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Texas Maps: The Most Obscene Gerrymander Yet #substack #shorts
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- Texas Maps: The Most Obscene Gerrymander Yet #substack #shorts
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- 1:37
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- This is a clip from https://marcelias.substack.com/p/coffee-with-the-contrarians-an-marc?utm_source=youtube_shorts
See the full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zcpyIPdf20
#shorts #substack
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- Trump's Crazy Voter File Demand | Sec. Shenna Bellows
- Runtime
- 46:43
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- The DOJ wants your voter information. Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows joins the podcast to discuss the DOJ’s demand for state voter lists, Maine’s dangerous voter ID ballot initiative, and how Trump’s conspiracy theories harm election workers.
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- How to Win in a Swing State | Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto
- Runtime
- 35:52
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- The 2026 midterms are closer than they appear. Nevada Senator Catherine Cortez Masto sits down with Marc to talk about winning in swing states, protecting birthright citizenship, and how the DOJ turned into Trump’s legal counsel.
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- Only Section 2 Remains: Texas Unchecked #substack #shorts
- Runtime
- 1:23
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- This is a clip from https://marcelias.substack.com/p/live-with-joyce-vance-287?utm_source=youtube_shorts
See the full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EenYOaEIFD0
#shorts #substack
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- DOJ Collecting Voter Data: A National Spotlight #substack #shorts
- Runtime
- 1:18
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- This is a clip from https://marcelias.substack.com/p/live-with-joyce-vance-287?utm_source=youtube_shorts
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#shorts #substack
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- Kathy Hochul on Texas Redistricting: We ARE at War
- Runtime
- 0:49
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Texas House Democrats joined New York Governor Kathy Hochul (D) to discuss state Republicans’ hastily-drawn congressional map that could add 5 more GOP seats ahead of the 2026 midterms.
During the press conference, Hochul vowed to explore every option to redraw New York’s House map in response to Texas Republicans’ mid-decade redistricting push, and declared:
“We are at war. And that’s why the gloves are off, and I say bring it on.”
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- The Epstein Files: What is Donald Trump Hiding? | California Rep. Robert Garcia
- Runtime
- 38:33
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Donald Trump doesn’t want you to know what’s in the Epstein Files. As the GOP rallies together to protect Trump, Democrats on the House Oversight Committee are fighting back. The committee’s ranking member, Rep. Robert Garcia, joins the podcast to discuss the subpoena for the Epstein Files, the debate over redistricting in blue states and the march toward authoritarianism.
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- Gov. Gavin Newsom and Texas Dems Push Back on GOP Redistricting Plot
- Runtime
- 0:59
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- “Everything is at stake,” California Gov. Gavin Newsom said in a press conference on Texas’ mid-decade redistricting.
On Friday, Newsom met with Texas Democrats to call out Republican efforts to redraw its congressional maps and lock in five more House seats before the 2026 midterms.
He warned that Trump and the GOP are rigging the playing field, not just in Texas, but nationwide.
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- Democracy Docket Reporter Talks RARE, MID-DECADE Texas Redistricting
- Runtime
- 1:12
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- 👀 The Trump White House has its eyes on the 2026 midterms, and they're worried the GOP might lose the House.
To stop a Democratic takeover, they’ve reportedly pushed Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to launch a rare, mid-decade redistricting move aimed at securing five additional Republican congressional seats.
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- Does MAGA Think They’ve Gone Too Far? | ACLU Executive Director Anthony Romero
- Runtime
- 49:15
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- As the Trump administration attacks our democracy, ACLU lawyers are on the ground fighting for our rights and freedoms. ACLU Executive Director Anthony Romero sits down with Marc to discuss the recent Supreme Court decisions, the importance of bringing hard cases, and the ACLU’s vital impact. To support the ACLU's work, donate here: http://www.aclu.org/democracydocket
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- House Republicans Hold Voter Suppression Hearing With Top Anti-Voting Lawyers
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- 1:50
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- House Republicans held a hearing Tuesday designed to boost the Trump administration’s crusade for further tightening voting rules.
