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Cheers and Jeers: Tuesday [1]
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Date: 2025-07-15
Energize An Ally Tuesday The moment a voter-suppression law gets passed by some MAGA-led legislature, one guy is always right there to fight back and win. And win. And win. If the name Marc Elias sounds familiar, it's because he's that guy—the election lawyer who seemingly never sleeps as he beats back the forces of evil in court. And with Trump back in office, those forces are more evil than ever.
Marc's organization is Democracy Docket, and the second the red-hatted cult tries to do pull a fast one, Marc is faster than a Jeopardy! champion’s clicker thumb in announcing “We’ve just filed papers in court to stop this.” This morning Democracy Docket is in our weekly Energize An Ally spotlight because without strong national voting rights protections it’s up to individuals like him, and groups like his, to save our asses. Founded in 2020, Democracy Docket is the leading digital news and information platform covering voting rights, elections, and the courts—from an unapologetically pro-democracy standpoint. Five years of defending voter rights. Tracking election and democracy litigation is central to our mission. But today’s battles over democracy—access to voting, gerrymandering, executive overreach, the rule of law, and more—also play out in Congress, in the administration, and in states around the country. Through our comprehensive coverage, we’re committed to the fight to protect and strengthen U.S. democracy at a time when it faces grave dangers. Five years after our launch, we now have nearly 400,000 subscribers and over 1 million social media followers across all platforms. To each of you, thank you for giving Democracy Docket your time and attention. The fight for democracy is far from over. There will be ups and downs, good days and bad. Through it all, I promise that Democracy Docket will continue to provide unvarnished opinion, information, and analysis to help you make sense of it all. Marc will continue spending whatever time it takes to do his part to save our tattered democracy. In addition to court filings, that includes election monitoring and lessons that can be applied to defang the Republicans and their suppression tactics in the future. C&J is happy to cough up a donation from our Helping Little Old Ladies Cross The Street Tip Fund for Marc, and we encourage you to add to the pot if you’re willing and able. The donation link is here. You can also follow Marc Elias for updates on BlueSky here. Many thanks.
And now, our feature presentation...
Cheers and Jeers for Tuesday, July 15, 2025
Note: Today is National Respect Canada Day. Also known as the easiest holiday to celebrate if you’re a normal person with a soul.
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By the Numbers:
Starts Thursday!!!
Days 'til National Gorgeous Grandma Day: 8
Days 'til the Delaware State Fair in Harrington: 2
Amount the Trump-DeSantis concentration camp in Dade County was supposed to cost taxpayers per year: $450 million
Actual cost if spending at the camp continues as it has for its first two weeks of operation: $600 million
Percent chance that The Complete Book of Cats by Rosie Pilbeam has been banned in some Tennessee libraries: 100%
Games it took New York Yankee Aaron Judge to hit 350 home runs, a new speed record for that milestone: 1,088
Expected amount that 54-pound Martian meteorite NWA 16788 is expected to fetch at auction: $2 million
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Puppy Pic of the Day: I really didn’t need to include anything else in today's column. I could've just posted this and gotten all the recs…
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CHEERS to news from around the world. With President Trump's Epstein-related pedophile scandal consuming all the oxygen over here, we haven't devoted as much time as we should to international affairs. So here's a quick roundup from across all the various ponds and such:
Europe: Release the Epstein files! The zit on the universe’s butt. Asia: Release the Epstein files! South America: Release the Epstein files! Australia: Release the Epstein files! Africa: Release the Epstein files! Antarctica: Release the Epstein files! Arctic Circle: Release the Epstein files! International Space Station: Release the Epstein files! Virtual Reality: Release the Epstein files!
To which I'd simply add: thank you, President Trump. You've finally unified the world around a common cause.
CHEERS to pleasant surprises. I'll believe it when I see it, but if this is true it's the break-up of the century:
President Donald Trump is reportedly preparing to unveil a major escalation in U.S. support for Ukraine after growing increasingly frustrated with Russian President Vladimir Putin's refusal to entertain a ceasefire. Stay tuned for more involuntary Russian turret removals. The president is expected to announce a NATO-backed weapons deal that includes offensive systems capable of striking deep inside Russia. Two sources familiar with the plan told Axios the package could include long-range missiles, a red line Trump had previously avoided crossing to prevent provoking Putin while he remained optimistic about peace talks. “Trump is really pissed at Putin,” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) told the outlet.
In a sign that the breakup is truly serious, sources at the Kremlin report that witnesses saw Putin's half of his friendship locket mysteriously fall out of an upper-story window.
CHEERS to pleasant foreign-relations surprises. 54 years ago today, in 1971, President Nixon caused a stir when he announced he was leavin' on a jet plane to visit China wearing nothing but argyle socks and a cape. His mission: "To find the crystal dragon’s golden bedpan of the Yangtze and use its lasers to smite my enemies." Fortunately Pat was there to postpone the trip until he sobered up.
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BRIEF SANITY BREAK
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END BRIEF SANITY BREAK
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JEERS to Vatican vitriol. 820 years ago this week, in 1205, Pope Innocent III stood up and decreed that Jews would be doomed to perpetual servitude and subjugation because they killed Jesus. His pronouncement was immediately followed by: "Ow! Who threw that?!!"
CHEERS to getting a visit from Dr. Parker. The pics are back from the Fotomat hut, and NASA sure got some great images of the sun, which looks awful purty in the sky (but we all know about its plans to swallow us as a tasty snack one day.) The probe Parker flew less than 4 million miles from it, and here's what it saw:
As I thought. The sun’s a chain smoker. Unfiltered Pall Malls, I bet.
Incredible. The science lessons to be learned from this project will be many. At the top of the list, as always: nerds rule.
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Ten years ago in C&J: July 15, 2015
CHEERS to being greeted as liberators with sweets and flowers ribs and rodeos. Today's the day, folks. At an undisclosed time and in an undisclosed place (okay, okay, we know they're coming from a secret web of tunnels underneath participating Walmarts), Field Marshal Viceroy Barack "Mad Dog" Obama will fire his pearl-handled pistols in the air (actually not a smart thing to do in a tunnel) and launch "Jade Helm 15"—the invasion of the independent republic of Texas. Naturally, the operation has been preceded by a massive propaganda campaign, like this lying bullshit from the lamestream Dallas Morning News:
If you see a black helicopter overhead this week, it is not the federal government coming for any of the following: » your guns
» your private information
» Texas
» your first born
That can only mean one thing: they're coming for your guns, private information, Texas and first born. But there's little the local tea party militias can do about it. Obama's generals have promised to carry out a swift strategy of Shock and Yeehaw.
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And just one more…
CHEERS to morning calisthenics. Since the Major League All-Star Game is tonight, let’s do an online wave:
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Whee. Same time next year?
Have a tolerable Tuesday. Floor's open...What are you cheering and jeering about today?
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Today's Shameless C&J Testimonial “This morning's Cheers and Jeers is going to cost Bill in Portland Maine so many supporters. I being one of them. I have been to multiple kiddie pool splashings. The filter is one of the main things that needs fixed. We the people are tired of it.” —Dewayne Sykes
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