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Published: August 31, 2025 23:16
Nearly 250K people have already watched my interview with Cong. Jamie Raskin that posted on Friday. That is a lot for our YouTube channel!
Take some time this weekend and watch for yourself.
You will hopefully learn and enjoy. youtu.be/YDLIgNzb5FM…
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Published: August 31, 2025 21:39
Still no word from the Washington Post about Trump's latest attack on democracy. But, it is now offering advice to Trump about how to effectuate his tariff plan.
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Published: August 31, 2025 20:54
Washington Post vs Democracy Docket.
This one is easy. The Washington Post ignored Trump's latest attack on democracy entirely. It went with one about "grey rocking" instead.
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Published: August 31, 2025 19:21
On Wednesday, Sept. 3 at 7 p.m. ET, I will record a LIVE podcast via zoom with Heather Cox Richardson.
Democracy Docket premium members will go behind the scenes, hear exclusive questions, and connect live in the chat during the exclusive live event.
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Published: August 31, 2025 17:45
Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe (R) reinforced GOP power grabs sweeping the country, calling a special legislative session Friday to redraw congressional districts and weaken the ability of voters to pass laws through ballot initiatives.…
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Published: August 31, 2025 16:34
CNN vs Democracy Docket.
Why does CNN simply repeat Trump's lies without noting he has ZERO authority to do this?👀
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Published: August 31, 2025 16:22
NY Times vs Democracy Docket.
Why does the Times use the word "explicit" when Trump has ZERO authority?👀
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Published: August 31, 2025 16:16
🚨BREAKING: President Donald Trump said in a weekend social media post he plans to issue an executive order to impose voter ID requirements. And he reiterated his desire to ban mail voting.
The president lacks the authority to take either step.…
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Published: August 31, 2025 15:43
Donald Trump is once again threatening to issue an executive order targeting voting. This is an effort to subvert the Constitution and the 2026 election, which grants states and Congress but not the president power to regulate federal elections.
If he…
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Published: August 31, 2025 15:30
J.B. Pritzker is 100% right.
Please listen to him, pay attention, and join us in speaking out against authoritarianism and to protect free and fair elections.
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Published: August 31, 2025 13:17
Honored that Mark is now a Democracy Docket member.🙏
The force of democracy must be with us!!!🥳
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Published: August 30, 2025 23:10
Join the more than 430,000 people who have signed up for Democracy Docket. Even better, join the 50,000 who help support the 20 person team by becoming a premium member!
Free or premium, if you are not paying attention to the courts you are not paying…
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Published: August 30, 2025 22:35
If Missouri Republicans mid-cycle redistrict and break the law, they will be sued. That is a promise and I don't bluff. Just ask Texas.…
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Published: August 30, 2025 22:01
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Published: August 30, 2025 21:13
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Published: August 30, 2025 14:19
Join me and the incomparable Heather Cox Richardson for a members-only live podcast to explore the urgent challenges facing democracy today, and how history helps us understand the path forward.
Wednesday, Sept. 3 at 7 p.m. ET | Live on Zoom
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Published: August 30, 2025 14:01
One more for this morning.👇
Washington Post vs. Democracy Docket.
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Published: August 30, 2025 12:00
Washington Post vs Democracy Docket covering the latest on the GOP's redistricting power grab in Missouri.
Who do you trust to give you pro-democracy news, information and analysis?
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Published: August 30, 2025 01:24
Another long week in the fight for democracy. If you want to stay up to date on what is happening to democracy in court, subscribe now to Democracy Docket. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0
Goodnight.😴
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Published: August 29, 2025 23:38
🚨BREAKING: Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe (R) reinforced GOP power grabs sweeping the country, calling a special legislative session Friday to redraw congressional districts and weaken the ability of voters to pass laws through ballot initiatives.…
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Published: August 29, 2025 23:01
🚨BREAKING: A Fulton County judge has temporarily paused his own contempt order that would have fined the county commission $10,000 per day for refusing to seat two election-denying Republican nominees to the county’s Board of Elections.…
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Published: August 29, 2025 19:58
We announced some really great news this morning! Consider joining the Democracy Docket community today to support its vital work. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0
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Published: August 29, 2025 19:11
A Texas Republican lawmaker who last week blocked Democrats’ effort to filibuster the state’s gerrymander made disturbing comments at a 2022 legislative hearing — suggesting a way to deal with immigrants might be: “shoot, shovel and shut up.”
