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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 9h

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Kathy Lynn, Fine Artist 📎 @kathjohnsonart.bsky.social · 9h

#ElectionIntegrity🗳️🗽⚖️💪 #TruthJusticeMatters⚖️🔥 #ImpeachExpelIndicttrump #RestoreDemocracy⚖️🗽🔥

Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

Last night, my team filed a motion to defend voters in California.

DOJ sued 8 states. My firm has filed to protect voters in all 8 states.

We will never back down from the fight to protect free and fair elections.

Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 8d

DOJ has sued 8 states for refusing to turn over their full, unreacted voter files.

My team has now filed motions to defend voters in 7 of those cases in ME, MI, MN, NH, NY, OR and PA.

I suggest that DOJ monitor the docket in the remaining one in CA.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

Today I wrote about why my law firm is currently litigating 63 voting and election cases in 30 states. While the legacy media focuses on other things, Trump has launched a wholesale attack on free and fair elections.

I started Democracy Docket to keep you informed. Subscribe now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

At U.S. Supreme Court oral arguments Wednesday, the justices signaled they’re wary of making it significantly easier to challenge election laws, as a Republican member of Congress and his allies are urging them to do. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

SCOTUS Sounds Skeptical of Right-Wing Push for Flood of Election Law Challenges

www.democracydocket.com

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

My latest: The fight for democracy is the defining battle of our generation. Within that struggle, protecting free and fair elections must be our top priority. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/why-...

Why My Law Firm is Litigating 63 Voting Rights Cases

Read here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Kathy Lynn, Fine Artist 📎 @kathjohnsonart.bsky.social · 9h

#ElectionIntegrity⚖️🗽💪🔥 #TruthJusticeMatters⚖️🔥 #ImpeachExpelIndicttrump #RestoreDemocracy⚖️🗽🔥

Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

🚨BREAKING: A right-wing group with a long track record of pushing for voter roll purges, is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reinterpret a federal law designed to expand voting access as a mandate for aggressive voter removals. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Right-Wing Group Asks SCOTUS to Turn Pro-Voting Law Into Tool for Voter Purges

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

With fewer than 60 lawyers, we are currently litigating 63 voting and election cases in 30 states — a number that will almost certainly rise in the weeks to come. The only thing that could cause it to fall anytime soon would be court closures resulting from the Republican-caused government shutdown.

Why My Law Firm is Litigating 63 Voting Rights Cases

Read here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Kathy Lynn, Fine Artist 📎 @kathjohnsonart.bsky.social · 9h

#ElectionIntegrity⚖️🗽🔥💪 #TruthJusticeMatters⚖️🔥 #ImpeachExpelIndicttrump #RestoreDemocracy⚖️🗽🔥

Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

No one is covering the GOP's scheme to rig congressional maps for 2026 as closely as Democracy Docket. It is providing gavel to gavel coverage of the ongoing hearing over whether the Texas gerrymander will be in place for the midterms.

Support its work by subscribing now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

Kathy Lynn, Fine Artist 📎 @kathjohnsonart.bsky.social · 9h

#ElectionIntegrity⚖️🗽🔥💪 #TruthJusticeMatters⚖️🔥 #ImpeachExpelIndicttrump #RestoreDemocracy⚖️🗽🔥

Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

🚨BREAKING: The Republican Party’s top mapmaker testified in federal court Wednesday that while he’s been instructed in the past to preserve minority congressional districts protected by the Voting Rights Act, he received no such direction when drawing Texas’ new gerrymander this summer.

Top GOP Mapmaker Describes a Texas Gerrymander Ordered Up By Washington

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

Kathy Lynn, Fine Artist 📎 @kathjohnsonart.bsky.social · 9h

#TruthJusticeMatters⚖️🔥 #ImpeachExpelIndicttrump #RestoreDemocracy⚖️🗽🔥

Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 22h

Washington Post vs Democracy Docket.

Support independent, pro-democracy media by subscribing to Democracy Docket today. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

Kathy Lynn, Fine Artist 📎 @kathjohnsonart.bsky.social · 9h

#ElectionIntegrity🗳️💙⚖️🗽 #TruthJusticeMatters⚖️🔥 #ImpeachExpelIndicttrump #RestoreDemocracy⚖️🗽🔥

Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 21h

I don’t usually write about my law firm, but I’m going to make an exception. With fewer than 60 lawyers, we are currently litigating 63 voting and election cases in 30 states — a number that will almost certainly rise in the weeks to come. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/why-...

Why My Law Firm is Litigating 63 Voting Rights Cases

Read here.

www.democracydocket.com

Kathy Lynn, Fine Artist 📎 @kathjohnsonart.bsky.social · 9h

#ElectionIntegrity🗳️💙⚖️🗽 #TruthJusticeMatters⚖️🔥 #ImpeachExpelIndicttrump #RestoreDemocracy⚖️🗽🔥

Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 17h

Next month, voters will head to the polls for a contest that could have huge implications for the future of fair elections in the Keystone State — which means for the next presidential election, too. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/why...

Why Anti-Voting Activists Are Using the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Election to Spread Disinformation

Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.

www.democracydocket.com

Kathy Lynn, Fine Artist 📎 @kathjohnsonart.bsky.social · 9h

#TruthJusticeMatters⚖️🔥 #ImpeachExpelIndicttrump #RestoreDemocracy⚖️🗽🔥

Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 13h

🚨BREAKING: A federal grand jury indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) on one count of fraud Thursday, ABC News reports. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

In Latest Political Prosecution, Trump’s DOJ Indicts New York AG Letitia James

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

Kathy Lynn, Fine Artist 📎 @kathjohnsonart.bsky.social · 9h

#TruthJusticeMatters⚖️🔥 #ImpeachExpelIndicttrump #RestoreDemocracy⚖️🗽🔥

Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 12h

🚨BREAKING: A federal judge Thursday froze President Donald Trump’s attempt to deploy hundreds of National Guard troops in and around Chicago, saying the president lacked the authority to do so. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Federal Judge Halts Trump’s Chicago Military Deployment

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

Kathy Lynn, Fine Artist 📎 @kathjohnsonart.bsky.social · 9h

#TruthJusticeMatter⚖️🗽🔥

Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 10h

Washington Post vs Democracy Docket.

If you value independent, pro-democracy media over the false neutrality of legacy outlets, support Democracy Docket by subscribing today. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

Kathy Lynn, Fine Artist 📎 @kathjohnsonart.bsky.social · 11h

Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 12h

🚨BREAKING: A federal judge Thursday froze President Donald Trump’s attempt to deploy hundreds of National Guard troops in and around Chicago, saying the president lacked the authority to do so. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Federal Judge Halts Trump’s Chicago Military Deployment

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Race Bannon @racebannon.bsky.social · 1d

7,000 people marched today against ICE in Chicago with only 48 hours notice. We can mobilize quickly if we need to.

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Kathy Lynn, Fine Artist 📎 @kathjohnsonart.bsky.social · 11h

#StrongerTogether⚖️🗽💪

Race Bannon @racebannon.bsky.social · 1d

7,000 people marched today against ICE in Chicago with only 48 hours notice. We can mobilize quickly if we need to.

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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 11h

Republican and Democratic senators are trading ideas on healthcare funding to forge a path out of the government shutdown.

Senators Try to Craft Exit Ramp for Shutdown as Tensions Rise

One lawmaker floats the idea of temporarily extending enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies with income caps to break the deadlock.

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Kathy Lynn, Fine Artist 📎 @kathjohnsonart.bsky.social · 12h

#ProsecuteICETerrorists☠️ #TruthJusticeMatter⚖️🗽🔥 #RestoreDemocracy⚖️🗽💪 #ImpeachExpelIndicttrump

Lady Jane 🦋🦄🦩🌷🍸 @letsgohawksgpg.bsky.social · 12h

Trump administration goes to court to defend Chicago and National Guard deployment efforts www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

Judge temporarily blocks Trump administration from sending National Guard troops to Chicago

The legal challenges took place at the same time in courtrooms about 2,000 miles apart.

www.nbcnews.com

Kathy Lynn, Fine Artist 📎 @kathjohnsonart.bsky.social · 12h

#TruthJusticeMatter⚖️🗽🔥 #RestoreDemocracy⚖️🗽💪 #ImpeachExpelIndicttrump

Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 14h

Indicting your political enemies because they’re your enemies, not because they’ve committed crimes, is unAmerican.

Kathy Lynn, Fine Artist 📎 @kathjohnsonart.bsky.social · 12h

#TruthJusticeMatter⚖️🗽🔥 #RestoreDemocracy⚖️🗽💪 #ImpeachExpelIndicttrump

Hakeem Jeffries @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social · 12h

The malicious prosecution of Attorney General Tish James is baseless.

And the indictment is not worth the paper it is written on.

Kathy Lynn, Fine Artist 📎 @kathjohnsonart.bsky.social · 12h

#ProsecuteICETerrorists☠️ #RestoreDemocracy⚖️🗽🔥 #ImpeachExpelIndicttrump

Kris S @mplsme.bsky.social · 12h

Trump has drug the US into the sewer. We're now the dregs of the world.

Kathy Lynn, Fine Artist 📎 @kathjohnsonart.bsky.social · 12h

#ProsecuteICETerrorists☠️ #RestoreDemocracy⚖️🗽🔥

Ryan Haas @ryanjhaas.bsky.social · 1d

Among the endless fire hose of news, there was an interesting nugget buried in Mayor Keith Wilson's statement today.

The city of Portland is considering taking over the lease of the ICE facility and the city said it has no intention of being ICE's landlord.

Portland weighs taking over lease at ICE facility

The ramifications of the city taking over the federal facility lease were not immediately clear Wednesday.

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Kathy Lynn, Fine Artist 📎 @kathjohnsonart.bsky.social · 12h

#ImpeachExpelIndicttrump

Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 14h

People compare the United States' fascism today to Germany's fascism in the 1930s, but it's actually far more shameless and stupid.