Prison rape is wrong. Jokes about prison rape are wrong. Eliminating protections against prison rape is wrong. If another country sentenced a criminal to be raped, we'd consider it a crime against humanity. BUT A large segment of Americans regard prison rape as a de facto part of the sentence.

I am taking the next few days off from writing to prepare for a Supreme Court argument. If you want to support Democracy Docket during my pause, here is there link. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

Tenants of the apartment building at 7500 S. South Shore were terrorized by ICE in October. Now, they’ve received eviction notices with two weeks to get out. No heat. No power. No elevator. This is unacceptable.

Like we need more proof that Dump is racist...

The Roberts Court will go down in history as having upheld the desires of Donald Trump and the GOP, rather than its commitment to justice, precedent or the rule of law. Today’s ruling — which substitutes its own fact finding for that of the lower court — is yet another example.

Supreme Court Conservatives Reinstate Texas’ Gerrymandered House Maps talkingpointsmemo.com/news/supreme...

"Fascinating" isn't the word I'd use. "Terrifying" is.

Reposting this everyday until Pete Hagueseth faces justice for his crimes against humanity.

Nobody should ever go behind closed doors with Gym Jordan.

JUST IN: Mike Johnson plans to swear in Rep.-elect Matt Van Epps on Thursday — less than two days after he won the TN-07 special election. As a reminder, it took Johnson 50 days to swear in Democratic Rep. Adelita Grijalva.

Pete Hegseth bears responsibility for THIS (hat tip @natashabertrand.bsky.social)

For those not familiar with veterans’ retirement compensation, veterans receive two main types – retirement pay and disability pay. Currently, if a veteran’s disability is rated less than 50%, then whatever the dollar value is in disability pay is subtracted from their retirement pay.

This morning, I testified before the U.S. House Veterans’ Affairs Committee urging them to consider my bipartisan bill, H.R. 333, the Disabled Veterans Tax Termination Act.

It's now been two weeks and they still haven't released the Epstein files because withholding exculpatory evidence is clearly what you do when you're "innocent."

ICE is moving from illegal raids and brutality to ethnic cleansing, just like any good Gestapo would do...

Religion note: Remember that pastor who was arrested protesting an ICE detention facility outside Chicago recently? The one who was photographed on the ground as officers arrested him? That's Rev. Michael Woolf, and this is his church.

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"Republican legislators around the country have identified the biggest obstacles to their unprecedented mid-decade redistricting: the courts and the voters. So they’re responding by launching an all-out war on both." - Billy Corriher www.democracydocket.com/opinion/to-p...

SCOOP: Former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale assisted the Honduran presidential campaign of Nasry Asfura, the right-wing candidate Trump endorsed. Parscale says he had nothing to do with Trump's endorsement or his pardon of ex-Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernandez.

“In keeping with other trends in maternal and infant health, we see a persistent racial disparity, in which Black women experience stillbirths at a rate roughly twice as high as white women. A key factor in the prevalence of stillbirth is the failure of healthcare systems to listen to women.”

If ANYONE wanted those damn minority leader jobs- there’d been a turnover A LOONNNGGGGG time ago. NO ONE wants to replace them. Why? Because would YOU want to listen to YOU yelling at clouds 24/7 after putting us in this position? Of course THE FUCK NOT. So just 🤫🤫🤫🤫🤫🤫🤫

Hey America, if you were a Christian nation, you’d be feeding the poor, not yelling at them for using food stamps.

A year ago, Tracy Hoeg was selling people unproven therapies (like injecting your own blood into your knees) for cash. She is trained in physical medicine & rehabilitation, & does not have any relevant background for this position other than being a prolific & extreme antivaxxer and disease promoter

NEW: Trump commuted the sentence of billion dollar Ponzi schemer David Gentile days into his sentence. Gentile's business history is long intermingled with former oligarch Michael Cherney, wanted by Interpol for alleged ties to Russian organized crime. jacquelinesweet.substack.com/p/trump-comm...

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This is the most consequential story for the 2026 midterms. Yet, I cannot find it anywhere on legacy media. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

🚨BREAKING: An Indiana House committee voted 8-5 Tuesday to approve a new GOP-backed congressional map, advancing the measure over the objections of Democrats and members of the public who called the plan a racial gerrymander.

After fighting to keep emails between Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s office and billionaire Elon Musk’s companies secret, officials have released nearly 1,400 pages of documents to @kutnews.bsky.social and The Texas Newsroom. All but about 200 pages are blacked out.

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I used to think Republicans fell in line because they feared Trump would attack them in a primary election. Now, I realize it's much worse. They are physically afraid of Trump's supporters and the risk of violence.

Trump to sign Executive Order ending the use of the metric system to describe quantities of cocaine.

Now I understand why there's a loneliness epidemic with boys. Who would want to date any of these jagoffs?

This is the right take. Apocalyptic rural numbers that probably means the senate is 100% in play.

Congressional investigation of shipwreck killings is gaining steam: "On Thursday, [Admiral Bradley] will head to Capitol Hill for closed-door sessions with lawmakers, as Republicans and Democrats express concerns about the Trump administration’s campaign." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...

This show shows a massive swing for the midterms. Republicans should be very scared. 2/2

Is @aftynbehn.bsky.social very likely not gonna win, yes. But that’s not the entire point. This shows Republicans that they are gerrymandering is literally pointless. This shows Democrats that where the gerrymandering is happening we need to be competitive. 1/2

I don’t know how I missed this wild story about good ol’ demented floorshitting hamster Chuck C. Johnson this summer www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...

If you believe a president who pardons drug dealers is fighting a war on drugs I don’t know how to help you…

Hours after Charlie Kirk was shot, there is an instantaneous order from 🍊💩 for US flags half staff but when a National Guardsman who was illegally ordered to DC dies from being shot, there is no such order? Abysmal but yet not shocking. Ask your military friends and family how they feel about this.

@markhertling.bsky.social: “When you're talking about striking against someone who's wounded and clinging to debris…Deliberately targeting such a person isn't a tactical decision, it's a war crime by the Geneva Convention, the laws of land warfare, and the U.N. Charter.”

70 yrs ago today, Dec 1, 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat for a white person and go to the back of the bus. Four days later, 5000+ people showed up in Montgomery, Alabama to boycott the bus system. It lasted 382 days, over a year. Public bus segregation was ruled unconstitutional.

Two months ago I wrote about why my law firm is litigating 63 voting and election cases. Today it is 65 cases covering more than half the country. Eleven of them involve redistricting. Where are the big law firms? Why isn't legacy media covering this? www.democracydocket.com/opinion/why-...

Yes indeed. Read Mike Johnson's words. Read TFG himself. Mark is right- could there be greater motivation to vote than this? Even if you've never voted before, there's never a better time. #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

BREAKING: We won! 3rd Circuit affirms illegality of Habba appointment We @democracydefendersfund.org are honored to work on this case with the wonderful folks at Lowell & Associates, Gerald Krovatin & many others 👇

No Habba job. Sad!

The Trump administration will not commemorate World AIDS Day this year. 2025 will be the first year since 1988 that the U.S. has not formally recognized this day.

Today is World AIDS Day, a day that reminds me of the decades-long fight for dignity, science, and compassion. We’ve come so far because activists, researchers, and communities refused to be ignored.