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A federal court found Texas’s map was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander, but the Roberts Court revived it anyway
The ruling is a gift to the president, & a warning of what may come in Louisiana v. Callais
Our democracy is on the line, but we refuse to be silent
Read HERE:
The ruling is a gift to the president, & a warning of what may come in Louisiana v. Callais
Our democracy is on the line, but we refuse to be silent
Read HERE:
The GOP Isn’t Being Subtle About Rigging the 2026 Midterms
Its California suit is the latest proof.
contrarian.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:19 PM
A federal court found Texas’s map was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander, but the Roberts Court revived it anyway
The ruling is a gift to the president, & a warning of what may come in Louisiana v. Callais
Our democracy is on the line, but we refuse to be silent
Read HERE:
The ruling is a gift to the president, & a warning of what may come in Louisiana v. Callais
Our democracy is on the line, but we refuse to be silent
Read HERE:
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This Giving Tuesday, we are reminded of the resilience of our democracy
Nonprofits show what's possible when we use our collective power to care for one another and protect our rights
Your support helps us uphold the rule of law and defend democracy
Nonprofits show what's possible when we use our collective power to care for one another and protect our rights
Your support helps us uphold the rule of law and defend democracy
December 2, 2025 at 6:31 PM
This Giving Tuesday, we are reminded of the resilience of our democracy
Nonprofits show what's possible when we use our collective power to care for one another and protect our rights
Your support helps us uphold the rule of law and defend democracy
Nonprofits show what's possible when we use our collective power to care for one another and protect our rights
Your support helps us uphold the rule of law and defend democracy
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This Thanksgiving, we are grateful for all who defend democracy—on the streets, in the courts, at the polls, and in the daily work required to uphold our Constitution.
Democracy can't defend itself. Thank you for standing up for democracy and American communities.
Democracy can't defend itself. Thank you for standing up for democracy and American communities.
November 27, 2025 at 3:02 PM
This Thanksgiving, we are grateful for all who defend democracy—on the streets, in the courts, at the polls, and in the daily work required to uphold our Constitution.
Democracy can't defend itself. Thank you for standing up for democracy and American communities.
Democracy can't defend itself. Thank you for standing up for democracy and American communities.
The Comey & James indictments collapsed because Trump replaced career prosecutors with a loyalist set only on seeing through his revenge campaign
Joshua Kolb, counsel & manager of rapid legal response at DDA, explains how this ruling dealt a major DOJ setback: www.ms.now/opinion/lind...
Joshua Kolb, counsel & manager of rapid legal response at DDA, explains how this ruling dealt a major DOJ setback: www.ms.now/opinion/lind...
Opinion | Trump's DOJ crashes into another roadblock
Joshua Kolb: The problem with Lindsey Halligan's appointment was clear from the start
www.ms.now
November 25, 2025 at 10:14 PM
The Comey & James indictments collapsed because Trump replaced career prosecutors with a loyalist set only on seeing through his revenge campaign
Joshua Kolb, counsel & manager of rapid legal response at DDA, explains how this ruling dealt a major DOJ setback: www.ms.now/opinion/lind...
Joshua Kolb, counsel & manager of rapid legal response at DDA, explains how this ruling dealt a major DOJ setback: www.ms.now/opinion/lind...
Foreign MAGA accounts are flooding our feeds to confuse, divide, and undermine our faith in democracy
Defending democracy also means interrogating online narratives and refusing to be manipulated
www.newsweek.com/maga-account...
Defending democracy also means interrogating online narratives and refusing to be manipulated
www.newsweek.com/maga-account...
Full list of MAGA accounts on X exposed as being based outside US
A number of accounts promoting a MAGA and America First agenda have been revealed as being located in Africa, Asia and Europe,
www.newsweek.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Foreign MAGA accounts are flooding our feeds to confuse, divide, and undermine our faith in democracy
Defending democracy also means interrogating online narratives and refusing to be manipulated
www.newsweek.com/maga-account...
Defending democracy also means interrogating online narratives and refusing to be manipulated
www.newsweek.com/maga-account...
Gold bars. Private planes. Lucrative licensing deals
Our democracy is being tested by a president willing to trade public trust for personal profit
Read HERE:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/o...
Our democracy is being tested by a president willing to trade public trust for personal profit
Read HERE:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/o...
Opinion | The White House Gold Rush Is On
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Gold bars. Private planes. Lucrative licensing deals
Our democracy is being tested by a president willing to trade public trust for personal profit
Read HERE:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/o...
