Marc E. Elias
@marceelias
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Founder @DemocracyDocket . Chair @EliasLawGroup . My dog's name is Bode.
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MEDIA REMINDER: Trump and Johnson are going to spew lies. Here is the fact:
18 U.S.C. §611 already makes it a felony for noncitizens to vote in federal elections.
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Donald Trump is an antisemite and can go fuck himself.
Trump: “Any Jewish person that votes for a Democrat or votes for Biden should have their head examined.”
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This is purely a stunt. It is already illegal for non-citizens to vote in federal elections.
It’s sad that we have to propose and fight for legislation to ban illegal aliens from voting.
But that’s what happens when Democrats allow millions to illegally cross into our country to try and rig our elections.
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Democrats are going to retake the House.
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What a disgusting thing to say. This guy is a total asshole.
NEW AUDIO: Wisconsin GOP Senate candidate Eric Hovde casts doubt on nursing home residents being able to vote:
"Well, if you're in a nursing home, you only have a five, six-month life expectancy. Almost nobody in a nursing home is in a point to vote."
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Today is the 3rd anniversary of one of the most successful corporate stunts. On April 14, 2021 hundreds of corporations took out an ad saying they "stand for democracy" and against voter suppression.
They got great press and did absolutely nothing to protect the right to vote.
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Great news!
BREAKING: U.S. Supreme Court won't hear a case challenging the constitutionality of the Washington State Voting Rights Act. These crucial state-level voting rights protections will remain in place in the Evergreen State.
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Great news!🥳
BREAKING: Nevada Supreme Court allows abortion measure to be on the ballot this November. If passed, the measure would enshrine the right to abortion in the state constitution.
Read the ruling:
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What a joke!
1. Federal law (18 U.S.C. §611) already makes it a felony for noncitizens to vote in federal elections.
2. House Republicans introduced this same law as a stunt last Congress.
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I don't bluff. I win.
Republicans are winning. This is what poker players call “a bluff”.
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Good for
@MollyJongFast
. We need more of this.
Molly Jong-Fast on Morning Joe calls out Axios's Jim VandeHei for bothsidesing Trump: "But you understand that the conventional framing elevates an autocrat."
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It was fun while it lasted. So many lies, so many sanctions...😂
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You may have read that the RNC is recruiting 100,000 lawyers and volunteers to make it harder to vote and easier to cheat this November.
Democracy Docket the leading platform tracking and exposing the GOP's plans. Support it now.
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He brought it in New York because he is the Manhattan DA.
Habba: We’re seeing a painful selection because we’re in the state of New York which is definitely by design. There is no question that Bragg bringing this in New York… these venues are selected exactly for this reason
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The fight for democracy is the fight of our time. Our generation will be judged by what we did at this moment in history. This is the time for civic courage when everyone must do everything they can every single day to protect our democracy.
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Only the New York porn star hush money criminal case seems clearly on track to be heard before the November election. The mere fact that I can write that sentence about someone Republicans made their nominee speaks to the moral bankruptcy of the GOP.
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🚨BREAKING: In a win for voters, Federal Court DISMISSES Republican lawsuit advancing the fringe independent state legislature theory to try to strike down two voting rights amendments.
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Today:
✅Arizona court rejected GOP election lawsuit.
✅Michigan court rejected GOP voting rights lawsuit.
✅Nevada court rejected GOP election worker lawsuit.
Democracy was on the docket and it won.
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🚨NEW: Federal Court DISMISSES Republican attack on Nevada's Election Worker Protection Law. A shameful effort to make it harder to vote and easier for rightwing election vigilantes to harass election officials.
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Words no lawyer wants to hear (and certainly not at the beginning of a criminal trial): "You're losing all credibility with the court."
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I never worked in the White House.
@marceelias
Remember when the Court ruled against you when you were legal counsel in the White House?
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Unable to attract the support of a majority of eligible voters, Republicans are left to try to rig the voting rules and exploit election loopholes. Put simply, Republicans need to make it harder to vote and easier to cheat.
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The President speaks out regularly against voter suppression.
The question is where are our civic leaders? Where are our corporate leaders? Their failure to stand up for democracy will be remembered as one of the great tragedies of this time in history.
