🚨BREAKING: In a huge win, the Supreme Court denies Republicans’ request to block California’s new voter-approved congressional map. Full story to come.
Background:
www.democracydocket.com/cases/califo...
“With their resistance to violent authoritarianism, the people of Minneapolis have renewed the spirit of Dr. King’s call for ‘the positive affirmation of peace.’”
— The Nation
Here is the original draft federal indictment of Jeffrey Epstein for sex trafficking that was prepared by federal prosecutors in 2007, but ultimately tossed aside by Alex Acosta's office to allow Epstein to plea to a much lesser state charge.
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
Judge rules members of Congress can inspect all ICE detention centers without appointment. "...DHS Sec. Kristi Noem re-implemented a notice requirement…..[which] required 7-days’ warning for visits to [ICE] facilities... funded exclusively by the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’..." thehill.com/regulation/c...
China to become first country to ban hidden car door handles. This due to safety concerns after EV accidents where electronic doors reportedly failed to operate and trapped passengers inside.
Sky News
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As Colorado’s chief election officer, Jena Griswold has been at the forefront of fighting against Trump’s assault on elections.
She joined Democracy Docket to discuss Pam Bondi’s recent extortion letter for Minnesota’s voter rolls, her plan for the midterms and the GOP’s new anti-voting bill👇
Watch closely: Donald Trump is plotting to rig the midterms.
In just the past 2 weeks, his AG demanded that Minnesota turn over voter rolls, his DNI raided 2020 election ballots in Georgia, & he called to 'nationalize' our elections.
We must mobilize to protect our democracy.
NEW: North Carolina’s GOP-led election board will send letters to over 241,000 voters whose driver’s license numbers or Social Security numbers did not match government databases.
Around 98k of those voters could be forced to cast provisional ballots, which could risk disenfranchisement.
NEW: This isn't about "training." The two agents who murdered Alex Pretti - Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez - have been with Border Patrol for 8 and 12 years respectively. You can't reform CBP. Abolish ICE/CBP. www.propublica.org/article/alex...
GOP Rep. Thomas Massie: “How will we know if this bill has been successful? We will know when rich men are being perp walked in handcuffs to the jail. Until then, this is still a coverup.”
#EpsteinFiles
Do you remember when people were saying "I think my phone is listening to me, i'm getting ads for stuff I spoke about" and people said "They arent listening to you, they're just this good at predicting your interests"?
Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
The Trump regime arrested four journalists, including former CNN anchor Don Lemon, today.
This blatant suppression of the First Amendment is part of a larger plan: to control not just what we do, but what we see and access. Watch. youtu.be/rEH7sF6pA4s?si=Gk1j…
National Shutdown today. No work, no school, no shopping (least of all at complicit businesses).
See you in the streets today and tomorrow for the ICE Out of Everywhere protests 📣📣📣
the federal government is arresting journalists not only without a warrant but after being explicitly denied a warrant
i wonder what our freedom of speech warriors like Matt Taibbi and Bari Weiss have to say about this
For months and months I said Trump was going to arrest and imprison his enemies and I think people just thought I was being alarmist. He will absolutely put them all away to feed his disturbing, sick mind. He’s becoming more and more dangerous and mentally ill. #Projection
Open letter to our Senators:
Gentlemen, Ladies, we don't really care about ICE not getting even more funding. We don't care about more "training" and more rules they won't follow.
We want ICE de-funded. Dismantled. Gone. Driven out of our cities.
NEW: Republicans in Congress have unveiled a new bill that would impose the most extreme voting restrictions ever proposed at the federal level. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Ashland, Virginia:
"Despite widespread hazardous road conditions and icy weather from the recent winter storm, more than a thousand residents from across Greater Richmond made their opposition clear..."
www.vpm.org/news/2026-01...
Frey: "In Mpls, we heard them say they'll end this siege when we hand over voter rolls. The DOJ is being used as a weapon. They're investigating me and several other local elected officials not because we've done something wrong because we speak on behalf of our constituents.
New in PN: 'Abolish ICE' is imperative
"There's no amount of training that can instill basic humanity in thugs who willingly mistreat women, children, and old men. ICE agents reportedly dined at a Mexican restaurant in MN before arresting employees. How will 'training' fix that level of depravity?"
What if people just started mailing Homan CAVA bags containing a dollar and asking for petty small favors?
“Hey Tom, Here’s a dollar. Can you say hi to my grandma on camera?”
“Tom —have a buck. Please slap one detainee for me. Thx”
“Tom - $1 to hire my kid to shovel DHS sidewalks”
If you work for ICE or Border Patrol and have information about unlawful conduct taking place at your agency, please speak up.
House Judiciary Dems want to hear from you. America needs to know about crimes committed in our name. As a whistleblower, you can share anonymously:
There's something funny at American right-wing talking heads saying "millions of deportations occurred under Biden & Obama, so why are people protesting now?"
They're flat-out admitting that Obama & Biden weren't the open borders commies they claimed, and all their messaging on it was a lie.
You would think Chuck Schumer would've learned by now that appeasement does not work with a dictator.
Defund, Abolish, Remove. This is the only solution for ICE.
People are literally getting murdered in the street and children are getting ripped from their families.
Abolish ICE or step down
Forty years ago today (Jan 28 2026), the crew of Space Shuttle Challenger 51L slipped the surly bonds of Earth to touch the face of God. Francis R. (Dick) Scobee, Michael J. Smith, Ronald E. McNair, Ellison S. Onizuka, Judith A. Resnik, Gregory Jarvis and Christa McAuliffe.
DUCKWORTH: If it's true that we are not at war with Venezuela, will you advise the president to rescind his invocation of the wartime Alien Enemies Act?
RUBIO: That was a mechanism to remove people from our country that present great danger
D: It's a wartime act. Are we currently at war?
R: No
"Our new analysis shows that it is far more dangerous to be pregnant than to have an abortion, and this gap in mortality risk is even larger than previously recognized.” - lead study author Maria Steenland.
In fact, the mortality risk of pregnancy is 44 to 70 times higher than from abortion.
Ossoff: "This is a seismic event. This should have people across the country absolutely shook. This is a huge deal. This is an FBI raid on the Fulton County Elections office ... This is a shot across the bow at the midterm elections. He tried to steal power when he lost it in 2020."
Criminalizing protest is a hallmark of repression. This case isn’t isolated. It’s part of a broader effort to silence dissent and erode democracy.
But despite the administration’s best efforts, we’re going to win.
Hard to believe that this is coming up in the news again. Trump wants to disrupt the midterms because he knows he’s going to lose. There was nothing to find then and nothing today. Trump has unraveled. He is unstable. He is unfit. Miller is pulling the strings.
I am currently on my way to another hearing regarding my federal charges for protesting ICE.
When I say our leaders must be willing to put everything on the line, I mean it.
And frankly, I see it as the bare minimum in this moment.
The president of the United States had his Justice Dept. raid an election office and seize ballots in order to cast doubt on an election he lost. Yet, this is treated by legacy media as just another normal day.
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Bullshit. Don’t let Stephen Miller save face like this.
HE slandered Alex Pretti.
HE told the whole administration to label Pretti a terrorist.
HIS protocols are the ones that led to the execution of an American citizen.
He can’t walk it back. He needs to go.
