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  bsky.app/profile/marcelias.bsky.social/post/3mugd76hbsc2b At some point those of us in the pro-democracy movement need to stop worrying about Donald Trump and Republicans attacking us over false claims of voter fraud. Instead we need to take steps to protect and expand voting rights and let Trump call us names.

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  bsky.app/profile/marcelias.bsky.social/post/3mslzrxstdk2k A court temporarily blocked an anti-voting measure from happening in a red-leaning California county where it would have imposed restrictive voter ID rules and stopped early voting.…

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  bsky.app/profile/marcelias.bsky.social/post/3mscdqjzn2c2i Republican officials were faced with a massive backlash from outraged voters who packed the meeting room — and two overflow rooms — to demand that their voting locations remain open.…

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  bsky.app/profile/marcelias.bsky.social/post/3ms7j3firjs2w Almost two dozen Democratic-led states asked the U.S. Supreme Court Monday to uphold a block on President Donald Trump’s sweeping attack on mail voting, saying it poses “extraordinary threats to our democracy.”…

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  bsky.app/profile/marcelias.bsky.social/post/3mrxyspu4pc27 🚨BREAKING: Federal Court DISMISSES Department of Justice lawsuit to compel Illinois to provide its complete statewide voter registration database. Another big victory for Elias Law Group and its clients. DOJ is now 0-19 in these cases. ELG remains…

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  bsky.app/profile/marcelias.bsky.social/post/3mry2oma6t22q President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice suffered its 19th straight voter roll loss Friday, as a federal judge dismissed its Illinois lawsuit with prejudice and ruled the department lacks authority to seize the state’s unredacted voter database.…

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  bsky.app/profile/marcelias.bsky.social/post/3mruxghj5ts2c NEW EPISODE: If we want democracy to survive we need to understand the distinction between abnormal and immoral, why the courts should do away with the presumption of regularity, and what Democrats need to do to create a better, moral “new normal.”…

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  bsky.app/profile/marcelias.bsky.social/post/3mrq6wz3xrc2w Days after the WHCA dinner and legacy media still doesn't get it. Donald Trump is putting on a hat saying he's running in 2028, and they are sitting there eating a dinner. This is why independent media outlets like Democracy Docket are growing. Subscribe…

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  bsky.app/profile/marcelias.bsky.social/post/3mrfsvq2vrc2z 🚨BREAKING: Faced with growing concerns about mail delays, voting advocates are asking a Wisconsin state court to give voters a backup option to cast their ballot in person on Election Day.…

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  bsky.app/profile/marcelias.bsky.social/post/3mrdpco4i4s2p If you are the DOJ, it is unprecedented to lose 17 straight voting cases in 17 different courts without winning a single one. It's even more remarkable when 8 of them were decided by judges appointed by Trump. How long will the networks ignore this? How…

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  bsky.app/profile/marcelias.bsky.social/post/3mrdmfppwrs2d 🚨BREAKING: Federal Court DISMISSES Department of Justice lawsuit seeking to compel Kentucky to provide the DOJ with access to its complete statewide voter registration database. DOJ is now 0-17 in these case. Elias Law Group remains undefeated.…

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  bsky.app/profile/marcelias.bsky.social/post/3mr5zlxuarc25 Since Republicans are lying about voter ID again, I recorded this episode to explain what they are really up to. Please watch, like and share. https://youtu.be/FZn4uu8PMWE?si=LAHLa7o2V1ulziI8

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  bsky.app/profile/marcelias.bsky.social/post/3mr43spbrms2d 🚨BREAKING: The GOP-controlled North Carolina State Board of Elections approved new permanent rules Monday that will make it more difficult for voters to cast their ballots by mail and ensure that they are counted.…

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  bsky.app/profile/marcelias.bsky.social/post/3mr3uf6zfns2l NEW EPISODE: Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin just gave away the game. His 15-word slip exposes the real goal of Trump's voter ID push. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZn4uu8PMWE

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  bsky.app/profile/marcelias.bsky.social/post/3mqzlzfatyk2y 🚨BREAKING: Senate Intelligence Committee vice chairman Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) says the real reason for Trump’s speech was to signal the president’s own intentions to interfere with November midterms.…

