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JD Vance repeatedly criticised allegedly unprecedented and “disgraceful” foreign interference in the Hungarian parliamentary election,
while effectively strongly endorsing Viktor Orbšn to win the vote on Sunday
in what critics will no doubt see as his very own interference with the country’s electoral process.

"JD Vance has railed against the EU, accusing it of blatantly interfering in Hungary’s upcoming elections, even as the US vice-president said he had travelled to Budapest to “help” Viktor Orbšn win Sunday’s vote."
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr

The intellectual coherence of the Veep:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/202

The intellectual coherence of the Veep:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/202

According to a peer-reviewed study in @…, the algorithms that control our largest social media platforms intentionally and explicitly tilted the playing field for Donald Trump and the GOP.

Was the 2024 Election Stolen, Not by Ballots, but by Algorithms?
It sure looks like tech billionaires and foreign dictatorships gave us Trump in 2024. This is as bad as the massive Russian bot presence on Facebook and Twitter back in 2016 that Robert Mueller…

“The circus has left the town square, that’s for sure,” said Brian Reisinger, a former Republican strategist in Wisconsin.
On Tuesday, voters in Wisconsin will choose another justice to join the State Supreme Court.
Except this election has arrived with little of the fanfare that Wisconsin voters have come to expect from these court races:
the national frenzy, a cameo from a tech billionaire, incessant television ads, partisan debates and a deluge of campaign cash.
M…

Without Elon Musk, Wisconsin’s Supreme Court Justice Election Goes Quiet
Elections for the Wisconsin Supreme Court have previously brought record-breaking spending and national attention. Tuesday’s race has been a more muted affair.

The US midterm election coup, as @locuta.bsky.social calls it.
How redistricting and the Supreme Court have cut voters out of US House races - https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/how-redistricting-supreme-court-have…

Trump Administration Demands Names of 2020 Election Workers in Georgia - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/us/politics/trump-2020-georgia-election-workers.html

Trump Administration Demands Names of 2020 Election Workers in Georgia (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/us/politics/trump-2020-georgia-election-workers.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260505/p3#a260505p3

Trump Administration Demands Names of 2020 Election Workers in Georgia
The Justice Department again appears to be using the investigative power of the federal government to rehash debunked claims that Democrats stole the 2020 election
https://www.nytimes.…

Trump Administration Demands Names of 2020 Election Workers in Georgia
The Justice Department again appears to be using the investigative power of the federal government to rehash debunked claims that Democrats stole the 2020 election.

Representative Tony Gonzales Will Not Seek Re-election - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/us/politics/tony-gonzales-resigns.html

Here in California we have already received our primary ballots (and a confirming email to let us know that they have been sent and to expect it.)
One glance confirms - The D party has once again scrod itself and the voters.
With California's "Jungle Primary" the top two vote getters, of *any* party, move on to the general election. Everyone else goes home and won't be on the November ballot.
The D's were unable to realize that they needed to focus an…

This week’s media atrocity
The New York Times published a story Wednesday about how Trump is undermining trust in our elections
and pushing dishonest schemes to rig the midterms.
Yet in the middle of the story, NYT wrote:
“Democrats are sounding alarms
— and sometimes sounding downright alarmist
— as they war-game for extreme subversion scenarios.”
By describing legitimate concerns as “downright alarmist,” they undercut their own story
-- and …

Trump’s Push for Election Power Raises Fears He Will ‘Subvert’ Midterms
The president appears to be undermining Americans’ faith in the outcome, at a moment when Republicans face an uphill climb to keep control of Congress.

Kinda' amazing that you can type this in and get a full, good (yes, I checked) summary of all the goings-on, far better than anything I can find in my (US) newspapers.

The next non-insane president-elect of the United States. Literaly anything he decides to say will win him the election. The easiest run in the US history, considering the scariest part that it will drive Trump into a world-destruct mode - if Trump manages to stay in office in the next three years ->
Governor Gavin Newsom on Relationship with Trump, People Badmouthing CA & "Gov Gav" Has a Surprise!

