Defending Democracy with Marc Elias

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BREAKING: Trump’s DOJ THREATENS Election Certification

When reporters asked Attorney General Todd Blanche if the Justice Department might try to block states from certifying midterm results, he didn’t say no. “Of course there

Oct 22
31 min

Ken Paxton’s Election Lies Exposed

On the morning of Jan. 6, 2021, hours before the attack on the U.S. Capitol, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton took the stage at Donald Trump’s rally and told the crowd,

Oct 22
23 min

LEAKED AUDIO: Mike Rogers Wants Off-Duty Cops to Intimidate Detroit Voters

Michigan GOP Senate candidate Mike Rogers was caught on leaked audio telling county Republicans he wants the Republican National Committee to send retired or off-duty pol

Oct 21
27 min

Trump Prosecutors Threaten Election Officials: "I Will Hunt You Down"

On the first day of early voting in Texas, a Trump-appointed U.S. attorney stood next to a Bible and a framed photo of Donald Trump and warned election officials: “I will

Oct 20
34 min

Trump's Constitutional Crisis is Here

With two weeks until the midterms, Donald Trump’s attacks on our elections have reached a dangerous new stage. Last week, the Department of Justice demanded that Californ

Oct 19
35 min

Trump DOJ Threatens to PROSECUTE Election Officials for Counting Votes

The Trump Justice Department is threatening California election officials with criminal prosecution over how they handle ballots. Democracy Docket founder Marc Elias brea

Oct 17
28 min

BREAKING: Trump’s DOJ Is Now Suing to Stop People’s Votes From Counting

In a major escalation three weeks before Election Day, Trump’s DOJ is in court trying to stop 20,000 votes from being counted. But where did this list come from, and what

Oct 17
1 h 54 min

BREAKING: Trump DOJ Drops SECRET Voter Purge List Days Into Voting

Early voting has already started, but that hasn't stopped the Trump administration from meddling in elections and continuing to suppress the vote. DOJ just dropped a list

Oct 15
1 h 31 min

ALERT: Trump’s DOJ is Playing Dangerous Games

Over the weekend, a federal judge issued an injunction barring Trump's self-aggrandizing, illegally taxpayer-funded ads from being aired, but they continued to play anywa

Oct 13
32 min

ALERT: Trump Takes His Hatred of Me to the Supreme Court

Donald Trump has attacked Democracy Docket founder Marc Elias personally for years, because he knows Marc is a bulwark against his illegitimate claims of election fraud.

Oct 12
23 min

Election Deniers Beg Trump to HIJACK Voting Machines

Trump's most fervent election denier allies are begging him to take over voting machines and ballots just weeks before the midterms. Join Democracy Docket founder Marc El

Oct 10
1 h 23 min

BREAKING: Smoking Gun Docs Expose ICE's MASSIVE Voter Data Hunt

ICE never wanted you to see these: internal government documents obtained by legal nonprofit Democracy Forward show that Homeland Security Investigations has been probing

Oct 7
37 min

ALERT: Trump is Setting a Trap for California's Vote Count

Less than 30 days before the midterms, Trump told a reporter that anyone looking for mail voting fraud should "start off by taking a look at California." Democracy Docket

Oct 6
28 min

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

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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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