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Trump Justice Dept. Seeks to Stall State Bar Discipline of Its Lawyers

Translation: DOJ lawyers are being asked to do things that could get them disbarred.

ICE Plans to Spend $220 Million on Tasers The company that manufactures the product spent nearly $2.5 million on lobbying efforts.

What could go wrong?

A $220M contract to supply ICE with tasers.

A publicly traded company that lobbied hard for said contract.

More weapons to untrained ICE agents.

One again, the elite are trampling democracy and writing the rules.

Trump’s War on Iran Is Illegal Neither a future threat nor regime change can be legal justification for war without congressional authorization.

Trump launched a full-scale bombing campaign against Iran with no congressional authorization, no imminent threat & no legal justification.

The Constitution is clear: Congress declares war. Not one man.

@normeisen.bsky.social and fellow legal scholars explain in The Contrarian:

The work ahead is generational. To understand where we're going, we have to understand where we've been.

DDA's Legal Director Tianna Mays joins Redacted History to discuss American authoritarianism and what it means for democracy.

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In his SOTU, the president attacked voting rights.

He's still trying to re-litigate 2020. And now he reportedly wants to bypass Congress to unilaterally rewrite election rules.

Give it a rest.

We the people deserve better.

Watch closely.

Every action—seizing ballots, demanding voter rolls, threatening ICE at the polls & now floating unilateral power over elections—is a desperate attempt to silence voters.

Public and legal pushback are our best defenses against Trump's authoritarian, anti-American agenda.

Today, our executive chair Amb. Norm Eisen (ret.) is taking the fight to Capitol Hill — testifying before the Senate Rules Committee on Trump's assault on free and fair elections.

Watch live:
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Trump "joked" that he couldn't give the Congressional Medal of Honor to himself... he's more concerned with monuments to self than addressing the needs of ordinary people.

If the president is serious about restoring trust in our government, my discharge petition would bring a real stock trading ban to the House Floor.

Did Trump just call on Congress to “reject political violence”?

Run it back 👇

State of the Union speeches aren’t about policy – they’re about setting the narrative.

If you hear about the 2020 election tonight, it’s not about the past.

It’s about creating doubt that could be used to challenge the 2026 election. 🧵⬇️

The record gap between corporate profits and worker pay has an ‘undercurrent of betrayal,’ top economist warns  | Fortune “Something in our economic narrative is broken.”

Reality: American families are being crushed by rent, medical bills, utilities, and the cost of groceries.

Corporate profits continue to rise while wages struggle to keep pace.

Trump bragged about his tax cuts in the SOTU.

They were skewed to the rich and paid for by cutting health care and food assistance.

Meanwhile, Trump's tariffs were a tax increase. The American people bore 90% of the tax cuts, according to economists.

This admin is testing our democracy, pushing the guardrails to see how far they can bend before they break

Habba, Bondi & Noem are hand-picked loyalists, appointed to silence dissent & weaponize gov't

📺 State of Our Democracy w/ @replamonica.bsky.social @democracydefendersaction.org -TN

State of Our Democracy 2026 - This Moment YouTube video by Democracy Defenders Action

'This moment demands we address what has happened, where we are headed, and what must change to preserve the country we all love.'

Tonight, as Trump addresses Congress, @replamonica.bsky.social delivers the State of Our Democracy.

It is time to decide: is democracy worth defending?

Justice Department withheld and removed some Epstein files related to Trump An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump.

Last week, Trump posted a banner of himself on the facade of the DOJ, a message from him that it’s “his” DOJ and justice is what he says it is.

Exhibit A:

"The threats facing our democracy have never been greater."

As Congress prepares for the State of the Union, we are hosting a first-ever "State of Our Democracy" address—delivered by @replamonica.bsky.social and streaming live on @meidastouch.com tomorrow morning.

What We've Learned from the Epstein Files So Far Summary of Democracy Defenders Fund review of the minimal Epstein files that DOJ has released, and, just as importantly, insight into what the DOJ is still refusing to reveal. This webpage will be upd...

This is just one of many alarming findings from the Epstein files.

@democracydefendersfund.org is tracking the gaps, the redactions, the contradictions with each DOJ release.

More here 👉 www.democracydefendersfund.org/epstein-files

Last year DOJ and FBI claimed no evidence to investigate uncharged Epstein associates.

Weeks later? FBI agents were still reviewing derogatory information on prominent individuals — including the president.

Its time for real transparency. We deserve the full truth.

Trump’s New Banner of His Face Shows Irony Is Dead That’s a little on the nose, don’t you think?

The Trump regime hung a banner of his face on the people’s DOJ.

A visual declaration that justice is whatever he says it is—a weapon for allies, punishment for enemies.

Democracies don’t collapse overnight. They die by 1,000 cuts. And we are fighting every day to make sure it doesn’t happen here.

Hassett says authors of New York Fed tariff study should be disciplined: 'Worst paper I've ever seen' The NEC director ripped the report, saying that central bank researchers ignored key aspects of how the duties worked

The NY Fed found 94% of Trump's tariff costs hit American consumers.

The White House response?

Calling it "the worst paper in the history of the Federal Reserve" and demanding researchers be "disciplined."

Attacking the data doesn't change who's paying.

On Survivor, immunity idols expire. Presidential pardons don’t. How the pardon power is being used. YouTube video by Eliza Orlins

On Survivor, immunity idols expire.

Presidential pardons don’t.

When clemency becomes political currency, equal treatment under the law breaks down.

Proximity to power should not determine consequences. #DDAPartner

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Goldman, Nasdaq CEOs to headline Mar-a-Lago crypto ‘forum’ hosted by Don Jr. and Eric Trump On Wednesday, prominent Wall Street executives and investors will convene to discuss the “future of finance and technology” alongside federal officials and U.S. lawmakers at President Donald Trump’s p...

Wall Street executives. Federal regulators. The Trump family’s crypto business.

All convening at Mar-a-Lago?

Our Senior Ethics Counsel Chris Swartz warns:
“Any reasonable person would have serious questions about the propriety of this event.”

Every day we are witness to the unimaginable coming from the White House—from clear conflicts of interests to constitutional violations, brazen grift, and racist memes. It will take a critical mass of us to let elected officials know enough is enough. No one is above the law.

NY Fed report says Americans pay for almost all of Trump's tariffs Americans are shouldering almost all of President Donald Trump’s import tax surge, a report from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said on Thursday.

The Federal Reserve just confirmed what we already knew: Trump’s tariffs are a tax on American consumers and businesses.

Imposing sweeping tariffs without congressional approval hurts our economy and tramples on the rule of law.

Bondi had list of a Democratic lawmaker's Epstein files "search history" during Capitol Hill hearing A high-profile House Democrat is accusing Attorney General Pam Bondi of "spying" on her search history while she pored through Jeffrey Epstein-related documents.

The DOJ should not be spying on or attempting to intimidate lawmakers seeking the truth about Epstein and his co-conspirators.

No one but the survivors deserve protection.

House passes SAVE America Act, sending Trump-backed election bill to the Senate The legislation would overhaul federal election laws in all 50 states by imposing new voter ID and proof-of-citizenship requirements. But it faces a daunting path in the Senate.

BREAKING: The House just passed the SAVE Act. AKA a solution in search of a problem and part of a coordinated attack on voting rights.

The SAVE Act demands documents people don't have. Meanwhile, the WH calls for "nationalizing" our elections.

Policy should expand ballot access, not restrict it.

AG Bondi has accused members of the House of theatrics as they question her about redacted Epstein files.

No one but the survivors deserve grace.

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