BREAKING: Trump illegally seized the interpreter notes from his meeting with Putin, and Secretary Pompeo has refused to recover them, so we're taking Trump and Pompeo to court with
@WeAreOversight
.
NEW: We just sued the Trump Administration on behalf of
@nwlc
&
@LCLAA
for illegally blocking critical equal pay protections that help close the wage gap.
@realDonaldTrump
: You don't get to treat—or pay—women differently than men. See you in court.
NEW: Emails we uncovered show Trump administration officials revising Fox News tweets and Fox News rewriting stories to suit the administration’s whims. That isn’t journalism, it’s propaganda.
.
@realDonaldTrump
has sabotaged the Affordable Care Act and driven up the cost of health insurance.
#TrumpSabotage
hurts families and violates the Constitution, so Columbus, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Chicago & other Americans are taking Trump to court.
More:
NEW: A federal court struck down the Trump administration’s rollback of a key equal pay protection and reinstated the protection for nearly 63 million workers.
NEW: We and
@VoteVets
just sued the VA over a breathtakingly illegal scheme: empowering Mar-a-Lago members to steer Veterans Affairs policy from Trump’s golf club.
A thread explaining the case ⬇️
BREAKING: Ruling from the bench, a federal judge just rejected the Trump admin's attempt to shut down our case with
@WeAreOversight
that would force Pompeo to follow the law and recover the Putin meeting notes that Trump illegally seized.
Read the fine print: the concerted attacks Greg Abbott, Dan Patrick & Ken Paxton are waging against the well-being of Texas women are not only contradictory to Texas values but continue to be devastating AND deadly.
The full piece in
@HoustonChron
Sunday edition👏📰
@DemocracyDocket
We are reviewing the Texas Supreme Court's decision right now, but this much is already clear:
@GovAbbott
fundamentally violated the principles of democracy & the Texas Constitution. A broad bipartisan coalition of current/former TX lawmakers agree.
We will not be deterred!
By seizing interpreter notes from his meeting with Putin, Trump has violated the Federal Records Act, and Secretary Pompeo violates the law by failing to take meaningful steps to recover those records. We're demanding Pompeo follow the law.
Civil servants deliver our mail, keep our water safe & air clean, and advance public health.
Far-right extremists don’t value this work and want to replace civil servants with partisan loyalists. That’s why it’s important
@POTUS
announced new safeguards:
BREAKING: We won! A federal judge ruled that the
@realDonaldTrump
admin's cuts to the evidence-based Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program grants are illegal and ordered HHS to process
@KingCountyWA
's funding application!
Update: Seattle-King County just won its lawsuit against the Trump administration. Judge has ordered HHS to resume funding its teen pregnancy prevention program.
We read all 900+ pages of
#Project2025
plans so you don’t have to.
Follow along with us as we break down their plans, starting with gutting the federal civil service and firing federal employees who people rely on every day.
Repost to spread the word 🔄
NEW: In response to our request for correction, the Trump admin concedes it distorted a report on terrorism but still won't retract it. We and our partners will keep fighting to force this admin to stop misleading the public about Muslims and immigrants.
BREAKING: In our case, a federal judge has blocked an Arkansas law signed by Sarah Huckabee Sanders that would criminalize librarians and limit readers’ access to books in libraries and bookstores.
Anti-democratic extremists’ objective is to make us think we have less power than them. But these parents’ courage in Pennsylvania proves that when we fight,
#DemocracyWins
.
Learn more:
🚨NEW: In this moment of great urgency for American democracy, we’re ringing the alarm with a new report: ‘The Impending Danger to the Nation’s Civil Service.’
Learn more about the anti-democratic threats facing the backbone of the federal workforce:
Hey
@realDonaldTrump
we know you spent two whole months away from Mar-a-Lago so we'd just like to remind you: letting your club members influence VA policy behind the scenes is illegal, and we're taking you to court with
@VoteVets
.
While claiming to stand up for "parents’ rights," Ron DeSantis and his administration are removing books from schools and silencing parents. Today, we're in court fighting back against his unlawful censorship agenda.
#FreeTheBooks
#FReadom
#LetKidsRead
American service members died in Yemen and Niger—yet
@realDonaldTrump
has made unclear and contradictory statements about the tragic events. It's unacceptable. The American people deserve the truth. We just filed suit on behalf of
@votevets
.
📢BREAKING: A federal court has ruled for GenBioPro, finding it has standing to maintain its suit against West Virginia's ban and restrictions on medication abortion.
ICYMI:
@chrislhayes
covered our fight against the Trump Administration's "zombie statistics" and DOJ's admission that its report tying immigrants to terrorism was misleading.
