🚨BREAKING: NJ state police slam anti-ICE protesters with their shields and fire flash bang grenade smack dab in the middle of dense crowd of protesters. WE'RE LIVE ⬇️

BREAKING: As I predicted yesterday, Judge Williams has now ordered Trump, his two failsons, and the Trump Organization LLC to respond to the below former federal judges’ motion to reopen case on or before June 12th.

1/ Cuba is out of fuel, strangled by the US fuel chokehold. People are dying, systems are breaking down. This is collective punishment against a people who have done absolutely nothing except live their lives under hard conditions imposed by the US blockade for decades.

Tom Homan has said he will get an order to force-feed the Delaney strikers. ICE has been doing this for years. They have a facility in Texas known as the "force-feeding hub". Involuntary force-feeding is torture. It's a human rights violation.

Here at Got Green’s office opening. Hearing about their campaign to help SHA tenants have better conditions. www.gotgreenseattle.org

Delaney Hall ICE prison in New Jersey is a privately owned/operated immigration detention (prison) with a multi-$B U.S. contract. Immigrants are being held without due process, feed rancid food, severely mistreated and are on a hunger strike, while protesters are being attacked. Do not look away!

🗺️ A.M. REDISTRICTING UPDATE 🗺️ 📍LA: House passed map eliminating one of two majority-Black districts. Heads to the Senate today for a final vote. 📍AL: Remedial map with two majority-Black districts in effect. State asked SCOTUS if it could use map with one district. 📍FL, TN: GOP map in effect.

ICYMI: California just made it a felony for law enforcement to seize ballots from any county elections office in the state. The law is Gov. Gavin Newsom’s direct response to a GOP gubernatorial candidate who acted on bogus election fraud claims earlier this year.

NEW: A judge ruled the New Hampshire GOP’s effort to eliminate signed affidavits as proof of citizenship for voter registration is unconstitutional. The provision would've made voting more difficult by requiring proof of citizenship for registration — a central focus of the SAVE America Act.

A “Right to Know Who’s Policing You” ordinance from Portland City Councilor Sameer Kanal passed 8-4 Wednesday, May 27. Here's everything you need to know about the new law enforcement mask ban in Portland ⬇️

What does it take to unionize factories today, especially in the South? In the last two years, bus manufacturing workers secured first union contracts and a national master agreement across New Flyer facilities in three states @keithbrowerbrown.bsky.social reports: labornotes.org/2026/05/bus-...

BREAKING: A judge temporarily barred the DOJ from moving forward with Trump’s $1.8 billion slush fund, which has generated fierce backlash. Opponents have criticized it as a corrupt attempt to funnel taxpayer dollars to Trump’s allies, including people who attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6.

BREAKING: The Louisiana Senate votes 28-10 to pass a GOP gerrymander eliminating one of the state’s two majority-Black districts. The new map, which is expected to be signed into law by Gov. Jeff Landry, will weaken the political power of Black Louisianans who will now be packed into one district.

💢 BREAKING: Multiple residents in Bandar Abbas, southern Iran, reported hearing repeated explosions around 1:30–1:43 am, including at least 3-4 blasts in quick succession, according to messages circulating online cited by Faytuks News. Iran’s Fars News Agency also reported that 3 explosions were...

⭕️ Israel blocks 17,000 calves & 24,000 sheep from entering Gaza, denying Palestinians Eid al-Adha rites Israel blocked the entry of sacrificial animals into Gaza ahead of Eid al-Adha, depriving Palestinians of one of their most significant religious rituals of the Islamic calendar, according to...

NEW: Vernon Jones, an election denier in the Georgia GOP runoff for secretary of state, said he would publicize voters’ personal info and make it available to those involved in efforts to overturn the 2020 election. "I’ll direct staff to make it available my first day in office," said Jones.

The Department of Justice awarded a $106 million contract to Elliott Broidy, a GOP fundraiser whom Trump pardoned in 2021, according to new reporting by the Guardian.

NEW JERSEY: “ICE agents fired pepper balls at protesters following days of unrest outside the privately run detention center… U.S. Sen. Andy Kim had trouble breathing from a cloud of pepper spray deployed protesters respond to an inmate hunger strike…” www.nj.com/news/2026/05...

My cousin worked in Starbucks main roastery in Seattle for 30 years. One day a few months ago he showed up for work and there was just a sign on the door saying that the roastery was permanently closed and they were all out of a job. Starbucks sucks so much ass.

As support for Israel becomes more politically risky, pro-Israel donors have found a new trick for funding Democratic candidates. They are moving money through the Better Blue Fund, a new group backed by longtime AIPAC-linked donors that is raising cash for Democrats facing primary challenges.

🚨NEW: In a 26-18 vote, South Carolina senators adjourned their special session — effectively killing a Trump-backed GOP gerrymander ahead of the midterms. The state is now the first to fail in the rush to redistrict post-Callais.

BREAKING: In a win for Alabama voters, a federal court blocked the state from enacting its 2023 congressional map, which would have diluted the voting power of Black Alabamians, from being used in the 2026 midterms. The ruling will likely be appealed directly to the Supreme Court.

An oligarch-funded think tank is trying to preemptively undermine Medicare For All even before Democrats win back power. Some candidates are rejecting the ploy. www.levernews.com/rejecting-th...

