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January 18, 2026 at 3:26 AM
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NEW: Recently, Trump said “we shouldn’t even have an election.” While his popularity is declining and his age is becoming more apparent, this rhetoric is not just a poor joke to brush off. It’s a wake-up call to focus on a looming threat to free and fair elections, @marcelias.bsky.social writes.
Trump’s call to cancel elections must be a wake-up call
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
January 16, 2026 at 10:44 PM
NEW: Recently, Trump said “we shouldn’t even have an election.” While his popularity is declining and his age is becoming more apparent, this rhetoric is not just a poor joke to brush off. It’s a wake-up call to focus on a looming threat to free and fair elections, @marcelias.bsky.social writes.
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While ranting about the fact that the party of a sitting president often loses midterm elections, Trump said “we shouldn’t even have an election” — a remark that suggests the president views elections as an obstacle rather than a constitutional requirement.
Trump: ‘We shouldn’t even have an election’
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
January 17, 2026 at 2:00 AM
While ranting about the fact that the party of a sitting president often loses midterm elections, Trump said “we shouldn’t even have an election” — a remark that suggests the president views elections as an obstacle rather than a constitutional requirement.
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🚨BREAKING: In a 21-18 vote, the Virginia Senate passes a Democratic-led constitutional amendment that would allow lawmakers to redraw the state’s congressional map to counter GOP gerrymanders. The measure now heads to voters in a statewide referendum.
Virginia advances redistricting plan to counter GOP gerrymanders, as Senate sends measure to voters
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
January 16, 2026 at 6:15 PM
🚨BREAKING: In a 21-18 vote, the Virginia Senate passes a Democratic-led constitutional amendment that would allow lawmakers to redraw the state’s congressional map to counter GOP gerrymanders. The measure now heads to voters in a statewide referendum.
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NEW: A day after an ICE agent fatally shot a Minneapolis woman, JD Vance announced the creation of a new assistant attorney general position reporting directly to the White House — news that signals independent federal law enforcement may soon be a thing of the past.
After Minneapolis, Trump ushers in death of independent federal law enforcement
Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.
www.democracydocket.com
January 16, 2026 at 10:14 PM
NEW: A day after an ICE agent fatally shot a Minneapolis woman, JD Vance announced the creation of a new assistant attorney general position reporting directly to the White House — news that signals independent federal law enforcement may soon be a thing of the past.
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President Trump quietly issued clemency grants this week, including to a California woman he had pardoned once before and a man whose daughter had donated millions to a Trump super PAC.
Trump Sets Fraudster Free From Prison for a Second Time
The president issued a raft of clemency grants this week, including pardoning a woman he had given relief to once before and a man whose daughter had donated millions to a Trump super PAC.
nyti.ms
January 16, 2026 at 7:30 PM
President Trump quietly issued clemency grants this week, including to a California woman he had pardoned once before and a man whose daughter had donated millions to a Trump super PAC.
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President Trump bought more than $1 million worth of corporate bonds from Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery only weeks after the media giants announced a $83 billion merger deal that could reshape Hollywood.
Trump bought $1M in Netflix, Warner Bros. bonds after merger announcement
The president bought the bonds days after saying he’d be “involved” in deciding whether to approve the $83 billion deal.’
www.washingtonpost.com
January 17, 2026 at 1:30 AM
President Trump bought more than $1 million worth of corporate bonds from Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery only weeks after the media giants announced a $83 billion merger deal that could reshape Hollywood.
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Breaking news: The leaders of the University of Virginia’s board resigned Friday after Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger (D) asked them and at least three other appointees of her Republican predecessor to step down.
U-Va. board leaders resign as Spanberger and Democrats take power
The dismissals are another sign that Virginia Democrats plan to quickly unwind changes made at public colleges during Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration.
wapo.st
January 17, 2026 at 12:59 AM
Breaking news: The leaders of the University of Virginia’s board resigned Friday after Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger (D) asked them and at least three other appointees of her Republican predecessor to step down.
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Women are not okay. We’re furious.
Of misogyny, Musk, and men
Women are not okay. We're furious.
www.motherjones.com
January 16, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Women are not okay. We’re furious.
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Judge limits ICE’s crowd control tactics following Minneapolis shooting
Judge limits ICE’s crowd control tactics following Minneapolis shooting
The judge’s order prevents federal agents from arresting peaceful protesters.
dlvr.it
January 17, 2026 at 1:55 AM
Judge limits ICE’s crowd control tactics following Minneapolis shooting
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The EPA is taking a major step toward changing its math to favor polluters over people: It’s going to stop tallying up the dollar value of lives saved and hospital visits avoided by air pollution regulations.