📢BREAKING: on behalf of the generic manufacturer of mifepristone GenBioPro, Inc. we filed a lawsuit to invalidate WV's medication abortion ban & restrictions. WV cannot ban or restrict mifepristone in ways that conflict w/ FDA’s judgments – doing so violates the Constitution.
A company that makes an abortion pill filed a lawsuit challenging a state ban on the medication. The case, brought by GenBioPro, argued that it is unconstitutional for a state to bar access to a medication approved by the federal government.
Today we &
@VoteVets
decry the lack of thought and consideration for US veterans and the rule of law that Donald Trump put into nominating Robert Wilkie to be VA Sec, given that Wilkie cannot legally serve as interim secretary, and be the nominee to be secretary, at the same time
BREAKING: Republicans in Tennessee vote to expel the first of three Democratic lawmakers over protest against gun violence after the Nashville school shooting.
It’s our anniversary!
We’re marking 5 years of impact with our tremendous clients and partners. Yet, our work is just beginning. We’ve grown our team and expanded the scope of our work to meet this inflection point in American democracy.
When Trump fired a Cabinet Secretary and illegally replaced him at the VA, we and
@VoteVets
sued. Now Jeff Sessions’ removal raises serious legal questions, and we’re watching closely.
NEW: Meet the Gen Z school board members in Arizona fighting Moms for Liberty
These courageous young leaders are stepping up to counter the vocal minority, including
@SPLCenter
-designated extremist group Moms for Liberty, attacking public education.
WATCH:
@RepMaxwellFrost
at an emergency hearing today on anti-democratic abuses of power in Florida, from censorship to voter suppression to political reprisals.
BREAKING: This decision is another Pride Month victory in the courts for LGBTQ+ children, families, and evidence-based medicine.
Four families of transgender youth and two doctors stood up to this harmful policy in Arkansas — and won.
This
#LaborDay
it’s important to remember that the Trump administration illegally rolled back key equal pay protections that affect 63 million American workers.
𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚: Our team &
@acluohio
filed suit against Lebanon, Ohio over its abortion ban.
This is the FIRST challenge to an anti-abortion law since the leaked
#SCOTUS
opinion. And it does NOT rely on Roe.
The ban is unlawful & must be struck down.
Tomorrow, we head to court to take on the DeSantis Administration's unlawful censorship agenda with
@FloridaEA
@FLFreedomRead
@StrongFLSchools
. When state officials unlawfully attack educators and ban books, we will use all the legal tools at our disposal to fight back.
The same people who:
- supported overturning ‘Roe v. Wade’
- attack healthcare access
- undermine voting rights
…are the same people behind a case to restrict access to medication abortion nationwide. This is the far-right legal movement at work, and we’re fighting back.
@votevets
@Marvel
@ProPublica
We're suing with
@VoteVets
to shut down the illegal Mar-a-Lago Council because ensuring the health and safety of America’s veterans isn’t a game for Trump’s club buddies to play between rounds of golf.
Share this thread to spread the word.
While we’re on the subject. Here’s a list of actions
@realDonaldTrump
has taken since January to roll back protections for survivors of sexual assault. (Apologies for length) 1/
@votevets
We know Trump isn't fond of following the law. But secretly turning a ~$200 billion agency over to 3 unqualified Mar-a-Lago buddies who haven’t served in our military is a masterpiece of lawlessness that violates the Federal Advisory Committee Act.
📢The DeSantis admin broke the law by advancing policies that shutter classroom libraries – harming teachers, librarians, students & families. We're pushing back & challenging his censorship agenda.
@FloridaEA
@FLFreedomRead
@strongflschools
#FreeTheBooks
Black voters in Alabama saw their state try and dilute the strength of their votes. So they took legal action, and today
#SCOTUS
ruled in favor of our democracy and reaffirmed the Voting Rights Act. The state must now redraw its map.
As our lawsuit with
@VoteVets
continues, we're happy to see that Congressional oversight is leading to additional (and much needed) scrutiny into the illegal outsourcing of veterans policy to three Mar-a-Lago members.
The Government Accountability Office will investigate whether individuals connected to President Trump's Mar-a-Lago club in Florida have inappropriately influenced the Department of Veterans Affairs
🚨VICTORY: A court just ruled the Trump administration violated the FVRA and unlawfully appointed Ken Cuccinelli to serve as acting USCIS Director. We fought back with
@RAICESTexas
@CLINICLegal
on behalf of asylum seekers, and won!
Trump's abuse of power to sabotage the ACA isn't just hurting people—it's also unconstitutional. That's why we and five cities are taking him to court:
BREAKING: Along with a broad coalition of publishers, booksellers, readers, and librarians we filed a legal challenge to an Arkansas law that criminalizes librarians and is an unconstitutional attack on the freedom to read.