The panel gave a platform to leaders of two top anti-voting legal and advocacy groups to spread misinformation about voting.
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- Inside the GOP Meltdown: Trump, Epstein & Legal Chaos
- Runtime
- 16:04
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Marc Elias gives his weekly update on what’s happening to our democracy and the court cases
you need to watch.
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- The Epstein Files: “MAGA World Isn’t Falling in Line” | Rep. Dan Goldman
- Runtime
- 42:56
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Pam Bondi is blocking the release of the Epstein Files to protect Trump. New York Rep. Dan Goldman joins the podcast to discuss the Epstein Files cover-up, masked ICE agents, and congressional Republicans handing over their power to Trump.
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- BREAKING: Senate Democrats Walk Out in Protest of Emil Bove’s Nomination to 3rd Circuit
- Runtime
- 0:57
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- BREAKING: Senate Democrats walk out in protest of Emil Bove’s nomination to the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals.
On Thursday, the GOP-led Senate Judiciary Committee was set to advance the nomination of Emil Bove, Trump’s “hatchet man” in the Justice Department, to a lifetime seat on a prestigious appeals court.
During the vote, Republicans on the panel raised no objections to Bove’s nomination despite more than 900 DOJ attorneys urging against it.
The extraordinary outpouring points to his involvement in Trump’s efforts to weaponize the Department of Justice, as well as recent reports that claim Bove crudely told DOJ subordinates to defy court orders.
Before the vote, Democrats invoked a rule to delay the nomination. But the committee chair, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), ignored their calls and proceeded.
“This is a kangaroo court!” Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) shouted before walking out of the hearing along ...
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- Trump’s Epstein Problem Is Far From Over | Marc Elias
- Runtime
- 12:46
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Marc Elias joined Nicolle Wallace on Deadline: White House to discuss the ongoing Jeffrey Epstein scandal dominating the news cycle and how Trump is losing control over the narrative.
Marc’s article on Trump’s growing Epstein problem: https://www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trumps-growing-epstein-crisis/
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- Former Attorney General Eric Holder Doesn’t Recognize the DOJ
- Runtime
- 46:27
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Pam Bondi is turning the Department of Justice into a political arm of the GOP. Former Attorney General Eric Holder sits down with Marc to discuss the weaponization of his old department.
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- The Supreme Court Said What? | Former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance
- Runtime
- 36:14
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Conservatives on the Supreme Court are bending over backwards to please Donald Trump. Former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance joins the podcast to break down the Court’s recent high-profile decisions.
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This video was produced by Sabrina Jacobs. It was edited by Narineh...
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- Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson on the State of Democracy
- Runtime
- 1:16
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- In her first public appearance since SCOTUS limited federal judges’ ability to block Trump’s actions with nationwide injunctions, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson discussed the rule of law, the state of democracy and the potential implications of the Court’s recent ruling.
Video credit: Global Black Economic Forum at Essence Fest
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- "People Are Going to Die Because of This Bill" | Gov. JB Pritzker on Democracy, the GOP's Budget
- Runtime
- 38:02
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Illinois Governor JB Pritzker joined Marc Elias to discuss the Republicans' budget bill, how he's working to protect democracy in Illinois, the future of the Democratic Party and more.
Watch Gov. Pritzker's State of the State Address: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBOJhU2pLMo
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- The Harm of the Big Ugly Budget Bill, SCOTUS and More | Preet Bahara and Marc Elias
- Runtime
- 38:06
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Marc Elias joined Preet Bahara for a discussion on the future of the rule of law, democracy, the Supreme Court, the budget bill and more.
Check out Preet's Substack: https://staytuned.substack.com/
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- Hakeem Jeffries: Press on for the Rule of Law, Democracy
- Runtime
- 0:40
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Rep. Hakeem Jeffries breaks the record for the longest House floor speech at 8 hours and 44 minutes as he opposes Republicans’ budget bill. In his closing remarks, Jeffries vows to continue pressing on “for the rule of law, the American way of life, for democracy.”
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- Hakeem Jeffries on Budget Bill: The House Should Be a Portrait of the American People
- Runtime
- 0:33
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is on hour eight of his marathon speech opposing Republicans’ budget bill.
