Trump Is Putting Election Deniers in Charge of Elections

The Trump administration is now more motivated than ever to use every tool to turn next year's elections--not to spread democracy, but to support the competitive authoritarian regime they envision--less free, less fair elections. Let's make sure their plan fails.
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Will 2026 Be a Fair Fight? Democrats swept the 2025 elections. But Donald Trump is already laying the groundwork to subvert the next vote.

This was a great week for our democracy, but the most significant threat lies ahead. It's up to us to ensure the integrity of the 2026 elections.
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The corruption and xenophobia are just staggering.

Donald Trump’s trade nominee won’t even say the word “Argentina.”

Why? Maybe because Trump doesn't want you to know that he dug up billions of dollars to give to Argentina while Argentina is working with China to undercut American farmers.

Trump administration sets lowest-ever cap on refugee admissions to U.S. The lowest cap on refugees since the program was established in 1980 comes as the U.S. prioritizes resettling Afrikaners from South Africa.

The lowest cap on refugees since the program was established in 1980 comes as the U.S. prioritizes resettling Afrikaners from South Africa.

"To any governors or state legislators out there... if you are in a position where you have the power to redraw your maps... if you have the ability to meet this moment with the urgency that it deserves, I'm calling on you to do exactly what we're doing in California and to fight fire with fire."

Donald Trump’s Plan to Subvert the Midterms Is Already Under Way Our election system is reaching a breaking point.

Of all the Trump corruption, present and future, this may be the most important. Safeguarding fair elections in 2026 and 2028 must be our priority.

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Milei triumphs in Argentine midterm elections closely watched by Washington President Milei won in key districts in an election widely seen as a referendum on his past two years in office. Trump had appeared to condition billions of dollars in backing on a good showing for Mi...

Authoritarians propping up authoritarians. Do you suppose Argentina will come to the rescue when the US economy collapses?

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In George Orwell's "1984," the Ministry of Truth altered historical records and discarded unwelcome data in "memory holes." The Trump administration isn’t just threatening free press; they are eliminating data. Data suppression is a well-documented authoritarian tactic.

Another day, another assault on free speech… And another instance of corporate complicity with this authoritarian takeover.

It's like he saw Trump coming...

Sadly, we no longer live in a functioning democracy.

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

#ICYMI: Among the citizens detained by immigration agents are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer.

Four children were held for weeks with their undocumented mother and without access to the family’s attorney until a congresswoman intervened.

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Justice Department Will Monitor Elections in California and New Jersey

DOJ sending monitors to observe a state-only redistricting vote in California is unprecedented overreach. California officials call it voter intimidation. It's clearly a test case for 2026. Our answer: organize, mobilize, and turnout record numbers in 2026.

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This week gave us the images that say it all: tearing down the government and crapping on Americans. Seems about right.

This administration is a bottomless pit of corruption.

Trump Empowers Election Deniers, Still Fixated on 2020 Grievances

The Trump administration is laying plans to corrupt next year’s elections. This is a five alarm fire.

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man this is shit is grim

The people who stopped fascism before us weren't braver than we are. They were just as scared. They spoke up anyway. They organized anyway. They showed up anyway.

#OctoberOptOut

Who Is Paying for Trump’s $250 Million Ballroom—and What They Might Get in Return Trump has begun demolishing the White House's East Wing to make room for a ballroom paid for by private donors.

Just a few of the companies supporting the unauthorized demolition of the White House: Amazon, Apple, Comcast Corporation, Hard Rock International, Google, HP Inc., Meta, Microsoft, T-Mobile. Don’t give them your money. #OctoberOptOut

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Trump: "I know the best people"

Don't forget the $1 billion (taxpayer funded) renovation of the plane.

These cases will decide whether Trump feels empowered to send troops anywhere he likes.

Trump to DOJ: Pay Up The goal is not just dictatorial power, but ostentatious performance.

"The corruption is so obvious that even the president himself seemed to acknowledge it..."

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