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  bsky.app/profile/marcelias.bsky.social/post/3mqscumnkec27 This is quite clearly a total lie. The story quotes a "draft press release." This is why we meed to support independent pro-democracy media rather than the stenographers for the administration. Begin by subscribing to Democracy Docket. bit.ly/4qmEiFz …

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  bsky.app/profile/marcelias.bsky.social/post/3mqs4cgj4wk2p A Kansas court temporarily blocked a state law that would disqualify late-arriving mail ballots in the first ruling since the Supreme Court rejected a GOP challenge to grace periods for mail ballots that arrive after Election Day.…

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  bsky.app/profile/marcelias.bsky.social/post/3mqkmftv6nk2y 🚨BREAKING: A federal judge tossed out the Department of Justice’s lawsuit to access West Virginia’s unredacted voter rolls, which marks 13 straight court losses for the department’s floundering effort to seize sensitive voter data from every state. …

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  bsky.app/profile/marcelias.bsky.social/post/3mqew6ybhvk2n NEW: Friday night’s ruling marked the department’s 12th straight loss in lower courts in its legal crusade to force all 50 states and the District of Columbia to forfeit their voter rolls to the federal government.…

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  bsky.app/profile/marcelias.bsky.social/post/3mpuedrsmdc2u Today is an excellent day to support pro-democracy media that opposes aspiring tyrants and holds them to account. You can start with Democracy Docket. bit.ly/4qmEiFz

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  bsky.app/profile/marcelias.bsky.social/post/3mpgtmdtjls2c Today the Supreme Court ruled in favor of our clients, Vet Voice Foundation and the Mississippi Alliance for Retired Americans, affirming a simple principle: a lawful ballot cast on time should be counted.…

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  bsky.app/profile/marcelias.bsky.social/post/3moelmpzk622c Maryland’s top Democrats are preparing to call a special session next month to put a redistricting amendment before voters in November, a move that could give the state a new path to answer the nationwide GOP gerrymandering plot pushed by Donald Trump.…

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  bsky.app/profile/marcelias.bsky.social/post/3mltayqfjnk2g 🚨BREAKING: A Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent visited the home of Milwaukee County’s elections director earlier this week in an attempt to question her, the county clerk has said.…

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  bsky.app/profile/marcelias.bsky.social/post/3mlt7twd4222m Ten days before the Alabama primary election, the Supreme Court stripped Black voters of a congressional district they had won in court. I was not surprised. I was outraged.…

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  bsky.app/profile/marcelias.bsky.social/post/3mlrt6cjwnc2t Another late night in the fight for free and fair elections. To those asking me how they can help, here is my only ask -- subscribe to Democracy Docket for free and share its content. That is all! Thanks. bit.ly/4qmEiFz

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  bsky.app/profile/marcelias.bsky.social/post/3mlbx4f66fk27 🔴NEW RELEASE: Our SCOTUS event last night was so successful and important, Democracy Docket decided to post it on YouTube so everyone can watch and share it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IS9hHs9EXc

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  bsky.app/profile/marcelias.bsky.social/post/3ml4beuoxf225 Here is what the Democracy Docket team is tracking: Active Voting Rights Cases: 161 Active Redistricting Cases: 42 Active Anti-Voting Cases: 81 Active Pro-Voting Cases: 77 Active DOJ Lawsuits: 29 Help them by spreading the word and subscribing now.…

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  bsky.app/profile/marcelias.bsky.social/post/3ml23ffvvwk27 🚨BREAKING: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has signed an aggressively gerrymandered electoral map into law, the final step in a bid to flip four more seats in Congress to Republicans.…

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  bsky.app/profile/marcelias.bsky.social/post/3mkuz5pui7k2o Can someone let the AP know that violating court orders is not a sign of "executive power. " It is a sign of contempt, lawlessness and authoritarianism.

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  bsky.app/profile/marcelias.bsky.social/post/3mkqxadgers2h What is happening in Louisiana right now is both a redistricting power grab and a dry run for authoritarian election subversion this Fall. The governor has declared a state of emergency to suspend the congressional elections because he doesn't like the…