ICYMI: Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed an undemocratic law that would ban books & criminalize librarians.
We’re fighting back in court with librarians, booksellers, and more.
We’re leaving no page left unturned—democracy matters everywhere.
Read More:
Last year, extremists in Lebanon, OH passed an abortion ban with criminal penalties for advocates like social workers. We fought back in court.
Last night, the same anti-abortion movement tried to weaken OH's democracy to pursue its goals with a ballot measure. They lost again.
ICYMI: the Supreme Court denied Governor Desantis’ request to revive Florida’s anti-drag law. This is a victory for the freedom of expression & LGBTQ+ equality.
BREAKING: Trump is unconstitutionally driving up the cost of Americans' health care by sabotaging the Affordable Care Act. He's violating his duty to faithfully execute the law, so we’re taking him to court.
#TrumpSabotage
Let's not forget how Greg Abbott defunded the entire TX legislature when it didn’t pass his voter suppression bill. Hostility to democracy is a growing trend. We've fought and will continue to. Case in point: our lawsuit against Abbott with
@TexasAFLCIO
.
Important to note that stacking a wildlife conservation council with trophy hunters isn't just bad—it's illegal. And we're suing with
@NRDC
,
@CenterForBioDiv
, and
@HumaneSociety
to stop it.
Zinke also created a wildlife council stacked with gun and trophy hunting advocates, including the
@NRA
’s director of hunting policy, and former NRA board member Bill Brewster. The council was started by Zinke hire Ben Cassidy - a former NRA lobbyist.
Actually
@realDonaldTrump
, from day one as president you've illegally sabotaged the Affordable Care Act and made health care more expensive. In case you need a reminder of *your own* actions, they took up 40 pages when we sued you on behalf of four cities:
"As a candidate, I promised that we would protect coverage for patients with pre-existing conditions and create new health care insurance options that would lower premiums. I have kept that promise,"
@realDonaldTrump
writes for
@usatodayopinion
.
BREAKING: SCOTUS rejects North Carolina officials' anti-democratic effort to strip state courts of their ability to review congressional maps.
This decision is a major victory for preventing the legitimization of this dangerous legal theory by other states and rogue actors.
NEW: Ahead of Thanksgiving, Paralyzed Veterans of America asks DOT to reinstate protections Trump Administration unlawfully rolled back for airline travelers w/ disabilities. More on our ongoing lawsuit:
Trump’s scheme to let dues-paying Mar-a-Lago members run the VA was illegal from the start, and it’s proved to be a disaster for our veterans. We’re suing with
@VoteVets
to shut down his Mar-a-Lago Council and hold Trump accountable.
Wilkie told senators the Mar-a-Lago Crowd is no longer in contact with VA leaders. But the program they backed is still hurtling forward — and not going smoothly.
Abusing the Insurrection Act to diminish protestors they disagree with? Sounds about far-right.
Here’s what you need to know about Project 2025’s reported plan to silence dissent:
When celebrating 5⃣ years of fighting for
#democracy
@0liviaJulianna
said it best: The work that Democracy Forward & its clients & partners do to build a better, more democratic future for generations to come DOES make a difference.
P.S. the kids think
@democracyfwd
is alright😉
Betsy DeVos is illegally withholding documents showing how she decided to let schools districts use federal funds to arm teachers, so we're taking her to court with
@AFTunion
,
@GiffordsCourage
, and
@SPLCenter
BACK IN COURT: We're on day two of the hearing in our legal challenge to DeSantis’ censorship agenda.
So far, the DeSantis admin has focused on silencing parents — by arguing they aren't harmed when books are removed from their kids' classrooms.
Stay tuned for more.
While claiming to stand up for "parents’ rights," Ron DeSantis and his administration are removing books from schools and silencing parents. Today, we're in court fighting back against his unlawful censorship agenda.
#FreeTheBooks
#FReadom
#LetKidsRead
BREAKING: We won our case with
@CSPI
&
@schoolfood_md
! Federal court just ruled today that
@USDA
unlawfully gutted science-based school nutrition standards and vacated its final rule.
Our victory ensures that school lunches will be healthier for 30 million children.
We just filed a petition w/ the Treasury IG requesting his investigation of Secretary Mnuchin expand to include attempts to conceal analysis by Treasury career economists undermining the Administration’s claims on
@realDonaldTrump
tax bill.
Did Trump administration officials direct John Solomon to push baseless theories as the pretext for Trump's request to investigate his political rival?
The State Department is unlawfully withholding records that could have the answers, so we're suing.
The Wisconsin Office of Special Counsel tried deleting records related to the 2020 Election “investigation” probe that disproved claims of election fraud.
So, we fought back with
@WeAreOversight
—and won.
☕️ Saturday Morning Reading:
If the Trump administration is illegally imposing a political loyalty test for this nonpartisan board, we all need to know.
Today we and
@votevets
sued to uncover the truth.
It's not every day we have to detail each time President Trump has visited his DC-area golf club in a legal filing. But today we're taking him to court for illegally imposing a permanent security zone on the Potomac that allows him to golf whenever he wants without disclosing it.
Huge thanks to
@FLFreedomRead
,
@AnnaForFlorida
, and all of the authors, students, and educators who joined us in Tallahassee this week to fight for the freedom to read in Florida.
#FreetheBooks
NEW: We sued
@realDonaldTrump
after Valerie Huber—an abstinence-only advocate at HHS—cut $213M in Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program grants. It's time the Trump Admin stops prioritizing politics over the health and wellbeing of women and girls.
📢BREAKING: With access to mifepristone under attack in the courts causing confusion and uncertainty, we are suing on behalf of generic mifepristone manufacturer GenBioPro to ensure access to the drug for all who need it.
Today we’re suing the Trump administration for illegally withholding records that would shed more light on how dues-paying Mar-A-Lago members illegally influence VA policy. What exactly are President Trump and his cronies trying to hide?
The briefs filed at
#scotus
yesterday by the GOP and right wing orgs don’t change the facts. Legal experts, cities, states, and advocates all agree:
#Studentdebt
relief is lawful. Read more here:
🚨 BREAKING: emails we brought to light in New Mexico reveal that anti-abortion extremists in Texas pressured local New Mexico leaders to pass ordinances restricting abortion clinics, at times over warnings from other local officials.
“A little-known legal group that’s quickly emerged as a top US Supreme Court litigator is helping steer a broad high court challenge to government agency power.”
We cannot let extremist interests weaken our government’s ability to deliver for people.
Today, we’re honoring Harvey Milk & his legacy-defining efforts of championing an inclusive democracy.
With anti-LGBTQ+ attacks proliferating across the country, we’re inspired by Milk to fight for a democracy that works for all.
#Pride
The Trump administration is withholding records detailing reported efforts to politicize the historically nonpartisan Board of Veterans’ Appeals. We and
@VoteVets
sued for answers.
👋 We’re suing you on behalf of American farmers and ranchers for illegally rolling back critical protections intended to shield family farms from predatory and retaliatory practices by Big Ag corporations.
.
@SecretarySonny
has traveled to 35 states with a clear message: President Trump and this Administration are the voice for America’s farmers, ranchers, producers, and foresters.
NEW: In its court filing, the Trump Administration just made the astonishing argument that the illegal Mar-a-Lago Council isn’t subject to federal transparency laws because the trio of Mar-a-Lago members exerted *too much* influence over the VA.
NEW: In response to our lawsuit with
@WeAreOversight
, the State Department denied that Trump seized interpreter notes from his 2017 meeting with Putin.
BREAKING: We filed a brief in the Texas Supreme Court on behalf of
@ACOG
and
@MySMFM
, urging the Court to permit a 31-year old pregnant woman and mother to obtain medically indicated abortion care necessary to protect her life, health, and future fertility.
A THREAD:
1/
#SCOTUS
ruled to uphold the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act. Here’s why the victory is important in the context of a wider right-wing effort to dismantle centuries-long legal precedent upholding tribal sovereignty:
Last week, our team was down in Florida for a two-day hearing on our legal challenge to Ron DeSantis’ unlawful censorship agenda.
A 🧵 to recap what happened:
“Make no mistake, the Court already ruled that the DeWine Administration’s takeover of the State Board of Education in Ohio must be halted until it has an opportunity to issue a decision,” said Skye Perryman, President and CEO of Democracy Forward.
@GovMikeDeWine
"I cannot let this situation fester, and I cannot let this chaos happen."
DeWine says ODE will become the Department of Education and Workforce tonight at midnight.
"We believe based on what our lawyers tell us that the new department can in fact function."
A Texas A&M Professor spoke out against the state's Lt. Governor. Hours later, she was placed on leave, with the threat of termination.
This anti-democratic behavior strikes at the core of a democracy that is built on the freedom to speak out.
“The reality of the 'parents’ rights' movement is that it is meant to empower a conservative and reactionary minority of parents to dictate education and curriculums to the rest of the community.”
This is not democracy.
@votevets
Congress passed FACA in the early 1970s to formalize how outside advisers influence the president and federal agencies. It was meant to curb special interests' ability to covertly steer policymaking.
Today’s Supreme Court ruling keeps mifepristone lawful and available — which is what we urged the Court to do in a brief on behalf of our client, the nation’s only generic manufacturer of mifepristone, GenBioPro.
Full statement from
@SkyePerryman
: