🚨BREAKING: DOJ admits it has only released 12,285 documents required by Epstein Files Transparency Act. More than 2 million documents still need to be reviewed/released. DOJ is in violation of federal law that required release by Dec. 19. More from Democracy Docket in am. www.democracydocket.com

Sheila Robinson has been missing for 35 years. Today, she would be 60 years old. Please share.

Dr. Janell Green Smith, a midwife who advocated for Black maternal health, dies of childbirth complications

Sonie Toe has been missing for 5 years. Today, she would be 29 years old. Please share.

Federal health officials just slashed the number of recommended childhood vaccinations, the most significant reshaping of the vaccine schedule since Trump took office

Let's recap. First, Trump decided to invade Venezuela and kill over 80 people while kidnapping Maduro because he felt Maduro mocked him by imitating the Trump dance. Then, Trump disqualified Maria Corina Machado because she didn't honor him by turning down the Nobel Peace Prize. Got it?

Reupping these posts. The indictment against Maduro is designed to serve several purposes. One is to get legal sanction (in form of probable cause finding from GJ) for Stephen Miller's debunked claim that Venezuela = TdA. He will presumably now try using it to mass deport again.

Whatever happens now, we absolutely cannot allow Trump's refusal to seek Congressional authorization for what appears to be a large scale military attack on another country vanish from the media discussion, which already appears to be happening.

Wegmans in New York City has begun collecting biometric data on shoppers' eyes, voices and faces from anyone who enters its supermarkets

Who am I to argue with a dictionary.

Health care costs have officially spiked for millions as Affordable Care Act subsidies lapsed at midnight thanks to GOP inaction

It's official: Congress and Donald Trump have allowed the enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies to expire. Millions of Americans will either lose their health coverage or face dramatically higher premiums.

Is it too early to call 2026 a disappointing failure for Democrats?

The Trump Justice Department has roughly 5.2 million pages of Epstein files documents still to be reviewed and released to the public. All documents were supposed to be released on December 19. The Department is in violation of the law Trump himself signed. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/u...

REPOST from Alexis Wainwright from WUSA9 A 13-year-old girl reported missing from Kentucky has been found hundreds of miles away from home, in Silver Spring, the Montgomery County Department of Police announced on Saturday.

Border czar Tom Homan didn't receive a normal background check for his role while his bribery probe was still ongoing: Justice officials felt sure Homan would not be able to obtain a security clearance based on the evidence gathered. It remains unclear how Homan was eventually granted clearance.

In a win for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a federal judge blocked the White House's attempt to defund the agency

3/3 His and Miller's goal is to erase any and every contribution to this country made by Black Americans. And a majority of white American voters are OK with that. If you fix your fingers to "not this white voter", keep stepping. The majority voted FOR him.

2/ He couldn't have disrespected the service and sacrifice of not only the Black soldiers, but those with whom they served, and those whose lives they helped to save, if he'd just pissed on their graves. Effectively, that's what he did.

"The removal, carried out without public explanation, has angered Dutch officials, the families of U.S. soldiers and the local residents who honor the American sacrifice by caring for the graves." 1/ www.nbcnews.com/world/europe...

Erica Gomez, age 49, has been missing since January. Please share.

Today I wrote about how this year many large institutions -- media, law, business -- sacrificed their dignity for profits. It is more vital than ever to support independent pro-democracy outlets. Become a Democracy Docket member to access premium content and support its work. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0

Over the past months, the DOJ has launched an unprecedented national campaign seeking unfettered access to voter records, suing election officials in 21 states plus Washington, D.C. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/the...

Dustin Ali, age 48, is missing. Please share.

Merry Christmas to those who celebrate! Happy December 25 to those who don't! I hope everyone finds a little love, a little joy, and a little peace today. Give yourself the gift of a warm heart and read this.

How do you just “uncover” over a million Epstein documents out of nowhere like they were misplaced in a desk drawer? You don’t, and when accountability gets slow-walked like this, it usually means the same powerful people involved have enough power to force the DOJ to delay it.

