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You know who actually did show up at Ground Zero? Canadian emergency rescue crews.

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit from the Trump admin that sought to force Nevada to provide voters' driver's license and partial Social Security numbers. More than 20 other judges have issued similar rulings in other states.

A group of Italian divers discovered a Roman shipwreck stocked with hundreds of ancient clay jars in the warm waters off the coast of Sicily, authorities said. Shipwreck more than 2,000 years old found off Italian coast. www.usatoday.com/story/news/w...

🚨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 undefeated. www.democracydocket.com/cases/illino...

A small act of kindness toward someone vulnerable just went viral, proof that you do not need grand gestures to make a real difference. Sharing food, helping a hurt animal, aiding a stranger, this is

🚨BREAKING: California’s top election official demanded the (DHS explain how it concluded that thousands of noncitizens may be registered to vote in the state, bluntly questioning both the department’s results and how it obtained California voter data. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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I have been called an alarmist and worse by well meaning people who want to think it will just all be ok. The truth is it doesn't always end up ok and we can't pretend it will. Donald Trump is targeting Black voters and women to rig this election. We need to stand up, call it out and take action.

James Comey has just asked a federal judge to dismiss the seashells case — alleging vindictive and selective prosecution. He claims that Trump compelled the U.S. Secret Service to surveil him after he posted that '8647' photo online.

🚨BREAKING: A North Carolina Senate committee greenlit new voter suppression measures Tuesday, moving forward a bill that would make it easier to purge voters from the rolls and impose stricter requirements for registering to vote. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Hugging Face just published a highly detailed technical account of OpenAI's accidental cyberattack on their systems - it's wild how sophisticated this was: huggingface.co/blog/agent-i... Wrote up some of my own notes here: simonwillison.net/2026/Jul/28/...

🚨BREAKING: Federal Court REJECTS Department of Justice Lawsuit to compel New Jersey to provide the DOJ with access to its statewide voter registration data. Another victory for voters DOJ is now 0-18 in these cases. ELG remains undefeated. www.democracydocket.com/cases/new-je...

A lawyer for the Trump administration recently made an admission in a court filing—the latest instance of the judicial system puncturing the White House's public spin, @dgraham.bsky.social argues in The Atlantic Daily.

My latest piece was originally written for Democracy Docket members. They decided to share this one with everyone because of the stakes for this election. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/the-...

Six stunning homes by the sea for sale in Ireland

Priorities.

Whoopsie daisy. 🤣😂🤣😂

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

🚨BREAKING: The Republican-led North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBE) approved a plan Thursday to make it significantly easier for county election officials to throw out votes. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

MS NOW EXCLUSIVE: JD Vance's security detail is 'fed up' with last-minute personal and family travel requests — including getting their young son to a golf lesson on a military helicopter. Some agents consider the requests an inappropriate or even unprecedented use of government resources.

A federal judge has awarded Hunter Biden $1.7 million in his defamation lawsuit against former Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne, who in 2023 accused Biden of soliciting a bribe from the Iranian government.

🚨BREAKING: The Department of Justice wants to intervene in a lawsuit to force a massive voter roll purge in California. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

🚨BREAKING: A federal judge in Washington, D.C. has denied the Department of Homeland Security’s request to pause her order shutting down use of its modified SAVE system to certify registered voters’ citizenship status. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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If you're an FBI analyst surging to Atlanta to review records, reach out to me. I'll keep you anonymous. Signal in bio. Please share this post widely.

Todd Blanche's deadline to put up or shut up is tomorrow. It's true! @katiephang.bsky.social is a bad ass. Setting precedent and taking names. Check out our conversation about her case here. Never any paywalls. Ever. www.muellershewrote.com/p/a-major-wi...

NEW: Most Supreme Court Rulings Are Secretive Votes With Little Justification ProPublica conducted a new analysis that shows the court is deciding more consequential rulings than ever before in largely unsigned orders with little to no explanation.

Thank you @maddow.bsky.social for reminding folks that InfoWars launches 8 p.m. ET on Thursday wherever you watch video! Again, I can't stress this enough: It's going to be, uh, explosive.

Wow. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) floor speech on Trump Admin. corruption has now received 1 million views He opens the remarks by arguing that Trump has turned the White House into a 24/7 corruption operation www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaQ_...

I assimilated all the way to Congress and this idiot still tells me to go back where I came from.

Who's who from the Trump administration

PRIORITIES. 🙄

The Supreme Court sided with the manufacturer of Roundup, overturning a Missouri jury award for a man who claimed the herbicide caused cancer. The decision is expected to block thousands of similar lawsuits across the country. https://to.pbs.org/43WJJCy

I wrote about the Prairieland defendants and the urgency of opposing the extreme sentences handed down on Tuesday. And they likely will not be the last.