Next week is 51st anniversary of the Voting Rights Act being signed into law. Where is the Dems proactive response? We can’t rebuild a multi racial democracy w/out Black & brown political power so I write some tips on what to do for @damemagazine.bsky.social www.damemagazine.com/2026/07/31/d...

Democrats Won’t Save Voting Rights Without Building Black and Brown Political Power -

August 6 will mark 51 years since the Voting Rights Act was passed. In 2026, the landmark federal law that prohibited racial discrimination in voting, and thus enfranchised hundreds of thousands of Bl...

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At @damemagazine.bsky.social, I argue the convoluted, outdated, contradictory immigration framework must be rethought and revamped along two guiding principles: 1) it must be dramatically simplified, and 2) the framework cannot allow for permanent semi-status like TPS or lack of status entirely

America’s Immigration System Was Never Built to Make Sense - Dame Magazine

America's immigration laws are outdated, contradictory, and difficult to navigate. Experts argue reform means rebuilding the system from the ground up.

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ICE, deportations, border crossings. In this era, that's what dominates the news when it comes to immigration policy. But the laws governing who can come, stay, work, and become American are just as broken. @felipedlh.bsky.social with the latest installment in our Repairing America series.

America’s Immigration System Was Never Built to Make Sense - Dame Magazine

America's immigration laws are outdated, contradictory, and difficult to navigate. Experts argue reform means rebuilding the system from the ground up.

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Everyone's talking about inflation. But we should also be talking about the grocery monopolies making it worse. @themaxburns.bsky.social with the latest installment in our Repairing America series.

America’s Grocery Monopoly Problem - Dame Magazine

Corporate consolidation is reshaping America's grocery industry, driving higher food prices, limiting competition, and squeezing workers and consumers alike.

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What if American power is the problem? For decades, the U.S. has confused military dominance with security. The result is endless war, unchecked presidential power, and less safety at home and abroad. @vanjackson.bsky.social on what a foreign policy built for peace could look like.

Why U.S. Foreign Policy Needs a Fundamental Reset

American military dominance has shaped the modern world—but at enormous cost. Here's what a more peaceful, democratic U.S. foreign policy could look like.

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Trump can roll back climate policy. But he can't roll back every single solar project, every local coalition, every community fighting for cleaner air and a more resilient future. So, that's where this story begins. @sarahsloat.bsky.social with the latest from our Repairing America series

The Climate Fight That Doesn’t Depend on Washington

Even as Trump rolls back federal climate policy, communities across America are proving that lasting climate progress starts locally—not in Washington.

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Trump can roll back climate policy. But he can't roll back every single solar project, every local coalition, every community fighting for cleaner air and a more resilient future. So, that's where this story begins. @sarahsloat.bsky.social with the latest from our Repairing America series

The Climate Fight That Doesn’t Depend on Washington

Even as Trump rolls back federal climate policy, communities across America are proving that lasting climate progress starts locally—not in Washington.

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I cannot believe a few guys making bets on a prediction market are driving some news coverage at CNN and CNBC. It’s clearly info slop, not news. This piece by @atrupar.com & @juddlegum.bsky.social reveals how truly bad it is & how viewers are being misled. Yikes. open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...

How Kalshi infects the news

CNN and CNBC are pushing Kalshi on viewers but not telling them the whole story.

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⚠️ ‘There Is No Going Back’: The Inside Story of Europe’s Rupture With America “It was almost midnight in Brussels and the leaders of Europe were locked in their fifth hour of an emergency meeting with a single theme for discussion: how to manage a breakup with America.”

‘There Is No Going Back’: The Inside Story of Europe’s Rupture With America

Trump’s tariffs, threats against Greenland spurred a rebellion by top leaders; the limits of “flattery diplomacy.”

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DAME is doing excellent work. Give their articles a read, and support their work if you can.

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America marks 250 years today. If it's going to make it another 250, we can't simply return to the status quo after Trump. We have to repair what was broken and reimagine what wasn't working before. Here's what we've covered so far in our series, Repairing America. 🧵

America marks 250 years today. If it's going to make it another 250, we can't simply return to the status quo after Trump. We have to repair what was broken and reimagine what wasn't working before. Here's what we've covered so far in our series, Repairing America. 🧵

I got angrier and angrier as I wrote this for @damemagazine.bsky.social. The collapse of this country’s civic morality dovetails with the cruelty and corruption that dominates policy. The rest of our institutions are being dragged down by or are abetting it. That’s the thing on my mind this 4th.

How Trumpism Is Destroying America's Civic Morality

Trumpism has normalized cruelty, corruption, and public spectacle. Rebuilding democracy requires restoring civic morality, accountability, and decency.

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Trumpism didn't just normalize corruption. It normalized cruelty, spectacle, and the idea that power no longer has to answer to decency. The greater damage? Convincing Americans that institutions can't be trusted, decency is for suckers, and shamelessness is a virtue. Read @zeblarson.bsky.social

How Trumpism Is Destroying America's Civic Morality

Trumpism has normalized cruelty, corruption, and public spectacle. Rebuilding democracy requires restoring civic morality, accountability, and decency.

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U.S. tax code isn't neutral. It's a political document—and for decades it's been rewritten to funnel wealth upward while the rest of us pick up the tab. America's inequality isn't an accident. It's policy. But it can be fixed. Portia Allen-Kyle with the latest in our 'Repairing America' series.

Tax Justice Could Help Repair American Democracy

As America turns 250, experts argue that tax reform is essential to reducing inequality, strengthening democracy, and creating a fairer economy.

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@damemagazine.bsky.social: www.damemagazine.com/2026/05/27/f...

What It Would Actually Take to Fix Women’s Health Care in America

Women’s health in America is failing. Experts explain how sexism, medical bias, and policy failures harm women—and what must change.

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Excellent piece from @damemagazine.bsky.social www.damemagazine.com/2026/06/03/r...

The Case for Rebuilding America’s Immigration System

Public anger over ICE is fueling calls to reduce detention, strengthen oversight, and reform U.S. immigration enforcement.

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make noise to stop things you don’t want to happen

CCL Raritan Valley@cclraritan.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The Senate just UNANIMOUSLY blocked the Trump administration's plan to dismantle an ocean monitoring system "critical to understanding climate change and marine ecosystems." (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/c...

We're hiring at Democracy Docket. HMU if you're interested in any of these: We need: 1) a JD to lead our legal research team, 2) a news editor to lead our legal reporting, and 3) a lead video producer. 1+2 will get to work a lot with me; take that however you will ats.rippling.com/democracy-do...

How hard are Haberman and Swan running cover for their favorite source? This article should be headlined: "AFTER PRETTI KILLING, VANCE WANTED TO CRUSH MINNESOTA UNREST WITH TROOPS: PAINFUL IN THE SHORT TERM, HE SAID, BUT WORTH IT TO MAKE SURE NO ONE TRIED IT AGAIN"

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2mo ago

"Vance got to the point. They needed to invoke the Insurrection Act, swiftly, to crush the unrest in Minnesota. It would be painful in the short term, he said, but the message it would send — that paid agitators can't get away with disrupting ICE operations — would make sure no one tried it again."

So glad that Haberman and Swan are going to make millions more publishing a book based on things they discovered doing their actual job but withheld reporting until now so they could personally enrich themselves from the fascism.

Will Bunch@willbunch.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Why JD Vance can never become president www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...

Apropos of the Haberman/Swan Discourse, I wrote this for @damemagazine.bsky.social back in 2021: www.damemagazine.com/2021/07/20/w...

Who Loses When Reporters Don’t Report? - Dame Magazine

Imagine this: I’m a reporter for a major metropolitan newspaper, assigned to cover the White House, perhaps the most prestigious assignment in American journalism. And boy oh boy, do I have a scoop. I...

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This isn't getting enough attention futurism.com/future-socie...

Trump Moves to Deeply Censor the Entire Internet

The Trump administration is cynically exploiting calls for stricter AI regulation to pass broad censorship measures at the federal level.

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Andy Craig@andycraig.bsky.social · 2mo ago

“Court packing is never ever something you should do” is not a tenable position. It’s trivial to imagine a court so extremely anti-constitutional (and yet 34 senators won’t convict) where court packing would be the necessary lesser evil. The only question is if the Roberts Court is that bad. (it is)

The Trump administration just signed an executive order directing USPS to decide who gets a mail-in ballot and who does not. If courts let this order stand it would give the federal government an unprecedented role in elections. #votingrights https://cnn.it/43ZG9Hw

Postal Service won't deliver mail ballots for states that don't hand over voter lists, under plan for Trump directive | CNN Politics

State election officials could soon face a stark choice: hand over voter lists to the Trump administration or risk losing Postal Service delivery for mail-in ballots.

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Trump and DOGE promised "efficiency." Instead, they decimated the federal workforce, hollowed out agencies, and created a government disinterested in serving the public. But in the 5th installment of Repairing America, experts argue the destruction may also create an opening for reinvention.

The Post-Trump Challenge Isn’t Restoration. It’s Reinvention.

Trump's mass firings and agency cuts hollowed out federal institutions. Experts say rebuilding government may require reinventing it.

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I also wrote about how sexual violence is embedded into the current model of the internet for @damemagazine.bsky.social : www.damemagazine.com/2026/04/30/s...

Social Media Built a Market for Sexual Violence - Dame Magazine

A CNN investigation that revealed the intricacies of an online “rape academy” shocked the world last month. The report shone a light on the porn website Motherless, where 20,000+ videos under the “sle...

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Give Nicole all the assignments. We love publishing her

nicole froio@nicolefroio.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Once again, this humble freelancer is seeking to be commissioned! I write about social justice, repro rights, pop culture, tech intersections with culture, digital cultures, and much more! Get in touch: nicolefroio@gmail.com

@brynntannehill.bsky.social with a dive into four concepts that provide a framework for understanding how ignorance, hierarchy, and anti-democratic politics converged to give rise to this era of politics.

The Four Ideas That Explain America’s Democratic Crisis - Dame Magazine

Four concepts—Chesterton’s Fence, Dunning-Kruger, Bonhoeffer’s theory of stupidity, and SDO—help explain America’s democratic crisis.

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OH MY GOD AUBREY CAN I QUOTE YOU BECAUSE THIS IS IT THATS THE THREE SENTENCES I HAVE BEEN MAKING PARAGRAPHS OF FOR YEARS

Aubrey Nagle@aubsn.bsky.social · 2mo ago

IMHO this is the most obvious point at which Objective Journalism fails to meet this moment. "Conspiracy" is the bad-faith public frame used to provide cover for racist policy. Such Journalism can only report on racism if someone admits they're racist, not if they simply say it's something else.