Here are some of the most dramatic and powerful examples of how Black Americans — from elected officials to ordinary voters — have responded to the wave of GOP gerrymanders. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Four senators wrote letters to Experian and TransUnion, requesting information on the companies’ dispute handling processes after ProPublica revealed they have been dismissing more consumer complaints without providing help.

I think it’s bad that the Republican Party has decided that people who disagree with Trump don’t have rights.

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“we have to fight back by voting” when we just VOTED and had that taken from us is INSANE

Sorry state we’re in when the president of the United States can call a reporter a bitch for asking a legitimate question about gas prices and the media says nothing… ? Shameful 😔

Black people are giving it these Confederates raw and uncut. This is how it’s gonna be now. You wonder what we’re thinking? It’s this. I believe this is activist Gary Chambers again in Louisiana.

So Texas, Florida, Missouri, North Carolina, and Tennessee can redraw districts without a referendum and that stands, but when Virginia lets voters decide directly at the ballot box, it gets overturned?

A really tough week. I am doing everything I can to spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. You can help me by subscribing to Democracy Docket for free and sharing its content with everyone you know. Thanks. bit.ly/4qmEiFz

AOC on possibly running for the Senate or President: They assume my ambition is a title or a seat. My ambition is way bigger than that. My ambition is to change this country. Presidents come and go, elected officials come and go, single payer healthcare is forever.

What the Republicans are doing shows the power the Democrats had and chose not to use.

Always close the door behind you in a fire to protect yourself and your neighbors. @fdny.bsky.social works hard to keep us safe, let's do our best to keep each other safe.

Hoy, Ayuso ha suspendido su viaje a México tras las protestas por su defensa de la conquista. La presidenta Claudia Sheinbaum: "Esta mujer tiene muy poco conocimiento de la historia de España. Hernán Cortés perpetró matanzas".

It’s going to be so delicious when the GOP gets their ass kicked in November anyway. Hey Republicans, after you’ve tried to prevent as many people from voting as possible AND rig the map in your favor, what’s the excuse going to be when you still lose?

Before I go to work, I have this to say to my fellow Americans. No matter how much the Republicans might gerrymander, it is your moral duty as a citizen to vote. You have no excuse to not vote. Vote. Them. Out.

The @pressfreedomtracker.us has recorded nearly 200 LAPD press freedom violations involving journalists. On May Day, reporters were handcuffed and struck with batons. With the World Cup coming to LA, FPF's @adamrose.bsky.social challenged LAPD to prevent an international incident. Watch ⬇️

Total shocker. Alito’s argument for why black people don’t need voting rights protections is based on fraudulent statistics.

Louisiana v. Callais will “probably go down in the history book as one of three of the worst Supreme Court decisions in the history of this nation,” said NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson. From @jonshorman.bsky.social.

Reminder... Any political party trying to make it harder to vote is sending a clear message — they can't win on their ideas alone.

The Epstein case is so bad the government gave you a war, a new virus, and aliens to keep you distracted from it. Sit with that as long as you need.

Good morning ☕️

russia: “We are fighting nazism” Also russia: invades neighbors kidnaps children destroys cities jails dissidents worships one leader uses propaganda 24/7 Sounds familiar for a reason.

The renewed US strikes on Iran expose the bankruptcy of imperialist militarism. After months of war, thousands dead, soaring inflation and economic turmoil, Washington has failed to achieve its aims and now threatens even greater escalation. Workers everywhere will bear the cost.

Based on this Virginia ruling, the Tennessee and Florida maps should both also be shot down. If not, Virginia should just pull a Tennessee and change the rules to ram it though the legislature. 🤷‍♂️

Hang it in the Louvre 🔥 This is why young progressives resonate with so many voters — constituents are exhausted by performative “strongly worded letters” from the Democratic old guard

Trump threatened to nuke Iran during the same press event where he called a woman reporter "baby" and a "bitch" and we'll all just supposed to continue on tomorrow as though any of this insanity is normal or acceptable

I love this story about trans family and motherhood from Ebony, one of our @19thnews.org reporting fellows

The Sargent at Arms blocks Representative Justin Pearson from Memphis from entering a committee meeting about redrawing the map specifically for the district he represents.

Remember how our government kidnapped the leader of another country

It was a mistake to put eugenicists in charge of the federal health system We see their eugenics in action in their push to roll back vaccines & antidepressants We see it in NIH leaders arguing there’s no need for pandemic preparedness—just tell people to be healthy & the strong will survive

Folks, pls don't share photos godforsaken Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social thieves circulate. Screenshot of a tweet looks like crap. No credit to photographer, a Black man. Support @nashvillebanner.bsky.social! Credit: Martin B. Cherry/Nashville Banner nashvillebanner.com/2026/05/07/t...

How the fuck does the GOP explain this? www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Kamala Harris: When you look at this war in Iran, which the American people do not want, which was not authorized by congress. Even if it was, it should not have been initiated. He talked about obliterated. It's all just bullshit.

Just reminding everyone that Black political representation has material effects on policy. It’s so effective that the last time Black politicians were run out of office (Reconstruction), it was with violent force. They paid with their lives for their success. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

The president of the United States is covering up everything from his hands to Epstein.

Tuesday we will head into the belly of the beast for an Oversight hearing in Palm Beach to hear from Epstein Survivors in FL. We won’t stop until there’s justice.

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NEW: Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide note was just released to the public by a judge, years after his alleged death in prison. Survivors and the public have every reason to question its authenticity and the narrative of this. 🧵

Red state claimed to be a bastion of low taxes 100% bs Yes, the state charges low taxes to encourage others to their state To continue meeting national standards, they then force the federal government to make up the difference Red states are welfare states, by choice Laughably pathetic

Katie Phang and Epstein survivor Danielle Bensky visit a new exhibition space in Tribeca where the Epstein files are bound in 3,237 physical volumes. “To see the person who scheduled me, who is still not behind bars—her name is here.”

So apparently it isn’t racism if white legislators remove all black voting districts thus disenfranchising black voters from being able to elect a single black legislator ever?

Rep. @brotherjones.bsky.social burns a confederate flag in the rotunda after the House passed 9-0 maps stripping Memphis of representation… #Memphis #JimCrow @MarshaBlackburn @GovBillLee

happy 9th anniversary to the day we watched Zendaya fall madly in love with Tom Holland in real-time

SCOOP: A confidential new CIA analysis delivered to policymakers this week concludes that Iran can survive the U.S. naval blockade for at least 3 to 4 months before facing more severe economic hardship, a finding that contradicts those hailing an imminent collapse 🧵

This is the scene at the Tennessee Capitol as we get closer to a final vote.