Susan Corke

Safeguarding democracy is an active game - time to play hard. / Board @InternationalWM / Ava's mom / tweets my own.

[Democracy Defenders Fund @DDFund_]

Me knowing I still have time to submit to The Future of Democracy Prize

[Norm Eisen @NormEisen]

A columnist signed our letter opposing the Paramount merger

Paramount pulled all its advertising from his publication
That's the Ellisons' vision for a “free press”

A free press isn't a perk of democracy — it's the whole thing -TN

[Senator Chris Van Hollen @ChrisVanHollen]

With the SAVE Act stalled in the Senate, Trump is preparing to turn to Plan B: outright stealing our elections.

Trump's never been more unpopular, so, he's trying to take away the last remaining check on his power: the will of the people.

[Andrew Bates @AndrewBatesNC]

🚨 It takes a lot to be a "holy shit" moment in 2026.

But on the same day as Trump's State of the Union, @NPR caught @TheJusticeDept illegally hiding Epstein records alleging that @POTUS "sexually abused a minor."

[Norm Eisen @NormEisen]

The FBI hasn’t answered the core question about the sting on Homan: where is the tape?

He allegedly took $50K in a CAVA bag from undercover agents & then Trump admin killed the investigation!

We @DDFund_ are in court to force answers 👇
https://t.co/NjTCUJFpeR

[Eliza Orlins @elizaorlins]

On Survivor, immunity idols expire.

Presidential pardons don’t.

When clemency becomes political currency, equal treatment under the law breaks down.

Proximity to power should not determine consequences. #DDAPartner

https://t.co/8zAzxyAUH6

[Democracy Defenders Fund @DDFund_]

BREAKING: We’re suing the FBI for refusing to release records on its abruptly closed investigation into Tom Homan’s alleged pay-to-play scheme.

If a senior White House official took $50K to peddle contracts, the public has a right to know.
https://t.co/CwMdWAn4vc

[Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein]

JUST IN: #FOIA suit from @DDFund_ for records of FBI's $50K-in-CAVA-bag sting against Border Czar Tom Homan assigned to Judge Ana Reyes (Biden/DC). Sting did not lead to charges. https://t.co/CbUSkjbITX

[Brian Krassenstein @krassenstein]

BREAKING: Kayla Schultz, the woman who got the closest video of Alex Pretti’s killing from her car, speaks out for the first time.

She says she will not be intimidated because that’s exactly what ICE wants from all of us. The moment you show you ARE intimidated is the moment they attack.

Source @CNN

[Hakeem Jeffries @RepJeffries]

Don Lemon is an accomplished journalist whose urgent work is protected by the First Amendment.

There is zero basis to arrest him and he should be freed immediately.

The Trump Justice Department is illegitimate and these extremists will all be held accountable for their crimes against the Constitution.

[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC]

Minnesotans are leading the way.

Mass resistance to fascism is led on the ground, in community, together.

The many always outnumber the few. ICE will not win, and neither will this corrupt regime.

The WH’s increasingly desperate and erratic behavior shows they know it, too.

[Federal Reserve @federalreserve]

Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell: https://t.co/5dfrkByGyX

[Captain Mark Kelly @CaptMarkKelly]

Four generations of my family have served our country. Service is in my blood. The President wouldn’t know anything about that.

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

I just came out of the briefing with Sec. Rubio and Sec. Hegseth on the military strikes in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific. Here's what I learned.

Bottom line: there is no legal or national security justification for what they're doing. Not even close.

[Susan Corke @SusanCorke1]

Shocker! @propublica found Trump did the very thing he called “deceitful & potentially criminal.”

“Given Trump’s position on such situations he either needs to fire himself or refer himself to DOJ”- Kathleen Engel, law prof & mortgage finance expert
https://t.co/MnA9WA38GV

[Norm Eisen @NormEisen]

Trump believes he gets to choose which babies born here are citizens or not. NO that is NOT the law!

Watch the latest episode of Legal Fight Club with me and @KatiePhang, only available at The Contrarian https://t.co/a8u2M3pINZ

[Jake Sherman @JakeSherman]

A few other GOP members messaged us over the weekend saying that they, too, are considering retiring in the middle of the term.

Here’s one particularly exercised senior House Republican:

“This entire White House team has treated ALL members like garbage. ALL. And Mike Johnson has let it happen because he wanted it to happen. That is the sentiment of nearly all — appropriators, authorizers, hawks, doves, rank and file. The arrogance of this White House team is off putting to members who are run roughshod and threatened. They don’t even allow little wins like announcing small grants or even responding from agencies. Not even the high profile, the regular rank and file random members are more upset than ever. Members know they are going into the minority after the midterms.

“More explosive early resignations are coming. It’s a tinder box. Morale has never been lower. Mike Johnson will be stripped of his gavel and they will lose the majority before this term is out.”

[Eleanor Klibanoff @eklib]

BREAKING: Texas CANNOT use the new congressional map it drew during special session in the 2026 election. They will instead be required to use the 2021 map. More coming @TexasTribune

[Susan Corke @SusanCorke1]

@nickgranillo That is a big Dill that he got us out of that Pickle. Lettuce celebrate!

[Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur]

Rep. @yassaminansari has set up a table and this sign outside @SpeakerJohnson’s office.