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Democratic Doctors Are Pouring Into Politics. Thank Trump and RFK Jr. (Jill Lawrence/The Bulwark)
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/democratic-doctors-are-pouring-into-politics-trump-rfk-stem-congress
http://www.memeorandum.com/250819/p58#a250819p58

Het kan elke dag nog weer gekker daar in de VS. Nu wordt er een Texaans parlementslid door de republikeinen opgesloten in het parlement.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/texas-democratic-legislato…

Texas Democratic legislator to stay in State Capitol after refusing law enforcement escort to leave
First, Texas House Democrats refused to meet in their legislative chamber in an act of resistance.

“The working class abandoned the Democratic Party, primarily because the Democratic Party abandoned the working class.”
✅ Control of the Senate Could Be Decided in Maine. This Oyster Farmer Is Vying to Unseat Susan Collins. – Mother Jones
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/20…

Control of the Senate could be decided in Maine. This oyster farmer is vying to unseat Susan Collins
Marine and Army veteran Graham Platner dives into one of the most closely watched races of 2026.

So…is governor abbott planning to assassinate Texas state legislators?
Next step after locking Nicole Collier in the capital, right?
Not even 1st state legislator in U.S. assassinated this year.
At what point does “don’t mess with Texas” flex its strength and stop abbott?

Texas Democratic legislator to stay in State Capitol after refusing law enforcement escort to leave
First, Texas House Democrats refused to meet in their legislative chamber in an act of resistance.

Democratic leaders will support resolution honoring Charlie Kirk
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5510491-democratic-leaders-charlie-kirk-resolution/

The Democratic Establishment's Shunning of Mamdani Is Disqualifying (Perry Bacon/New Republic)
https://newrepublic.com/article/199293/democratic-establishment-shunning-mamdani-disqualifying
http://www.memeorandum.com/250820/p36#a250820p36

Holy Shit! There's a Democratic Socialist running for Governor of Wisconsin.
(I've traded emails with Hong and like what she's been doing and what she stands for. She's got my vote.)
https://www.wpr.org/news/madison-francesca-hong-democra…

Madison Rep. Francesca Hong joins Democratic primary for governor
Madison state Rep. Francesca Hong has launched a bid for governor, joining a growing primary field for the Democratic nomination.

The two top Democrats in Congress on Saturday demanded a meeting with President Trump ahead of the Sept. 30 deadline to fund the government,
warning him that Republicans would be blamed for a painful shutdown if he refused to negotiate with them.
“It is now your obligation to meet with us directly to reach an agreement to keep the government open and address the Republican health care crisis,”
Senator Chuck Schumer of New York and Representative Hakeem Jeffries of New York,…

Top Democratic Leaders Ask Trump for Meeting to Avert a Shutdown
After a Republican plan to keep funding flowing foundered in the Senate, Representative Hakeem Jeffries and Senator Chuck Schumer accused the president of standing in the way of a solution.

A group of 17 Democratic senators urges US Secretary of State Marco Rubio to press Israel to protect journalists in Gaza and allow international media into Gaza (Igor Bobic/HuffPost)
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gaza-israel-journalists_n_68a619abe4b0f9a2f3…

Democrats Press Marco Rubio About 'Catastrophic' Killing Of Journalists In Gaza
"It appears Israel is publicly admitting to targeting and killing journalists who have shown the world the scale of suffering in Gaza," 17 Senate Democrats wrote in a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday.

I continue to maintain that Biden was one of the worst presidents in my lifetime - mostly due to an accident of timing. If he had been president in 2016 or 2000, he obviously would've been a huge improvement over Trump or Cheney, respectively. Heck, even in 2008 or 2012 or 1996 he would've been.. fine.
But after covid, BLM, 4 years of Trump 1.0 abuses, & subsequent open insurrection by literal fascism, he was the wrong person for the job. He gave the fash 4 years to prep

"Populism, platforms, and the challenges of science communication"
https://elephantinthelab.org/populism-platforms-and-the-challenges-of-science-communication/
"Teresa Völker interviewed Jeanette Hofmann about the rol…

Mamdani Won Over N.Y.C. Democratic Voters. Can He Charm Washington? (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/nyregion/mamdani-democratic-party.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250720/p9#a250720p9

Dear Democratic National Committee. I pledge to send you $100 on the last day of each month. I will reduce that amount by $1 for every unsolicited communication (text, email, phone call, voice mail, physical mail piece) I receive from a left leaning candidate, cause, or PAC requesting a donation.
Although I am pledging up to $1,200 for the next year, I suspect my total donation under this pledge will be between $0 and $60.

Why does the #BBC use terms like “Iran-backed Houthis” or “Hamas-run hospital,” but avoid labels such as “US-backed IDF” or referring to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as an “indicted war criminal.”?
'Why 'Hamas-run hospital' but never ‘US-backed IDF’?': Zohran Mamdani calls out double standards on Israel-Gaza coverage; slams BBC - Times of India

'Why 'Hamas-run hospital' but never ‘US-backed IDF’?': Zohran Mamdani calls out double standards on Israel-Gaza coverage; slams BBC - Times of India
US News: Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani has accused the BBC of biased reporting on the Israel-Gaza conflict, criticizing their selective language.

I wonder what inspired TIL to post this today.
https://noc.social/@todayilearned/115232287275687330

Today I learned (@todayilearned@noc.social)
Attached: 1 image TIL that Palpatine being a ruthless politician dismantling a democracy to achieve supreme power was inspired by real life examples of democratic backsliding. Nixon’s presidency got Lucas to thinking about how democracies turned into dictatorships: “Democracies aren't overthrown; they're given away“. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palpatine #til #todayilearned https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1nlamby/til_that_palpatine_being_a_ruthless_politician/

Urban AI Governance Must Embed Legal Reasonableness for Democratic and Sustainable Cities
Rashid Mushkani
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.12174 https://arxiv.or…

Urban AI Governance Must Embed Legal Reasonableness for Democratic and Sustainable Cities
This position paper argues that embedding the legal "reasonable person" standard in municipal AI systems is essential for democratic and sustainable urban governance. As cities increasingly deploy artificial intelligence (AI) systems, concerns around equity, accountability, and normative legitimacy are growing. This paper introduces the Urban Reasonableness Layer (URL), a conceptual framework that adapts the legal "reasonable person" standard for supervisory oversight in municipal AI systems, i…

Stochastic urban planning for housing: Reduce regulations with no provision to provide housing supporting the mix of incomes in California.
After all, in our system, return on capital plays no role in determining what price developers demand for building./s
https://www.s…

Stochastic urban planning for housing: Reduce regulations with no provision to provide housing supporting the mix of incomes in California.
After all, in our system, return on capital plays no role in determining what price developers demand for building./s
https://www.s…

Most American electoral districts operate on a winner-take-all basis, especially for congressional and state legislative elections. This system, known formally as single-member plurality (first-past-the-post), means that the candidate who receives the most votes in a district wins the seat, and all other votes are essentially disregarded in the final result.
Gerrymandering is to all intents and purposes the inevitable consequence of lacking a democratic system with proportional represe…

Democratic states sue Donald Trump over crime victim funds
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5457589-democratic-states-sue-trump-voca/

Amy Klobuchar 'feeling better and better' about Democratic prospects in future elections (Jenny Goldsberry/Washington Examiner)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/presidential/3476674/amy-klobuchar-feeling-better-and-better-about-democratic-prospects-future-elections/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250720/p40#a250720p40

dnc: DNC emails (2016)
A network representing the exchange of emails among members of the Democratic National Committee, in the email data leak released by WikiLeaks in 2016.
This network has 2029 nodes and 12085 edges.
Tags: Social, Communication, Unweighted, Multigraph
https://networks.skewed.de/net/dnc

A U.S. judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's administration from stripping 19 mostly Democratic-led states and Washington, D.C., of food stamp benefits funding unless the states hand over data on millions of people who receive them.
U.S. District Judge Maxine Chesney in San Francisco said in a ruling late Thursday
that the states were likely correct that a federal law requiring them to safeguard information obtained from food stamp recipients bars them from d…

How did America become one of the only democratic countries in the world without Universal Healthcare?
And which of your healthcare entitlements did Trump just cut with his bill?
▶️ Medicaid, Explained: What’s Trump Cutting in 2025? | WSJ
https://youtube.com/watch?v=trHWYxM87S

good piece. be warned there's a Garry Tan jump scare. #sfPol
https://jacobin.com/2025/08/san-francisco-zohran-democratic-socialism

San Francisco’s Ultrarich Are Blocking a Zohran-Style Agenda
For years, democratic socialists in San Francisco have been passing Zohran Mamdani–style policies in the city legislature and through ballot measures, only to see them blocked by Silicon Valley billionaires and powerful real estate interests.