In the eyes of Trump’s EPA, human health is now literally worthless
How the agency’s new math favors polluters over people.
www.motherjones.com
January 16, 2026 at 8:30 PM
The EPA is taking a major step toward changing its math to favor polluters over people: It’s going to stop tallying up the dollar value of lives saved and hospital visits avoided by air pollution regulations.
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NEW: The USDA has terminated its annual Food Insecurity Survey, making it impossible to know just how devastating an impact Trump’s backdoor SNAP cuts.
Trump's USDA is hiding the data on food stamp cuts
The agency's Food Insecurity Survey was pointless "liberal fodder," a spokesperson said.
www.motherjones.com
January 16, 2026 at 10:32 PM
NEW: The USDA has terminated its annual Food Insecurity Survey, making it impossible to know just how devastating an impact Trump’s backdoor SNAP cuts.
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How blue states can use their economic clout to stand up to Trump’s agenda—starting with California.
It’s time for soft secession
How blue states can use their economic clout to stand up to Trump’s agenda—starting with California.
www.motherjones.com
January 16, 2026 at 9:40 PM
How blue states can use their economic clout to stand up to Trump’s agenda—starting with California.
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Given the intense public interest in the Epstein case, there ought to be no need to go to court to obtain this information about Ghislaine Maxwell.
But with Trump’s DOJ brazenly violating the Epstein Files Transparency Act, it’s no shocker that the Bureau of Prisons has not been forthcoming.
But with Trump’s DOJ brazenly violating the Epstein Files Transparency Act, it’s no shocker that the Bureau of Prisons has not been forthcoming.
Mother Jones sues the Bureau of Prisons for Ghislaine Maxwell records
Why was Jeffrey Epstein's procurer transferred to a cushy prison?
www.motherjones.com
January 17, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Given the intense public interest in the Epstein case, there ought to be no need to go to court to obtain this information about Ghislaine Maxwell.
But with Trump’s DOJ brazenly violating the Epstein Files Transparency Act, it’s no shocker that the Bureau of Prisons has not been forthcoming.
But with Trump’s DOJ brazenly violating the Epstein Files Transparency Act, it’s no shocker that the Bureau of Prisons has not been forthcoming.
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BREAKING: The Virginia Senate passes a constitutional amendment to automatically restore voting rights to people with felony convictions.
The measure now heads to voters. If approved, thousands of Virginians — particularly Black residents — would no longer be shut out of the democratic process.
The measure now heads to voters. If approved, thousands of Virginians — particularly Black residents — would no longer be shut out of the democratic process.
Virginia takes key step to end ‘overt and intended effort to block Black people from voting’
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
January 16, 2026 at 7:29 PM
BREAKING: The Virginia Senate passes a constitutional amendment to automatically restore voting rights to people with felony convictions.
The measure now heads to voters. If approved, thousands of Virginians — particularly Black residents — would no longer be shut out of the democratic process.
The measure now heads to voters. If approved, thousands of Virginians — particularly Black residents — would no longer be shut out of the democratic process.
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SCOOP: A new ethics report shows Republicans spent $2.9 million — nearly all of which went to a Trump Jr.-endorsed political campaign company — to stop Missourians from gathering enough signatures to block the GOP's new congressional gerrymander.
GOP spent $2.9 million to stop Missourians from voting on gerrymander
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
January 16, 2026 at 9:08 PM
SCOOP: A new ethics report shows Republicans spent $2.9 million — nearly all of which went to a Trump Jr.-endorsed political campaign company — to stop Missourians from gathering enough signatures to block the GOP's new congressional gerrymander.
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Federal agents working in Operation Metro Surge in Minnesota are not allowed to arrest peaceful protesters or stop people in their cars without cause, among other items, a US district judge ruled in a preliminary injunction today. https://cnn.it/3NpkzaI
January 17, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Federal agents working in Operation Metro Surge in Minnesota are not allowed to arrest peaceful protesters or stop people in their cars without cause, among other items, a US district judge ruled in a preliminary injunction today. https://cnn.it/3NpkzaI
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A mother in Minneapolis rushed to perform CPR on her 6-month-old baby after federal immigration agents deployed a chemical agent near her car, leading all six of her children to be taken to the hospital.
This isn’t the first time kids have been on the receiving end of ICE's chemical weapons.
This isn’t the first time kids have been on the receiving end of ICE's chemical weapons.
ICE's tear gas sent a 6-month old to the hospital, the latest in an alarming pattern
Federal agents' use of chemical weapons has hurt children at immigration raids, while walking down their block, and in their schools.
www.motherjones.com
January 16, 2026 at 8:10 PM
A mother in Minneapolis rushed to perform CPR on her 6-month-old baby after federal immigration agents deployed a chemical agent near her car, leading all six of her children to be taken to the hospital.
This isn’t the first time kids have been on the receiving end of ICE's chemical weapons.
This isn’t the first time kids have been on the receiving end of ICE's chemical weapons.
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A video in Minneapolis appears to show a federal agent kneeing a man in the face while he is being arrested.
January 16, 2026 at 4:20 PM
A video in Minneapolis appears to show a federal agent kneeing a man in the face while he is being arrested.
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Thousands of employees whose contracts end this year will lose their jobs, FEMA managers said at personnel meetings this week. The cuts could hobble the nation's disaster agency.
FEMA is getting rid of thousands of workers in areas recovering from disasters
Thousands of employees whose contracts end this year will lose their jobs, FEMA managers said at personnel meetings this week. The cuts could hobble the nation's disaster agency.
n.pr
January 17, 2026 at 1:44 AM
Thousands of employees whose contracts end this year will lose their jobs, FEMA managers said at personnel meetings this week. The cuts could hobble the nation's disaster agency.
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Federal agents’ use of chemical weapons has hurt children at immigration raids, while walking down their block, and in their schools.
January 16, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Federal agents’ use of chemical weapons has hurt children at immigration raids, while walking down their block, and in their schools.
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A federal judge has prohibited federal immigration agents in Minnesota from arresting, detaining, retaliating against or using force and chemical irritants against peaceful protesters and observers.
Federal judge bars ICE agents from ‘retaliating’ against protesters in Minnesota
The injunction filed Jan. 16 follows a lawsuit brought by six Minnesota residents during the early days of Operation Metro Surge last month.
bit.ly
January 17, 2026 at 2:36 AM
A federal judge has prohibited federal immigration agents in Minnesota from arresting, detaining, retaliating against or using force and chemical irritants against peaceful protesters and observers.
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Just hours after Renee Good was shot, one member of Customs and Border Patrol’s elite tactical team on an adjacent street fired a less-lethal weapon five times in less than five minutes, with four shots aimed at the faces of protestors. www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/01...
Analysing One Federal Agent’s Use of Less-Lethal Launcher in Minneapolis
After the fatal shooting of Renee Good, Border Patrol agent "EZ-17" was filmed shooting less-lethal munitions at protesters five times in five minutes.
www.bellingcat.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Just hours after Renee Good was shot, one member of Customs and Border Patrol’s elite tactical team on an adjacent street fired a less-lethal weapon five times in less than five minutes, with four shots aimed at the faces of protestors. www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/01...
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“He was just lifeless, like he had foam around his mouth. He had tears coming out of his eyes."
Federal agents’ use of chemical weapons has hurt children at immigration raids, while walking down their block, and in their schools.
Federal agents’ use of chemical weapons has hurt children at immigration raids, while walking down their block, and in their schools.
ICE's tear gas sent a 6-month-old to the hospital, the latest in an alarming pattern
Federal agents' use of chemical weapons has hurt children at immigration raids, while walking down their block, and in their schools.
www.motherjones.com
January 17, 2026 at 1:00 AM
“He was just lifeless, like he had foam around his mouth. He had tears coming out of his eyes."
Federal agents’ use of chemical weapons has hurt children at immigration raids, while walking down their block, and in their schools.
Federal agents’ use of chemical weapons has hurt children at immigration raids, while walking down their block, and in their schools.
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The incoming Democratic governor of Virginia, Abigail Spanberger, has asked at least five members of the board overseeing the University of Virginia who were appointed by her Republican predecessor to resign, according to people briefed on the matter.
Some U.Va. Board Members Asked to Resign as Gov. Abigail Spanberger Takes Power
After months of upheaval at the state’s flagship university, a new Democratic governor appeared ready to shake up the school’s leadership.
nyti.ms
January 16, 2026 at 10:35 PM
The incoming Democratic governor of Virginia, Abigail Spanberger, has asked at least five members of the board overseeing the University of Virginia who were appointed by her Republican predecessor to resign, according to people briefed on the matter.