Election Live Updates: Trump Says He Will Endorse in Texas Senate Race (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03/04/us/primary-elections-midterms-tx-nc-ar
http://www.memeorandum.com/260304/p124#a260304p124

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But no worries, the midterms will be great.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/us/politics/trump-kurt-olsen-election-denialism.html?unlocked_article_code=1.LlA.2GEc.5b33ugqAzM6…

Trump’s Director of Election Security Is an Election Denier
Even in a government full of conspiracists, Kurt Olsen stands out. He made a key referral in the Fulton County, Ga., election case.

Texas suppresses voting further despite some of the lowest turnout numbers in US in every election.
Change in Primary Voting Rules Leads to Confusion in 2 Texas Counties as Voters Are Turned Away https://ground.news/article/change-in-primary-voting-rules-leads-to-confusion-in-2-texas-counties-as-voters-are-turned-away

Finland suspends a plan to move its election platform to AWS, opting to remain on domestic servers through the 2027 general election, as trust in the US frays (Kati Pohjanpalo/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Six Senate Races to Watch as Democrats Grow More Bullish (Shane Goldmacher/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/us/politics/senate-races-midterms-primary-election.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260403/p105#a260403p105

Sigh, I was acquainted with Rod Diridon through my work with the California Railroad and Trolley Corporation. ( https://ctrc.org/ )
I am remembering the evening of the election in which the California High Speed Rail squeaked by and how Rod (and the rest of us) were very happily surprised.

FOX News' own poll has citizens - stunned by skyrocketing prices on gas, groceries & healthcare - calling B.S. on the GOP's lies about US prosperity through lower taxes on the wealthy.
Reminder: The midterm primary elections are coming. MAKE A PLAN TO VOTE.
https://www.usvotefoundatio…

Galway City Tribune article announcing my run for the Galway West bye-election.
As most working people know, the current way society is structured is driving us to working long hours often for little pay. It's time that working hard meant having a good life with a secure home.
The successive governments of Fine Gael & Fianna Fšil have put the interests & profits of landlords and investment funds over the needs and housing security of ordinary people.
I've …

"Both of those states are led by high-profile Democratic governors — Gavin Newsom and Wes Moore — who are also considered potential 2028 presidential contenders.
Vance’s new assignment could give him a perch from which he could attack his potential rivals ahead of the next presidential election — an election in which he was until recently considered the presumptive GOP frontrunner."

In Mississippi, a Democrat Challenges the Senator Who Blocked His Judgeship (Carl Hulse/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/03/us/politics/mississippi-hyde-smith-senate-election.html?unlocked_article_code=1.flA.CbUQ.DOl78LJlKy_c&smid=url-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/260503/p12#a260503p12

This is exactly the groundwork we need to be laying right now, and I’m delighted to hear it coming from a US Senator (!):
If Trump tries to prevent a fair election from happening, then we need “a true national strike in the sense that, if they do this, if they try to overthrow our democracy, if you are allied with democracy, do not go to work . If you’re a pilot, do not show up. If you drive a train, do not show up. If you’re a teacher, do not show up. We grind the country to a halt.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/06/donald-trump-voting-midterms-democrat-national-strike
1/

Q&A with NYT tech reporter Tiffany Hsu on how AI-generated ads are shaping the political landscape, as candidates from both parties increase deepfake use in ads (Katie Glueck/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/us/politics/ai-ads-campaign-deepf…

What to Know About AI Political Campaign Ads During Election Season
Wait, that’s not the real James Talarico …

One day after California’s Democratic party urged candidates without a “viable path” in the state’s crucial race for governor to drop out,
the crowded field showed no sign of winnowing down.
At least nine Democrats are in the running to replace the outgoing governor, Gavin Newsom,
with no clear frontrunner,
💥which has fueled fears that the number of candidates could lead to two Republicans advancing to the November election.
Rusty Hicks, the chair of California’…

Brynn #Tannehill: ‘#Trump Has Already Rigged the #2028PresidentialElection’
Regardless of how people vote, the chances of a

