Head to a protest today. I can almost promise you will feel less hopeless. That's exactly what they don't want. There are more of us than there are of them.

Why has Dominion Voting Systems been settling defamation lawsuits with Trump allies who falsely claimed the company stole the 2020 election?

Because Dominion has just been bought by a company run by a former GOP election official.

Be warned.

YouTube video by Democracy Docket Can We Actually Save America?

We need to build a new opposition movement. In this video, I lay out the challenge ahead and what I think we need to do to make it happen. Please watch, comment, and share. youtu.be/_GUgnpAYMCc

“Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it” - Santayana
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I hear the President has decreed that it is possibly a crime to refer to Americans as "fascists," but "fascism" is a word that has a relatively clear meaning that's worth understanding. Here's how an official publication of the US Army defined "fascism" in 1945.

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This is the “Trump Health Care Tax” @mcuban.bsky.social told Kanew Dems need to talk about more directly

Reupping this thread in light of the 2-page indictment of Comey.

No Kings As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

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Donald Trump is way less popular than he wants you to believe.

And you are significantly more powerful than he wants you to think.

When the Government Weaponizes Agencies to Go After Media Kimmell, CBS News, ABC News, NYT, AP, and more: The Assault on Independent Press Intensifies

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"Show of Force" And the revival of democracy

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Tonight's news makes clear that the legacy media is fully capitulating. I started Democracy Docket in 2020 to be fearlessly independent and pro-democracy.

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Hiding the truth.

A couple more thoughts on this. There is exactly one crime defined in the U.S. Constitution: treason. The first definition is levying war against the United States. Trump is explicitly threatening that.

U.S. soldiers are not only permitted, they are *obliged* to refuse an order to commit treason.

The CDC quietly scaled back a surveillance program for foodborne illnesses As of July 1, a critical surveillance program is monitoring for only two pathogens instead of the usual eight.

The CDC is gutting a program that monitors foodborne illnesses. The program will now only track infections caused by two pathogens, rather than eight.

Hello? How does this “Make America Healthy Again”?

Yup. This is what is going to happen all season.

Doesn't matter how we feel about immigration, undocumented folks or anything else. This is happening in your name & w your dollars. You good with that?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Contributor: If Haiti has become more violent, why end Haitians' temporary protected status in the U.S.? The Trump administration has cited flawed and contradictory assessments of conditions in that country — which, make no mistake, remains unsafe.

Contributor: If Haiti has become more violent, why end Haitians' temporary protected status in the U.S.?

I’ve been investigating Paramount’s deal with Trump. Here’s what we know:

- Trump sued CBS
- CBS called the lawsuit “meritless”
- Paramount (owner of CBS) still settled, handing $16 MILLION+ to Trump’s library
- Paramount has a billion-dollar deal that needs Trump’s approval

Troops and marines deeply troubled by LA deployment: ‘Morale is not great’ Several service members told advocacy groups they felt like pawns in a political game and assignment was not necessary

California national guard troops and marines deployed to LA to help restore order have told friends and family members they are deeply unhappy about the assignment and worry their only meaningful role will be as pawns in a political battle they don't want to join.
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Silencing mitochondrial gene expression in living cells Mitochondria fulfill central functions in metabolism and energy supply. They express their own genome, which encodes key subunits of the oxidative phosphorylation system. However, central mechanisms u...

Researchers in Science have developed a tool to silence specific mitochondria-encoded mRNAs in living cells, which could help scientists understand the origins of certain mitochondria-related diseases. scim.ag/3F6Wm5d

HHS plans to cut the national suicide hotline’s program for LGBTQ youth In February, the program received an average of 2,100 contacts per day.

The federal government plans to eliminate services for LGBTQ youth who call 988, the national suicide and crisis hotline, according to a Health and Human Services budget draft leaked last week.

There is no autism epidemic, just a public health threat named RFK Jr. RFK Jr. has profited off this ableist lie for decades. Now he’s using his power to make it health policy.

There is no autism epidemic, just a public health threat named RFK Jr.
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Great article by Dr Andrea Love

The Trump administration is violating the right to due process

It’s 11:47, and despite a deadline nearly 20 minutes ago and one already extended at its behest, the Trump administration has filed nothing to resolve Judge Xinis’s questions about their efforts to have Kilmar Abrego Garcia returned to the U.S.

Greenland Base Commander Fired After Email Slamming JD Vance The Pentagon has fired a space base commander in Greenland after she dared criticize the vice president after his recent visit to the territory.

BREAKING: The Pentagon has fired a space base commander in Greenland after she dared distance herself from the VP's comments.

She had written in an email: “The concerns of the US administration discussed by Vice President Vance on Friday are not reflective of Pituffik Space Base."

Giving off Nero vibes.

It Happened There: How Democracy Died in Hungary The Hungary-Serbia border runs through a wilderness, tall grass flatlands ringed by imposing clusters of trees and thickets. When I visited a stretch of the Serbian side on a sunny day in June, the...

Trump is following Viktor Orban's exact path to authoritarianism. Once you see it, you can't un-see it.: pulitzercenter.org/stories/it-h...

And let's be clear, the end game is never to have competitive elections again.