Our democracy is being tested by a president willing to trade public trust for personal profit
Read HERE:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/o...
After the court granted LULAC'S motion to intervene in the Prop 50 case, Tianna Mays, legal director at Democracy Defenders Action, shared the following statement:
November 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
After the court granted LULAC'S motion to intervene in the Prop 50 case, Tianna Mays, legal director at Democracy Defenders Action, shared the following statement:
We stand with LULAC as they push back against misleading claims about Prop 50
Latino voters shouldn’t be scapegoated in a partisan fight
LULAC’s leadership is sending a clear message: our communities won’t be used as political pawns
Read HERE: www.democracydefendersaction.org/press-releas...
Latino voters shouldn’t be scapegoated in a partisan fight
LULAC’s leadership is sending a clear message: our communities won’t be used as political pawns
Read HERE: www.democracydefendersaction.org/press-releas...
Press Release | Democracy Defenders Action
www.democracydefendersaction.org
November 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
We stand with LULAC as they push back against misleading claims about Prop 50
Latino voters shouldn’t be scapegoated in a partisan fight
LULAC’s leadership is sending a clear message: our communities won’t be used as political pawns
Read HERE: www.democracydefendersaction.org/press-releas...
Latino voters shouldn’t be scapegoated in a partisan fight
LULAC’s leadership is sending a clear message: our communities won’t be used as political pawns
Read HERE: www.democracydefendersaction.org/press-releas...
The President said that what certain sitting Members of Congress did—telling service members to refuse illegal orders—should be punishable by death
This is a direct incitement to political violence
It cannot go unanswered 👇
This is a direct incitement to political violence
It cannot go unanswered 👇
November 21, 2025 at 4:17 PM
The President said that what certain sitting Members of Congress did—telling service members to refuse illegal orders—should be punishable by death
This is a direct incitement to political violence
It cannot go unanswered 👇
This is a direct incitement to political violence
It cannot go unanswered 👇
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The GOP is suing California over its response to their blatant racial gerrymandering. Tianna Mays breaks down the hypocrisy.
The GOP Isn’t Being Subtle About Rigging the 2026 Midterms
Its California suit is the latest proof.
contrarian.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:29 PM
The GOP is suing California over its response to their blatant racial gerrymandering. Tianna Mays breaks down the hypocrisy.
When Republicans gerrymander Texas & Missouri, they call it “reform”
When California voters approve a map to counter it, the GOP sues
Tianna Mays, legal director at DDA breaks down this strategy to rig the 2026 midterms @contrariannews.org 👇 contrarian.substack.com/p/the-gop-is...
When California voters approve a map to counter it, the GOP sues
Tianna Mays, legal director at DDA breaks down this strategy to rig the 2026 midterms @contrariannews.org 👇 contrarian.substack.com/p/the-gop-is...
The GOP Isn’t Being Subtle About Rigging the 2026 Midterms
Its California suit is the latest proof.
contrarian.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:06 PM
When Republicans gerrymander Texas & Missouri, they call it “reform”
When California voters approve a map to counter it, the GOP sues
Tianna Mays, legal director at DDA breaks down this strategy to rig the 2026 midterms @contrariannews.org 👇 contrarian.substack.com/p/the-gop-is...
When California voters approve a map to counter it, the GOP sues
Tianna Mays, legal director at DDA breaks down this strategy to rig the 2026 midterms @contrariannews.org 👇 contrarian.substack.com/p/the-gop-is...
The Comey case isn’t falling apart by accident
It’s collapsing because Trump replaced independent prosecutors with loyalists who ignored basic legal rules
Our Deputy Legal Director Andrew Warren breaks down how Halligan’s missteps expose a purely political prosecution @msnowreports.bsky.social 👇
It’s collapsing because Trump replaced independent prosecutors with loyalists who ignored basic legal rules
Our Deputy Legal Director Andrew Warren breaks down how Halligan’s missteps expose a purely political prosecution @msnowreports.bsky.social 👇
Lindsey Halligan is destroying her own case against James Comey
DOJ prosecutors made a stunning admission on Wednesday that could sink the government’s case against the former FBI director.
www.ms.now
November 20, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The Comey case isn’t falling apart by accident
It’s collapsing because Trump replaced independent prosecutors with loyalists who ignored basic legal rules
Our Deputy Legal Director Andrew Warren breaks down how Halligan’s missteps expose a purely political prosecution @msnowreports.bsky.social 👇
It’s collapsing because Trump replaced independent prosecutors with loyalists who ignored basic legal rules
Our Deputy Legal Director Andrew Warren breaks down how Halligan’s missteps expose a purely political prosecution @msnowreports.bsky.social 👇
Trump’s crypto empire is swimming in the same waters as scammers, hackers, and other illicit actors—and he’s weakening enforcement as money pours in
The Trump-Binance partnership is bad judgment and corruption
America deserves better
Read @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/t...
