Captain Xtra

So that new budget bill has an awful provision attacking courts. It’s in Section 754 and the provision is titled Frivolous Litigation Deterrent. I’ll share the text in the next post.

At least 18 early voting centers in rural Alaska have not opened as of Friday, state Sen. Bill Wielechowski says. The commonality? All the affected areas have at least a 60% Alaska Native population — with nearly a dozen having Alaska Native populations upwards of 90%: https://demdock.com/4yTW5Ze

Don't believe the polls. Run all the way through the tape. VOTE!

NEW: At least 18 voting centers in Alaska Native communities have not opened despite early voting having already started in the state last week. “There is no legal excuse for the failure to open these sites,” one state senator wrote to the Alaska elections chief.

NEW: Blanche claims DOJ's Alaska lawsuit doesn't seek to block certification of the state's election results. The actual complaint says it does. His attempt to reframe the lawsuit is a bid to push back against how it's been correctly interpreted: a dangerous effort to subvert the midterms.

They’ve already started. They filed a suit today to effectively throw out Alaska’s election results if Dan Sullivan (the incumbent) doesn’t win

Worth remembering

Take Trump seriously when he threatens to jail election officials for doing the job they’re sworn to do: counting votes. “We are not on the precipice of a constitutional crisis,” Marc Elias says. “We have reached it.” They’re betting you’ll stop paying attention. Follow us to prove them wrong.

FLORIDA VOTER ON FOX: “Everybody on my block is Republican. They told me for the first time they’re voting Blue, straight down.”

My account on Reddit has been compromised. DO NOT TRUST IT!

Elon Musk says Italians should stay in Italy and the Japanese in Japan. Then why is this South African in America?

Cartoonist: Steve Sack

Voters are facing 2.5-hour lines and 45-minute walks to get to the polls. Why? Because Republicans slashed early voting sites. Make a voting plan, bring snacks and water and vote as early as you can. Follow Democracy Docket for the latest news ahead of the midterms.

Elon Musk threatens Congress.

Trillionaire dark tetrad threatens congress.

This ad is 🔥🔥🔥🔥

BREAKING: Pro-voters sued to block the Trump administration from sending federal agents to polling sites in Arlington County. The lawsuit, which marks the fourth seeking to block such plans, comes after federal officials suggested ICE could be deployed at the polls this fall.

@garthtoons.bsky.social

Attention, Ohio voters: Yes, the Community Note is correct. We just fact-checked it.

This inept chode. 😒

The problem is she trusted them in the first place. U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes took the Trump administration at its word as she oversaw a lawsuit over plans to renovate Washington’s historic East Potomac Golf Course.

I don’t care what side of the aisle you’re on, nobody should support this kind of deception. They created a fake pamphlet to spark trans outrage and sent it to every home in Texas. Then their paid shills continued the outrage on social media. Politics is broken.

Read the full story: demdock.com/48asyza

🚨 BREAKING: Democrats have filed a new lawsuit against Trump, asking a federal court to block his administration from: 🔺Threatening election officials with criminal prosecution 🔺 Pressuring states to remove voters from the rolls The suit comes just a week after Trump’s DOJ sued California.

Cartoonist: Dennis Goris

Way to go Texas! 🌊

"It is no coincidence that the growth of modern tyrants has in every case been heralded by the growth of prejudice." ~ Henry A. Wallace @andertoon.bsky.social

A group of Democratic U.S. senators are the latest to demand that Attorney General Todd Blanche publicly pledge the Department of Justice (DOJ) won’t seize ballots or election materials during the midterms. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

TikTok has permanently suspended Bleecker Street's account, the film distributor overseeing Alex Gibney's documentary re Elon Musk. The wealthy and the powerful will always step on you and your freedoms. Always speak truth to power and watch Alex Gilbney tell the truth re Musk.

Meta took down the No Kings Instagram account during today’s No Kings events.

Update: without explanation, and after being suspended for more than an hour during peak mobilization time, Zuckerberg's Instagram restored the No Kings account but we still lack admin access. More to come. Rest assured we will not stop organizing against this regime and its collaborators.

Full update from our team. We STILL do not have admin access to the account.

Trump waiving sanctions against Russia is the most predictable thing ever. The silence of some GOP elected officials is likewise the most predictable thing. Throw the trash out in November. This isn’t funny anymore

Russia is now exempt from the Lindsey O. Graham Russia Sanctions Act. The US government is clearly allied with Putin against Ukraine. Vote Republican enablers out.

This is pathetic. Ukraine tested Starlink speed restrictions in Europe and had no issues - the restrictions only exist in Ukraine. The Trump administration is actively helping Russia kill Ukrainians - and risking the lives of US and NATO advisors in Ukraine.

Cartoonist: David Horsey

Mark Zuckerberg has suspended the No Kings Instagram account in midst of Day of Action. Billionaires want you under their boot heels ... or worse.

NEW: DOJ is asking a federal court to allow it to continue collecting state voter data to use in a flawed database for identifying alleged instances of noncitizens voting. Such actions are part of DOJ's campaign to take over states' voter rolls, as Trump aims to control elections.

Just saying, but if Republicans are spending hundreds of millions to try to keep TEXAS red, they’re terrified. And they should be.

We the People was never intended to mean whatever one powerful man desires. October 17 - No Kings. Our ballots are not ornaments for another's coronation. They are how we tell every aspiring ruler: hands off our votes. #VoteEarlyForNoKings social.demcast.com/s/oAlL6B4x

REPORTER: “Trump’s popularity is very low, diesel prices are very high, the war he started isn’t going well… is he using you as a scapegoat for his own problems?” ZELENSKY: 🙃🤐 (this is a YES)

Cartoonist: Rick McKee

Cartoonist: Jonathan Brown

BREAKING: WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump puts new Russia sanctions passed by Congress on hold, saying a waiver is in the US national interest.

I mean, what are we even doing here

This is awesome. If your vote didn’t matter Republicans wouldn’t be trying so hard to stop you.