Oregon’s mail-in voting system produces some of the higher voter turnouts in the nation. I live here and it works great. That Trump wants to end it is anti-democratic and unconstitutional—states run elections. #voting #elections

A look at OpenAI's campaign over the past year to secure its transition from a nonprofit, led by a team of Democratic insiders in California (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/17/sam-altman-chatgpt-california-00449492

Our brain-dead political reporting. Progressive endorsed by Bernie & AOC wins primary in landslide. NYT reports result as "Mamdani momentum withers."
Lazy media, please tell us where candidates stand on issues. Stop fixating on their age & identity.

A Scion of Democratic Politics Defeats the Upstarts in an Arizona Primary
Adelita Grijalva beat back charges of “legacy” and embraced the memory of her father, Raúl Grijalva, to win the Democratic primary for the House seat opened by his death.

'I'd talk to the Devil himself' — Belarus' opposition torn on whether to reengage with dictator Lukashenko to save political prisoners: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/17/id-talk-to-the-devil.html

For the past three weeks, I’ve been attending protests at the Broadview ICE facility.
There’s been a vigil there for almost two decades at this point, but they started ramping up after three protesters were arrested four weeks ago.
Three weeks ago, we went, and it was very peaceful.
We ended up actually getting a car to turn around.
Last week, when we went, ICE assaulted a lot of us.
We went early because they changed their deportation time to around 6 a.m.

I’m a Congressional Candidate. I Was Assaulted by ICE.
An interview with Kat Abughazaleh, a 26-year-old Democratic House candidate in Illinois, who was violently thrown to the ground twice at a peaceful protest in Illinois on Friday morning.

Texas Republicans have locked Democratic Rep. Nicole Collier inside the state house chamber and refuse to allow her to leave?
Honestly, I think livestream: dance on other legislators’ desks. Mock w/parody lyrics from show-tunes, raid copier paper to stuff empty suits and print out opposition faces and put them in seats & act out humiliating legislative scenes.
You’re not locked in with them, their seats are locked in with you.
h/t @peoplefor.bsky.social

dnc: DNC emails (2016)
A network representing the exchange of emails among members of the Democratic National Committee, in the email data leak released by WikiLeaks in 2016.
This network has 2029 nodes and 12085 edges.
Tags: Social, Communication, Unweighted, Multigraph
https://networks.skewed.de/net/dnc

Iraq and Afghanistan veteran launches Democratic campaign against Sen. Susan Collins in Maine (Allan Smith/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/iraq-afghanistan-veteran-launches-democratic-campaign-sen-susan-collin-rcna225703
http://www.memeorandum.com/250819/p7#a250819p7

3 out of 7 recommended news stories are about Trump failing.
I would be happier about it if it did not imply Putin was winning. This is bad for everyone, but especially Ukraine.
Trump’s ego, fealty, and idiocy is going to destroy the world if Europe, the Global South, and other democratic nations don’t take the reins from the USA.
#russiaukrainewar #russia #ukraine

Currently making my way through this podcast, S4, which is all about how the USA was founded, and how its supposed ideals have played out since then.
It strikes me that the root problem, before the genocide, the slavery, the exploitation and racism, is oligarchy.
#history #AmericanHistory

The Land That Never Has Been Yet
Scene on Radio host/producer John Biewen :Over the past few years, the survival of the United States as a democratic republic has become a topic of national conversation—Trumpian authoritar

I normally would not share any AI slop, but this was an attack graphic an opponent tried to use on State Rep. Francesca Hong but once someone cropped out the racist crap it sort of works!
(Hong supports workers and would hire a human to make graphics, not use AI generated crap.)
…

Experts say FCC chair Brendan Carr's threats to broadcasters violate the First Amendment and are an abuse of the FCC's power (Greg Sargent/New Republic)
https://newrepublic.com/article/200649/trump-ouster-kimmel-anna-gomez

Trump’s Ouster of Jimmy Kimmel Is Much Worse Than You Think It Is
Anna Gomez, the FCC’s lone Democratic commissioner, tells TNR that chairman Brendan Carr’s move violates both the First Amendment and the Communications Act. Democrats must extract consequences.

