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Earlier today, the billionaire owner of The Washington Post published a statement on Elon Musk’s X platform announcing that Bezos was seizing control of the newspaper’s opinion section.

No longer will the once-proud publication feature a diversity of perspectives. Instead, it will impose a right-wing libertarian litmus test:

“We will be writing every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets… Viewpoints opposing those pillars will be left to be published by others.”

This is an unsurprising surprise, since Bezos shamefully pulled the paper’s endorsement of Kamala Harris last fall.

I founded Democracy Docket in 2020, during Donald Trump’s last assault on democracy, with the mission of becoming the leading digital news platform dedicated to information, analysis and opinion on voting rights and elections in the courts.

Over the past five years, we have done just that.

From U.S. senators to local officials, cultural leaders to community activists, we have published ([link removed]) over 200 opinion pieces promoting democracy from a broad range of perspectives — and we always will. In addition to the hundreds of op-eds from leaders across the pro-democracy space, we also launched a contributor program ([link removed]) that offers diverse opinions and amplifies the voices of experts and advocates who write monthly articles on a range of critical topics within voting and democracy.

Whether it’s an op-ed about court reform, the threats sheriffs pose to our democracy or how abortion rights are being threatened across states, our contributors take an unapologetically pro-democracy approach to each and every piece they write for Democracy Docket.

The Washington Post’s decision to abandon democracy in broad daylight is shameful and cowardly. As legacy media retreats, Democracy Docket is stepping forward.

For individuals and organizations seeking to publish pro-democracy perspectives, we encourage you to submit your content to us here (mailto:[email protected]) . And for readers looking for smart, fearless pro-democracy coverage, we say: Welcome.

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We are in an existential fight for the future of our democracy. While legacy media and its billionaire owners bend the knee, Democracy Docket stands tall. We will never compromise. We will never bow. We will never obey.
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