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Published: August 29, 2025 16:59
Democracy Docket is getting ready to publish a special edition of my weekly news round-up to announce some big organizational milestones and to thank our loyal community.
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Published: August 29, 2025 16:46
Legal and constitutional experts worry Trump is laying the groundwork to use the Guard to seize control of any city he wants to bring to heel. On Monday, he signed an executive order that primes the Guard “for rapid mobilization,” across the country.…
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Published: August 29, 2025 16:06
🚨BREAKING: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) signed Republicans’ gerrymander into law Friday, officially moving the redistricting battleground from the state capitol to the federal courthouse. …
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Published: August 29, 2025 15:01
NEW VIDEO: Trump is attacking the Constitution and Rep. Jamie Raskin is calling him out. He joined me to discuss restoring American democracy, the administration’s overreach into elections, and Trump’s desire to be a dictator.…
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Published: August 29, 2025 02:19
"Marc Elias’s Democracy Docket has quietly become a pro-democracy media force, expanding its newsroom to 20 staffers as it surpasses 50,000 paid subscribers."
Story here: https://www.status.news/p/democracy-docket-marc-elias-newsletter
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Published: August 28, 2025 18:22
Is "Leftist Lawfare Shark" the lawyer equivalent of left shark?
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Published: August 28, 2025 18:15
I was on with Nicolle Wallace and got to break news! We discussed the ongoing redistricting wars and a lot more. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h68Yg0ml9dQ
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Published: August 28, 2025 15:55
NEW: Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook is suing President Donald Trump to keep her job, after the president earlier this week tried to remove her. https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/federal-reserve-gov-lisa-cook-sues-trump-over-attempted-firing/
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Published: August 28, 2025 15:26
He is wrong on the facts.
1. The data is clear, VBM benefits Democrats electorally and it remains true. Rejected mail ballots skew Democratic as well.
2. Strict photo ID laws also disadvantage Democrats, particularly young voters and those in urban…
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Published: August 28, 2025 01:48
I started Democracy Docket in 2020 to keep you informed about what is happening to democracy in court. Now, five years later it has a staff of 20 who work around the clock to expose Trump and alert you to victories large and small.
Sign up to stay…
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Published: August 28, 2025 01:32
I did promise that Republican states that capitulate to Trump's demands to illegally gerrymander their maps will be sued. And history shows I never bluff and usually win.
I also said that there are only two types of GOP officials -- proud MAGA and scared…
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Published: August 28, 2025 01:02
VICTORY: In a major victory for voting rights, the Arizona Court of Appeals has rejected a lawsuit brought by right-wing groups and the Arizona Republican Party that sought to limit how election officials verify mail-in ballot signatures.…
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Published: August 28, 2025 00:48
🚨BREAKING: Arizona Court of Appeals REJECTS right wing challenge to Arizona's signature matching process. Another VICTORY for my law firm's clients and the voters of Arizona. https://www.democracydocket.com/cases/arizona-signature-verification-challenge/
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Published: August 28, 2025 00:20
Apparently Trump just figured out that the Utah court struck down the gerrymandered congressional map and reinstated the citizen-led redistricting reforms.
If he subscribed to Democracy Docket he would have learned about this on Monday. Don't make the…
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Published: August 27, 2025 22:40
I'm tired of this theater where Donald Trump asks Republicans to do something, they seem to push bank and then cave. The only two factions of the current GOP are proud MAGA and scared MAGA. Anyone who thinks Republicans are acting in good faith is…
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Published: August 27, 2025 21:08
This is very bad news. Louisiana won't even defend its own map in SCOTUS. It abandoned its own Black voters.
Those of us committed to defending the VRA are now entirely on our own.…
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Published: August 27, 2025 20:25
🚨BREAKING: California Supreme Court DENIES Republicans’ petition asking the court to stop state officials from putting a redistricting measure on the ballot – the second GOP challenge to the state’s redistricting it’s thrown out in one week.…
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Published: August 27, 2025 20:09
🚨BREAKING: A state judge ruled to hold the Fulton County, Georgia Board of Commissioners in civil contempt after two Democrats blocked the appointment of two Republican election deniers to the board of elections.…
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Published: August 27, 2025 19:39
Thanks to all of you, Democracy Docket has crossed 500,000 YouTube subscribers!🥳
https://www.youtube.com/democracydocket
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Published: August 27, 2025 18:29
🚨BREAKING: The Trump administration is asking select states to help “soft launch” the latest new feature of the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) revamped citizenship verification program.…
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Published: August 27, 2025 16:59
Democracy Docket's YouTube channel is up to 499K subscribers. I think we may make our goal of 500K by Labor Day...👀
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Published: August 27, 2025 15:48
Republicans would lose their minds.🤯
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Published: August 27, 2025 15:33
The political appointment, first reported by Democracy Docket, shows how self-styled election investigators who have thrown themselves into election conspiracy theories since 2020 are now being celebrated by a presidential administration that indulges…
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Published: August 27, 2025 14:51
Republicans are trying to force the Fulton County Board of Commissioners into installing two far-right activists – Julie Adams and Jason Frazier – on Georgia’s largest county’s elections board.…
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Published: August 27, 2025 14:25
I joined Nicolle Wallace to discuss how Trump’s use of military in D.C. and other blue cities could affect the outcome of the 2026 elections, as well as the FBI’s investigation into John Bolton as a tool of weaponization.…
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Published: August 27, 2025 13:39
498,000!
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Published: August 27, 2025 01:01
Democracy Docket's YouTube channel has 497k subscribers.👀
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Published: August 26, 2025 23:41
In 2020, when I told people that I was building a pro-democracy media outlet, people thought I was kidding.
When I told them that the fight for democracy was the fight of our time, they thought I was being overly dramatic.
Well...here we are.
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Published: August 26, 2025 22:27
No one is saying this except Trump.
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Published: August 26, 2025 21:09
"The political appointment, first reported by Democracy Docket, shows how self-styled election investigators who have thrown themselves into election conspiracy theories since 2020 are now being celebrated by a presidential administration that indulges…
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Published: August 26, 2025 18:57
Not tired of winning!🥳
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Published: August 26, 2025 17:51
Democracy Docket is getting ready to publish my latest about how yesterday was a day of tyranny in America. Receive premium content and support Democracy Docket's critical mission by joining now. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0
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Published: August 26, 2025 16:36
NEW VIDEO: Donald Trump is weaponizing the Department of Justice to target Democrats. Rep. Rob Menendez joins me to discuss Trump’s threat to the immigrant community, the federal takeover of Washington, D.C., and the GOP’s refusal to do their job.…
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Published: August 26, 2025 16:30
A retirees group working with Democratic operative Marc Elias’ law firm raised concerns in June about a plan that could resolve the legal dispute. The Elias clients’ court filing suggested that the legal action threatens voting rights in the state.…
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Published: August 26, 2025 16:16
🚨BREAKING: A federal judge dismissed a Department of Justice lawsuit against every federal district judge in Maryland. The ruling, by a Trump appointee, slammed the Trump administration for an “unprecedented” effort to “smear and impugn” judges who rule…
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Published: August 26, 2025 14:24
I celebrate every victory for voting rights, but this one is particularly special. No issue has been more hotly contested or more important to PA voters than this one. The DSCC and DCCC fought hard and it is great to see them prevail.…
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Published: August 26, 2025 13:21
🚨BREAKING: Third Circuit STRIKES DOWN Pennsylvania requirement that mail-in ballots that arrive in undated or misdated return envelopes be discarded. Court holds that Constitution requires they be counted.