@NicolleDWallace
@MSNBC
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My law firm is currently litigating 56 voting rights and election cases in 21 states. States with the most cases: AZ, GA, WI, FL, NC, NV, and NY.
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Marc Elias, a Democratic lawyer who repeatedly defeated Trump in cases over alleged electoral fraud after the 2020 election, said the RNC robocall showed the Republican party to be “more committed to the big lie than ever”.
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As usual,
@MollyJongFast
is 100% correct.
.
@MollyJongFast
: The problem is there’s a normalcy bias. The problem is conventional framing elevates the autocrat. It says these candidates are the same. And that’s why, this framing, you cannot use it. And again and again we have to say, none of this is normal.
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This should be a bigger story than it is.
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With 204 days until Election Day, my law firm is currently litigating 55 voting rights and election cases in 20 states. States with the most cases: AZ, GA, WI, FL, NC and NY.
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"The U.S. Supreme Court this morning declined to take up a Republican legal challenge to Washington’s state-level voting rights act, thereby leaving in place the law’s robust protections for minority voters." 🥳
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🚨NEW: On behalf of the Michigan Alliance for Retired Americans and the Downriver/Detroit Chapter of the A. Philip Randolph Institute, my team has filed to defend against the RNC's latest voter suppression lawsuit in Michigan.
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Now you know why my law firm is currently litigating 56 voting rights and election cases in 21 states.👇
"The Republican National Committee, newly reconstituted under Trump, has filed election-related lawsuits in nearly half the states."
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With 197 days until Election Day, my law firm is currently litigating 56 voting rights and election cases in 21 states. States with the most cases: AZ, GA, WI, FL, NC and NY.
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Harry Dunn (
@libradunn
) is right — democracy is on the ballot this year and we all have a role to play!
Get
@DemocracyDocket
's new Democracy Is On The Ballot tee to remind people just that:
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Republicans know that this November they will lose the popular vote for president by millions of votes. Their only strategy to overcome this deficit is to make it harder to vote and easier to cheat
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Great to see!
NEW: Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D) urges the newly liberal state Supreme Court to overturn a decision by the court's previous conservative majority and restore the use of ballot drop boxes in the state.
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The Supreme Court just heard a case that could have a huge impact on Trump's election subversion charges, and not enough people are paying attention.
I'll be sharing why this case is so important with
@DemocracyDocket
members this afternoon. Sign up now:
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Mike Lawler will lose this November but he will still be remembered as a disgrace.
Collins: New York just held its primary. Did you vote for Donald Trump?
Lawler: I voted in the primary and I did vote for the former president, yes.
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Republicans want to make it harder to vote and easier to cheat. That is why they are behind this.
"Moving to hand counts brings not only financial and accuracy questions, but also logistical ones: it takes far more people and space than machine counting."
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NEW: Federal Court strikes down North Carolina law that imposes criminal penalties on people who vote while on parole, probation or post-release supervision for a felony conviction.
Congrats to
@scsj
who brought this important case!
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We are going to see a lot of mass voter challenges this Fall. I hope you take a few minutes to read.
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True.
@notinabluemoon
@marceelias
Somebody's big mad because Marc Elias makes the GOP and their lawyers look incompetent in court as he continues to WIN!!!
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This is a growing threat.👇
"Groups like True the Vote and Michael Flynn’s America Project want to mobilize thousands of Trump supporters by pushing baseless claims about election fraud—and are rolling out new technology to fast-track their efforts."
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🚨NEW: On behalf of
@RiseFreeOrg
, my firm has filed a motion with the Wisconsin Supreme Court asking it to take up an appeal in a critical voting case involving spoiled ballots.
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The RNC is ramping up its efforts to make it harder to vote and easier to cheat. Democracy Docket the leading platform tracking and exposing the GOP's plans.
You can support it now.
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I had the pleasure of interviewing Hillary Clinton about Donald Trump, the 2024 election and the fight for democracy!
I promise you will learn and enjoy.
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The RNC and Trump campaign say they are recruiting 100,000 lawyers and volunteers to make it harder to vote and easier to cheat this November.
Democracy Docket tracks and exposes the GOP's attacks on our democracy. Support it now.
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🚨NEW: For the seventh time, Republican election denier Abe Hamadeh has lost in court.
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Trump is learning new lessons today in court.
✅His rights...
