NEW: Trump and the GOP are falsely claiming fraud over mail ballots in California’s primary due to its routinely slow vote count.
But their lies appear to be an attempt to set the stage to undermine the 2026 midterms, when control of the House could hinge on the Golden State.
The New York Times gave Donald Trump and the vote suppressors a gift this morning. And it did so one day before SCOTUS may decide a case that could disenfranchise hundreds of thousands.
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One day before SCOTUS may decide a case that could disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of voters, the New York Times handed the vote suppressors a gift. We won't.
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What does it take to be an 'Election Integrity Champion'?
Apparently, a conviction for breaching voting systems, facilitating unauthorized access to voting equipment, and exposing sensitive election data.
But maybe they didn't have room for all that on the graphic.
🔍 Here is what Democracy Docket is tracking today:
Active Voting Rights Cases: 158
Active Redistricting Cases: 44
Active Anti-Voting Cases: 80
Active Pro-Voting Cases: 74
Active DOJ Lawsuits: 32
Find real-time updates here:
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Federal law bars states from carrying out voter removals within 90 days of a federal election to prevent disenfranchisement.
But the DOJ is doubling down on its argument that this doesn't apply to Georgia and the federal government can direct last-minute purges. More to come.
NEW: The DOJ is doubling down on its claim that could allow the administration and anti-voting groups to help states purge voters right before elections.
While federal law bars states from doing so within 90 days of a federal election, the department may be laying the groundwork for a workaround.
Federal law has a 90-day window before elections designed to stop last-minute voter purges. Trump’s DOJ just found an argument for why it doesn't apply.
Here’s how it could give states a way to remove voters right before Election Day:
🗺️ 2026 MIDTERMS REDISTRICTING UPDATE 🗺️
🔴 Republican gains:
📍TX: +5
📍NC: +1
📍MO: +1
📍FL: +4
📍OH: +2
📍TN: +1
📍LA: +1
📍AL: +1
🔵 Democratic gains:
📍CA: +5
📍UT: +1
❌ Failed 2026 gerrymanders:
📍VA: +4 D
📍SC: +1 R
📍MS: +1 R
📍GA: +1 R
✅ Possible 2028 gerrymanders:
📍GA: +1 R
📍SC: +1 R
Government collaborators are on the verge of controlling a massive share of American news, and they’re pushing out the journalists who won’t play along, Brian Tyler Cohen writes.
“Trump is reshaping the media landscape to maintain and extend his grip on power.” https://bit.ly/4uuUhUj
“All that [Trump] cares about is whether he wins or loses. And if he loses, he'll create a fiction in his head to tell him otherwise.”
If accepted by the court, DOJ’s argument could give states a way to remove voters close to an election based on federal referrals, so long as those removals are framed as individualized rather than pa...
In other words: DOJ is claiming that the federal government or private groups could conduct the systematic review, identify voters they believe may be ineligible and pass those names on to Georgia, wh...
Facing increasingly dire polls, President Donald Trump is determined to prevent Democrats from reclaiming the U.S. House in the 2026 midterm elections. So he’s pressuring Republican-controlled states ...
Newly-freed Tina Peters to appear at a June 26-27 MAGA festival in Colorado put on by Heidi Ganahl (2022 GOP Gov nominee/furries saga).
Tickets to see Peters + the rest of the show run $95-$2,495.
