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Yes, I am celebrating but I am also looking forward to what comes next after last night’s blowout elections. In my latest for Democracy Docket I lay out the eight steps I expect Trump to take to rig the 2026 midterms.

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05.11.2025 17:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1325    πŸ” 281    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 11
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Democrat Spanberger Wins Governor Race As Virginians Reproach Trump Read more here.

Democracy wins!

In a rebuke to President Donald Trump, Democrat Abigail Spanberger won Virginia’s gubernatorial race Tuesday. Her support for constitutional amendments on redistricting and voting rights restoration could make it easier to pass both pro-democracy measures.

05.11.2025 01:43 β€” πŸ‘ 4144    πŸ” 622    πŸ’¬ 40    πŸ“Œ 26

Big things are happening…

05.11.2025 12:25 β€” πŸ‘ 10603    πŸ” 2136    πŸ’¬ 165    πŸ“Œ 90

The oligarchy came out in full force against Zohran Mamdani's fight for a more affordable NYC.

It didn't matter.

Let his victory in the face of Big Money serve as a reminder that people have the power.

05.11.2025 02:54 β€” πŸ‘ 29985    πŸ” 6628    πŸ’¬ 446    πŸ“Œ 265
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Obama: "The weird videos of a US president with a crown on his head flying a fighter jet & dumping poop on American citizens - that's not even worth booing about. Because all of that is a distraction from the fact that your situation, your life has not gotten better. They do it so you won't notice"

01.11.2025 23:33 β€” πŸ‘ 26455    πŸ” 7745    πŸ’¬ 518    πŸ“Œ 369
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The Mamdani Moment And the Future of the Democratic Party

open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

27.10.2025 17:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I could not be prouder that my law firm is currently litigating 60 voting, election and redistricting cases in 30 states. Even as large law firms bow down, we continue to fight for democracy every single day.

25.10.2025 18:29 β€” πŸ‘ 24200    πŸ” 4852    πŸ’¬ 638    πŸ“Œ 161

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.

25.10.2025 01:04 β€” πŸ‘ 26579    πŸ” 7397    πŸ’¬ 1073    πŸ“Œ 351
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Pentagon Accepts $130 Million Donation to Help Pay Troops During Shutdown

If That’s a donation, it goes to the treasury and only congress can decide how to spend it. No such (lawful) thing as private payment of government obligation.

Pentagon Accepts $130 Million Donation to Help Pay Troops During Shutdown www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

25.10.2025 05:13 β€” πŸ‘ 6141    πŸ” 2844    πŸ’¬ 644    πŸ“Œ 239
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Exclusive: USDA says it won't use emergency funds for food stamps States also won't be reimbursed if they cover SNAP expenses on their own, the memo says.

www.axios.com/2025/10/24/g... Mike Johnson can stop shutdown with one vote and all this goes away!
β€œNow the shutdown could pit the needs of those 22 million ACA enrollees against those of the 42 million who could go without food assistance starting Nov. 1.”

25.10.2025 19:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump Is Tryingβ€”And Failingβ€”To Shield MAGA From the Shutdown The administration has tried to hurt only β€œDemocrat things.” It’s not that easy.

www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

24.10.2025 15:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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"nearly half..." ???

it's an open book test.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...

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Angie Craig on Trump importing beef from Argentina: "This is either corrupt or stupid, and it's probably both."

23.10.2025 15:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2887    πŸ” 730    πŸ’¬ 107    πŸ“Œ 36
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An astonishingly large crowd!
Chicago

18.10.2025 21:18 β€” πŸ‘ 44086    πŸ” 11560    πŸ’¬ 935    πŸ“Œ 849

"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." –Justice Louis Brandeis

Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today.

We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.

16.10.2025 18:45 β€” πŸ‘ 10681    πŸ” 3206    πŸ’¬ 178    πŸ“Œ 70
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Talks resume as Broadway actors consider a strike Broadway's union for performers and stage managers says the sticking point is health care.

Broadway's union for performers and stage managers says the sticking point is health care. n.pr/4mTdefq

09.10.2025 23:55 β€” πŸ‘ 315    πŸ” 46    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 2
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Chicago Heights priest begins walk for immigrant children from Pope Leo’s childhood home in Dolton Gary Graf, a Chicago Heights Catholic priest, began a 50-day justice walk from Pope Leo’s boyhood home in Dolton to New York.