Performative Politics Is a Dead End https://jacobin.com/2025/09/ndp-leadership-race-social-democracy-identity-politics/

Performative Politics Is a Dead End
Canada’s New Democratic Party once rallied workers around a bold social democratic vision. The leadership contest now unfolding shows a center left so busy virtue signaling it forgets how to build power.

A Proposal for symTFTs and symThs from Holography
Francesco Mignosa, Diego Rodriguez-Gomez
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.14783 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.1478…

A Proposal for symTFTs and symThs from Holography
We propose an embedding of the symTFT construction in (finite cut-off) holography. The proposal passes several non-trivial consistency checks reproducing the expected symTFTs in various cases, including the recently discussed symTFT for the 1-form symmetry of 4d $\mathcal{N}=4$ SYM. Moreover, we comment on the possibility of unifying the symTFT and the symTh descriptions via the democratic formulation of Supergravity, using the 4d $\mathcal{N}=4$ SYM theory as an example.

I take pride in my work, and unapologetically support anarcho-syndicalism, because participating in collective self-management, solidarity, and democratic control over our workplaces would make me even prouder of what I do.
https://social.linux.pizza/@midtsveen/114848469083606916

Online Anti-sexist Speech: Identifying Resistance to Gender Bias in Political Discourse
Aditi Dutta, Susan Banducci
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.11434 https://

Online Anti-sexist Speech: Identifying Resistance to Gender Bias in Political Discourse
Anti-sexist speech, i.e., public expressions that challenge or resist gendered abuse and sexism, plays a vital role in shaping democratic debate online. Yet automated content moderation systems, increasingly powered by large language models (LLMs), may struggle to distinguish such resistance from the sexism it opposes. This study examines how five LLMs classify sexist, anti-sexist, and neutral political tweets from the UK, focusing on high-salience trigger events involving female Members of Par…

📣 Sanseito touts 'Japanese First' rhetoric to gain support
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/01/japan/politics/sanseito-upper-house-election/
🆓

Sanseito touts 'Japanese First' rhetoric to gain support
Some observers say conservative voters who left the Democratic Party for the People are turning to the fledgling opposition party by default.

The Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Song Kum Hyok (Song), a malicious cyber actor associated with the sanctioned Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB) hacking group Andariel.
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-rel…

Sanctions Imposed on DPRK IT Workers Generating Revenue for the Kim Regime
WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Song Kum Hyok, (Song), a malicious cyber actor associated with the sanctioned Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB) hacking group Andariel.Song facilitated an information technology (IT) worker scheme in which individuals, often DPRK nationals working from countries such as China and Russia, were recruited and provided with falsified ident…

Event: Religion and Democratic Ideals: Reproductive Healthcare Access and White Nationalism
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2024, 6 – 7:30PM This event is free and open to the public. A liberal democracy should produce societies that are inclusive, equitable, dynamic, and responsive to the needs of citizens. This series will focus on where religion intersects with democratic ideals and institutions. We will discuss the outcomes we want from a democratic system and how such an…

Jimmy Kimmel Threats By FCC Are "Truly Empty," Democratic Commissioner Says
https://deadline.com/2025/09/government-threats-jimmy-kimmel-abc-fcc-commissioner-anna-gomez-1236548400/

Many of us in the west believe they live in a democratic society. But do we, really?
Fifteen years ago, I "discovered" Democratic Education and Sociocracy: A truly empowering way of education and a democratic system that is much more democratic than the popular "majority of votes" version. So, I took the initiative, together with Jaqcueline van Ewijk and Suzanne Thissen to start doe040, a democratic school based on sociocracy.
Anyway, only recently, I discov…

Behind the Curtain: Rising Democratic MAGA movement (Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/19/democratic-maga-movement-newsom-aoc
http://www.memeorandum.com/250819/p12#a250819p12

In NYC 's Democratic primary for the Mayoral elections, AOC-backed 33-year old Mamdani beat 67-year old Cuomo, who resigned as governor 4 years ago because of sexual intimidation.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06/24/nyregion/nyc-democr…

‘We Have Won,’ Mamdani Says, as Cuomo Concedes N.Y.C. Mayoral Primary
Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old state assemblyman, galvanized voters with an energetic campaign focused on affordability. Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo left the door open to running in the general election.