The Trump-Binance partnership is bad judgment and corruption
America deserves better
Read @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/t...
The Crypto Industry’s $28 Billion in ‘Dirty Money’
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Trump’s crypto empire is swimming in the same waters as scammers, hackers, and other illicit actors—and he’s weakening enforcement as money pours in
The Trump-Binance partnership is bad judgment and corruption
America deserves better
Read @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/t...
The Trump-Binance partnership is bad judgment and corruption
America deserves better
Read @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/t...
...or, hear us out, Trump's DOJ could just release the Epstein files
Trump now says House Republicans should vote to release the Epstein files “because we have nothing to hide”
November 17, 2025 at 2:48 PM
...or, hear us out, Trump's DOJ could just release the Epstein files
Turning the justice system into a weapon against your opponents & rewriting the rules to protect your allies is a five-alarm fire for American democracy
The WH is prosecuting public servants like Comey & James—while hiding the Trump-Epstein files & covering up a $50K bribe to Homan
The American people aren’t stupid
They see the corruption
That’s why they strongly disapprove
Read👇 - TN www.democracydefendersfund.org/prs/9.26.25-pr
The American people aren’t stupid
They see the corruption
That’s why they strongly disapprove
Read👇 - TN www.democracydefendersfund.org/prs/9.26.25-pr
November 13, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Turning the justice system into a weapon against your opponents & rewriting the rules to protect your allies is a five-alarm fire for American democracy
Loudly punishing the hungry, quietly rewarding the wealthy
As courts and states fight to deliver SNAP benefits, the administration is still trying to freeze them, putting politics & power over people
Meanwhile, they waste no time carving out new tax cuts for the rich
Read HERE:
As courts and states fight to deliver SNAP benefits, the administration is still trying to freeze them, putting politics & power over people
Meanwhile, they waste no time carving out new tax cuts for the rich
Read HERE:
The Trump administration drags its feet on SNAP benefits after court ruling
Thanks to the president, SNAP may be entering a period of chaos.
www.msnbc.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Loudly punishing the hungry, quietly rewarding the wealthy
As courts and states fight to deliver SNAP benefits, the administration is still trying to freeze them, putting politics & power over people
Meanwhile, they waste no time carving out new tax cuts for the rich
Read HERE:
As courts and states fight to deliver SNAP benefits, the administration is still trying to freeze them, putting politics & power over people
Meanwhile, they waste no time carving out new tax cuts for the rich
Read HERE:
While House GOP have been on a 6-week paid vacation, 1.3M fed workers go unpaid & the admin is defying a court order to provide SNAP benefits to 42M Americans
GOP leaders are manufacturing suffering for political gain
Americans deserve leaders who show up for work and stand up for the people
GOP leaders are manufacturing suffering for political gain
Americans deserve leaders who show up for work and stand up for the people
Judge Orders Trump Administration to Fully Fund Food Stamps This Month
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:04 PM
While House GOP have been on a 6-week paid vacation, 1.3M fed workers go unpaid & the admin is defying a court order to provide SNAP benefits to 42M Americans
GOP leaders are manufacturing suffering for political gain
Americans deserve leaders who show up for work and stand up for the people
GOP leaders are manufacturing suffering for political gain
Americans deserve leaders who show up for work and stand up for the people
The CFPB was built to protect Americans from financial abuse
Under Trump, it’s being gutted to reward billionaire donors like Marc Andreessen who bankroll deregulation for their own gain
That’s legal corruption at the highest level 👇 www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Under Trump, it’s being gutted to reward billionaire donors like Marc Andreessen who bankroll deregulation for their own gain
That’s legal corruption at the highest level 👇 www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Tech Billionaire Marc Andreessen Bet Big on Trump. It’s Paying Off for Silicon Valley.
