EXCLUSIVE: In the Trump administration’s latest bid to assert control over elections, federal officials are keeping qualified experts off a key federal committee that helps create standards for voting equipment used in U.S. elections.
Join us in solidarity outside the U.S. Institute of Peace on April 23 at 5:30PM to protest David Ellison’s dinner honoring Donald Trump! This merger would give one single family control over CBS, CNN, and TikTok. The Ellisons have already promised they would make sweeping changes to CNN.
James Comer is under fire after a memo revealed Republicans are shifting away from traditional hearings on the Epstein Files.
Instead of formal proceedings, the committee is moving to “roundtables”—informal sessions with no authority.
Witnesses are not even required to be under oath.
This is loser behavior.
Crypto billionaire Justin Sun is suing Trump-linked World Liberty Financial, alleging it froze his $75M investment, blocked sales, and stripped his voting rights.
Sun says he was pressured to buy more and retaliated against when he refused—calling it a scheme to “profit through fraud.”
NEW: In a win for Arizona, a state court rejected a right-wing lawsuit challenging election practices in several counties.
The ruling is the latest in a string of failed efforts to reshape election rules in the battleground state — and reflects a pattern of courts upholding pro-voting policies.
This administration has quite literally started a war and is now actively covering up the deaths of the soldiers it so enthusiastically loves to use overseas and then throw away once they get back home. This time they were caught doing it but how many times have they possibly already done this?
White text on a blue background reads, “Samsung Biologics posts massive revenue growth as labor union rally sets strike in motion”. Underneath, Fierce Pharma is listed as the source.
“Samsung Biologics posts massive revenue growth as labor union rally sets strike in motion” — Fierce Pharma
#UnionNews #rally #strike
OMB is unilaterally making cuts it couldn’t get Congress to agree to in the law, now in a much sneakier way. Read Protect Democracy's Cerin Lindgrensavage’s detailed breakdown of how that works ⬇️
NEW: Immediately after Virginia's special redistricting election was called, election deniers, anti-voting activists and MAGA faithfuls began flooding the internet with claims that the election was rigged — despite a lack of any evidence.
Washington is pretending to look busy with phony investigations—but don't let them distract you from the cover-up.
The Epstein files remain hidden, and Pam Bondi still hasn’t appeared for questioning.
No hearings. No deposition date. No answers.
⚠️ Trump’s DOJ is now demanding 2024 election records from three of the most pivotal voting jurisdictions in the U.S.
Find out more about the administration's latest effort to undermine fair elections below. 👇
The DOJ is going after yet another political opponent of President Trump as Pam Bondi continues to dodge her subpoena. Plus, voters in Virginia have approved redrawn Congressional maps, giving Democrats a boost in the midterms. Scott MacFarlane reports from Capitol Hill…👇
NEW: Legacy media called the Virginia redistricting election a “Democratic power grab,” and claimed the party's efforts to counter Trump's gerrymanders were driven by a “desire for an immediate political advantage.”
Democracy Docket’s coverage has taken a different approach:
Donald Trump appears to have missed—or is delaying—his 2026 physical, with no schedule or results released.
At the same time, his behavior is raising concerns—even among some right-wing outlets.
The silence is deafening.
More than 70 vessels and over 1,000 participants from all over the world have joined a second Global Sumud Flotilla en route to Gaza in order to challenge Israel’s ongoing maritime blockade of aid.
The artificial intelligence industry’s data center boom is the latest chapter in a long history of environmental racism and resource exploitation in vulnerable Native communities, says Oglala Lakota and Northern Cheyenne activist Krystal Two Bulls, the executive director of Honor the Earth.
Elon Musk’s xAI operates over two dozen methane gas-burning turbines without legal permits to power its data centers, Colossus I and Colossus II, polluting the nation’s largest majority-Black city with toxic emissions.
Developers have been operating in “complete secrecy,” refusing to engage with community stakeholders, while their plans for AI data centers appear to provide “limited economic opportunity with very few local jobs," says state lawmaker Melanie Sachs.
🚨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! www.democracydocket.com/cases/arizon...
We cut the ribbon on three new medical cannabis facilities this week, including Slaughter Branch in Webster County. Medical cannabis is a safe option for Kentuckians suffering from PTSD, cancer, multiple sclerosis and more, and I am proud that we've been able to step up and help.
A win! A judge just blocked the Trump admin from strangling hundreds of wind and solar projects nationwide. Chief Judge Denise Casper issued a preliminary injunction, striking down a policy that required every wind and solar project to get personal sign-off from Interior Secretary Doug Burgum.
Rep. Robert Garcia: "Unfortunately, I have to announce that Democratic members will not participating. This roundtable is not a real hearing. It's set up to appear like one. We should be clear about why that's happening. Last week, Pam Bondi skipped a legally required deposition ... "
GALLEGO: Earlier today, you told Sec. Kennedy that Trump never demanded you to cut interest rates. Is that your sworn testimony?
WARSH: That is, senator.
GALLEGO: Okay. Well someone here is lying then. Because Trump confirmed he pressed you on interest rate cuts.
Companies building data centers are "targeting" Indigenous communities where there is often less legal infrastructure to hold them accountable, says Krystal Two Bulls from @honortheearth.bsky.social.
"Right now, we're looking at about 103 to 160 proposed hyperscale data centers on Native lands."
Organizers in Memphis are fighting Elon Musk's AI data centers in the city that rely on polluting methane gas turbines. "We are unfortunately a cautionary tale about what will and possibly can happen if you don't have the right rules and guardrails in place," says @keshaunpearson.bsky.social.
At least 34 tankers linked to Iran, including vessels carrying crude oil, have successfully bypassed the U.S. blockade, per FT
Iran’s consulate in Hyderabad just posted this video mocking Trump and his “ceasefire extension”
🚨 Iran's Revolutionary Guard Navy says it has seized two ships in the Strait of Hormuz "which had endangered maritime security without the necessary permits and by manipulating navigation systems" and has escorted them to the Iranian coast