A big victory for our clients DSCC and DCCC and…
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Published: August 26, 2025 11:35
What you missed overnight night.🥳
Utah's gerrymandered congressional map was struck down. The judge reinstated the citizen-led redistricting reforms voters approved in 2018.…
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Published: August 26, 2025 02:11
No one is covering the GOP's growing redistricting scheme as closely, with as much context and analysis as Democracy Docket. Its team of 20 works around the clock to provide you independent pro-democracy news and information.
Support their work by…
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Published: August 26, 2025 01:49
🚨BREAKING: In a landmark victory for voters, a Utah judge struck down the state Legislature’s gerrymandered congressional map and reinstated the citizen-led redistricting reforms voters approved in 2018.…
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Published: August 26, 2025 01:04
Washington Post vs Democracy Docket
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Published: August 26, 2025 00:58
“This is about the President of the United States and his complicit lackey, Stephen Miller, searching for ways to lay the groundwork to circumvent our democracy, militarize our cities, and end elections.” – Gov. J.B. Pritzker
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Published: August 26, 2025 00:48
For me, hope is not a feeling of certainty about the future. It is born of the knowledge that we may do everything we can without the assurance that it will be enough. Hope is accepting that the arc of the moral universe may not bend toward justice — even…
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Published: August 25, 2025 23:40
Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) swiftly pushed back, saying Illinois never asked for federal troops and that Trump has no legal authority to unilaterally seize control of the Illinois National Guard.…
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Published: August 25, 2025 22:43
The legacy media won't admit it, but no one is providing more complete coverage of the attacks on democracy than the 20 person team at Democracy Docket. Help support their vital efforts by becoming a subscriber or premium member today. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0
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Published: August 25, 2025 22:04
J.B. Pritzker got it exactly right, Donald Trump is sending the military to blue cities because he wants to undermine free and fair elections in 2026. Trump believes that military deployments in blue cities is his path to keeping power and Republican…
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Published: August 25, 2025 21:58
Tyrants govern through fear. Dictators take their power from the acquiescence of the good people who don't speak out. It is our obligation as citizens to set aside fear and take a step forward not a step back.
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Published: August 25, 2025 21:50
This is 100% correct.
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Published: August 25, 2025 20:56
🚨BREAKING: 3rd Circuit REJECTS RNC motion to pause ruling requiring Pennsylvania counties to count undated/wrongly dated ballots. This means counties cannot reject undated and wrongly dated ballots while the case continues on appeal. Congrats to our…
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Published: August 25, 2025 20:53
Mississippi’s Republican secretary of state is asking the Supreme Court to rule against a coalition of GOP groups and reinstate a five-day post-election grace period for late mail-in ballots struck down by a federal appeals court. …
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Published: August 25, 2025 20:42
"In response to the lawsuit, LaRose lashed out at Marc Elias, founder of Democracy Docket and firm chair of the Elias Law Group (ELG), which is representing the plaintiffs in the case."…
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Published: August 25, 2025 20:26
🚨BREAKING: Republicans are trying again to stop California from passing a new congressional map, an effort the state is taking on to counter a Texas gerrymander aimed at adding more GOP seats in Congress in 2026."…
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Published: August 25, 2025 19:54
🚨BREAKING: A leading election conspiracy theorist has been named to a new “election integrity” post at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS).…
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Published: August 25, 2025 14:06
Democracy Docket on Saturday vs Politico today.
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Published: August 25, 2025 12:16
My weekly look at what is happening to democracy in court and in politics. youtu.be/wJm74JFRqeI
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