@servelan@newsie.social2026-02-08 20:18:51
Trump: "America's Elections Are Rigged And Stolen" - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2026/02/trump-americas-elections-are-rigged-and-stolen/
@servelan@newsie.social2026-02-08 20:18:51
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-02-08 17:01:04
Trump wants to run the economy hot, as midterm elections approach (David J. Lynch/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/02/08/economic-boom-2026-elections/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260208/p31#a260208p31
@cdarwin@c.im2026-02-07 14:18:56
Democracy experts believe there is no longer any doubt about Trump’s desire to interfere with this fall’s elections.
“We should not be waiting for the next shoe to drop,”
said Wendy Weiser, vice-president for democracy at the Brennan Center for Justice.
🆘“There is a full-blown effort to seize control of some of the mechanisms of our elections and to lay the foundation for interfering in upcoming elections.”
The president has no power over federal elections,
and …
@ubuntourist@mastodon.social2025-11-09 16:11:40
Trump’s assault on voting intensifies as midterms loom:‘a wholesale attack on free and fair elections’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/09/trump-midterm-elections-voting-system
@kurtsh@mastodon.social2026-01-07 04:31:22
And there it is. The end of Democracy. Because our Congress & Supreme Court failed us. But most of all, the voters.
☑️ 'Dictator' Trump floats idea of canceling midterm elections
https://www.thedailybeast.com/dictator-trump-floats-ide…
@usul@piaille.fr2025-12-09 05:48:35
« Aucun répit en vue » : le service de renseignement allemand alerte sur la menace russe avant les élections régionales de 2026 - Le Parisien
https://www.leparisien.fr/…
@vosje62@mastodon.nl2026-02-09 00:08:45
Portugal elects Socialist Party’s Seguro as president in landslide | #AlJazeera
#Elections #Portugal
@Sustainable2050@mastodon.energy2026-02-08 18:10:15
Who still thinks the Trump regime will allow halfway fair midterm elections in November is being naive. Very naive.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/house-republicans-save-act-voter-supression-legislation-midterms/
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.de2025-11-09 12:00:04
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@servelan@newsie.social2025-11-09 16:08:43
Trump’s assault on voting intensifies as midterms loom:‘a wholesale attack on free and fair elections’ | Trump administration | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/09/trump-midterm-elections-voting-system
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2025-11-09 10:35:40
Americans See a Government That Can't Solve Their Problems (John McCormick/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/americans-see-a-government-that-cant-solve-their-problems-60321b82
http://www.memeorandum.com/251109/p8#a251109p8
@roland@devdilettante.com2025-11-09 02:57:22
"I want you to understand, regardless of your politics, the historical danger of a secret police. What happens when a militia is deployed in our neighborhoods and against our own people. Left unchecked their mandate will grow; the boundaries of acceptable identity and speech will shrink. I want you to think about elections in this future. I want you to understand that every issue you care about—any hope of participatory democracy—is downstream of this."
@cdarwin@c.im2026-02-06 20:49:11
The Trump White House is changing the rules of our political system
through intimidation,
the distortion of information,
financial corruption,
and the dismantling of government offices.
In the final episode of this season, we examine whether the administration is also trying to change the rules of our elections.
Dawn Baldwin Gibson, a North Carolina pastor, tells us about how, in 2024,
her vote was challenged for reasons that still aren’t clear to …
@ErikJonker@mastodon.social2026-02-03 19:08:17
It's clear now, Trump wants to take control of the elections in the US and manipulate them where possible. The next step in transforming the US in an autocracy (or worse)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0mke841zj0o
@stefan@gardenstate.social2026-02-06 03:51:14
Oh boy.
#newJersey #uspol #elections
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.de2025-12-08 15:00:04
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@katrinakatrinka@infosec.exchange2026-02-06 05:00:49
If you're looking for a mood boost, search out #NJ11 coverage. Not just a Dem. A progressive, anti-ICE, anti-genocide Dem.
ETA: Some context for the vicarious lookie-loo:
https://www.