Jeffries argued that the House should represent American needs, a standard he says the bill does not meet.
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- Trump: We'll Have to Arrest NYC Mayoral Candidate Zohran Mamdani
- Runtime
- 0:38
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- President Trump threatens to have New York City’s Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani arrested after Mamdani said he would as mayor work to "stop masked ICE agents from deporting our neighbors."
- Title
- Trump’s Chilling Plans for National Citizenship Data System | Marc Elias
- Runtime
- 7:48
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Marc Elias joined Alicia Menendez on Deadline White House to discuss President Trump’s plans to build out a national citizenship data system for voting and how it could disenfranchise voters.
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- Why Trump’s Budget Bill is “Worst” in the “Last 100 Years” | Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer
- Runtime
- 31:40
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- As Democrats take on Trump’s Big Broken Bill, Marc sits down with the senator leading the charge. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer joins the podcast to discuss the fight taking place on the Senate floor, the evolution of the Republican Party, and the ongoing battle for free and fair elections.
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- Title
- Trump Audaciously Calls Lower Court Judges a "Grave Threat to Democracy"
- Runtime
- 1:43
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- NEW: Trump praises SCOTUS' decision to limit federal judges’ ability to issue nationwide injunctions against his executive actions, including the birthright citizenship order. In his statements, he criticized "radical left judges" as a "grave threat to democracy."
- Title
- Voting Rights Expert Breaks Down Supreme Court's Birthright Citizenship Order
- Runtime
- 2:58
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Voting rights attorney and expert Marc Elias gives his take on the Supreme Court's latest ruling limiting courts' authority to block Trump's policies. Watch the full video on our YouTube now.
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- Federal Judicial Nominee Says He "Doesn't Recall" Telling DOJ Staff to Say "F*** You" to Judges
- Runtime
- 1:28
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Emil Bove, a senior Department of Justice (DOJ) official, suggested the department should tell courts “f*** you” and ignore their orders to carry out President Donald Trump’s aggressive deportations, according to a whistleblower complaint by a former DOJ attorney.
California Sen. Adam Schiff (D) questioned Bove, who has been nominated by President Trump to be a federal appellate judge, on the allegations today in a confirmation hearing. Bove responded that he didn't recall every saying that to DOJ staff.
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- Rep. Robert Garcia: We Could Be at the Start of a Major Realignment in Politics
- Runtime
- 0:30
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- NEW: Rep. Robert Garcia has just been elected to lead House Oversight Democrats. Earlier this year, Garcia joined us to discuss this critical time in American politics and Democrats’ role in defending democracy.
Watch Garcia’s full interview on our YouTube channel.
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- BRUTAL: Are Voting Laws Undermining Elections? | Elie Mystal
- Runtime
- 47:50
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Our right to vote is under attack at all sides. Elie Mystal sits down with Marc to discuss threats to free and fair elections and the history of restrictive voting laws that got us here today. Find Elie Mystal’s book "Bad Law: Ten Popular Laws That Are Ruining America" here: https://thenewpress.org/books/bad-law/
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- Title
- Democrats Kill Anti-Democracy Part of GOP Budget Bill
- Runtime
- 14:50
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- A key provision of the GOP’s budget bill that sought to limit judicial power is dead under Senate rules following a challenge from Democrats. Marc Elias and Paige Moskowitz explain.
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Learn more: https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/senate-parliamentarian-faults-republicans-plan-limit-judges-power-2025-06-23/
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- Title
- NYC Official Brad Lander Speaks Out on his ICE Arrest: “They Want People To Be Afraid”
- Runtime
- 28:02
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Last Tuesday, New York City Comptroller Brad Lander was manhandled and arrested by ICE officials while serving as an advocate in immigration court. Comptroller Lander sits down with Marc to discuss his experience first-hand.
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- Title
- Sen. Alex Padilla Delivers Emotional Remarks on Senate Floor
- Runtime
- 1:58
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Sen. Padilla speaks on the Senate floor for the first time since being forcibly removed from DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s Los Angeles press conference. Padilla emotionally recounts his experience, asking, “what will a city already on edge… think when they see their U.S. senator being handcuffed?”
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- BREAKING: ICE Agents Arrest NYC Official and Democratic Mayoral Candidate
- Runtime
- 1:02
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- BREAKING: ICE agents arrest New York City comptroller and Democratic mayoral candidate Brad Lander outside an immigration court after he tried to escort someone out, marking the latest Democratic official to be detained by the Trump administration.
Video credit: Brad Lander, @bradlander.bsky.social on Bluesky
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- The Supreme Court's Powered by GOP Lies and Bad Vibes | "Strict Scrutiny" Host Leah Litman
- Runtime
- 40:43
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- As Republicans work on betraying the American people, Democrats are finding a path forward. "Strict Scrutiny" host and Michigan Law Professor Leah Litman joins Marc to discuss the Supreme Court’s long game, teaching constitutional law during a constitutional crisis, and the search for the Democratic Joe Rogan.
Check out Leah's new book! Learn more here: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Lawless/Leah-Litman/9781668054628
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- Title
- Sen. Alex Padilla Statement After Being Handcuffed
- Runtime
- 2:38
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- California Sen. Alex Padilla appeared at DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s press conference in Los Angeles today to ask questions about the department’s increasingly concerning immigration tactics only to be forcibly removed and handcuffed.
After today’s event, Padilla emphasized in a press conference, “if this is how the Department of Homeland Security responds to a senator with a question, you can only imagine what they’re doing to farm workers, to cooks, to day laborers out in the Los Angeles community and throughout California.”
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- Sen. Booker Outraged at Sen. Padilla Being Forcibly Removed and Handcuffed
- Runtime
- 0:39
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Sen. Booker (D-NJ) and other senators took to the floor to express their outrage at their colleague Sen. Padilla being forcibly removed and handcuffed at DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s press conference in Los Angeles.
- Title
- BREAKING: Sen. Padilla Handcuffed After Attending Kristi Noem's Press Conference in Los Angeles
- Runtime
- 1:08
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- California Senator Alex Padilla was forcibly removed from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's press conference in Los Angeles earlier today.
The Senator's office said, "He tried to ask the Secretary a question, and was forcibly removed by federal agents, forced to the ground and handcuffed. He is not currently detained, and we are working to get additional information.”
This is a developing story.
Video credit:@Elex_Michaelson/X from Sen. Padilla's staff
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- Rep. Maxwell Frost: Calls to Arrest Gov. Newsom Are NOT Empty Threats
- Runtime
- 1:18
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- During a House Oversight Committee hearing today, Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-FL) says calls to arrest California Gov. Gavin Newsom are not just empty threats because Trump knows his biggest opposition is Democratic officials.
- Title
- Gov. Gavin Newsom: "Other States Are Next. Democracy is Next."
- Runtime
- 0:57
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- “California may be first, but it clearly won’t end here,” Newsom said. “Other states are next. Democracy is next.”
Donald Trump’s government isn’t protecting communities — they’re traumatizing communities. Right now, they’re targeting vulnerable individuals, but that’s just where authoritarian regimes start — that’s not where they end. The Trump administration will try to sow division so they can further encroach on our rights and take control.
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- House Speaker Mike Johnson (R): Gavin Newsom "Ought to Be Tarred and Feathered"
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- 0:48
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- When asked today if California Gov. Gavin Newsom should face legal consequences given the ongoing protests in Los Angeles, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R) said he couldn’t comment on that but suggested the governor "ought to be tarred and feathered."
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- BREAKING: Georgia Supreme Court Strikes Down GOP Rules Meant to Delay Election Certification
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- 11:50
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- The Georgia Supreme Court ruled that the Republican-led State Elections Board (SEB) exceeded its authority in passing a handful of controversial anti-voting rules last year.
The unanimous decision by the state’s highest court upholds a lower court’s ruling that temporarily blocked several rules passed by the SEB last year, including ones requiring counting ballots by hand and for voters to provide a signature and ID at ballot drop boxes. Marc Elias and Paige Moskowitz explain.