Don't listen to centrist Democrats about crime (Paul Waldman/Public Notice)
https://www.publicnotice.co/p/democratic-messaging-crime-trump-dc
http://www.memeorandum.com/250819/p16#a250819p16

a record 27 Senators, 56% of the Democratic caucus, voted to stop arming Israel, but California's senators Schiff and Padilla STILL did not join them. These genocide enablers gotta go.
https://zeteo.com/p/breaking-in-a-first-majority-of-democratic

BREAKING: In a First, Majority of Democratic Senators Vote to Stop Arming Israel
26 Democrats joined Bernie Sanders in his effort to end certain weapons' sales to Israel - but were blocked by 70 pro-war senators, including every Republican present. Here's how the vote went.

It makes me smile to know that anarcho-syndicalism is still alive today, that comrades continue to organize in directly democratic unions rooted in assemblies and federalist structures, refusing to allow the state or capitalist power to dictate the limits of collective life, and that publications, solidarity networks, and local organizing still embody self-management and solidarity as living practices rather than fading memories.
Anarcho-syndicalism today is carried by organizations su…

The president posted a furious rant on Truth Social Tuesday, saying that any of his followers who were interested in the Epstein case were falling for Democratic “bullshit,”
and compared it to the “totally fake and made up story used in order to hide Crooked Hillary Clinton’s big loss in the 2016 Presidential Election.”
Similarly to Russia’s interference in the 2016 election, Trump now claims that Epstein files are a “hoax.”
Unfortunately for Trump, Americans don’t care abou…

Panicked Trump Rushes to Create a Distraction From Epstein Files
Donald Trump is throwing everything at the wall and hoping something sticks.

Brazil offers America a lesson in democratic maturity. It is a test case for how countries recover from a populist fever.
https://economist.com/leaders/2025/08/28/brazil-offers-america-a-lesson-in-democratic-maturity
from The Ec…

Brazil offers America a lesson in democratic maturity
It is a test case for how countries recover from a populist fever

dnc: DNC emails (2016)
A network representing the exchange of emails among members of the Democratic National Committee, in the email data leak released by WikiLeaks in 2016.
This network has 2029 nodes and 12085 edges.
Tags: Social, Communication, Unweighted, Multigraph
https://networks.skewed.de/net/dnc

Zohran delivered the Democratic establishment the thrashing it deserved
#politics

Zohran delivered the Democratic establishment the thrashing it deserved
It backed another tired, entitled candidate in Andrew Cuomo. Voters finally had enough.

As Democrats walk out, Republicans advance judicial nomination of Emil Bove
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted Thursday morning to advance Donald Trump’s controversial judicial nominee
Emil Bove -- amid objections from Democratic senators,
who walked out of the hearing in protest before the vote.

Bove, a top Justice Department official nominated to serve on U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, must now be approved by the full Senate.

Bove faced whistleb…

As Democrats walk out, Republicans advance judicial nomination of Emil Bove
Bove, a top Justice Department official and Trump’s former personal defense attorney, was nominated to serve on U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit.

Texas Democratic legislator to stay in State Capitol after refusing law enforcement escort to leave (Natasha Korecki/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna225730
http://www.memeorandum.com/250818/p151#a250818p151

'We don't care': Fox host downplays murder of Democratic lawmaker in profane meltdown - Alternet.org
https://www.alternet.org/fox-host-melissa-hortman/

A coalition of press freedom groups urges Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to release Atlanta journalist Mario Guevara, detained by ICE for two months (Free Press)
https://www.freepress.net/news/press-freedom-groups-call-kristi-no…

Press-Freedom Groups Call on Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to Immediately Release Journalist Mario Guevara from Prolonged ICE Detention
Guevara’s arrest and detention represents an erosion of democratic norms in the United States.

I don't mind working, but not when decisions are made over our heads and the value we create gets siphoned off elsewhere. Work should be about democratic control, where we all have a direct say in the workplace, and our efforts strengthen our local community, not when profits and power leave our hands.
#Anarchism

It's Isaiah Martin, and the countdown is at 82 days until my special election.
Two huge updates for you.
#1: It's official, we kicked the hive, so MAGA has put in a handpicked Trumpster to run against me.
💥But getting arrested didn't scare me, so their lackey doesn't either.
They won't steal this seat in Congress from the people.
#2 Last night we hosted a town hall with over 11,000 people in attendance.
💥Momentum is building, and we c…

Isaiah Martin For Congress
​​Isaiah Martin is a proud Houston native, loyal brother and son, and a dedicated advocate. ​Isaiah’s upbringing instilled in him the values of service, resilience, and a deep commitment to his community. He believes in a Democratic Party that has a spine and fights back against Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans as they try to tear down programs that lift up the most vulnerable.

😺 A Democratic Socialist Smashes Wall Street in New York: What Zohran Mamdani Means for the Anti-Monopoly Movement
https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/a-democratic-socialist-smashes-wall

dnc: DNC emails (2016)
A network representing the exchange of emails among members of the Democratic National Committee, in the email data leak released by WikiLeaks in 2016.
This network has 2029 nodes and 12085 edges.
Tags: Social, Communication, Unweighted, Multigraph
https://networks.skewed.de/net/dnc

Andrew Cuomo pushes to unify vote against Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani (Phil Taitt/abc7NY)
https://abc7ny.com/post/nyc-mayoral-race-2025-andrew-cuomo-pushes-unify-vote-democratic-nominee-zohran-mamdani/17111794/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250714/p105#a250714p105

Top House Democrats are calling on Brendan Carr,
chair of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC),
to resign over the indefinite suspension of Jimmy Kimmel’s late night show.
The congressional leaders accuse Carr – who runs the US’ media watchdog
– of engaging in a “corrupt abuse of power”
by “bullying ABC” and forcing the media company to “bend the knee to the Trump administration”.
Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries, Minority whip Katherine Clark, Demo…

Scoop: House Democratic group unveils demand list to stop shutdown
https://www.axios.com/2025/09/16/democrats-shutdown-jeffries-schumer

Trump said on Friday that he will send national guard troops to Memphis as part of his administration’s expanding military occupation of Democratic-run cities
“I think maybe I’ll be the first to say it right now: we’re going to Memphis,” said Trump while strumming a guitar.
The Memphis mayor, Paul Young, had signaled the intervention was coming.
“Earlier this week I was informed that the government and the president were considering deploying the national guard,”
he sa…

dnc: DNC emails (2016)
A network representing the exchange of emails among members of the Democratic National Committee, in the email data leak released by WikiLeaks in 2016.
This network has 2029 nodes and 12085 edges.
Tags: Social, Communication, Unweighted, Multigraph
https://networks.skewed.de/net/dnc

Gallego Gets Candid About His Party's Immigration Failures (Adrian Carrasquillo/The Bulwark)
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/senator-ruben-gallego-arizona-interview-immigration-iowa-democratic-party
http://www.memeorandum.com/250815/p51#a250815p51

I researched every Democratic attempt to stop fascism in history. the success rate after fascists were elected was 0%. | by Chris Armitage | Aug, 2025 | Medium
https://medium.com/@carmitage/i-researched-every-attempt-to-stop-fascism-in-history-the-success-rate-is-0-a665e2e048a2

Judge rules Trump firing of Democratic FTC commissioner was illegal (Ashley Gold/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/07/17/judge-rules-trump-firing-ftc-commissioner-illegal
http://www.memeorandum.com/250717/p134#a250717p134

How long ago was that? "At the time of Hortman's murder, Trump pointedly refused to get on the phone to call Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, who had run on the Democratic ticket as vice presidential nominee against him the year before. “I think the governor of Minnesota is so whacked out, I’m not calling him. Why would I call him?” Trump told reporters on Air Force One when questioned."
'Who?' Trump bewildered when asked why he didn't lower flags for slain Dem - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-hortman/

Deja Foxx, a 25-year-old political content creator who has over 395,000 followers on TikTok, is running for Democratic nomination in Arizona’s 7th District after only turning the minimum age to serve in Congress in April.
Fifty-four-year-old former Pima County Supervisor Adelita Grijalva, the daughter of the late Rep. Raul Grijalva, was widely seen as the frontrunner in the race to replace her father,
but recent internal polling from Foxx’s campaign first published by Politico su…

Arizona Special Election: 25-Year-Old Deja Foxx Seeks To Go From TikTok Activist To Congress
Deja Foxx, a 25-year-old political content creator, is a contender for an Arizona congressional seat.

A New Democratic Think Tank Wants to Curb the Influence of Liberal Groups (Reid J. Epstein/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/us/politics/democrats-liberals-jentleson-searchlight.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250917/p11#a250917p11

Democratic senators negotiated for release of billions in funds in exchange for confirmation deals, sources say - CBS News
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/democratic-senators-negotiated-for-release-of-billions-in-funds-in-exchange-for-confirmation-deals-sources-say/

In the field of public education, the dogma of "separate but free" has no place;
⭐️separate is inherently unfree.
As this Article uniquely clarifies, segregation deprives schoolchildren of freedom to become equal citizens and freedom to learn in democratic, integrated, and transformative settings.
We must name and reclaim these positive, social, emancipatory freedoms
—envisioned by the framers of state constitution education clauses,
developed by earl…

Here we are, in another moment rife with apocalyptic intensity, in a city trying to hold the line against the president it birthed through a shattering of democratic traditions and constitutional breaches.
Still, I can’t help but wonder what will put an end to this nostalgic moment.
We got a glimpse of what that might look like during New York’s Democratic mayoral primary on June 24, when the 33-year-old democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani crushed the former governor Andrew Cuomo. …

Opinion | Why Are We Doomed to Keep Reliving the ’90s?
The characters that dominated the end of the last millennium have an outsize influence on the current one.

Democratic mayors are pissed Trump is targeting cities with Black mayors...(paywalled)
How To Prepare for Trump Taking Over Your City
https://archive.ph/W8e0Y

Democratic whistleblower told FBI that Adam Schiff approved classified leaks to target Trump (Andrea Margolis/Fox News)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/democratic-whistleblower-told-fbi-adam-schiff-approved-classified-leaks-target-trump
http://www.memeorandum.com/250812/p3#a250812p3

Newsom: Crime is a larger problem in GOP-led areas than Democratic-led ones
At a news conference discussing the expansion of an existing crime suppression program in California,
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) went after P Donald Trump for the
“blatant hypocrisy” of surging National Guard troops and federal law enforcement agents to Democratic-led cities
when, he says, there are higher crime rates in some Republican-run places.

Newsom called his expansion of a program tha…

Newsom: Crime is a larger problem in GOP-led areas than Democratic-led ones
California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Trump’s law enforcement surge to Democratic-led cities is “blatant hypocrisy,” when, he says, there are higher crime rates in some Republican-run places.

The Democratic Party is in fits over Mamdani's bid for NYC mayor. Republicans are loving it (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/zohran-mamdani-democrats-republicans-bernie-schumer-48a536b75dc213ef5b996bcb9ee2d2ae
http://www.memeorandum.com/250915/p158#a250915p158

A Scion of Democratic Politics Defeats the Upstarts in an Arizona Primary (Jack Healy/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/us/politics/grijalva-arizona-primary.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250716/p4#a250716p4

"With Kamala Harris officially out of the race, Katie #Porter has emerged as the Democratic frontrunner,
increasing her support from 12% to 18% since the April Emerson poll,”
Spencer Kimball, executive director of Emerson College Polling, said.
“Steve #Hilton, who was not in the race in April, has j…

California 2026 Poll: Porter, Hilton Lead in Race for Governor; Plurality Undecided - Emerson Polling
23% of California Democratic Primary voters support Newsom for 2028 presidential bid A new Emerson…Full Release & Results

A democratic nation actually can overcome deep polarization and division
and punish politicians who undermine democracy.
Just not the United States,
even though our leaders have spent decades beating their chests about the wonders of American democracy.
The Brazilian Supreme Court’s recent conviction of Jair Bolsonaro
on five charges related to his attempt to overturn the 2022 election results there and stay in power
is a great illustration that democrat…

Brazil Stopped Its Trump. It’s Pathetic that We Couldn’t Stop Ours.
Brazil barred Bolsonaro from running again and is sending him to jail. Other countries have done it, too. Why is the United States a unique failure?

Abbott sues to remove Texas House Democratic Caucus Chair Gene Wu from seat (Tara Suter/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5437860-abbott-sues-remove-texas-house-democratic-caucus-chair-gene-wu/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250805/p134#a250805p134

House Democratic leaders won't whip against crypto bills (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/07/14/congress/house-dems-crypto-bills-waters-clark-french-hill-00451763
http://www.memeorandum.com/250714/p129#a250714p129

Texas GOP governor sues to remove Democratic leader amid election map fight
Governor Abbott filed his lawsuit as other top Republicans raised the prospect of legal challenges and intensifying law enforcement actions against Democrats.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) threatened to go to court within days to remove Democrats from office”

Donald Trump claimed Republicans are “entitled” to redraw Texas’s maps to give themselves five more safe U.S. House seats.
Th…

Texas GOP governor sues to remove Democratic leader amid election map fight
Gov. Greg Abbott filed his lawsuit as other top Republicans raised the prospect of intensifying law enforcement actions against Democrats.

Mayors of Democratic cities respond to Trump's threats they could be next after D.C. (Rachel Treisman/NPR)
https://www.npr.org/2025/08/14/nx-s1-5501273/trump-dc-takeover-cities-mayors-police-national-guard
http://www.memeorandum.com/250814/p87#a250814p87

Pentagon plan envisions 1,000 troops for Louisiana policing mission
The Trump administration has drafted a proposal to activate 1,000 Louisiana National Guard troops
to serve in a law enforcement mission focused on the state’s “urban centers,”
according to Pentagon planning documents outlining what would be
a significant expansion of the military’s role in policing American citizens.

Among the documents is an unsigned, undated draft memo from Defense Secretary P…

Pentagon plan envisions 1,000 troops for Louisiana policing mission
Documents reviewed by The Post illustrate the Trump administration’s evolving strategy for sending the military into cities with Democratic majorities.

California pushes partisan plan for new Democratic districts to counter Texas in fight for US House (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/california-newsom-redistricting-texas-trump-5ccb3de37f6d3ec803ac24ad363018fa
http://www.memeorandum.com/250814/p124#a250814p124

Cuomo stays in NYC mayor's race despite losing the Democratic primary to Mamdani (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/andrew-cuomo-zohran-mamdani-new-york-mayor-b51061b3b88ff52b44ffebbbf952554d
http://www.memeorandum.com/250714/p121#a250714p121

Democratic Lawmakers to Flee Texas in Bid to Halt Redistricting (Joe Lovinger/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-03/democratic-lawmakers-to-flee-texas-in-bid-to-halt-redistricting
http://www.memeorandum.com/250803/p55#a250803p55

August 14, 2025 -- Today, flanked by California's Democratic elected officials and union leaders ... (Heather Cox Richardson/Letters from an American)
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-14-2025
http://www.memeorandum.com/250815/p43#a250815p43

Governor Abbott Statement On House Democratic Quorum Break (Office of the Texas Governor)
https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/governor-abbott-statement-on-house-democratic-quorum-break
http://www.memeorandum.com/250804/p1#a250804p1

Young progressives look to Zohran Mamdani, AOC as future of the Democratic Party - under one condition (Deirdre Heavey/Fox News)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/young-progressives-look-zohran-mamdani-aoc-future-democratic-party-one-key-caveat
http://www.memeorandum.com/250803/p27#a250803p27

If Emanuel runs, he'll bet on candor defeating the 'culture police' (George F. Will/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/07/09/rahm-emanuel-democratic-party-presidential-nomination/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzUyMDMzNjAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzUzNDE1OTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3NTIwMzM2MDAsImp0aSI6ImZhOGE1NGE1LTA3MzQtNGZmMS04NmI3LTUyODBkZGE1YWY5NiIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9vcGluaW9ucy8yMDI1LzA3LzA5L3JhaG0tZW1hbnVlbC1kZW1vY3JhdGljLXBhcnR5LXByZXNpZGVudGlhbC1ub21pbmF0aW9uLyJ9.QpSoDY-d7EdInOG1pKCDBDtJDc9ZR_DLWPxZeCmukr0&itid=gfta
http://www.memeorandum.com/250710/p2#a250710p2

'Sick Game': Democratic Megadonor David Geffen, 82, Faces Sordid Grooming Lawsuit from Porn Star Husband, 32, as Top Cultural Centers Take His Millions and Toast Him on Both Coasts (Chuck Ross/The Washington Free Beacon)
https://freebeacon.com/democrats/sick-game-democratic-megadonor-david-geffen-82-faces-sordid-grooming-lawsuit-from-porn-star-husband-32-as-top-cultural-centers-take-his-millions-and-toast-him-on-both-coasts/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250903/p31#a250903p31

Van Hollen Criticizes Democratic Leaders for Delay in Endorsing Mamdani (Lisa Lerer/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/us/politics/van-hollen-zohran-mamdani.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250913/p47#a250913p47