🚨NEW FROM TEXAS REDISTRICTING HEARING🚨 “They achieved those partisan objectives by focusing on race,” Matt Barreto, a political science professor with the UCLA Voting Rights Project, told the court Saturday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

I’m horrified by Trump’s order to send 300 National Guard troops to Chicago. We’re only nine months into a four year term and already the president is trying to invade an American city. If you’re in the Guard, you can and should refuse these orders.

Digital sovereignty must be a key focus for all free societies in the next decade if democracy is going to survive this moment.

We’re system architects at core. We built a decentralized network so you could run your own moderation, but beyond that our upcoming healthy discourse project is taking some swings at the interaction model that drives these dynamics on Bluesky. Excited to start seeing it in action.

Portland Frog updates about getting pepper sprayed in his fan intake 🐸🫡

Portland never stops being Portland.

🚨BREAKING: California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) said Sunday his state will sue after President Donald Trump sent 300 California National Guard troops to Portland, Oregon, according to Newsom. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

More messaging like this please

The Washington Post is awful, just awful. Support independent pro-democracy media by subscribing to Democracy Docket today. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

Republicans would rather shut down the government than help millions of Americans afford health care. This article tells some of their stories, and is a good reminder of what’s at stake.

I *strongly* encourage everyone to watch the whole video. Marc is spot on on how the Dem party needs to move forward. It really made me look at things differently. I look forward to his future related videos. Dems, we need a new approach and Marc is on to something.

For people saying we don't have three years, I suggest you watch the video. An opposition movement is not a resistance. It is much more ambitious and takes far more time to stand up and succeed. It's also much harder work.

I feel very strongly that we must use the next three years to build a new opposition movement. I tried to lay out my reasons and what I think we need to do to make it happen. Please watch, comment, and share. youtu.be/_GUgnpAYMCc

There is absolutely zero need for this costly show of militarized force in Portland. 📌 Armored vehicles with federal agents arrived at the federal building in Portland.

A friendly reminder, that even if a city has high crime rates, it’s inappropriate and unconstitutional to deploy troops there as a way to enforce law.

While Stephen Miller claims that Democrats calling him a fascist constitutes incitement, there are hundreds of examples of Miller publicly calling Democrats fascists.

One thing I've learned from the Internet is that a lie needs 0% proof to be believed, but the truth requires thousands of pages of proof and still won't be believed.

Today the Oversight Committee sat down with Alex Acosta. What we heard only confirmed what we already knew: he cut a sweetheart deal for Epstein, silenced victims, and let a predator walk free.

The disgraceful behavior of legacy media has made supporting independent, pro-democracy media more important than ever. I founded Democracy Docket in the crucible of 2020 to be just that. It will never bow down or give in. Sign up now to support its work! hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0

That was fast. This is also why you don’t surrender to autocrats - you fight them and beat them.

This commentary offers a clear, powerful statement of why freedom of speech is at the heart of democracy and must be defended, whether the speaker is Charlie Kirk or Jimmy Kimmel, MAGA supporters or MAGA opponents.

There goes the First Amendment.

Keep the faith, Marc! We have faith in YOU and your entire team! ❤️💪🇺🇸

There are weeks that feel longer than they are, and weeks when every single day is hard. This was a long, hard week. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/a-lo...

Give Victor, not Charlie Kirk, a medal.

Make sure this doesn't get lost in the noise.

A friend asked if she could share this newsletter that I wrote and of course I said yes. Seems appropriate to the present moment. www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-ac...

ICYMI — We are “concerned” about @SenatorCollins selling out her constituents. (If youre tired of this, check out @grahamformaine.bsky.social Platner) www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Phew THIS WAS A DAY still poring over Sec Kennedy’s testimony … but it’s time for bed. We need to be on point, for the long haul, not just for the moment.

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Common freshwater and brackish water herons, U.S. East Coast. Done for my forthcoming book STREAMS: An Illustrated Guide, Yale University Press, later in 2026. 🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #herons #Nightherons #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm

A cell type is defined as the minimal unit to make a developmental biologist mad about a conversation

Vaccines are safe and effective. RFK Jr. isn’t.

Enough is enough. The health of the country is in danger. Read our resignation letters: insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-n...

This is very bad news. Louisiana won't even defend its own map in SCOTUS. It abandoned its own Black voters. Those of us committed to defending the VRA are now entirely on our own. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Fancy an all-you-can-eat salmon buffet? Then head on over to Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska. It's the salmon run season right now, and the waterfall is absolutely swarming with bears. They've all gotten so chubby from feasting. 🐻🧸 Yummy.. #nationalpark #bears #salmon #wildlife

These guys should be home with their families.

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The Iowa Senate seat that Democratic candidate Catelin Drey flipped tonight has been in GOP hands for 13 years. Not anymore.

Moore: "The thing that gets me most about this is how deeply disrespectful this is to members of the National Guard who signed up for this job as I did when I deployed overseas & led paratroopers in combat where we signed up w/the expectation the commander in chief was actually taking it seriously"

🚨BREAKING: The California Supreme Court has DENIED the GOP's emergency petition to block the state’s new redistricting plan, ruling that GOP lawmakers had “failed to meet their burden of establishing a basis for relief” under the state Constitution. Follow @democracydocket.com for full details.

The GOP governors of South Carolina, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee have all sent their states' National Guard troops to assist Trump's occupation of DC. All four of those states have cities with crime rates higher than DC. This was never about "fighting crime."

In Texas (and trump and maga generally) they believe that representatives should choose their voters rather than voters choosing their representatives.

And GOP & trump is waging war on the United States.

Texas has formally declared war against its own citizens.

Just now…

Because nothing says “you should feel free to come visit Washington” like standing in front of dozens of armed soldiers next to a guy who thinks women shouldn’t be able to vote 🙃

🚨BREAKING: The U.S. Department of Justice has escalated its demand for access to Maine’s voter registration records, now requesting that election officials turn over unredacted copies of voter rolls and every voter registration application submitted in the past 18 months.