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It is rare that i reach out to as many trump advisers and officials that I did today and get literally no one willing to defend this, even off the record.
December 16, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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While many Republicans running for Congress in swing districts are going to try to distance themselves from Trump, Miller, Kash, Hegseth, RFK Jr, et al, they enabled ALL of it. They all supported Mike Johnson for Speaker, who abdicated all oversight and congressional authority.
December 16, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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Yesterday, I told you that my law firm is litigating 66 voting and election cases in 35 states. By the end of today, it is up to 69 cases in 37 states.

The 2026 midterm elections will be a fight to protect democracy. I started Democracy Docket to keep you informed. Sign up now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
December 16, 2025 at 3:36 AM
The Supreme Court's Secret Plan to Reshape America | Professor Nikolas Bowie -This conversation explains how the current Supreme Court conservative majority is using its power not just to “interpret” the Constitution, but to reshape the American democracy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHv8...
The Supreme Court's Secret Plan to Reshape America | Professor Nikolas Bowie
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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December 15, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Rep. Crockett’s Statement on the Supreme Court’s Ruling on Texas’s 2026 Map
December 5, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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Koh: This is not about justice. This is about power. This is about a Secretary of Defense so drunk off alpha male bullshit that he's willing to take lives to get off on that power.
December 5, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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This is a million times worse than anything Hunter Biden was accused of doing in even the most fevered right-wing conspiracy dream
UPDATE: Trump Jr.-backed startup receives $620 million Pentagon loan
In October, Popular Information reported that the Pentagon awarded a contract to Unusual Machines, an obscure drone company that President Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., joined as an advisor in Novemb...
popular.info
December 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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December 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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CARTOON OF THE DAY
December 5, 2025 at 4:27 AM
America has become a rogue nation. U.S. allies are looking elsewhere.

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | America has become a rogue nation. U.S. allies are looking elsewhere.
Europeans and Canadians are talking about making their own security arrangements.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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Epstein survivor: "Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government still belongs to the American people or to those who prey on them."
November 18, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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America's most notorious child rapist, Jeffrey Epstein, said this man was the worst person he'd ever met. Let that sink in.
November 14, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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AG Platkin: I went to law school, I chose to go into public service, I took the same oaths these folks did.

What part of that oath says "You will use the privilege of power that you have to starve children"?
November 13, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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November 14, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | Are We Losing Our Democracy? (Gift Article)
Donald Trump has wielded power as no previous president has.
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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If members of the United States military are truly being paid their salaries by a private individual, the American people should know who that individual is. Now.
October 25, 2025 at 1:04 AM