[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.] [@DemocracyDocket](/creator/twitter/DemocracyDocket) "NEW: Prominent election conspiracy theorist Seth Keshel is bringing his efforts to a key 2026 swing state: Michigan. A far-right Michigan election group says hell help it reach out to underserved segments of the voting community"  [@DemocracyDocket](/creator/x/DemocracyDocket) on [X](/post/tweet/1948410275037696145) 2025-07-24 15:49:43 UTC 355.1K followers, 5156 engagements "In recent months the DOJ has been contacting states demanding access to sensitive election and voting data such as state voter rolls and 2024 election records. Read our article below to see if your state may be at risk"  [@DemocracyDocket](/creator/x/DemocracyDocket) on [X](/post/tweet/1948865843682500951) 2025-07-25 21:59:59 UTC 355.1K followers, 5867 engagements "The RNC is backing Indianas law that bans student IDs as valid forms to vote arguing its not age discrimination just election integrity. Voting rights groups say this is a direct attack on young voters"  [@DemocracyDocket](/creator/x/DemocracyDocket) on [X](/post/tweet/1946691516933488855) 2025-07-19 22:00:00 UTC 355.1K followers, 36K engagements "ICYMI: Federal judges blocked Trump ally Alina Habba from staying on as New Jerseys top federal prosecutor. In response AG Pam Bondi fired the official next in line defying DOJ protocol and labeling the judiciary as rogue on social media"  [@DemocracyDocket](/creator/x/DemocracyDocket) on [X](/post/tweet/1948369823773217157) 2025-07-24 13:08:59 UTC 355.1K followers, 9658 engagements "NEW: XX GOP states asked the Supreme Court to leave in place an 8th Circuit ruling that blocks voters and advocacy groups in seven states from filing lawsuits under Section X of the Voting Rights Act calling such lawsuits weapons of political warfare.""  [@DemocracyDocket](/creator/x/DemocracyDocket) on [X](/post/tweet/1947777155007455512) 2025-07-22 21:53:56 UTC 355.1K followers, 5688 engagements "BREAKING: After federal judges blocked Alina Habba from continuing as U.S. Attorney for New Jersey AG Pam Bondi fired the First Assistant who was set to replace her a direct defiance of DOJ protocol"  [@DemocracyDocket](/creator/x/DemocracyDocket) on [X](/post/tweet/1947795271343108224) 2025-07-22 23:05:55 UTC 355.1K followers, 583.3K engagements "The DOJ has quietly contacted at least a dozen states demanding voter rolls 2024 election records even infosharing agreements. Voting rights experts warn these deeply troubling requests could be federal overreach under Trumps executive order"  [@DemocracyDocket](/creator/x/DemocracyDocket) on [X](/post/tweet/1946555618950545820) 2025-07-19 12:59:59 UTC 355.1K followers, 26.1K engagements "NEW: The Supreme Court grants Trumps request to baselessly fire members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission allowing him to purge three Democratic commissioners and replace them with his own appointees"  [@DemocracyDocket](/creator/x/DemocracyDocket) on [X](/post/tweet/1948137267618263163) 2025-07-23 21:44:53 UTC 355.1K followers, 12.5K engagements "NEW: Democrats and pro-voting groups allege that the Trump administration is defying a court order by refusing to say how federal agencies may be implementing the presidents sweeping anti-voting executive order"  [@DemocracyDocket](/creator/x/DemocracyDocket) on [X](/post/tweet/1947400032908361847) 2025-07-21 20:55:23 UTC 355K followers, 8547 engagements "NEW: Bill Little Trump Plute head of a relatively small federal financial bureau has used his position to investigate Trump's political opponents aligning with the administration's weaponization of the federal government"  [@DemocracyDocket](/creator/x/DemocracyDocket) on [X](/post/tweet/1948133835062796350) 2025-07-23 21:31:15 UTC 355.1K followers, 5627 engagements "@maxbone55 First-time Democracy Docket contributor R. Maxwell Bone is a democracy and governance analyst who has served on international election observation missions in Nigeria and Mozambique"  [@DemocracyDocket](/creator/x/DemocracyDocket) on [X](/post/tweet/1948452499465048544) 2025-07-24 18:37:31 UTC 355.1K followers, 5511 engagements "The DOJ is quietly requesting voter data from XX states including blue red and swing states. Experts call it a troubling echo of Trumps anti-voting efforts with shaky legal standing. Read the full breakdown here"  [@DemocracyDocket](/creator/x/DemocracyDocket) on [X](/post/tweet/1947642825111134216) 2025-07-22 13:00:09 UTC 355.1K followers, 28.9K engagements "North Carolina Republicans proposed an election bill banning officials from encouraging voter turnout. This "anti-democracy tactic" raises concerns about who holds power. If passed it could inspire other states to follow suit. By: @Jen_Rice_"  [@DemocracyDocket](/creator/x/DemocracyDocket) on [X](/post/tweet/1947290913849401750) 2025-07-21 13:41:47 UTC 355.1K followers, 9970 engagements "Bill Little Trump Pulte has emerged as an unexpected attack dog for Trump going after political foes like Democrats Letitia James and Adam Schiff. While they havent been charged Trump allies like Pulte see the name and shame approach as a win"  [@DemocracyDocket](/creator/x/DemocracyDocket) on [X](/post/tweet/1948866092983570899) 2025-07-25 22:00:59 UTC 355.1K followers, 7247 engagements "North Carolina Republicans want to make it illegal for election officials to encourage people to vote. The move is basically always unconstitutional under the First Amendment says Andrew Garber of @BrennanCenter. More from @Jen_Rice_:"  [@DemocracyDocket](/creator/x/DemocracyDocket) on [X](/post/tweet/1947823977226789356) 2025-07-23 00:59:59 UTC 355.1K followers, 79.9K engagements "Pro-voting groups say the Trump administration is defying a court order by refusing to explain how federal agencies are carrying out the presidents broad anti-voting directive. The order could fundamentally change how U.S. elections are administered"  [@DemocracyDocket](/creator/x/DemocracyDocket) on [X](/post/tweet/1948775244493168819) 2025-07-25 15:59:59 UTC 355.1K followers, 7572 engagements "Trump deported hundreds of Venezuelans to a Salvadoran prison earlier this year and secretly exchanged them on Friday for XX Americans jailed by Maduro. The same men the U.S. said it couldnt repatriate are now part of a behind-closed-doors deal"  [@DemocracyDocket](/creator/x/DemocracyDocket) on [X](/post/tweet/1946918008540058013) 2025-07-20 12:59:59 UTC 355.1K followers, 13.1K engagements "NEW: Pro-voting groups in Arkansas ask a court to block several state laws they say restrict direct democracy by making it nearly impossible for voters to put issues on the ballot. The groups say the laws violate the First and Fourteenth amendments"  [@DemocracyDocket](/creator/x/DemocracyDocket) on [X](/post/tweet/1948505721521283257) 2025-07-24 22:09:00 UTC 355.1K followers, 6356 engagements "Trumps in a full-scale panic. Why His Epstein problem just wont go away. But the fight over Epstein is energizing Democrats and it has been embraced across all factions of the Party Marc Elias writes"  [@DemocracyDocket](/creator/x/DemocracyDocket) on [X](/post/tweet/1948503453875007517) 2025-07-24 21:59:59 UTC 355.1K followers, 8553 engagements "A judge just scaled back her earlier order blocking part of Trumps anti-voting plan after the DOJ said it was too broad. Its an early sign that SCOTUSs push to limit nationwide injunctions is already reshaping how courts handle voting rights"  [@DemocracyDocket](/creator/x/DemocracyDocket) on [X](/post/tweet/1948005212439896162) 2025-07-23 13:00:09 UTC 355.1K followers, 7167 engagements "NEW: In 2023 Trump said "I am your retribution" vowing to use a second term for vengeance if re-elected. Six months into his second term he's weaponizing the federal government against political opponents threatening fair elections and democracy"  [@DemocracyDocket](/creator/x/DemocracyDocket) on [X](/post/tweet/1948826718073974839) 2025-07-25 19:24:31 UTC 355.1K followers, 6541 engagements "NEW: GOP attacks on U.S. elections have clashed with Americas pro-democracy stance abroad. Rubios move to silence diplomats on fair elections removes that tension potentially aiding Trumps efforts to rig upcoming elections @maxbone55 writes"  [@DemocracyDocket](/creator/x/DemocracyDocket) on [X](/post/tweet/1948452497741197620) 2025-07-24 18:37:30 UTC 355.1K followers, 6293 engagements "Floridas Supreme Court upheld DeSantis congressional map even as it admitted the map weakens Black voting power. A dissenting justice called it highly consequential. The district Black voters relied on for XX years is now gone. Read the full story👇"  [@DemocracyDocket](/creator/x/DemocracyDocket) on [X](/post/tweet/1947733379824177522) 2025-07-22 18:59:59 UTC 355.1K followers, 8069 engagements "In an attempt to distract from the Epstein files Trump accused Obama of treason over baseless claims that the former president attempted to organize a "coup" against him in 2016 saying: "Obama's been caught directly." "He's guilty." "This was treason.""  [@DemocracyDocket](/creator/x/DemocracyDocket) on [X](/post/tweet/1948435504870854866) 2025-07-24 17:29:59 UTC 355.1K followers, 6154 engagements "BREAKING: Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) was forcibly removed in handcuffs from a press conference in Los Angeles after attempting to ask Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem questions"  [@DemocracyDocket](/creator/x/DemocracyDocket) on [X](/post/tweet/1933240934356996596) 2025-06-12 19:12:11 UTC 355.1K followers, 10.8K engagements "NEW: Criminal prosecutors mistakenly contacted Wisconsin Sec. of State Sarah Godlewski (D) for sensitive election data to help implement Trumps sweeping anti-voting order the problem She doesnt oversee the states elections"  [@DemocracyDocket](/creator/x/DemocracyDocket) on [X](/post/tweet/1948463130771599861) 2025-07-24 19:19:45 UTC 355.1K followers, 10.4K engagements "NEW: The 9th Circuit upheld a lower courts nationwide block and ruled Trumps order seeking to end birthright citizenship to some children born in the U.S. to non-Americans is unconstitutional"  [@DemocracyDocket](/creator/x/DemocracyDocket) on [X](/post/tweet/1948387716623646804) 2025-07-24 14:20:05 UTC 355.1K followers, 10.4K engagements "The North Carolina state board banned a digital form of in-person voter ID for students and employees at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill marking the latest move from the GOP-led board to tighten voting rules"  [@DemocracyDocket](/creator/x/DemocracyDocket) on [X](/post/tweet/1948752596203622626) 2025-07-25 14:29:59 UTC 355.1K followers, 5281 engagements "NEW: North Carolina election officials and the RNC agree to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the accepted use of digital voter ID for UNC Chapel Hill students and staff. This marks the latest move from the GOP-led board to tighten voting rules"  [@DemocracyDocket](/creator/x/DemocracyDocket) on [X](/post/tweet/1947720899458658573) 2025-07-22 18:10:23 UTC 355.1K followers, 5216 engagements "A federal judge dismissed a major lawsuit against Wyomings new voter registration law citing lack of standing. The law which requires documentary proof of citizenship for voter registration remains in effect"  [@DemocracyDocket](/creator/x/DemocracyDocket) on [X](/post/tweet/1948707299716952159) 2025-07-25 11:30:00 UTC 355.1K followers, 6712 engagements "Texas Republicans are rushing through a rare mid-decade redistricting effort in an attempt to hand Trump the 2026 elections. However the move leaves little time for public input and Texans could be forced to speak up about changes they haven't seen"  [@DemocracyDocket](/creator/x/DemocracyDocket) on [X](/post/tweet/1948415164715311130) 2025-07-24 16:09:09 UTC 355.1K followers, 6805 engagements "NEW: Maryland and Michigan are the latest states targeted by the DOJ in its nationwide effort to collect sensitive voter data. Both states have reportedly received letters from the department demanding access to their voter registration data"  [@DemocracyDocket](/creator/x/DemocracyDocket) on [X](/post/tweet/1948797622682017875) 2025-07-25 17:28:54 UTC 355.1K followers, 7410 engagements "NEW: President Trump accused former President Obama of treason over baseless claims that Obama tried to organize a coup against him in 2016. The accusation comes as pressure mounts over Trumps mishandling of Epstein-related documents"  [@DemocracyDocket](/creator/x/DemocracyDocket) on [X](/post/tweet/1947734480619258244) 2025-07-22 19:04:21 UTC 355.1K followers, 6511 engagements "BREAKING: A federal judge rules that the Trump administration SHALL NOT take Kilmar Abrego Garcia who was wrongly removed from the U.S. earlier this year into custody should he be released from pretrial incarceration on immigrant smuggling charges"  [@DemocracyDocket](/creator/x/DemocracyDocket) on [X](/post/tweet/1948095085733728529) 2025-07-23 18:57:16 UTC 355.1K followers, 8925 engagements
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"NEW: Prominent election conspiracy theorist Seth Keshel is bringing his efforts to a key 2026 swing state: Michigan. A far-right Michigan election group says hell help it reach out to underserved segments of the voting community"
@DemocracyDocket on X 2025-07-24 15:49:43 UTC 355.1K followers, 5156 engagements
"In recent months the DOJ has been contacting states demanding access to sensitive election and voting data such as state voter rolls and 2024 election records. Read our article below to see if your state may be at risk" @DemocracyDocket on X 2025-07-25 21:59:59 UTC 355.1K followers, 5867 engagements
"The RNC is backing Indianas law that bans student IDs as valid forms to vote arguing its not age discrimination just election integrity. Voting rights groups say this is a direct attack on young voters" @DemocracyDocket on X 2025-07-19 22:00:00 UTC 355.1K followers, 36K engagements
"ICYMI: Federal judges blocked Trump ally Alina Habba from staying on as New Jerseys top federal prosecutor. In response AG Pam Bondi fired the official next in line defying DOJ protocol and labeling the judiciary as rogue on social media" @DemocracyDocket on X 2025-07-24 13:08:59 UTC 355.1K followers, 9658 engagements
"NEW: XX GOP states asked the Supreme Court to leave in place an 8th Circuit ruling that blocks voters and advocacy groups in seven states from filing lawsuits under Section X of the Voting Rights Act calling such lawsuits weapons of political warfare."" @DemocracyDocket on X 2025-07-22 21:53:56 UTC 355.1K followers, 5688 engagements
"BREAKING: After federal judges blocked Alina Habba from continuing as U.S. Attorney for New Jersey AG Pam Bondi fired the First Assistant who was set to replace her a direct defiance of DOJ protocol" @DemocracyDocket on X 2025-07-22 23:05:55 UTC 355.1K followers, 583.3K engagements
"The DOJ has quietly contacted at least a dozen states demanding voter rolls 2024 election records even infosharing agreements. Voting rights experts warn these deeply troubling requests could be federal overreach under Trumps executive order" @DemocracyDocket on X 2025-07-19 12:59:59 UTC 355.1K followers, 26.1K engagements
"NEW: The Supreme Court grants Trumps request to baselessly fire members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission allowing him to purge three Democratic commissioners and replace them with his own appointees" @DemocracyDocket on X 2025-07-23 21:44:53 UTC 355.1K followers, 12.5K engagements
"NEW: Democrats and pro-voting groups allege that the Trump administration is defying a court order by refusing to say how federal agencies may be implementing the presidents sweeping anti-voting executive order" @DemocracyDocket on X 2025-07-21 20:55:23 UTC 355K followers, 8547 engagements
"NEW: Bill Little Trump Plute head of a relatively small federal financial bureau has used his position to investigate Trump's political opponents aligning with the administration's weaponization of the federal government" @DemocracyDocket on X 2025-07-23 21:31:15 UTC 355.1K followers, 5627 engagements
"@maxbone55 First-time Democracy Docket contributor R. Maxwell Bone is a democracy and governance analyst who has served on international election observation missions in Nigeria and Mozambique" @DemocracyDocket on X 2025-07-24 18:37:31 UTC 355.1K followers, 5511 engagements
"The DOJ is quietly requesting voter data from XX states including blue red and swing states. Experts call it a troubling echo of Trumps anti-voting efforts with shaky legal standing. Read the full breakdown here" @DemocracyDocket on X 2025-07-22 13:00:09 UTC 355.1K followers, 28.9K engagements
"North Carolina Republicans proposed an election bill banning officials from encouraging voter turnout. This "anti-democracy tactic" raises concerns about who holds power. If passed it could inspire other states to follow suit. By: @Jen_Rice_" @DemocracyDocket on X 2025-07-21 13:41:47 UTC 355.1K followers, 9970 engagements
"Bill Little Trump Pulte has emerged as an unexpected attack dog for Trump going after political foes like Democrats Letitia James and Adam Schiff. While they havent been charged Trump allies like Pulte see the name and shame approach as a win" @DemocracyDocket on X 2025-07-25 22:00:59 UTC 355.1K followers, 7247 engagements
"North Carolina Republicans want to make it illegal for election officials to encourage people to vote. The move is basically always unconstitutional under the First Amendment says Andrew Garber of @BrennanCenter. More from @Jen_Rice_:" @DemocracyDocket on X 2025-07-23 00:59:59 UTC 355.1K followers, 79.9K engagements
"Pro-voting groups say the Trump administration is defying a court order by refusing to explain how federal agencies are carrying out the presidents broad anti-voting directive. The order could fundamentally change how U.S. elections are administered" @DemocracyDocket on X 2025-07-25 15:59:59 UTC 355.1K followers, 7572 engagements
"Trump deported hundreds of Venezuelans to a Salvadoran prison earlier this year and secretly exchanged them on Friday for XX Americans jailed by Maduro. The same men the U.S. said it couldnt repatriate are now part of a behind-closed-doors deal" @DemocracyDocket on X 2025-07-20 12:59:59 UTC 355.1K followers, 13.1K engagements
"NEW: Pro-voting groups in Arkansas ask a court to block several state laws they say restrict direct democracy by making it nearly impossible for voters to put issues on the ballot. The groups say the laws violate the First and Fourteenth amendments" @DemocracyDocket on X 2025-07-24 22:09:00 UTC 355.1K followers, 6356 engagements
"Trumps in a full-scale panic. Why His Epstein problem just wont go away. But the fight over Epstein is energizing Democrats and it has been embraced across all factions of the Party Marc Elias writes" @DemocracyDocket on X 2025-07-24 21:59:59 UTC 355.1K followers, 8553 engagements
"A judge just scaled back her earlier order blocking part of Trumps anti-voting plan after the DOJ said it was too broad. Its an early sign that SCOTUSs push to limit nationwide injunctions is already reshaping how courts handle voting rights" @DemocracyDocket on X 2025-07-23 13:00:09 UTC 355.1K followers, 7167 engagements
"NEW: In 2023 Trump said "I am your retribution" vowing to use a second term for vengeance if re-elected. Six months into his second term he's weaponizing the federal government against political opponents threatening fair elections and democracy" @DemocracyDocket on X 2025-07-25 19:24:31 UTC 355.1K followers, 6541 engagements
"NEW: GOP attacks on U.S. elections have clashed with Americas pro-democracy stance abroad. Rubios move to silence diplomats on fair elections removes that tension potentially aiding Trumps efforts to rig upcoming elections @maxbone55 writes" @DemocracyDocket on X 2025-07-24 18:37:30 UTC 355.1K followers, 6293 engagements
"Floridas Supreme Court upheld DeSantis congressional map even as it admitted the map weakens Black voting power. A dissenting justice called it highly consequential. The district Black voters relied on for XX years is now gone. Read the full story👇" @DemocracyDocket on X 2025-07-22 18:59:59 UTC 355.1K followers, 8069 engagements
"In an attempt to distract from the Epstein files Trump accused Obama of treason over baseless claims that the former president attempted to organize a "coup" against him in 2016 saying: "Obama's been caught directly." "He's guilty." "This was treason."" @DemocracyDocket on X 2025-07-24 17:29:59 UTC 355.1K followers, 6154 engagements
"BREAKING: Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) was forcibly removed in handcuffs from a press conference in Los Angeles after attempting to ask Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem questions" @DemocracyDocket on X 2025-06-12 19:12:11 UTC 355.1K followers, 10.8K engagements
"NEW: Criminal prosecutors mistakenly contacted Wisconsin Sec. of State Sarah Godlewski (D) for sensitive election data to help implement Trumps sweeping anti-voting order the problem She doesnt oversee the states elections" @DemocracyDocket on X 2025-07-24 19:19:45 UTC 355.1K followers, 10.4K engagements
"NEW: The 9th Circuit upheld a lower courts nationwide block and ruled Trumps order seeking to end birthright citizenship to some children born in the U.S. to non-Americans is unconstitutional" @DemocracyDocket on X 2025-07-24 14:20:05 UTC 355.1K followers, 10.4K engagements
"The North Carolina state board banned a digital form of in-person voter ID for students and employees at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill marking the latest move from the GOP-led board to tighten voting rules" @DemocracyDocket on X 2025-07-25 14:29:59 UTC 355.1K followers, 5281 engagements
"NEW: North Carolina election officials and the RNC agree to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the accepted use of digital voter ID for UNC Chapel Hill students and staff. This marks the latest move from the GOP-led board to tighten voting rules" @DemocracyDocket on X 2025-07-22 18:10:23 UTC 355.1K followers, 5216 engagements
"A federal judge dismissed a major lawsuit against Wyomings new voter registration law citing lack of standing. The law which requires documentary proof of citizenship for voter registration remains in effect" @DemocracyDocket on X 2025-07-25 11:30:00 UTC 355.1K followers, 6712 engagements
"Texas Republicans are rushing through a rare mid-decade redistricting effort in an attempt to hand Trump the 2026 elections. However the move leaves little time for public input and Texans could be forced to speak up about changes they haven't seen" @DemocracyDocket on X 2025-07-24 16:09:09 UTC 355.1K followers, 6805 engagements
"NEW: Maryland and Michigan are the latest states targeted by the DOJ in its nationwide effort to collect sensitive voter data. Both states have reportedly received letters from the department demanding access to their voter registration data" @DemocracyDocket on X 2025-07-25 17:28:54 UTC 355.1K followers, 7410 engagements
"NEW: President Trump accused former President Obama of treason over baseless claims that Obama tried to organize a coup against him in 2016. The accusation comes as pressure mounts over Trumps mishandling of Epstein-related documents" @DemocracyDocket on X 2025-07-22 19:04:21 UTC 355.1K followers, 6511 engagements
"BREAKING: A federal judge rules that the Trump administration SHALL NOT take Kilmar Abrego Garcia who was wrongly removed from the U.S. earlier this year into custody should he be released from pretrial incarceration on immigrant smuggling charges" @DemocracyDocket on X 2025-07-23 18:57:16 UTC 355.1K followers, 8925 engagements