"A Chicago Heights Catholic priest began a 50-day pilgrimage in support of immigrant children, from Pope Leo’s boyhood home in Dolton, IL to New York ...

'This is not only a physical act of endurance, but a spiritual act of solidarity, a prayer in motion'..."

www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/06/c...

09.10.2025 18:33 β€” πŸ‘ 6263    πŸ” 1662    πŸ’¬ 118    πŸ“Œ 49
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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 ...

No Kings. October 18th. Free speech is action. Please join in.
www.nokings.org

09.10.2025 12:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2763    πŸ” 1185    πŸ’¬ 90    πŸ“Œ 74
Voter confronts Mike Johnson on live TV about shutdown
YouTube video by CNN Voter confronts Mike Johnson on live TV about shutdown

youtube.com/shorts/mP_8d...

I call BS on this sorry excuse of a human being! This woman caller--a Republican with a husband who served his country and children with compromised health--is speaking for millions of Americans with similar concerns. Share this YouTube video if you can!

09.10.2025 17:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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John Oliver: "If ICE can bother some guys at a roofing job, bystanders can bother ICE at their state-sanctioned kidnapping job."

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Journalist Edward R. Murrow used his platform on CBS to criticize the witch hunts led by Senator Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s.

This is what real journalism should do β€” hold power to account, not capitulate to it.

06.10.2025 20:57 β€” πŸ‘ 14317    πŸ” 5937    πŸ’¬ 458    πŸ“Œ 338
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I Refuse to Stay Silent. Will You? Read more here.

I refuse to let hopelessness prevail. This may just be one essay, by a lawyer few have heard of, in a newsletter read by a fraction of the public. But I will not stay silent.

Will you?
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/i-re...

07.10.2025 02:04 β€” πŸ‘ 9024    πŸ” 2864    πŸ’¬ 207    πŸ“Œ 103
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Jane Fonda Relaunches Father’s Free Speech Group, Committee for the First Amendment The Oscar-winning actress and activist Jane Fonda is relaunching her father Henry Fonda’s free speech organization, the Committee for the First Amendment. First established in 1947 to combat the rise ...

www.democracynow.org/2025/10/3/ja...

04.10.2025 13:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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DOJ Obeys Trump, Indicts Comey Days After Order to Pursue President’s Foes Read more here.

🚨BREAKING: Former FBI Director James Comey has been indicted on two criminal counts days after President Donald Trump ordered Attorney General Pam Bondi to pursue his perceived enemies more aggressively. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

26.09.2025 01:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1056    πŸ” 303    πŸ’¬ 104    πŸ“Œ 32
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Death rates rose in hospital ERs after private equity firms took over, study finds The increased deaths in emergency departments at private equity-owned hospitals are most likely the result of reduced staffing levels, researchers say.

If this isn’t data-backed proof of the need for universal healthcare for all, I don’t know what is. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

24.09.2025 18:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Will this be the moment that wakes people up?

24.09.2025 14:33 β€” πŸ‘ 8809    πŸ” 1460    πŸ’¬ 427    πŸ“Œ 52
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The deeper story behind America's pending loss of free speech The real reason Disney restored Kimmel's late-night show

The real reason Disney restored Kimmel's late-night show? We, the people, have extraordinary power. Let me explain. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-deeper-story-behind-americas

23.09.2025 01:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2727    πŸ” 722    πŸ’¬ 86    πŸ“Œ 38
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The Scoop About Status Status is entering its next chapterβ€”expanding to seven days a week, hiring new correspondents, and growing into a fully staffed independent newsroom that holds the powerful accountable.

While mainstream news orgs are backing off media coverage, we're building an independent newsroom committed to holding the industry's most powerful figures & institutions accountable.

@status.news is expanding to 7x a weekβ€”delivering more than 30 editions a month.

www.status.news/p/status-new...

23.09.2025 02:19 β€” πŸ‘ 319    πŸ” 58    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 4
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"We saw the power of the people over the last few days, and it spoke volumes, and it moved a decision in the right direction."

Former Vice President Kamala Harris speaks exclusively with
@maddow.msnbc.com on ABC's decision to put Jimmy Kimmel back on air.

23.09.2025 04:27 β€” πŸ‘ 634    πŸ” 141    πŸ’¬ 29    πŸ“Œ 11

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