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🚨BREAKING: In landmark First Amendment ruling, 11th Circuit REVERSES Roy Moore's low court defamation win. Unanimous opinion writing by conservative judge appointed by Donald Trump. A complete and total victory for our client Senate Majority PAC! Not tired of winning.😎
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Trump wants to erase history. I built Democracy Docket to document it.
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Democracy Docket by the numbers: Active Voting Rights Cases: 159 Active Redistricting Cases: 43 Active Anti-Voting Cases: 84 Active Pro-Voting Cases: 73 Active DOJ Lawsuits: 30 Subscribe now!
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Democracy Docket is not sponsoring a party to celebrate Donald Trump. It won't send people to a dinner in his honor. If you want both sides coverage, go elsewhere. If you want pro-democracy news and analysis that is fiercely independent, subscribe now.
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This is not a dilemma. The legacy media needs to spare us the bullshit, grow a backbone and get some self-respect. Don't go to a dinner with Donald Trump! Support pro-democracy media that will stand tall and not break bread with a wanna be dictator. Subscribe to Democracy Docket.
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Donald Trump wants to be able to say who gets to vote and who doesn't. The details of that are all just excuses to disenfranchise voters he doesn't want to vote. It's that simple.
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Democracy Docket subscribers just learned about the latest DOJ embarrassment — DOJ filed a document from its Minnesota voter roll case in New Hampshire federal court! If you haven't signed up, do so now. If you have, share it with others.
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NEW EPISODE: Democrats pulled off a huge win in Virginia to combat Donald Trump’s gerrymandering power grab. I am joined by Ashley Cleaves to break down this win; how election deniers have already responded; and the other battleground states where democracy is on the line.
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Redistricting Battle Heats Up with BIG Win for Democrats in Virginia
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🚨BREAKING: Internal emails between DOJ personnel suggest that, from the very outset of the effort to obtain sensitive voter data from states — much earlier than previously known — officials there planned to share it with the DHS.
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Emails reveal DOJ officials planned to share voter rolls with DHS much earlier than they admitted
The emails focus attention again on the tangle of conflicting statements made by DOJ lawyers — in letters to states, court filings, and public comments — about what the agency planned for the data.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/emails-reveal-doj-officials-planned-to-share-voter-rolls-with-dhs-much-earlier-than-they-admitted/
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🚨BREAKING: A Michigan court Thursday handed voters a major win — rejecting a Republican lawsuit that sought to disenfranchise U.S. citizens living abroad.
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Michigan court tosses GOP bid to disenfranchise overseas voters
Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson (D) cheered the ruling for rejecting a “disgraceful, coordinated attack against eligible Michigan voters.”
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/michigan-court-tosses-gop-bid-to-disenfranchise-overseas-voters/
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Please subscribe to Democracy Docket. We should support Elias Law Group any way we can; you can see below how vital their work is. Also, they win these cases. Marc was named Human Rights Hero by the American Bar Association Civil Rights and Social Justice Section.
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What is on democracy's docket today: Active Voting Rights Cases: 159 Active Redistricting Cases: 43 Active Anti-Voting Cases: 85 Active Pro-Voting Cases: 72 Active DOJ Lawsuits: 30 Subscribe to Democracy Docket now!
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I fight hard for democracy in court. In 2020, I created Democracy Docket to keep you informed about the battles that define elections and democracy. Since then it has grown to a community of more than 425,000. Join them today by subscribing. Then, share it with a friend!
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Trump also misunderstood the mood of the electorate. Democratic voters were no longer primarily divided by ideological divisions. Instead, they were united by a desire to fight back against Trump’s authoritarian power grabs.
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I’ve been in this fight for 10 years. Last night, we won.
The citizens of Virginia voted for a new map that will net Democrats an additional 4 congressional seats.
https://www.democracydocket.com/opinion/ive-been-in-this-fight-for-10-years-last-night-we-won/
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The legacy media will spend the next four day's celebrating Trump. Forget their stupid pocket squares. Democracy Docket spends every day holding him and the election deniers accountable. Help it grow and get the news you need by subscribing now.
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A Virginia judge temporarily halted the state’s newly approved congressional map — but state officials are already moving to try to overturn the ruling, setting up a rapid legal fight in the state’s Supreme Court.
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Virginia court blocks voter-approved redistricting, appeal coming
The appeal is expected to move swiftly — and could ultimately land before the Supreme Court of Virginia, which will have the final say on whether the voter-approved map can take effect.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/virginia-court-blocks-voter-approved-redistricting-appeal-coming/
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🚨BREAKING: The Republican majority on the North Carolina State Board of Elections voted Wednesday to block a proposal that would have prepared local officials for scenarios involving federal agents at polling places and attempts to seize ballots.
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GOP blocks plan to prepare North Carolina counties for ballot seizures, ICE at polls
Millen pointed to recent events in other states, including California where a sheriff seized over 650,000 ballots, as well as rhetoric from various Trump administration officials suggesting federal de...
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/gop-blocks-plan-prepare-north-carolina-counties-ballot-seizures-ice-at-polls/
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I continue to live in Trump-world's heads rent free.😂
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NEW: Democrats are pushing back against President Donald Trump’s latest anti-voting executive order with a new bill that aims to safeguard mail voting.
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Democratic bill aims to counter Trump order, protect mail voting
Absentee MVP Act would stop federal agencies from implementing the order
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/democratic-bill-aims-to-counter-trump-order-protect-mail-v/
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Glad to see more people are coming around ro my argument that Jonathan Turley is just Mike Lindell with tenure.
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Jonathan Turley Goes Full Tin Foil Hat About Viktor Orban Loss - Above the Law
It's Infowars inside Turley's head, as he rants about 'globalists' trying to build a European market.
https://abovethelaw.com/2026/04/jonathan-turley-goes-full-tin-foil-hat-about-viktor-orban-loss/
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🚨BREAKING: Arizona Court of Appeals AFFIRMS dismissal of rightwing lawsuit challenging election administration practices in several Arizona counties. Another big win for the ELG team and our clients!
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🚨 Strong Communities of Arizona v. Yavapai County
Learn more.
https://www.democracydocket.com/cases/arizona-counties-election-administration-challenge/
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Right after the race was called, election deniers, anti-voting activists, MAGA faithful, and at least one Trump administration official began flooding the internet with claims that the election was rigged.
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Election deniers are already claiming Virginia’s redistricting vote was ‘RIGGED’
By Wednesday morning, the skepticism of the election results evolved into a full-blown conspiracy centered on Fairfax County, a Democratic stronghold in the northern part of the state.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/election-deniers-are-already-claiming-virginias-redistricting-vote-was-rigged/
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Democracy Docket’s coverage of Virginia has taken a different approach — making clear from the start the obvious and crucial point that the redraw is an effort to level the national playing field in response to Trump’s scheme.
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Legacy media in context-free freakout over ‘Democratic power grab’ in Virginia
The Washington Post is deeply concerned that Virginia’s “yes” vote Tuesday to allow a new congressional map is a “Democratic power grab” that “plunges America deeper into the gerrymandering abyss.”
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/legacy-media-in-context-free-freakout-over-democratic-power-grab-in-virginia/
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I just finished writing my reflections on tonight's big win in Virginia. I've been fighting this fight for ten years, including three cases in SCOTUS. Tonight we won a big one at the ballot box. Subscribe to Democracy Docket.
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For the record: The Washington Post can go fuck itself. Support pro-democracy media that doesn't have its head stuck up Donald Trump's ass.
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I just finished writing my reflections on tonight's big win in Virginia. I've been fighting this fight for ten years, including three cases in SCOTUS. Tonight we won a big one at the ballot box. Subscribe to Democracy Docket.
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🚨BREAKING: Voters in Virginia have greenlit a plan that could see Democrats gain up to four more seats in Congress during the 2026 midterm elections.
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In big win for Democrats, voters approve Virginia redistricting plan, moving battle to court
Virginia is now the second Democratic-controlled state to approve a redistricting plan in response to President Donald Trump’s unprecedented mid-decade gerrymanders in other states.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/voters-approve-virginia-redistricting-referendum-moving-battle-to-court/
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Virginia voters hit the polls Tuesday to cast their ballots in a referendum on Democratic leaders’ plan to redraw the state’s congressional map.
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In Virginia redistricting referendum, supporters say they’re voting ‘for democracy’
As voters hit the polls, Democracy Docket was on the scene to find out what was driving their decision to support or oppose redistricting.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/in-virginia-redistricting-referendum-supporters-say-theyre-voting-for-democracy/
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🚨BREAKING: The U.S. Department of Justice told a federal court Tuesday that it does not intend to use sensitive voter data it collects to remove people from voter rolls — even as its own agreements with states suggest otherwise.
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Trump DOJ falsely tells court it doesn't want voter data to purge rolls
Agreements suggest DOJ is not just reviewing voter rolls, but attempting to identify problems and directing states, under deadline, to remove voters.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-doj-falsely-tells-court-it-doesnt-want-voter-data-to-purge-rolls/
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, the great Democratic legal fighter for democracy, on me: "We need more people like this guy in Congress…This guy's a fighter. And he's not just saying he's a fighter, he's got the receipts, because he has gone toe-to-toe with Donald Trump and the Republicans for years now...
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🚨BREAKING: Republican attorneys general from a dozen states moved to help the White House defend President Donald Trump’s executive order on mail-in voting Tuesday.
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A dozen red states want to help defend Trump’s anti-mail voting executive order
Democratic plaintiffs argue that the executive order would unduly restrict mail voting access and insert federal agencies into election administration — a role the Constitution explicitly reserves for...
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🚨BREAKING: Pro-voting groups sued the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Tuesday to block its bid to build a national voter database using private voter data from every state.
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New lawsuit aims to block Trump DOJ from building national voter database via state voter roll grab
The lawsuit calls the effort “a key component of the Trump Administration’s attempts to take over elections from states and subvert the 2026 midterms.”
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/new-lawsuit-aims-to-block-trump-doj-from-building-national-voter-database-via-state-voter-roll-grab/
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As Virginia’s redistricting referendum comes down to the wire, Steve Bannon is warning that “demonic” Democrats will impeach President Donald Trump and gerrymander congressional districts nationwide if they win in the Old Dominion Tuesday.
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Bannon warns ‘demonic’ Dems will impeach Trump if they win Virginia redistricting vote
As Virginia’s redistricting referendum comes down to the wire, Steve Bannon is warning that “demonic” Democrats will impeach President Donald Trump and gerrymander congressional districts nationwide i...
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/bannon-warns-demonic-dems-will-impeach-trump-if-they-win-virginia-redistricting-vote/
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Here is what Democracy Docket is tracking today: Active Voting Rights Cases: 158 Active Redistricting Cases: 44 Active Anti-Voting Cases: 85 Active Pro-Voting Cases: 71 Active DOJ Lawsuits: 30 Become a Democracy Docket subscriber to receive in-depth insight and analysis:
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Democracy Docket is not sponsoring a party to celebrate Donald Trump. It won't send people to a dinner in his honor. If you are looking for both sides coverage, look elsewhere. If you want pro-democracy news, information and analysis that is fiercely independent, subscribe now.
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With the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) last week demanding 2024 election records from Wayne County, Michigan, the Trump administration is now aggressively targeting the voting process in perhaps the country’s three most pivotal voting jurisdictions.
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Ahead of midterms, Trump’s DOJ is targeting voting in three of the most pivotal swing-state counties
"They're basically acknowledging they got nothing," one elections expert said. "It's going to be used for propaganda and PR. And DOJ's law enforcement powers aren't supposed to be used for propaganda ...
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/ahead-of-midterms-trumps-doj-is-targeting-voting-in-three-of-the-most-pivotal-swing-state-counties/
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Democracy Docket vs Politico. Support independent pro-democracy media.
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We all need to watch this carefully.
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FBI Director says arrests ‘coming soon’ on 2020 rigged election conspiracy
FBI Director Kash Patel: "We have the information that backs President Trump's claim.”
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My Friday began with some really good news. I wrote about the busy day that followed.
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One day in the fight for democracy
The Trump administration badly wants these records from all 50 states and has sued 30 states that refused its demands. My law firm is fighting the DOJ in all of them.
https://www.democracydocket.com/opinion/one-day-in-the-fight-for-democracy/
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Days like Friday are a testament not only to the lawyers I work with but also to our clients. The voters who are standing up and the institutions that are fighting back play no small role in protecting democracy.
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One day in the fight for democracy
The Trump administration badly wants these records from all 50 states and has sued 30 states that refused its demands. My law firm is fighting the DOJ in all of them.
https://www.democracydocket.com/opinion/one-day-in-the-fight-for-democracy/
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🚨BREAKING: FBI director Kash Patel said that his agency will soon make arrests – maybe this week – in connection to the 2020 presidential election, which he claims was rigged.
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FBI Director says arrests ‘coming soon’ on 2020 rigged election conspiracy
FBI Director Kash Patel: "We have the information that backs President Trump's claim.”
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/fbi-director-says-arrests-coming-soon-on-2020-rigged-election-conspiracy/
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🚨BREAKING: The Department of Justice is demanding that Wayne County, Michigan turn over its ballots from the 2024 election to investigate voter fraud claims. Michigan’s attorney general and secretary of state have responded saying that’s not going to happen.
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DOJ civil rights chief sends demand letter to Wayne County for 2024 ballots
Michigan's attorney general and secretary of state have responded that they will not comply with DOJ's demands.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/doj-civil-rights-chief-sends-demand-letter-to-wayne-county-for-2024-ballots/
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My latest about why Friday was an important day in the fight for democracy just went out to Democracy Docket subscribers and premium members. If you aren't already signed up, here is the link.
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Elias Law Group is currently litigating 87 voting and election cases in 44 states and the District of Columbia. It is no exaggeration to say that the future of free and fair elections and democracy is on the docket.
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But none of this is true according to Prince William County Director of Elections Eric Olsen, who told Democracy Docket that the RNC is “trying to invent a headline to further a political agenda” and “to fabricate a nonexistent problem.”
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RNC claimed 'election integrity win' over 'non-existent problem,' Virginia county election director says
Prince William County Director of Elections Eric Olsen said the RNC is "trying to invent a headline to further a political agenda."
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/rnc-claimed-election-integrity-win-over-non-existent-problem-virginia-county-election-director-says/
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Less than three hours after the polls closed, Viktor Orban conceded that he lost. Five years after Donald Trump lost the 2020 election, he still falsely claims that he won. Prepare for the midterms by staying informed. Subscribe to Democracy Docket now:
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How worried are Republicans that they are about to lose the Virginia redistricting special election? Today, they filed a lawsuit against Fairfax County.
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Court Cases
Learn about the lawsuits that Democracy Docket is keeping an eye on.
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