Read more: https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/georgia-supreme-court-blocks-state-election-boards-anti-voting-rules/
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- BREAKING: California to Sue Trump for Sending Troops to Los Angeles ICE Protests
- Runtime
- 0:45
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- BREAKING: California will sue President Donald Trump over his move to federalize the state’s National Guard, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) said Monday.
In an extreme move, Trump over the weekend bypassed Newsom’s authority to deploy at least 300 California National Guard troops to counter largely peaceful protests in Los Angeles over aggressive immigration raids in the city led by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Trump federalized the state troops through vague and rarely used federal powers. It marked the first time since 1965 that a president activated a state’s National Guard force without a request from that state’s governor.
“This is exactly what Donald Trump wanted,” Newsom said in a social media post. “He flamed the fires and illegally acted to federalize the National Guard.”
“The order he signed doesn’t just apply to CA. It will allow him to go into ANY STATE and do the same thing. We’re suing him,” h...
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- Russell Vought — Trump’s budget hawk and architect of Project 2025 — to lead DOGE
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- 0:11
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- While Elon Musk and Donald Trump continue their public break up and tear down, the real story is the man replacing Musk at DOGE: Russell Vought.
Vought — Trump’s budget hawk and one of the chief architects of the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 — is stepping in to become DOGE’s new power broker.
With Vought, a self-described Christian nationalist, at the helm, the slash-and-burn effort against the federal government may be on the cusp of an even darker turn.
Last year, Vought told undercover journalists with the Centre for Climate Reporting that he wants “to make sure that we can say we are a Christian nation.”
“And my viewpoint is mostly that I would probably be Christian nation-ism,” Vought said. “That’s pretty close to Christian nationalism because I also believe in nationalism.”
To achieve that, Vought said in the interview he seeks to replace the non-partisan and merit-based federal civ...
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- What Democrats Must Do to Win in 2028 | Sen. Claire McCaskill
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- 38:47
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- As Republicans work on betraying the American people, Democrats are finding a path forward. Former Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill sits down with Marc to discuss Elon Musk’s failure at DOGE, Trump’s obsession with tariffs, and the future of the Democratic Party.
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- Sen. Booker (D-NJ): I Am Sick and Tired of this Kind of Heated Partisan Rhetoric
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- 1:25
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- During a Senate hearing Tuesday on federal judges ruling against Trump, Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) said in response to statements from Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), “I am sick and tired of hearing this kind of heated partisan rhetoric, which is one of the reasons we have divisions in this country. The attacks we see from POTUS, trolling and dragging judges is what we should be talking about that puts people in danger.”
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- We “Can’t Give Up” on Democracy | Professor Michael Klarman
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- 48:02
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Lawyers are on the frontlines of the fight for democracy. Harvard Law Professor Michael Klarman joins the podcast to discuss law firms bending the knee to Trump, the administration’s attacks on Harvard, and advice for law students. Find Professor Klarman’s Last Lecture talk here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kyMzV26ofY
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- The Fight for a Pro-Democracy Agenda | Rep. Ritchie Torres
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- 37:20
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Trump is a grave threat to our freedom and due process. New York Congressman Ritchie Torres sits down with Marc Elias to discuss the GOP’s threat to his district, the importance of passing the SAFE Act and expanding our pro-democracy agenda.
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- BREAKING: DOJ Files Anti-Voter Lawsuit in North Carolina
- Runtime
- 16:21
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- The Department of Justice filed a new lawsuit in North Carolina claiming that the state's voter rolls do not comply with federal law. Marc Elias and Paige Moskowitz explain the DOJ's first new voting lawsuit of the Trump administration, how it put thousands of voter registrations at risk and echoes claims made by failed state Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin.
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- Democrats’ Plan to Stop the SAVE Act, DOGE | Sen. Alex Padilla
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- 28:50
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- California Senator Alex Padilla foiled Republicans’ attempt to pass the SAVE Act this week. Sen. Padilla joins Marc Elias to discuss protecting voters’ information from DOGE, his experience expanding ballot access as California’s secretary of state and the work Senate Democrats are doing to fight voter suppression. ----
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