Outrageous, unconscionable, and UNCONSTITUTIONAL. We are outraged! And we are begging YOU to DO YOUR JOB! Telling your constituents to be outraged, without using your constitutional power to do something about it is shameful deflection! Files articles of impeachment and force a vote!

“Nearly 50,000 Lake Tahoe residents are being told to find a new power provider because the grid is being re-routed to A.I. data centers.”

From @marcus4america.bsky.social : “Black athletes should boycott the SEC.” 🇺🇸 #Tennessee #Alabama #Mississippi #Louisiana #Texas #Florida #Arkansas #Kentucky This is what @realdlhughley.bsky.social and others have been saying.

Rep. @aoc.bsky.social : “Trump is using the entire government as a slush fund. One of the most Unpatriotic & un-American acts I’ve seen in my entire life.” Trump is robbing us blind, with Republicans as accomplices, as the press shrugs. 🤷🏼 (From @meidastouch.com @pabloreports.bsky.social )

When a Democrat is president, the press only cares about the swing voters who oppose him. When a Republican is president, the press only cares about the conservative voters who support him.

NEW: Trump is pressuring lawmakers to pass SAVE America Act voter suppression bill by attaching it to housing and foreign intelligence surveillance legislation. The anti-voting bill is, for now, a dead letter as the Senate has been unable to pass it due to lack of votes in support.

BREAKING: 3,500 Long Island Rail Road workers are on strike, shutting down America’s busiest commuter train service.

No only no insider trading but every member of house and senate as well as the president and VP should be required to have all assets be converted to treasury bonds. If they don’t divest they don’t get sworn in.

🤔“Trump personally bought and sold millions of dollars worth of stock in tech companies and government contractors early this year… Trump admin directly regulates some of these companies and many trades coincided with favorable regulatory decisions.” www.notus.org/money/donald...

A devastating story has come out about a US citizen child, Orlin, who was murdered after ICE deported his mom. This tragedy is an abject failure by ICE, and it’s why I will not give them another cent. We must stop the cruelty and lawlessness of this administration.

Trump wants to create lists of verified U.S. citizens eligible to vote in each state through an executive order that many election law experts say is unconstitutional. But this week, a federal judge said there’s “no legal harm for the courts to remedy” at this point.

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster (R) previously said he wouldn’t call a special redistricting session amid pressure from Trump. But McMaster went back on his word this week, calling lawmakers back to redraw the state’s congressional map and eliminate its lone majority-Black district.

NEW: At stake in Georgia's Tuesday primaries are a series of races - most notably, for governor - that will determine whether gerrymandering that advantages Republicans and dilutes Black voters' power becomes a permanent feature of Ga.'s political landscape.

BREAKING: In a loss for voters, the Supreme Court declined to restore the will of Virginians who voted to approve Democrats' redistricting plan aimed at countering GOP gerrymanders. The decision means the current 2021 map will be used in the midterms.

The Louisiana Senate voted to eliminate one of the state’s two majority-Black congressional districts. Sen. Katrina Jackson-Andrews (D) said it best: While Republicans “make up 35.6% of the state registered voters, they will have 83% of the congressional representation of this state.”

Watch this it explains how Trump is trying to control the world financial system through crypto currency making him the central banker to the world.

NEW: A DeSantis-appointed judge in Florida heard advocates' argument that the GOP's new congressional map violates a state ban on partisan gerrymandering. The ruling, which is expected to come shortly, will determine whether the map can be used in the midterms.

The Trump administration claimed it wasn’t building a national voter database. A new report says otherwise. The White House is reportedly working with federal agencies to create voter lists and restrict mail voting ahead of the midterms.

📍FL: Awaiting judge’s decision on whether new map violates ban on partisan gerrymandering. 📍AL: Hearing next week on attempt to block 2023 map eliminating one majority-Black district.

🗺️ P.M. REDISTRICTING UPDATE 🗺️ 📍SC: Special session to eliminate the state’s only majority-Black district will resume on Monday. 📍LA: House to vote next week on map that eliminates one majority-Black district.

This is one of the reasons why the democrats have a 25% approval rating

🗺️ P.M. REDISTRICTING UPDATE 🗺️ 📍LA: Senate passes GOP gerrymander, erasing majority-Black district. House will vote next week. 📍SC: Governor is expected to call a special session tonight. 📍VA: Governor says 2021 map will stand for midterms. 📍GA, MS: Will not redistrict for the midterms.

“Our country ‘tis of thee” 🔥 🇺🇸 (From @odessakellytn @standupnashville )

NEW: The Senate parliamentarian has rejected major provisions in the GOP's reconciliation package -- aka the $72B spending bill for ICE + Trump's ballroom. These bits now need 60 vs 51 votes to pass: *ALL CBP funding *Funds for initial screenings of unaccompanied migrant kids *$2.5B for DHS

What are we doing?

🗺️ A.M. REDISTRICTING UPDATE 🗺️ 📍SC: Lawmakers to convene at 11 AM to eliminate the state's only majority-Black district. 📍LA: Senate passed GOP map. House to vote next week. 📍GA: Lawmakers will convene in June to redistrict for 2028. 📍MS: Will not redistrict for 2026. 📍FL, AL, TN: GOP map in effect.

🔍 Here is what Democracy Docket is tracking today:

 Active Voting Rights Cases: 159 Active Redistricting Cases: 49 Active Anti-Voting Cases: 79 Active Pro-Voting Cases: 77 Active DOJ Lawsuits: 29 Find real-time updates here: