Madeleine
@madandart.bsky.social
Politically engaged GA Dem, concerned about our fragile democracy, 🇺🇦, artist, world traveler, retired educator, northeast transplant living in a red state. Citizen United and Gerrymandering are destroying democracy. #VotingRights #Indivisible No Crypto
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Hey all, on the big Supreme Court decision in Trump v Illinois, we've done a Substack live with
@leahlitman.bsky.social
harrylitman.substack.com/p/an-early-c...
and I did a long 1-on-1 on Youtube on the huge news of the Supreme Court opinion in Trump v Illinois.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1qQ...
@leahlitman.bsky.social
harrylitman.substack.com/p/an-early-c...
and I did a long 1-on-1 on Youtube on the huge news of the Supreme Court opinion in Trump v Illinois.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1qQ...
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December 23, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Hey all, on the big Supreme Court decision in Trump v Illinois, we've done a Substack live with
@leahlitman.bsky.social
harrylitman.substack.com/p/an-early-c...
and I did a long 1-on-1 on Youtube on the huge news of the Supreme Court opinion in Trump v Illinois.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1qQ...
@leahlitman.bsky.social
harrylitman.substack.com/p/an-early-c...
and I did a long 1-on-1 on Youtube on the huge news of the Supreme Court opinion in Trump v Illinois.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1qQ...
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I cannot emphasize how serious an assault on democracy this is. Any effort by the Trump administration to engage in false claims of fraud or mass voter suppression relies on this as a building block. As importantly, there is no legitimate reason DOJ would want this information.
🚨BREAKING: The Department of Justice (DOJ) sued Georgia, Illinois, Wisconsin and Washington, D.C. Thursday for unfettered access to the states’ voter registration records. The federal government has now filed lawsuits against 21 states, plus D.C.
This is a developing story...
This is a developing story...
DOJ Sues Georgia, Illinois, Wisconsin and DC, Expanding Campaign of Voter Data Lawsuits to 22
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:54 PM
I cannot emphasize how serious an assault on democracy this is. Any effort by the Trump administration to engage in false claims of fraud or mass voter suppression relies on this as a building block. As importantly, there is no legitimate reason DOJ would want this information.
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Pay attention.
I keep saying this but no one is connecting the dots. The war is to satisfy legal preconditions for mass removal *domestically* of Latinos (i.e., suddenly a lot of people are going to be “Venezuelan” for purposes of removal). This is 100% Stephen Miller…oil claim is to make grandpa go along
There is no national security logic that would impel the US to want to do regime change in Venezuela. It's simply not that important. I'm not even sure wag the dog is the right metaphor for what's happening here. Seems like an insane misallocation of US national security assets and attention.
December 17, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Pay attention.
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This is the most important political, legal and democracy story right now. Yet, it has garnered relatively little coverage from legacy media outlets. The outcome in these cases may decide whether we have free and fair elections in 2026. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/as-...
As DOJ Sues More States For Voter Rolls, Federal ‘Power Grab’ Comes into Focus
Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.
www.democracydocket.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:19 AM
This is the most important political, legal and democracy story right now. Yet, it has garnered relatively little coverage from legacy media outlets. The outcome in these cases may decide whether we have free and fair elections in 2026. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/as-...
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The Russian army is exhausted too. Russia is taking far higher casualties than Ukraine, and after 3.5 years has barely moved the front line. The idea that Russia is “winning” is simply not supported by the evidence. As I told DW News.
November 28, 2025 at 12:30 AM
The Russian army is exhausted too. Russia is taking far higher casualties than Ukraine, and after 3.5 years has barely moved the front line. The idea that Russia is “winning” is simply not supported by the evidence. As I told DW News.
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A reminder: Trump 1.0 ordered the Afghanistan withdrawal, and Trump 2.0 granted the shooter asylum this past April. Trump 2.0 also dismantled the joint terrorism task force, and gutted our national security apparatus.
CIA statement about the Afghan man identified as the gunman who shot two National Guardsmen in Washington
November 27, 2025 at 6:59 PM
A reminder: Trump 1.0 ordered the Afghanistan withdrawal, and Trump 2.0 granted the shooter asylum this past April. Trump 2.0 also dismantled the joint terrorism task force, and gutted our national security apparatus.
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Three things about the Witkoff tapes:
1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.
2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.
3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.
2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.
3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
Witkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump
US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukraine — and that Vladimir Putin should raise it with Donald Trump.
bloom.bg
November 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Three things about the Witkoff tapes:
1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.
2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.
3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.
2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.
3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
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A must read from @anandwrites.bsky.social. This line —
“The clubby deal-making and moral racketeering of the Epstein class is now the United States’ governing philosophy” — is spot on. How the Elite Behave When No One Is Watching: Inside the Epstein Emails www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
“The clubby deal-making and moral racketeering of the Epstein class is now the United States’ governing philosophy” — is spot on. How the Elite Behave When No One Is Watching: Inside the Epstein Emails www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
Opinion | How the Elite Behave When No One Is Watching: Inside the Epstein Emails
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:43 AM
A must read from @anandwrites.bsky.social. This line —
“The clubby deal-making and moral racketeering of the Epstein class is now the United States’ governing philosophy” — is spot on. How the Elite Behave When No One Is Watching: Inside the Epstein Emails www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
“The clubby deal-making and moral racketeering of the Epstein class is now the United States’ governing philosophy” — is spot on. How the Elite Behave When No One Is Watching: Inside the Epstein Emails www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
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Hey folks:
For those who missed it, here's a link to this morning's "What the Heck Just Happened? With Heather and Joanne"
AND NO I DIDN'T GO FOR A RUN
www.youtube.com/watch?v=etZz...
For those who missed it, here's a link to this morning's "What the Heck Just Happened? With Heather and Joanne"
AND NO I DIDN'T GO FOR A RUN
www.youtube.com/watch?v=etZz...
What the Heck Just Happened? With Heather and Joanne
YouTube video by Dr. Joanne Freeman
www.youtube.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Hey folks:
For those who missed it, here's a link to this morning's "What the Heck Just Happened? With Heather and Joanne"
AND NO I DIDN'T GO FOR A RUN
www.youtube.com/watch?v=etZz...
For those who missed it, here's a link to this morning's "What the Heck Just Happened? With Heather and Joanne"
AND NO I DIDN'T GO FOR A RUN
www.youtube.com/watch?v=etZz...
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Jeffrey Epstein survivors released a new video urging Congress to vote to release the Epstein files
November 17, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Jeffrey Epstein survivors released a new video urging Congress to vote to release the Epstein files
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Spread this as widely as you can and urge everybody you know to do the same
Jeffrey Epstein survivors released a new video urging Congress to vote to release the Epstein files
November 17, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Spread this as widely as you can and urge everybody you know to do the same
open.substack.com/pub/gelliott...
Excellent analysis based on data and not spin!
Excellent analysis based on data and not spin!
One way the shutdown deal might actually help Democrats
A plurality of voters approve of the deal to end the government shutdown. Democrats have an opportunity to claim they saved SNAP & other government programs, which could help repair the party's image
open.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:55 PM
open.substack.com/pub/gelliott...
Excellent analysis based on data and not spin!
Excellent analysis based on data and not spin!
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📽️VIDEO: Trump has tried to keep the Epstein Files hidden — but could his fear of their release be far more influential than we realize? I explain what the released emails reveal and how the shutdown may have been a tool for Trump all along. youtu.be/iVJ21BDzJJs?...
Did Trump's Epstein Fears Trigger HISTORIC Shutdown?
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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November 16, 2025 at 1:32 AM
📽️VIDEO: Trump has tried to keep the Epstein Files hidden — but could his fear of their release be far more influential than we realize? I explain what the released emails reveal and how the shutdown may have been a tool for Trump all along. youtu.be/iVJ21BDzJJs?...
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A Quick Take on Team Cave’s Big Win talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-qui...
A Quick Take on Team Cave’s Big Win
I have what I suspect is a somewhat counterintuitive take on the...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:51 AM
A Quick Take on Team Cave’s Big Win talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-qui...
Clueless tone deaf leaders who can’t seem to read the room!
Tuesday’s elections were NOT about the Democratic Party.
They were about candidates focusing on the wants and needs of their constituents; about new leaders prepared to fight; about representation in every sense of the word.
Party leaders haven’t absorbed this yet.
They were about candidates focusing on the wants and needs of their constituents; about new leaders prepared to fight; about representation in every sense of the word.
Party leaders haven’t absorbed this yet.
November 10, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Clueless tone deaf leaders who can’t seem to read the room!
Cortez Masto recently elected WTF
Durbin retiring WTF
Fetterman lost cause
Hassan up for reelection in 2028
Kaine clueless and tone deaf after VA landslide
King retiring WTF
Rosen just elected WTF
Shaheen retiring WTF
I have a bridge to sell all of them! Clearly they didn’t get the Tuesday memo!
Durbin retiring WTF
Fetterman lost cause
Hassan up for reelection in 2028
Kaine clueless and tone deaf after VA landslide
King retiring WTF
Rosen just elected WTF
Shaheen retiring WTF
I have a bridge to sell all of them! Clearly they didn’t get the Tuesday memo!
The fact these 8 went above Schumer means this Dem leader has no leadership any more.
EIGHT Senate Democrats have voted to advance the funding measure so far after the deal was reached:
Cortez Masto
Durbin
Fetterman
Hassan
Kaine
King
Rosen
Shaheen
If the existing 52 Republicans hold, that's 60 — enough to advance this agreement. Final vote still to come.
Cortez Masto
Durbin
Fetterman
Hassan
Kaine
King
Rosen
Shaheen
If the existing 52 Republicans hold, that's 60 — enough to advance this agreement. Final vote still to come.
November 10, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Cortez Masto recently elected WTF
Durbin retiring WTF
Fetterman lost cause
Hassan up for reelection in 2028
Kaine clueless and tone deaf after VA landslide
King retiring WTF
Rosen just elected WTF
Shaheen retiring WTF
I have a bridge to sell all of them! Clearly they didn’t get the Tuesday memo!
Durbin retiring WTF
Fetterman lost cause
Hassan up for reelection in 2028
Kaine clueless and tone deaf after VA landslide
King retiring WTF
Rosen just elected WTF
Shaheen retiring WTF
I have a bridge to sell all of them! Clearly they didn’t get the Tuesday memo!
Nancy Pelosi wouldn’t have allowed that!
The fact these 8 went above Schumer means this Dem leader has no leadership any more.
EIGHT Senate Democrats have voted to advance the funding measure so far after the deal was reached:
Cortez Masto
Durbin
Fetterman
Hassan
Kaine
King
Rosen
Shaheen
If the existing 52 Republicans hold, that's 60 — enough to advance this agreement. Final vote still to come.
Cortez Masto
Durbin
Fetterman
Hassan
Kaine
King
Rosen
Shaheen
If the existing 52 Republicans hold, that's 60 — enough to advance this agreement. Final vote still to come.
November 10, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Nancy Pelosi wouldn’t have allowed that!
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Just a reminder.
Q: Will you assure House Democrats they'll get a vote on ACA subsidies by a date certain?
MIKE JOHNSON: Ah -- no. I'm not promising anyone anything.
MIKE JOHNSON: Ah -- no. I'm not promising anyone anything.
November 10, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Just a reminder.
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Never forget who sold us out:
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
November 10, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Never forget who sold us out:
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen