lives of innocent civilians.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
This is so well done. 👌
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 08/04/2026
I'd really like to see leadership calling for impeachment and removal, regardless of whether they have the votes to get it done. Same way we called for marriage equality before we had the votes. A leader's job is to lead. If a genocidal threat isn't impeachable, then nothing is.
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Roberta Piket @robertajazz.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
They are sheep.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
In fairness it’s not like the consequences of having a mad king unilaterally take the country to war on a whim were so incredibly obvious that you could see it coming from the 18th and 19th centuries www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
“Kings had always been involving and impoverishing their people in wars, pretending generally, if not always, that the good of the people was the object,” a young representative named Abraham Lincoln wrote in 1848. This was “understood to be the most oppressive of all Kingly oppressions and they resolved to so frame the Constitution that no one man should hold the power of bringing this oppression upon us.” This quote, incidentally, is immortalized on the House’s website, if any members of Congress are looking for it.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Devastating.
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