@newsie@darktundra.xyz2025-12-04 19:02:51
Scientists Are Increasingly Worried AI Will Sway Elections https://www.404media.co/scientists-are-increasingly-worried-ai-will-sway-elections/
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-02-08 21:45:40
SAVE America Act becomes catch-all for Trump's election demands: Here's what's actually in it (Avery Lotz/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/02/08/save-america-act-trump-nationalize-elections
http://www.memeorandum.com/260208/p50#a260208p50
@inthehands@hachyderm.io2026-02-05 03:49:11
See, this — •this• — is what ICE CBP are actually for under this regime. •This• is why they got a budget the size of Russia’s entire military.
It’s nothing to do with immigration. It’s about the would-be dictator having his own private military that:
- can be deployed domestically
- at will
- unbeholden to the UCMJ etc
- or disciplined military culture
- or any accountability whatsoever
- with unpredictably violent behavior
- applied indiscriminately
- to anyone
- so that the entire population is terrified of it
…because for them, the problem with Jan 6 was that the coup wasn’t violent enough and didn’t have enough weapons.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/04/steve-bannon-ice-immigration-agents-polling-sites-midterm-elections
@UP8@mastodon.social2025-12-30 23:44:42
⛰️ In the Andes, elections ride on political frustrations and social movements
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/11/in-the-andes-elections-ride-on-political-frustrations-and-social-movements/
@paulbusch@mstdn.ca2026-02-04 00:31:42
Democrats are betting heavily on the midterms and expecting anti Trump sentiment to give them control of both the House and Senate.
Trump keeps saying things out loud that indicate the midterms will be rigged in his favor, or there won't be elections at all.
The side with thousands of masked security personnel in the streets ignoring laws might be the winner....
#YouHadaGoodRunAmerica
https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/03/politics/trump-calls-on-republicans-to-nationalize-future-elections
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-02-08 09:10:35
Democrat Chasity Verret Martinez wins District 60 seat, replacing Chad Brown (Quinn Coffman/The Advocate)
https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/elections/chasity-verret-martinez-wins-election/article_4215bf58-3e04-4797-bdf5-067053533090.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260208/p1#a260208p1
@gfriend@mas.to2026-02-02 23:19:57
More news on the “how unconstitutional do you want” front.
(Caveat: #notalawyer)
Trump says Republicans should ‘nationalize’ elections - POLITICO https://apple.news/Acp2UY_pKSLeuK1tsrBjFaA<…
@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca2025-12-09 16:51:07
There were actually a lot of good recommendations from that Committee report, the one on PR was just the final one! Here's a few more.. including some that local #Fediverse proponents could dig into! @… was on the Committee.
—>FEDI ADVANTAGE<— “The Committee heard about a number of issues related to
the electoral information environment. Members recommend
that the provincial government collaborate with Elections
BC and the federal government to review existing legislative
and regulatory measures related to misinformation,
disinformation, and hate speech during elections, including
**mechanisms to ensure the timely removal of harmful content** (**emphasis added)”
—> FEDI ADVANTAGE<— “To better address challenges associated with social media and emergent technologies such as artificial intelligence, Members recommend establishing a working group to propose amendments to BC’s privacy and election legislation. To better protect all users, the Committee recommends requiring digital platforms to act with a duty of care and establish clear safety-related requirements such as data privacy, platform design, and content policy. The Committee also heard about concerns regarding foreign interference, and recommends that these be considered by the Electoral Integrity Working Group.”
—The Committee heard about the critical importance of
civic education to ensure the public’s understanding of
democratic institutions, processes, and participation. The
Committee recommends strengthening civic education
in the K-12 school system with input from experts and a
greater emphasis on applied learning.
— the Committee suggests enhancing data collection by requiring proactive enumeration on an annual basis and ensuring that registered parties and candidates can access poll-by-poll results. Elections BC should review and improve
voter registration practices and communication, as well as
access to and public awareness of voting opportunities. With respect to expanding voter eligibility, the Committee supports further examination of extending voting rights to 16- and 17-year-olds as well as permanent residents in BC.
— Committee Members recommend modernizing the candidate nominator verification process, requiring Elections BC to collect and share voters’ contact information with registered political parties and candidates, and strengthening measures related to access to multi-unit buildings for candidates and their campaigns.
Full report to the Legislature: #BCPoli #CanPoli #CdnPoli #ElectoralReform #Democracy #ProportionalRepresentation #Polarization
@benb@osintua.eu2026-02-06 02:02:42
Trump backs Orban ahead of April elections in Hungary: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/06/trump-backs-orban-ahead-of.html
@cdarwin@c.im2025-12-08 03:44:43
There is now a systematic effort afoot to break down,
or render impotent,
key institutional players that could serve to limit Trump’s efforts to manipulate the outcome of the 2026 elections.
The White House announced it would soon be delivering another executive order going after
mail-in voting, and, in particular,
that it would be targeting California’s voting system which, it alleged without evidence, was rife with fraud.
In the wake of lawsuits filed b…
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-02-08 20:45:39
'Dramatic changes are necessary': Hakeem Jeffries defends Democrats' push for ICE reforms amid funding fight (Dana Bash/CNN)
https://cnn.com/2026/02/08/politics/video/house-minority-leader-hakeem-jeffries-dhs-funding-gov-shutdown-trump-obamas-elections
http://www.memeorandum.com/260208/p43#a260208p43
@servelan@newsie.social2025-11-09 16:07:43
Republicans push to strip Zohran Mamdani of US citizenship. Is it possible? | Elections News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/9/republicans-push-to-strip-zohran-mamdani-of-us-citizenship-is-it-possible
@stefan@gardenstate.social2026-02-05 22:23:13
AOC making sure #newJersey knows what's up
#uspol #elections
@gwire@mastodon.social2026-01-03 22:48:00
Hearing a commentator saying that the US will guarantee free and fair elections in Venezuela.
Uncontroversial elections a US national specialty.
@cdarwin@c.im2026-02-05 14:57:59
@Techmeme@techhub.social2025-11-24 01:25:39
Changes to CISA have left some states without support during elections; California said CISA provided little support during the Nov. 4 election on redistricting (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/election-security-…
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-02-05 21:31:20
Local officials push back on Trump's threats to 'nationalize' elections in targeted cities (Alexandra Marquez/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/local-officials-push-back-trumps-threats-nationalize-elections-targete-rcna257583
http://www.memeorandum.com/260205/p100#a260205p100
@kurtsh@mastodon.social2026-01-07 04:49:27
Venezuela. Greenland. Discussing canceling 2026's midterm elections. Now child healthcare.
He's flooded the news with so much PURE EVIL, no one's talking about Epstein any more.
☑️ Trump administration halts more than $10bn for childcare and family assistance
https://www.
@andres4ny@social.ridetrans.it2026-02-01 06:37:26
On the one hand, the GOP is doomed if we actually make it to the midterms with real elections. On the other hand, are we going to make it all the way to the midterms with real elections? These people are going to prison, and they will do whatever it takes to ensure that doesn't happen.
https://
@drgeraint@glasgow.social2025-12-27 23:52:03
Ballot Box Scotland 2025 in review: council by-elections
"remember the most important aspect of STV – that the nice simple language used for FPTP of “gain/loss/hold” isn’t as applicable here. Whoever vacated one of three or four seats is not always the same as the overall winner at the last election. It’s entirely possible for the vacating party, the party that had a first preference lead, and the party that would have won a single seat election ... to all be different"
@ubuntourist@mastodon.social2025-12-05 14:28:25
A primer on Instant Runoff Voting / Ranked Choice Voting in Washington DC for the 2026 elections.
#RankedChoiceVoting
@cdarwin@c.im2026-02-08 03:41:38
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-01-06 21:40:41
'Dictator' Trump Floats Idea of Canceling Midterm Elections (Sarah Ewall-Wice/The Daily Beast)
https://www.thedailybeast.com/dictator-trump-floats-idea-of-canceling-midterm-elections/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260106/p121#a260106p121
@rberger@hachyderm.io2026-01-03 21:09:12
This sums the #VENEZUELA situation up nicely:
For anyone questioning the legality of attacking Venezuela and abducting their leader:
Remember we're talking about a highly corrupt leader, a known criminal who used his high office to make billions for himself, and has manipulated elections to stay in power, has used his military against his own citizens, has protected his corrupt friends and punished his political enemies.
And the President of Venezuela did some bad things too.
@servelan@newsie.social2026-02-05 07:13:34
Thune throws cold water on Trump’s call to ‘nationalize’ U.S. elections | PBS News
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/politics/thune-throws-cold-water-on-trumps-call-to-nationalize-u-s-elections
@cdarwin@c.im2026-02-04 22:39:39
Steve Bannon, the former White House strategist and rightwing podcast host, said he wants to
🔥see immigration agents at the polls in November,
a proposal that election officials have decried.
Bannon has no formal power,
but is an influential figure on the far right and is closely tied with the Trump administration.
Donald Trump this week again suggested that the federal government
“should take over the voting”
and federalize elections,
which ar…
@benb@osintua.eu2026-02-03 21:29:09
ORBÁN'S LAST CHANCE: BUYING VOTES before elections in "EXTREME ALERT" mode: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/03/orbns-last-chance-buying-votes.html
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-02-06 00:51:10
Trump's Plan to Nationalize Elections Using Fabricated Claims of Foreign Interference (Allison Gill/The Breakdown)
https://www.muellershewrote.com/p/trumps-plan-to-nationalize-elections
http://www.memeorandum.com/260205/p129#a260205p129
@kurtsh@mastodon.social2026-02-05 17:56:32
Because Fat Putin's demented, senile mind is set on getting a 3rd term. Or simply eliminate elections altogether, cuz who's going to stop him?
Your Congress & the SCOTUS has completely failed America & let the toddler-in-chief run America into the ground.
Original post: https://
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.de2025-12-05 03:00:04
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@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-02-05 21:26:08
Trump's FBI Raid Could Lead to a Takeover of Elections in Georgia's Largest County (Mother Jones)
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/02/trumps-fbi-raid-could-lead-to-a-takeover-of-elections-fulton-county-georgia/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260205/p97#a260205p97
@cdarwin@c.im2025-12-05 19:11:04
The conservative majority on the U.S. Supreme Court
has cleared the way for Texas to use a gerrymandered congressional map in next year’s midterm elections
that a lower court found racially discriminatory.
The 6-3 ruling is another political win for Donald Trump and his allies,
who have gotten a number of favorable rulings from the justices after being stymied by lower courts.
Trump has asked Republican-led states to redraw their maps
in order to preserv…
@servelan@newsie.social2025-12-05 05:15:28
Florida dives into the redistricting arms race despite political and legal hurdles
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/florida-redistricting-arms-race-political-legal-political-hurdles-rcna247198
@paulbusch@mstdn.ca2026-02-05 16:19:07
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-02-07 05:26:18
Trump's Midterm Redistricting Master Plan Is Falling Short (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/trumps-midterm-redistricting-master-plan-is-falling-short-868ce156
http://www.memeorandum.com/260207/p2#a260207p2
@cdarwin@c.im2026-02-04 01:25:06
Trump repeats claim that federal government should run elections in some states
Asked by a reporter to explain his suggestion on Monday,
to podcaster-turned-FBI deputy-director-turned-podcaster-again Dan Bongino,
that the US should “nationalize” elections
and have them run by the federal government,
Trump repeats his false claims that elections in states he lost in 2020 were “crooked”.
“If you think about it, the state is an agent for the federal governmen…
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.de2025-12-05 14:00:04
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@ubuntourist@mastodon.social2026-02-04 17:48:57
Election theft in progress: Trump attempting to remove state control over elections and nationalize them in a totalitarian bid to rig the outcome.
https://social.trom.tf/display/dbc8dc44-2969-8368-9110-2e6942069674
@kurtsh@mastodon.social2025-12-25 02:09:20
Everything that #Trump has devolved into is because he's had zero repercussions for his actions.
...because #Republicans own the House of Representatives which America voted for.
VOTE in the 2026 midterm
@benb@osintua.eu2025-12-15 14:38:08
Ukrainians reject wartime elections despite US push, poll shows: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/15/ukrainians-reject-wartime-elections-despite.html
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-01-04 23:10:31
Trump says US must restore law and order to Venezuela before elections -- opposition leader could only win with his support (Caitlin Doornbos/New York Post)
https://nypost.com/2026/01/04/us-news/trump-says-us-must-restore-law-and-order-to-venezuela-before-elections-opposition-leader-could-only-win-with-his-support/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260104/p54#a260104p54
@cdarwin@c.im2026-02-07 16:05:07
RE: https://c.im/@cdarwin/116025733362571818
They have a pretty strong lock on the judiciary,
which means that we won’t have the debate anymore,
because changing the lines won’t matter,
because the elections won’t matter.
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-02-06 00:06:07
Gabbard's office examined voting machines in Puerto Rico (NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/tulsi-gabbards-office-says-examined-electronic-voting-systems-puerto-r-rcna257602
http://www.memeorandum.com/260205/p119#a260205p119
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-02-06 14:21:08
FBI invites state election officials to an 'unusual' briefing on the midterms (Jane C. Timm/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/fbi-state-election-officials-unusual-briefing-midterms-rcna257721
http://www.memeorandum.com/260206/p45#a260206p45
@cdarwin@c.im2026-02-06 02:08:04
Donald Trump didn't say he wanted to fix elections everywhere out of some altruistic vision of a more free, more democratic society.
He said he wanted to take over the voting in at least 15 places.
We know that means he is targeting the specific cities, counties, and districts that saved American democracy in 2020 and that could destroy Republican majorities in November.
This is why Tulsi Gabbard was in Fulton County.
They are already on the ground,
already …
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-02-04 00:01:30
I Wrote a Book in Support of Nationalizing Elections. Trump Changed My Mind. (Richard L. Hasen/Slate)
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/02/trump-threatens-nationalize-elections-bongino-yikes.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260203/p118#a260203p118
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-02-04 01:20:59
Trump Doubles Down on Calls for Republicans to Nationalize Elections (Ken Thomas/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-doubles-down-on-calls-for-republicans-to-nationalize-elections-f0ae3f92
http://www.memeorandum.com/260203/p132#a260203p132
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2025-12-02 12:15:42
Can Democrats Flip a Deep-Red Seat? Special Elections Often See Big Swings. (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/us/elections/special-elections-democrats-tn7.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/251202/p8#a251202p8
@servelan@newsie.social2026-01-31 01:21:17
"“Put simply, our Constitution does not allow the President to impose unilateral changes to federal election procedures.”
In major rebuke, federal judge blocks key parts of Trump’s anti-voting order - Democracy Docket
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/judge-permanently-blocks-core-parts-trump-elections-executive-order/
@cdarwin@c.im2026-02-05 19:39:32
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer appeared Thursday on MS NOW’s “Morning Joe”
to call for stricter governing of ICE agents and push back on the Trump administration’s targeting of local voting officials in Georgia and other swing states,
declaring, “We’re not going to let them be intimidated.”
The New York senator’s remarks came after recent calls from Trump to 🔥nationalize voting ahead of this year’s midterm elections
and after National Intelligence Director Tulsi…
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-02-07 00:21:09
White House frustrations with Venezuela's Machado grow after elections comments (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/06/white-house-frustrations-with-venezuelas-machado-surface-after-election-comments-00770005
http://www.memeorandum.com/260206/p135#a260206p135
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-02-02 19:20:44
Trump says Republicans should 'nationalize' elections (Jacob Wendler/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/02/trump-nationalize-elections-2026-midterms-00760015
http://www.memeorandum.com/260202/p81#a260202p81
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-02-03 13:50:54
Gabbard says Trump asked her to attend FBI raid at Georgia elections hub (Rebecca Falconer/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/02/03/gabbard-trump-request-fbi-elections-raid-georgia
http://www.memeorandum.com/260203/p25#a260203p25
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-02-02 23:55:51
Trump, in an Escalation, Calls for Republicans to 'Nationalize' Elections (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/us/politics/trump-nationalize-elections.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260202/p122#a260202p122
@cdarwin@c.im2026-02-05 00:07:46
SCOTUS allows California to use new congressional map in 2026
In a win for voters, the Supreme Court allowed California to use its new voter-approved congressional map in the 2026 midterm elections.
Democrats could pick up as many as five more seats in Congress under the new map and counter the GOP gains made in Texas
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-02-03 16:45:51
Trump says Republicans should 'nationalize' elections, take control from states (Joey Garrison/USA Today)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/02/02/trump-podcast-nationalize-elections/88480027007/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260203/p59#a260203p59
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-02-05 16:51:17
Trump's Claims About Noncitizens Voting Are False. We Can Prove It. (Stephen Richer/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/opinion/trump-elections-nationalizing-voting-citizens.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260205/p52#a260205p52
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-02-05 14:20:57
Trump obliterates an aide's efforts to downplay his comments - again (Aaron Blake/CNN)
https://cnn.com/2026/02/05/politics/leavitt-trump-contradict-nationalize-elections
http://www.memeorandum.com/260205/p28#a260205p28
@cdarwin@c.im2026-01-03 21:15:27
Thousands of mail-in ballots could be discounted under new post office policy
A recent change to how the U.S. Postal Service says it postmarks letters could discount the ballots of thousands of last-minute voters.
Many Americans have long assumed that tax returns, ballots and other mailed documents sent on deadline would be marked as sent the day they are dropped in a mailbox.
But the Postal Service announced Dec. 24 that it was making no such guarantees about postmarks. <…
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-02-05 12:36:01
'A transformative time': Both parties brace for dramatic campaign fundraising change ahead of the midterms (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/05/2026-elections-party-fundraising-ad-spending-00766172
http://www.memeorandum.com/260205/p14#a260205p14
@cdarwin@c.im2025-12-04 02:10:31
The New Orleans City Council Dec. 3 launched an online portal
for residents to report civil and human rights abuses by ICE and CBP paramilitary units occupying the city during the Trump regime’s anti-migrant occupation.
The launch of the portal, came as CBP forces began disappearing residents in the city, Kenner and other suburban areas of the Greater New Orleans area and parts of the River Parishes
@cdarwin@c.im2025-12-20 18:02:33
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@cdarwin@c.im2026-01-30 00:59:51
From polling and special elections over the past year, we’ve seen two important trends:
Democrats are strongly over-performing in general elections (to the tune of 10-15 points),
and Democratic leadership is incredibly unpopular, even among Democratic voters.
This combination means that there will be a lot of support
— in enthusiasm, money, and votes
— for primary challenges to Democratic incumbents,
and the usual Democratic fretting about electability …
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-01-04 13:45:33
Democrats Face Steep Climb to Reclaim Senate in 2026 Races (Anvee Bhutani/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/democrats-senate-2026-2d0b8b5d
http://www.memeorandum.com/260104/p10#a260104p10
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-02-03 18:01:18
Trump wants to 'nationalize the voting,' seeking to grab states' power (Mariana Alfaro/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/02/02/trump-elections-nationalize-fraud/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260203/p67#a260203p67
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-02-03 20:40:53
3 Florida House Republicans are exiting Congress. Now the mess begins. (Kimberly Leonard/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/03/florida-house-republicans-elections-00760624
http://www.memeorandum.com/260203/p87#a260203p87
@cdarwin@c.im2026-02-02 20:21:13
Donald Trump said that his party should seize control of elections in ‘at least 15 places’
and brazenly repeated a number of blatant lies about his electoral history in Minnesota and Georgia
during a Monday phone interview with a right-wing podcaster who briefly served in a top FBI role last year.
Trump, who continues to falsely insist that he won the 2020 election despite having lost to successor-turned-predecessor Joe Biden by wide margins in both the popular and electora…
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-01-30 18:51:00
New GOP scheme to rig presidential elections: Missouri sues to exclude undocumented from census (Jen Rice/Democracy Docket)
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/new-gop-scheme-to-rig-presidential-elections-missouri-sues-to-exclude-undocumented-from-census/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260130/p91#a260130p91
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2025-12-03 01:20:46
Tennessee Seventh District Special Election Results (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/12/02/us/elections/results-tennessee-us-house-7-special.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/251202/p152#a251202p152
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-02-03 15:40:57
10 Years of Trump, and the Alarm Keeps Going Off (The Bulwark)
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/10-years-of-trump-and-the-alarm-keeps-going-off-groundhog-day-elections-midterms
http://www.memeorandum.com/260203/p46#a260203p46
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-01-03 14:00:50
Thousands of mail-in ballots could be discounted under new post office policy (Anna Liss-Roy/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/01/03/elections-mail-ballots-post-office/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260103/p23#a260103p23
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2025-12-01 20:35:36
AI becomes a political wedge issue, creating odd bedfellows across parties (NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/ai-wedge-issue-midterms-2028-bedfellows-rcna244811
http://www.memeorandum.com/251201/p75#a251201p75
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-01-29 14:40:43
What we know about the FBI raid at a Georgia elections office (CBS News)
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/what-we-know-about-the-fbi-raid-at-a-georgia-elections-office/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260129/p46#a260129p46
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-01-28 18:50:46
FBI executes search warrant at Fulton County elections office near Atlanta (Kate Brumback/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/fbi-georgia-elections-office-fulton-county-28e736037521b17197760d2394f0ab43
http://www.memeorandum.com/260128/p83#a260128p83
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2025-12-02 12:15:42
Republicans work to defend a deep-red House district in expensive Tennessee special election (Owen Auston-Babcock/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/republicans-work-defend-deep-red-house-district-expensive-tennessee-sp-rcna245615
http://www.memeorandum.com/251202/p9#a251202p9
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2025-12-29 16:35:26
Politico Gives Youngkin "The Milk Carton Award for Missing Politicians"; Says His "star faded as he hemmed and hawed about running for president last year" - and Badly Lost the 2025 Elections (Lowkell/Blue Virginia)
https://bluevirginia.us/2025/12/politico-gives-youngkin-the-milk-carton-award-for-missing-politicians-says-his-star-faded-as-he-hemmed-and-hawed-about-running-for-president-last-year-and-badly-lost-the-2025-elections/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251229/p36#a251229p36
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-01-26 23:15:45
In Criminal Justice Elections This Year, ICE Contracts Are on the Hot Seat (Daniel Nichanian/Bolts)
https://boltsmag.org/criminal-justice-elections-2026-preview/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260126/p128#a260126p128
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2025-12-27 16:30:44
Trump says midterm elections will be 'about pricing' despite calling affordability a 'dead' issue (David Zimmermann/Washington Examiner)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/economy/4362763/trump-midterm-elections-pricing-despite-calling-affordability-dead-issue/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251227/p22#a251227p22
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-02-04 00:20:56
Trump: If states can't run elections 'honestly,' then 'somebody else should take over' (Kevin Breuninger/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/03/trump-election-government-states.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260203/p124#a260203p124
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-02-04 00:20:56
Trump says federal government 'should get involved' with running elections in states (NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/live-blog/trump-colombia-petro-congress-shutdown-ice-immigration-live-updates-rcna256876/rcrd98532?canonicalCard=true
http://www.memeorandum.com/260203/p125#a260203p125
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2025-12-26 02:15:43
'Not for the people': Myanmar junta prepares for elections designed to legitimise grip on power (The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/26/myanmar-junta-prepares-elections-legitimise-power
http://www.memeorandum.com/251225/p23#a251225p23
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-01-26 14:01:03
Trump's bounce among Hispanics can benefit him in the midterm elections (Washington Examiner)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/4432197/trump-support-hispanics-can-benefit-him-midterm-elections/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260126/p29#a260126p29
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-02-03 18:45:55
Senate GOP Leader John Thune says he disagrees with Trump that Congress should 'nationalize' elections (NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/senate-gop-leader-john-thune-says-disagrees-trump-congress-nationalize-rcna257260
http://www.memeorandum.com/260203/p73#a260203p73