The Trump administration’s gutting of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been good for venture capitalists like Andreessen, who previously accused the agency of “terrorizing” fintech startup...
www.propublica.org
November 6, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The CFPB was built to protect Americans from financial abuse
Under Trump, it’s being gutted to reward billionaire donors like Marc Andreessen who bankroll deregulation for their own gain
That’s legal corruption at the highest level 👇 www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Under Trump, it’s being gutted to reward billionaire donors like Marc Andreessen who bankroll deregulation for their own gain
That’s legal corruption at the highest level 👇 www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Following is a statement from Tianna Mays, legal director of Democracy Defenders Action, & Susan Corke, executive director of Democracy Defenders Action, regarding ongoing GOP efforts to engineer the 2026 election outcome:
November 5, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Following is a statement from Tianna Mays, legal director of Democracy Defenders Action, & Susan Corke, executive director of Democracy Defenders Action, regarding ongoing GOP efforts to engineer the 2026 election outcome:
You can’t let authoritarians rewrite history. 👇
Terry Moran (@terrymoranjournalist) on Threads
After watching Trump’s 60 Minutes interview, Terry Moran had one thought: You can’t let him rewrite history. Truth isn’t partisan — it’s the battleground. #TerryMoran #Trump #Democracy #Truth #Politic...
www.threads.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:06 PM
You can’t let authoritarians rewrite history. 👇
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"When authoritarian leaders destroy the symbols of democracy, they are preparing to destroy its substance. Their goal is to raise doubts about who this country belongs to, and make us believe that it doesn’t belong to us."
Authoritarians don’t get the last word
That's why we are fighting back on every front.
contrarian.substack.com
October 30, 2025 at 8:20 PM
"When authoritarian leaders destroy the symbols of democracy, they are preparing to destroy its substance. Their goal is to raise doubts about who this country belongs to, and make us believe that it doesn’t belong to us."
The bulldozed East Wing of the White House is an all-too-obvious metaphor.
Read our Executive Director Susan Corke’s piece in @contrariannews.org on how how we can resist authoritarianism through truth, justice, and civic action.
contrarian.substack.com/p/authoritar...
Read our Executive Director Susan Corke’s piece in @contrariannews.org on how how we can resist authoritarianism through truth, justice, and civic action.
contrarian.substack.com/p/authoritar...
Authoritarians don’t get the last word
That's why we are fighting back on every front.
contrarian.substack.com
October 30, 2025 at 8:39 PM
The bulldozed East Wing of the White House is an all-too-obvious metaphor.
Read our Executive Director Susan Corke’s piece in @contrariannews.org on how how we can resist authoritarianism through truth, justice, and civic action.
contrarian.substack.com/p/authoritar...
Read our Executive Director Susan Corke’s piece in @contrariannews.org on how how we can resist authoritarianism through truth, justice, and civic action.
contrarian.substack.com/p/authoritar...
Just as the Trump White House trampled democratic norms, it bulldozed the East Wing of the people’s house and ditched the board charged with federal design oversight.
The people’s house is literally and figuratively being remade without regard for the people.
The people’s house is literally and figuratively being remade without regard for the people.
October 29, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Just as the Trump White House trampled democratic norms, it bulldozed the East Wing of the people’s house and ditched the board charged with federal design oversight.
The people’s house is literally and figuratively being remade without regard for the people.
The people’s house is literally and figuratively being remade without regard for the people.
More than $800 million has flowed into the family’s crypto empire. The buyers aren’t after tokens, they’re buying access
Read HERE: www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Read HERE: www.reuters.com/investigatio...
October 29, 2025 at 4:24 PM
More than $800 million has flowed into the family’s crypto empire. The buyers aren’t after tokens, they’re buying access
Read HERE: www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Read HERE: www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Attacking rights. Spreading hate. Profiting from fear.
Authoritarianism wins only if we stay quiet. They think we’ll stay silent. They’re wrong.
We’re standing up for democracy, our communities, and each other.
Watch our new video w/ @publiccitizen.bsky.social:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrDW...
Authoritarianism wins only if we stay quiet. They think we’ll stay silent. They’re wrong.
We’re standing up for democracy, our communities, and each other.
Watch our new video w/ @publiccitizen.bsky.social:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrDW...
The Last Word
YouTube video by Democracy Defenders Action
www.youtube.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Attacking rights. Spreading hate. Profiting from fear.
Authoritarianism wins only if we stay quiet. They think we’ll stay silent. They’re wrong.
We’re standing up for democracy, our communities, and each other.
Watch our new video w/ @publiccitizen.bsky.social:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrDW...
Authoritarianism wins only if we stay quiet. They think we’ll stay silent. They’re wrong.
We’re standing up for democracy, our communities, and each other.
Watch our new video w/ @publiccitizen.bsky.social:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrDW...