Steven Brown
@bluephoenix718.bsky.social
Blue dot. Colorado 🏔️🌞 Truth seeker, democracy warrior and student of history. Birder, artist and passionately in awe of the cosmos.✨🌌🌌💫University of Colorado Political Science graduate. #JusticeMatters ⚖️ DO NOT obey in advance! No DM's.
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Interesting framing. From whom did it originate. Especially given the undeniable fact that the two collaborating adversaries of Kyiv are atop any league table of the most corrupt governments on earth. (Putin and Trump.)
“For Ukraine’s partners, the taboo question now is not whether corruption is pervasive,” writes the former adviser to Volodymyr Zelensky. “But whether the current leadership is still part of the solution” econ.st/4olgKjA
Illustration: Dan Williams
Illustration: Dan Williams
November 26, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Interesting framing. From whom did it originate. Especially given the undeniable fact that the two collaborating adversaries of Kyiv are atop any league table of the most corrupt governments on earth. (Putin and Trump.)
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@jamesrball.com: "The transcript makes for extremely difficult reading. At a surface level, it looks almost like treason – it seems as if a top aide for the US government is helping one of America’s most prominent adversaries, and being chummy to the point of oleaginousness as he does so."
"Witkoff is telling his counterpart Ushakov how to do something he is surely very familiar with: he is telling him how to manage someone ruling like an autocrat."
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Leaked recordings prove Putin is making Trump his puppet
The Witkoff tape reveals how much the game has changed - US diplomacy now appears to centre around flattering and stroking the ego of Donald Trump
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November 26, 2025 at 2:26 PM
@jamesrball.com: "The transcript makes for extremely difficult reading. At a surface level, it looks almost like treason – it seems as if a top aide for the US government is helping one of America’s most prominent adversaries, and being chummy to the point of oleaginousness as he does so."
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This is so true.
November 26, 2025 at 2:28 PM
This is so true.
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How Trump and the GOP are Aligning with Putin and Betraying Our Allies
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How Trump and the GOP are Aligning with Putin and Betraying Our Allies
Putin continues playing Trump as Steve Witkoff is being sent to affirm a "peace plan" engineered in Moscow that will abandon Ukraine and US allies.
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November 26, 2025 at 4:28 PM
How Trump and the GOP are Aligning with Putin and Betraying Our Allies
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Lawlessness in Progress
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Lawlessness in Progress
The latest Main Justice episode with Mary McCord and me
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November 26, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Lawlessness in Progress
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Video: The Witkoff Insanity and Betrayal, and Trumps Complicity
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Video: The Witkoff Insanity and Betrayal, and Trumps Complicity
Hey everyone, happy Thanksgiving.
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November 26, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Video: The Witkoff Insanity and Betrayal, and Trumps Complicity
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Simon's 3-point analysis is on the nose.
Three things about the Witkoff tapes:
1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.
2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.
3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.
2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.
3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
November 25, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Simon's 3-point analysis is on the nose.
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A story in three parts:
1. Trump promises voters he’ll cut consumers’ energy costs in half in his first year
2. Trump fails, but pretends he succeeded based on data that doesn’t exist
3. a growing number of Americans who can’t afford their electricity bills are facing power shutoffs
1. Trump promises voters he’ll cut consumers’ energy costs in half in his first year
2. Trump fails, but pretends he succeeded based on data that doesn’t exist
3. a growing number of Americans who can’t afford their electricity bills are facing power shutoffs
As Trump stumbles on energy costs, more Americans are facing power shutoffs As energy costs climb, more Americans are facing a wave of power shutoffs
While the president pretends to have succeeded in lowering energy costs, more Americans are getting their power shut off
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November 25, 2025 at 9:25 PM
A story in three parts:
1. Trump promises voters he’ll cut consumers’ energy costs in half in his first year
2. Trump fails, but pretends he succeeded based on data that doesn’t exist
3. a growing number of Americans who can’t afford their electricity bills are facing power shutoffs
1. Trump promises voters he’ll cut consumers’ energy costs in half in his first year
2. Trump fails, but pretends he succeeded based on data that doesn’t exist
3. a growing number of Americans who can’t afford their electricity bills are facing power shutoffs
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"Now, me to you, I know what it’s going to take to get a peace deal done: Donetsk and maybe a land swap somewhere."
-- Steve Witkoff, in his call to Putin aide Yuri Ushakov
Read the whole transcript of the Oct 14 call. It's amazing.
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-- Steve Witkoff, in his call to Putin aide Yuri Ushakov
Read the whole transcript of the Oct 14 call. It's amazing.
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Witkoff Discusses Ukraine Plans With Key Putin Aide: Transcript
The following is a transcript of an Oct. 14 phone call lasting just over 5 minutes between Steve Witkoff, Donald Trump’s special envoy for peace missions, and Yuri Ushakov, Vladimir Putin’s most senio...
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November 25, 2025 at 8:17 PM
"Now, me to you, I know what it’s going to take to get a peace deal done: Donetsk and maybe a land swap somewhere."
-- Steve Witkoff, in his call to Putin aide Yuri Ushakov
Read the whole transcript of the Oct 14 call. It's amazing.
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-- Steve Witkoff, in his call to Putin aide Yuri Ushakov
Read the whole transcript of the Oct 14 call. It's amazing.
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Whose side is he on? Whose side are we on? Spoiler alert: We already knew the answers. This just confirms them.
EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
Witkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump
US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukraine — and that Vladimir Putin should raise it with Donald Trump.
bloom.bg
November 25, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Whose side is he on? Whose side are we on? Spoiler alert: We already knew the answers. This just confirms them.
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NEWS: Democrats could move one step closer to flipping the House next week.
In Tennessee's 7th Congressional district, the Democrat Aftyn Behn, has narrowed the gap from 22 points to just 4.
I just spoke to her: youtu.be/iGFQe7zMs-8
In Tennessee's 7th Congressional district, the Democrat Aftyn Behn, has narrowed the gap from 22 points to just 4.
I just spoke to her: youtu.be/iGFQe7zMs-8
BREAKING: Republicans PANIC Because Democrats Set to FLIP The House!!
YouTube video by Aaron Parnas
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November 26, 2025 at 12:16 AM
NEWS: Democrats could move one step closer to flipping the House next week.
In Tennessee's 7th Congressional district, the Democrat Aftyn Behn, has narrowed the gap from 22 points to just 4.
I just spoke to her: youtu.be/iGFQe7zMs-8
In Tennessee's 7th Congressional district, the Democrat Aftyn Behn, has narrowed the gap from 22 points to just 4.
I just spoke to her: youtu.be/iGFQe7zMs-8
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While this NYT article pulls punches on Trump's madness, impulsivity, and delusions, it's useful in that it creates space for other articles about Trump's age and clear cognitive and physical decline to follow. Gift link.
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Shorter Days, Signs of Fatigue: Trump Faces Realities of Aging in Office
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November 26, 2025 at 12:33 AM
While this NYT article pulls punches on Trump's madness, impulsivity, and delusions, it's useful in that it creates space for other articles about Trump's age and clear cognitive and physical decline to follow. Gift link.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
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EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
Witkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump
US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukraine — and that Vladimir Putin should raise it with Donald Trump.
bloom.bg
November 25, 2025 at 7:52 PM
EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
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Republican Rep. Don Bacon calls for Witkoff to be fired. May it be the first call of many. Witkoff needs to go, now.
November 25, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Republican Rep. Don Bacon calls for Witkoff to be fired. May it be the first call of many. Witkoff needs to go, now.
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Three things about the Witkoff tapes:
1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.
2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.
3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.
2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.
3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
Witkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump
US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukraine — and that Vladimir Putin should raise it with Donald Trump.
bloom.bg
November 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Three things about the Witkoff tapes:
1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.
2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.
3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.
2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.
3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
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Trump Threatens Members of Congress Who Spoke Truthfully About Obligation to Disobey Unlawful Orders
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Trump Threatens Members of Congress Who Spoke Truthfully About Obligation to Disobey Unlawful Orders
YouTube video by Glenn Kirschner
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November 25, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Trump Threatens Members of Congress Who Spoke Truthfully About Obligation to Disobey Unlawful Orders
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Bondi really wants to go to prison when this is over.
🚨BREAKING: The FBI has requested interviews with a group of Democratic lawmakers who reminded U.S. military and intelligence service members in a video last week that they are obligated to refuse illegal orders. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
FBI Investigating Dems Who Warned Military of Unlawful Orders
Read more here.
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November 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Bondi really wants to go to prison when this is over.
Sad Clown Donnie Keeps Losing
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Sad Clown Donnie Keeps Losing
Keep reminding him, every day.
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November 25, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Sad Clown Donnie Keeps Losing
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Donald Trump is threatening me with arrest and execution because I’m upholding my oath to the Constitution and standing with our troops.
It tells you all you need to know about this President’s disregard for the rule of law.
It tells you all you need to know about this President’s disregard for the rule of law.
November 23, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Donald Trump is threatening me with arrest and execution because I’m upholding my oath to the Constitution and standing with our troops.
It tells you all you need to know about this President’s disregard for the rule of law.
It tells you all you need to know about this President’s disregard for the rule of law.
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The President is lying—again.
Our servicemembers take an oath to the Constitution and have an obligation to follow only lawful orders.
Trump thinks that standing by our troops to uphold the law should be punishable by death. That should be chilling to every American.
Our servicemembers take an oath to the Constitution and have an obligation to follow only lawful orders.
Trump thinks that standing by our troops to uphold the law should be punishable by death. That should be chilling to every American.
November 23, 2025 at 10:29 PM
The President is lying—again.
Our servicemembers take an oath to the Constitution and have an obligation to follow only lawful orders.
Trump thinks that standing by our troops to uphold the law should be punishable by death. That should be chilling to every American.
Our servicemembers take an oath to the Constitution and have an obligation to follow only lawful orders.
Trump thinks that standing by our troops to uphold the law should be punishable by death. That should be chilling to every American.
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I will not be intimidated by threats from the President of the United States. PPP
November 24, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I will not be intimidated by threats from the President of the United States. PPP
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Joint statement along with @deluzio.house.gov @goodlander.house.gov @houlahan.house.gov in response to FBI inquiry:
November 25, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Joint statement along with @deluzio.house.gov @goodlander.house.gov @houlahan.house.gov in response to FBI inquiry:
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The BBC joins a long list of media companies now obeying in advance. I can't say I'm surprised or at this point even angry. It is a structural flaw in legacy media
All I can do is promise that Democracy Docket will never bow down or bend a knee. It will remain unapologetically pro-democracy.
All I can do is promise that Democracy Docket will never bow down or bend a knee. It will remain unapologetically pro-democracy.
NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Trump’s Fury at BBC Gets Unnerving Results with Pro-MAGA Edit Stunner
First, British Broadcasting Corporation execs resigned after Trump complained about a segment. Now the BBC edited out a line from a historian that was critical of Trump. Where does this end?
newrepublic.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The BBC joins a long list of media companies now obeying in advance. I can't say I'm surprised or at this point even angry. It is a structural flaw in legacy media
All I can do is promise that Democracy Docket will never bow down or bend a knee. It will remain unapologetically pro-democracy.
All I can do is promise that Democracy Docket will never bow down or bend a knee. It will remain unapologetically pro-democracy.