✅When to stand...
✅How to stay quiet and sit still...
🔜Next up, how to stay awake...
All of this and more in my exclusive State of Democracy that will go to premium members later this week.
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A reminder that the GOP plan for 2024 is to make it harder to vote and easier to cheat.
Join me in staying informed and fighting back.
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The RNC is more committed to the Big Lie than ever.👇
"The Republican National Committee last week sent out a scripted call to voters’ phones on behalf of new co-chair Lara Trump saying Democrats committed “massive fraud” in the 2020 election."
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🚨NEW: Big counsel change in rightwing lawsuit to strike down anti-harassment provisions of Arizona's Election Procedure Manual. Out is small AZ firm. In is AZ office of Washington DC firm with close ties to GOP.
An ominous turn and one worth watching.👀
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Thank you
@GovEvers
for making our fight your fight!
NEW: Wisconsin Supreme Court allows Gov. Tony Evers (D) to join a lawsuit seeking to overturn a decision by the court's previous conservative majority and restore the use of ballot drop boxes in the state.
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"The court's 4 liberal justices on Thursday granted Evers' motion to intervene in the case, which was filed by Democratic law firm
@EliasLawGroup
. The lawsuit challenges the Supreme Court's 2022 ruling that unmanned absentee ballot drop boxes are illegal."
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Hamadeh and his lawyer were recently sanctioned over their latest frivolous legal challenge.
At Mar-a-Lago, Abe Hamadeh continued to claim his 2022 election was stolen:
“We had our race stolen by 280 votes.”
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In their desperate campaign to win the 2024 election, the GOP is suing to let vigilantes harass voters and election officials. I’m sending a sneak peak of my new article on the topic to
@DemocracyDocket
members tonight.
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Nap time, day 2.
Now: Trump's head slowly dropped, his eyes closed. It jerked back upward. He adjusts himself. Then, his head droops again. He straightens up, leaning back. His head doops for a third time, he shakes his shoulders. Eyes closed still. His head drops. Finally, he pops his eyes open.
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These lawyers, and the many others who will work with them, will soon find themselves arguing against the right to vote and in favor of voter intimidation and election subversion. If history is a guide, they will end up ethically compromised.
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Prominent Democratic lawyer Marc Elias characterized some of these newly formed ventures as “vigilante.” He and his firm are filing dozens of lawsuits against voting restrictions across the country, often partnering with grassroots groups in swing states.
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NEW PODCAST: I'm honored to have my hero, Secretary
@HillaryClinton
, on Defending Democracy this week! We discuss threats to our elections, the Supreme Court, and the harm Trump has caused.
Watch the full episode on YouTube now:
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We are seven months from the election and if you are not paying attention to the courts, you are not paying attention to democracy. Subscribe now.
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There are 211 days until polls close on Election Day. If you are not paying attention to the courts, you are not paying attention to democracy. Subscribe now.
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BREAKING: Arkansas State Board of Election Commissioners to void registrations and take Arkansas back in time by requiring wet signatures.
@marceelias
, your help is needed.
#arpx
.
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Right-wing vigilantism is the greatest threat to our elections this November. My new article explains how Republicans are helping vigilantes attack election workers and voters.
Become a Democracy Docket member to have it sent straight to your inbox:
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"Former President Donald Trump’s political operation said Thursday that it plans to deploy more than 100,000 attorneys and volunteers across battleground states to monitor — and potentially challenge — vote counting in November."
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Charlie used to think Trump was a fraud and a grifter. He used to agree the election wasn't stolen. He knows better and yet, now he is the chief lawyer for the RNC preparing new waves of attacks on voting.
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NEW: Lawsuit by disability groups seeking the right to have disabled or elderly voters use at-home electronic accessibility devices to read and mark their absentee ballots privately.
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It is going to be a big few weeks for democracy in court. Stay informed.
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"Instead of having to wait until two years, a person with a felony conviction in Nebraska can register to vote once they’ve completed their sentence under the revised law. It’s expected to take effect on July 18, ahead of the election in November."
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A must read👇
"It was a shocking accusation — one that triggered months of investigation to figure out how this happened. There was only one problem: it wasn’t true."
