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GOP-controlled House Oversight Committee votes to subpoena Bondi over Epstein Files “The American people want answers on the Epstein files, and so do we,” Republican Rep. Nancy Mace, who introduced the motion to subpoena Bondi, said.

🚨BREAKING: The Republican-led House Oversight Committee has voted to subpoena Attorney General Pam Bondi to testify about her role in the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) incomplete release of its files on convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Idaho is latest red state to reject DOJ voter roll grab The refusal places Idaho alongside a growing number of red states pushing back against the department’s campaign.

Idaho — a deeply Republican state — has become the latest to refuse the Trump Justice Department’s demand for unredacted statewide voter rolls. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Trump's war on elections is hiding in plain sight False claims that foreign government interference caused him to lose in 2020 have been a staple of the diet of lies Trump feeds to his faithful.

Donald Trump is seeking to collect massive amounts of information — including personal and partisan voter data — at an unprecedented scale. He is trying to pressure AI companies into allowing unrestricted use of their powerful tools against American citizens. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...

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Obama calls on Virginians to vote for redistricting in special election “Free and fair elections are the cornerstone of our democracy, but right now they are under threat,” Obama said.

🚨BREAKING: A day before early voting begins in Virginia’s redistricting referendum, Barack Obama called on Virginians to vote in favor of a state constitutional amendment allowing the legislature to redraw its congressional map to counter GOP gerrymanders. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Despite weeks of confusion, Virginians will begin voting on redistricting referendum Friday Everything you need to know.

Starting Friday, Virginians will head to the polls for the first day of early voting on a redistricting referendum. If passed, it could send a blue wave through the state. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Trump fires Noem as DHS secretary, nominates 2020 election skeptic Sen. Mullin to replace her Mullin’s potential ascension will have significant implications for future U.S. elections.

🚨BREAKING: After her disastrous hearings before Congress this week, President Donald Trump announced that he would replace Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem with Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R) at the end of the month. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Key Trump ally behind emergency elections order reveals loony conspiracy theory motivating his effort Peter Ticktin said the Trump should sign an executive order to take over voting machines, because machines in Antrim County, Michigan flipped votes from Trump to Joe Biden in the 2020 election.

NEW: A conservative attorney said to be coordinating with the White House to push Donald Trump to take control of elections via executive order cited a bizarre 2020 conspiracy theory involving Michigan voting machines as the emergency that justifies the scheme.

Paxton offers to drop Senate bid if Republicans pass SAVE America Act The message quickly drew praise from online far-right activists.

🚨BREAKING: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) is publicly offering to abandon his U.S. Senate campaign if Senate Republicans agree to change the filibuster rules and pass the SAVE America Act, a sweeping anti-voting bill. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Trump calls on divided GOP to pass SAVE America Act ‘at the expense of everything else’ Trump suggested the SAVE America Act includes a number of provisions that are not in the proposal.

If you care about free and fair election this November, this is the most important story of the day. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Never forget that this what The Washington Post said when Noem was nominated.

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Trump loyalist Lindsey Halligan faces ethics probe in Florida Based on the results of the investigation, she could eventually face disbarment.

Florida’s bar association is currently investigating Lindsey Halligan, a loyalist President Donald Trump selected to bring criminal charges against his political opponents, over allegations that her failed prosecutions violated ethics rules governing lawyers. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Trump is adding anti-trans provisions to SAVE America Act Trump appears to be using culture-war issues, which are popular among Republican voters, to increase the pressure on Republican lawmakers to back the bill.

🚨BREAKING: The White House confirmed Friday that President Donald Trump is pressing Congress to add new provisions targeting transgender people to the SAVE America Act — a sweeping anti-voting bill that could disenfranchise millions. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

DOJ aims to speed up voter roll case as deadline for removing voters looms "That ship has already all but sailed,” Michigan’s lawyers wrote.

🚨BREAKING: As the Department of Justice (DOJ) belatedly attempts to speed up its drive for state voter registration rolls, lawyers for Michigan are asking the court to pump the brakes. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

DOJ refuses to rule out immigration enforcement access to voter data “Your honor, I can honestly say I do not know the answer to that,” a DOJ attorney said.

🚨BREAKING: The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) would not rule out using voter data for immigration enforcement during a federal hearing in Minnesota, but said such data was not currently being used. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

If you are attacking Jena Griswold because she did not personally argue the 14th disqualification case in the Supreme Court, you have lost the plot. She was literally a party to the case brought by Trump. We need more people willing to stand up to Trump, not tearing down those who did.

Senate Showdown: Democrats' Best Shot vs. GOP's Biggest Election Denier | Gov. Roy Cooper YouTube video by Democracy Docket

NEW EPISODE: In North Carolina, Roy Cooper just won his Senate primary — and he may be Democrats' best shot at flipping the U.S. Senate. Cooper and I discuss why he's running, what's at stake, and why North Carolina is the #1 red-to-blue Senate seat in the country. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6i-h...

Texas Republicans are punishing voters ‘because we can’ Tuesday’s primary descended into chaos for voters in Dallas and Williamson counties.

NEW: Texas has been minority-ruled by conspiracy theorists for years. Tuesday’s primary was a prime example of the ways that a foolish few can block broad electoral access for many. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/texa...

These are the states where we are fighting DOJ's voter file lawsuits: AZ, CA, CT, CO, DC, DE, GA, HI, IL, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, PA, OK, OR, RI, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV

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The Department of Justice has sued 30 states and DC for access to their unreacted sensitive voter data. My law firm is fighting them in all 30 cases.

We are dedicating so many resources because these are the most important legal fights and the future of free and fair elections is at stake.

Violent. Anti-abortion. Anti-trans. Posts from Trump’s new DHS pick preview more of the same. Sen. Markwayne Mullin’s new role would grant him leeway to control how detained immigrants receive reproductive or gender-affirming health care.

Violent. Anti-abortion. Anti-trans. Posts from Trump’s new DHS pick preview more of the same. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin will replace Kristi Noem as DHS secretary at the end of the month.

Mullin has vigorously supported the SAVE America Act, spread misinformation about the 2020 election results and defended the ICE agent who fatally shot a Minneapolis woman in January.

These gops in Congress only care about their own power and money. They do not give a damn about the Constitution.
They are traitors. Any gop not fighting trump now is a traitor

Children never belong in a detention center

What were Merrick Garland and Christopher Wray doing for 4 years?
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That is why trump goes there all the time! That is why melania is in NY.