Defending Democracy with Marc Elias

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Trump's Most Dangerous Midterm Threat Isn't on Election Day

When asked earlier this year if he regretted not seizing voting machines and ballots after the 2020 election, Donald Trump said, "Well, I should have." Now he's telling u

Oct 5
29 min

Trump Takeover of Georgia's Vote Count Just Got One Step Closer

Weeks before the midterms, election deniers on Georgia's election board quietly asked Trump's DOJ to intervene. Their letter is full of excuses: attacks on the state's vo

Oct 2
32 min

What Trump Has Planned Should Worry Every Voter

The Supreme Court ruled Friday that the Trump administration can once again use a flawed database to help Republicans purge eligible voters from the rolls, just weeks bef

Sep 28
39 min

Why the Algorithm Favors Right Wing Content with David Pakman

Have you ever wondered why bombastic right-wing content seems to travel further and faster on social media than tempered analysis and commentary? Podcaster and author Dav

Sep 27
34 min

BREAKING: Democrats Sue to Keep Trump's Armed Feds Away From Voting

Democrats just sued to block Trump's latest voter intimidation efforts. The administration has been suggesting for months that they will deploy armed federal agents at po

Sep 24
30 min

BREAKING: 25 Losses and Counting for Trump DOJ

For the 25th consecutive time, Donald Trump's Department of Justice has lost its case attempting to access sensitive voter data. With just over 40 days left until Electio

Sep 23
30 min

This is What Actually Keeps Me Up at Night

Everywhere Democracy Docket founder Marc Elias goes, he's asked two questions: what is Trump going to do next, and is he worried? The first one is easy, because Trump has

Sep 21
46 min

Trump Made Republicans Raise Their Hands and Pledge to Cheat

Donald Trump just did something extraordinary on stage at the RNC convention: he made Republicans raise their right hand and pledge to him personally — then pledge that t

Sep 16
28 min

BREAKING: Trump-Appointed Judge Blows Up His Mail Voting Scheme

A federal judge in Washington, D.C. — appointed by Donald Trump — just blocked the U.S. Postal Service's new mail-in voting rule, delivering another major setback to the

Sep 14
29 min

Trump's DOJ FINALLY Admitted Their Real Goal

Donald Trump's Department of Justice just admitted, in its own words, what we have been saying for months: the U.S. Postal Service's new mail-in ballot rule could strip m

Sep 10
31 min

Trump's Blueprint to Rig the Midterms is Already in Motion

[11:35 AM]Less than two months before Election Day, Democracy Docket founder Marc Elias lays out Donald Trump's blueprint to rig the 2026 midterms. An executive order cou

Sep 8
38 min

Is Trump Ignoring Court Orders on Purpose? | Skye Perryman

Marc Elias sits down with Skye Perryman, President and CEO of Democracy Forward, for a wide-ranging conversation on the state of democracy under the second Trump administ

Sep 6
42 min

ALERT: Whistleblower Exposes Trump's Secret USPS Plan

A bombshell whistleblower complaint, submitted to Sen. Richard Blumenthal's office, reveals that the U.S. Postal Service allegedly kept building a new system to restrict

Sep 1
24 min

Trump's Argument for Blocking Your Ballot Is Absolutely Absurd

With just over 60 days until the midterms, Donald Trump is still trying to weaponize the U.S. Postal Service against mail-in voters. Democracy Docket founder Marc Elias b

Aug 31
37 min

BREAKING: Trump's DOJ Moves to Restore USPS Rule That Could Cripple Your Vote

The Department of Justice just made a major move to restore a U.S. Postal Service rule that could cripple mail-in voting in the 2026 midterms. Marc Elias, founder of Demo

Aug 28
21 min

ALERT: This is a Major Win For Democracy

In a major win for free and fair elections, a federal judge blocked the U.S. Postal Service from enforcing key parts of Donald Trump’s anti-mail voting order. In this epi

Aug 28
18 min

Trump Wants You to Think This Fight is Over. It's Not.

The Supreme Court just ruled that legal challenges to Donald Trump's anti-voting executive order were filed too soon, but the fight is just getting started. The U.S. Post

Aug 26
22 min

BREAKING: Supreme Court Backs Trump's Attack on Mail Voting

The Supreme Court has sided with the Trump administration, allowing its executive order targeting mail-in voting to move forward ahead of the 2026 midterms. In this episo

Aug 24
20 min

WTF is USPS Hiding in its New Mail Ballot Rule?

Just over 70 days before the midterms, Donald Trump's Postal Service quietly issued a final rule on mail-in voting late Friday night. Buried inside it, USPS compares your

Aug 24
32 min

WARNING: Something Disturbing is Coming to the Midterms

Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon just announced the Justice Department will deploy 1,000 election observers for the midterms. The DOJ wants you to think this is

Aug 20
20 min

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A go-to source for accurate news on voting rights and laws. No fluff. Just the facts. A must listen at this time in our country’s history.

Soggy OR Fan · Sep 2026

I love how Marc really breaks down complex legal filings and decisions where I can understand what has happened. He has an amazing skill to pull apart a document and explain it from the building blocks on up. Marc and his firm are deep in the fight to keep Democracy alive and it is so very appreciated. Marc and RBG are on my legal Mt Rushmore ❤️

LCH Pissy Kitty · Aug 2026

The content is very relevant and important, but so many episodes lately are essentially the same content as prior ones. I fear it’s beginning to dilute the message. I appreciated the content more when it was 1 episode a week. I’m starting to tire of hearing the same content again and again. Might have to unsubscribe as a result.

Papa V Perpetua · Mar 2026

The episode on the SAVE act is one of Marc's finest yet. It's mind boggling how the Republicans think they can get away with what they are planning to do. This should remind everyone of the poll taxes that were imposed to disenfranchise poor (black) communities from participating in democracy. Now it's (married) women, students, and those too busy or not affluent enough to put up with whatever rule-of-the-day they see supposed to follow. Voting is a right, my fellow citizens. The government, unless issuing requisite IDs for free and without any input from the citizenry, cannot impose cost on us to exercise this right. I always thought that the Republican Party stood for individual freedoms, small government, and the Constitution. I guess I was very mistaken.

Kid Rock C · Feb 2026

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