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Civil rights groups filed a new lawsuit challenging Alabama’s new voter suppression law that criminalizes voter assistance. This law is the latest Republican-led piece of legislation that attacks the practice of helping voters with their absentee ballots.
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Republicans are filing a series of lawsuits to undo protections and empower election vigilantes to harass voters and election officials.
It's all a part of their desperate campaign to win the 2024 election.
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👻
@marceelias
Your name is becoming synonymous with the Boogie Man for these dudes. You actually came up in a conversation I was having with Republican I work with. They are legit scared of you.
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Left unchecked, the virus of mass challenges threatens to reach all corners of the country and wreak havoc on free and fair elections. But it is not too late to stop this.
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New Republican election vigilante groups are emerging to launch mass voter challenges against unsuspecting voters.
Support Democracy Docket's work to help keep you informed on these challenges and the threat they pose to democracy:
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Republicans have filed three lawsuits to challenge anti-harassment and intimidation laws aimed at protecting voters and election officials.
Democracy Docket the leading platform tracking and exposing these cases. Support it now.
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“On the issue of democracy, today’s Republican Party is more irresponsible and more dangerous than it was in 2020,” said Marc Elias, in a statement that blasted the GOP’s effort to “court and nurture a network of right-wing election vigilantes.”
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I had the honor of speaking with Secretary Hillary Clinton about the state of democracy and the threats Trump has always posed.
The full podcast episode comes out tomorrow, but
@DemocracyDocket
members get early access to it tonight:
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In just the first six weeks of 2024, Republicans and their allies have filed ten lawsuits aimed at making voting more difficult and elections less secure. If successful, they risk overturning the will of the voters in 2024.
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NEW: Civil rights groups file lawsuit challenging Alabama’s new voter suppression law that criminalizes voter assistance. This law is the latest Republican-led piece of legislation that attacks the practice of helping voters with their absentee ballots.
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We see these stories several time a week. The GOP is creating this crisis in order to make it harder to vote and easier to cheat this Nov.👇
"The constant threats and harassment have contributed to an exodus of election officials across the country."
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🧵1/16 Arkansas Secretary of State's Office said e-signatures were ok on voter registration forms, then once he got wind of young people using
@GetLoudArkansas
's form, the Republican
@ARSecofState
tried to shut it down. Let's dig in to it!
#VoterSuppression
#VoteBlue
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The rightwing is losing its mind over my interview with Secretary
@HillaryClinton
. Watch for yourself!
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Trump's campaign knows:
A vote for Robert Kennedy is a vote for Trump.
A vote for Cornel West is a vote for Trump.
A vote for Jill Stein is a vote for Trump.
Not voting is a vote for Trump.
A vote for Biden is a vote for democracy.
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In NBC's new poll, “protecting democracy or constitutional rights” was the most important issue in determining a voter's own vote with 28%.
If this describes you, I suggest you subscribe to the Democracy Docket now.
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It is going to be a big few weeks for democracy in court. Stay informed.
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The next few months will be pivotal to the future of our democracy and much of the action will take place in the courts, Sign-up now to stay informed.
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The next few months in court will be pivotal to the future of our democracy, Sign-up now to stay informed.
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Great lede: "Frank LaRose lurched to the right, flipped on democracy issues to tow the party line, rigged our maps, tried to undermine majority rule and it still wasn’t enough."
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NEW: I had a chance to talk to former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder about the fight for fair maps, attacks on voting rights and federal courts’ failure to protect democracy.
I hope you watch and enjoy.
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Thank you!
@perry_ron
There're some truly incredible people in the world that save people they don't know.
I think about Marc Elias trying to save Democracy 1 court case at a time.
I think about good journalists calling out the fascism they see in our country.
And Biden trying to save the World.
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"Between 2018 and 2022, the ID rejection rate bounced between 5% and about 9%. But in November of 2023, that figure jumped to more than 28%."
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MAGA = Make Attorneys Get Attorneys.
In my State of Democracy newsletter tomorrow, I’m talking about how Republicans lawyers are being held accountable, Trump’s trial and hot takes.
Become a Democracy Docket member to receive it:
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I look forward to it as well! In the meantime, we keep fighting.
@marceelias
I’m so grateful that you’re in the trenches with this Marc. I look forward to the day, and I’m sure you do too, when this deluge of voter suppression is over. Am I dreaming?
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