This is a lot of words to say that DOJ is in violation of the statutory deadline and will take even longer to produce records that were due last week.

Jack Smith is calling for the House Judiciary Committee to release the recording of his full closed-door deposition before the panel. "Doing so will ensure that the American people can hear the facts directly from Mr. Smith, rather than through second-hand accounts."

Kunta Robinson, age 47, is missing. Please share.

AZ-02 Jonathan Nez is running for Congress. As president of the Navajo nation, Nez has the leadership experience needed. He will fight for lowering costs, protect democracy, & will put AZ 1st! His opponent, Eli Crane voted NO to get funds to help fight the Grand Canyon fire! #ResistanceUnited

“Oops, sorry, I thought everyone would name the weird racial profiling stops that get people thrown in concentration camps after somebody else.”

A federal judge has dismissed DOJ’s baseless lawsuit against New York’s Green Light Law. As I said from the start, our laws protect the rights of all New Yorkers and keep our communities safe. I will always stand up for New Yorkers and the rule of law.

If you want to understand why election denialism is so important to MAGA, you need to understand that it is the movements foundational myth. I wrote about this today. Become a member today to access this and all Democracy Docket premium content. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0

"Under this model, formerly colonized nations must ask permission to temporarily access their own heritage, accept conditions dictated by a British institution, and bear the financial and logistical burdens of care, while the museum retains ultimate control." British Museum fully delulu good lord

As a reminder, I'm one of the 24 million people who's about to see their healthcare costs skyrocket 11 days from now. If you find my healthcare wonkery useful & would like to support it, you can do so in two ways: 1. Here: secure.actblue.com/donate/acasi...

MUST READ: DOJ is demanding states surrender their private voter data in the name of election integrity. But its rapidly expanding crusade to seize that data has been riddled with sloppy filings and a growing list of self-inflicted embarrassments that undercut the department’s claim to competence.

Chicago is having none of this administration's BS.

Blowin' your mind like we knew we would.

🚨BREAKING: The Department of Justice (DOJ) appears to have pulled a photo containing images of President Donald Trump from the thousands of files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein it released Friday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

In 2016, when Russia first moved to demand payback for getting Trump elected, they tested two envoys to get to Trump. First, a buddy of Jared Kushner's. Then, W/DMITRIEV SPECIFICALLY, W/Erik Prince. Prince & Bannon then deleted texts about what went on. The plan has literally not changed at all.

Claiming Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson and Diana Ross were abusing children provided to them by Epstein is like them trying to say a Black person shot Charlie Kirk in the middle of Utah. Nobody believes you and you need to stop inserting Black people into your degeneracy.

Well we know black girls were not involved with the Epstein sex trafficking so that’s a clue right there this picture is fake news. Diana Ross needs to sue Trump.

On Dec. 16, a statue of Barbara Rose Johns, who led a 1951 student walkout challenging school segregation in Virginia, was unveiled in the U.S. Capitol. https://bit.ly/4pIKzMp

@ruthbenghiat.bsky.social QOTD (Book) - Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present" by Ruth Ben-Ghiat, scholar on fascism and authoritarian leaders.

This is evil. ICE ripped a 6 year old away from his father and sent him to the office of refugee resettlement. The father had to agree to deportation to China in order to see his child again. Innocent children being used as leverage.

The Department of Justice failed to publicly release all of its files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein by a Friday deadline, violating a new federal law explicitly mandating that the trove of documents be turned over for public scrutiny, Republican and Democratic lawmakers said.

🚨BREAKING: On behalf of Black Voters Matter Fund and two Georgia union groups my law firm has filed a motion to intervene as defendants in the DOJ's lawsuit seeking Georgia's complete statewide voter registration database. www.democracydocket.com/cases/georgi...

Leonard Mercury, age 57, is missing. Please share.

Cameron Powell, age 23, is still missing. Please share.