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Each time I have sat down to write something since the election, I am bothered by this recurring phrase that I simply cannot get out of my head.
On the morning that Donald Trump was named Time Magazine’s Person of the Year, he was honored at the New York Stock Exchange by ringing in the opening bell. But the biggest news of the day, perhaps the week, took place during his brief remarks afterwards.
Though the 2024 election has passed, many ongoing redistricting cases could still have significant impacts on voting rights in a number of states.
I started Democracy Docket to be fearlessly independent and unapologetically pro-democracy. It will always stand tall. It will not obey.
After the 2016 election, a movement that would become known as “the resistance” quickly emerged to protest and confront Trump’s incoming administration.
Since the election, media figures and outlets have followed suit — each moving gradually towards obedience to Trump and then suddenly.
From a reintroduction to Schedule F to a whole host of other proposals, legal organizations are preparing to fight Project 2025 in the courts.
In her speech, Kamala spoke to what I value and who I am. We all owe Kamala a lot for her fight and perseverance. But I owe her much more.
Sheriffs’ belligerent insistence that they will pursue alleged voter fraud generally defies the will of the people they claim to represent.
