Saul Youssef

The Regime Just Entered Its Most Dangerous Phase Welcome to the Autocratic Flood Zone.

“The ask is simple enough that nobody gets to say they didn’t know what to do.” @carmitage.bsky.social
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The Desire for Terror And the defense of democracy

A purpose of the war on Iran might well be to provoke a terrorist attack inside the United States, thereby justifying the need to “federalize” elections. We must anticipate it, with sadness and resolution, and not be surprised, if it happens.
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I'm keeping this. It's a You-Cannot-Be-President card, because people absolutely require a POTUS with enough self-confidence to choose their own shoes.

I.e. I think that George is making exactly the right point.

I think people are used to ignoring the Constitution with the idea that SCOTUS will give them limits as needed. This isn't good enough anymore. Words still have meaning. Read the document.

That's a message to every member of Congress and every member of the Armed Services. They all literally swore to uphold the actual words in that document. That's the most basic agreement we have as Americans. That defined the United States. I want everyone to remember that.

Top Arizona officials warn FBI may use election probe to seize voter rolls sought by DOJ "I think this investigation is an end-around by the Department of Justice," Arizona's secretary of state said.

🚨BREAKING: As the FBI probes the 2020 election in Maricopa County, senior Arizona officials are warning that the bureau may try to use the investigation as a way to short-circuit an ongoing lawsuit and obtain the state’s full unredacted voter rolls. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Can the Courts Protect the Ballot? The decisions judges make during the coming months in various active legal cases will affect who can vote, which districts they vote in, and what political advertising they see—among many other factors. What’s at stake is not just the outcomes of this year’s elections but also the future integrity of democracy in the US. Voting rights attorney Marc Elias joins host Alex Lovit to discuss threats to ballot access in the United States, how lawyers are fighting back, and what the rest of us can do to help.

A very important topic right now. I hope you listen, enjoy and share!
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According to the RNC's new legal theory aimed at throwing out mail-in ballots, In 2000, Gore won! 👀
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‘RINO hack’: MAGA melts down over Thune’s SAVE America Act ‘betrayal’ Leading the charge is election denier Cleta Mitchell, who has spent days unleashing increasingly unhinged posts on X accusing Thune of sabotaging the bill.

MAGA is beside itself with fury after Sen. Leader John Thune said he plans to bring the SAVE America Act to the Senate floor next week — but won’t use a procedural move that President Donald Trump and anti-voting activists have been demanding to ram the bill through.

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Kremlin backs covert campaign to keep Viktor Orbán in power Vladimir Putin endorses plan drawn up by Russian consultancy that is under western sanctions

Russia enters Viktor Orban's election campaign, providing consultants who will flood social media with messages designed, ironically, to frame Orbán, a Russia puppet, as "the only candidate who can keep Hungary sovereign"
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I'm not sure why a law against lying about elections would do better than the 14'th Amendment, Section 3.

It's like what Sec. State Rubio said at Munich: Shakespeare, Michelangelo, Beethoven, the Rolling Stones. MAGA is mainly interested in defending the Arts.

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Winning is a state of mind.

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Andrew Weissmann: Trump Built a Kingdom of Lies | Illegal News YouTube video by The Bulwark

My conversation with Sarah about my upcoming book, Liar's Kingdom: youtu.be/MnWerquxmVI?...

Trump DOJ prosecuted election tech firm to fuel 2020 election lies, filing alleges Smartmatic says the Trump DOJ launched a politically motivated prosecution designed to promote election denial and punish the company for defending the integrity of the 2020 election.

The voting technology company Smartmatic accused federal prosecutors of weaponizing the Justice Department against it to promote President Donald Trump’s 2020 election lies and aid his allies facing massive defamation lawsuits. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Play acting earnest concern is so cringey

Chris Murphy: "I Just came from a two hour, closed door classified briefing on the war. It just confirmed to me it's totally incoherent. We are not gonna be able to achieve any of our stated objectives ... this is a disaster of epic proportions, a 10 day debacle"

They hate me because I fight. They attack me because I win.

I will do everything I can to protect free and fair elections. I will never back down.

Saying that you -must- be grateful is what domestic abusers and Russian prison guards do. You must take the violence and say you like it. It is a mark of fascism.

I have a feeling that his pathetic grasping at prizes and shiny objects and constant desecration of our national symbols is costing him something. Also, I have a feeling that a substantial fraction of the population are starting to realize that he is insane. For real.

"Times reader" <-- That was your mistake.

Ezra Klein's whole job is to articulate views that make the Epstein Class feel comfortable.

Leadership. Thank you, Senator.

Trump told us who he was in 2012. Will we finally believe him today? Trump has always been an election denier. He has always vilified voting. He has always started with lies, escalated to the courts, and ultimately embraced violent rhetoric.

One of the most important things I have written in a while. I hope you read, learn and share. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...

The attack of the empty-headed Homecoming Queen runner-ups continues. How can they be stopped?

Yes. LOL.

The fact that Donald Trump is going to try to subvert the 2026 elections doesn't mean he will be successful. We have shown before that we can fight back in court and win. The key is that we must educate everyone about what is going to happen and what they can do as well to defend democracy.

Over five million people protested against the regime in June.

More than seven million people took to the streets in October.

March 28 will be even bigger, with nearly 3,000 events already on the No Kings Day map. Be part of the largest protest in American history: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...