'Trump Has Already Rigged the 2028 Presidential Election': US Defence Insider
Regardless of how people vote, the chances of a Democrat Government coming to power in 2029 is now virtually nil, argues Brynn Tannehill

Trump signs order on mail ballots, escalating election overhaul push (Nandita Bose/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-signs-order-mail-ballots-escalating-election-overhaul-push-2026-03-31/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260331/p143#a260331p143

He votes by mail. "Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order seeking to restrict mail-in voting and compile a national voter list..."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/31/trump-order-election-voting-explainer

Can Trump restrict mail-in voting by executive order and why is he trying?
Critics say ‘election integrity’ plan to compile national voter list is unconstitutional and will be blocked by the courts

It took a while, but finally...
"Lawyer John Eastman Disbarred for Efforts to Overturn 2020 Election"
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/us/john-eastman-disbarred-2020-election.html

Lawyer John Eastman Disbarred for Efforts to Overturn 2020 Election
The California Supreme Court upheld a lower court’s decision that said Mr. Eastman, had violated the rules of professional ethics.

A judge issues an order requiring Kalshi to temporarily halt sports and election contracts in Nevada, the first US state to force Kalshi to cease operations (Kate Knibbs/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/nevada-bans-kalshi-prediction-market/

Kalshi Has Been Temporarily Banned in Nevada
A judge ordered Kalshi to immediately halt sports and election contracts in the state, intensifying a growing regulatory battle over prediction markets.

Trump says Tennessee governor is working to
‘give us one extra seat’
as states race to redraw congressional maps
Trump’s social post comes after Louisiana postpones primaries to redraw maps
-- just a day after supreme court ruling guts Voting Rights Act
Louisiana postpones primaries as states rush to redraw districts after supreme court ruling

Voting rights advocates vow to ‘relocate’ fight after supreme court gutting

Voters Sue Over Louisiana Governor's Move to Delay Primary (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/us/politics/louisiana-voters-lawsuit-election-primary.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260501/p94#a260501p94

It's official, my nomination is in! I'll be on the ballot in the Galway West by-election.
Make the govt pay for their multiple crises and demand a Galway we can live in.
• Price caps for fuel, energy, and essential goods
• Ban evictions and short-term lets
• Build a state run construction company
• Defend our neutrality, US military out of Shannon, pass the OTB with goods & services
• I commit to never go into coalition with a FG or FF govt

Why is it that two of my hobbies have US national organizations who are actively working against their membership? The ARRL's bylawys changes to try to disqualify from election anyone who argues for change were embarrassing, and now AOPA is using legal action to try to stop a movement for transparency.
I think they are probably both em…

Under pressure Kash Patel claims FBI has ‘evidence’ that 2020 election was stolen from Trump: ‘Stay tuned this week’ | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/kash-patel-2020-election-trump-b2960883.html

Donald Trump on Saturday appeared to link the massive attack he ordered against Iran to his persistent claims about his 2020 election loss to former president Joe Biden, in a social media post about allegations that Tehran’s government interfered in the US president elections.
“Iran tried to interfere in 2020, 2024 elections to stop Trump,” his Truth Social post said, “and now faces renewed war with United States”.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/01/trump-iran-attack-2020-election-loss?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

A reminder for those in Ottawa and Ontario...
Upcoming municipal elections will be October 26, 2026.
You can check to see if you are on the voter list. It takes at most 2 minutes.
The last election it took us maybe 10 minutes and they made sure handicapped voters had everything they needed.
If you don't vote then DON'T BITCH!

"It's one of the features of modern Western democracies that political parties seek their crucial election finance from those people who have surplus wealth, and those who have surplus wealth are by definition those who are profiting from the status quo... So it's little surprise that when 'financial services' institutions shudder and fall, our politicians, whom we elected with their money, choose to use our money to bail them out" -- me, 2012

In today's Texas Senate primary election, Republicans are measuring the potency of Trump’s Make America Great Again movement against old-guard conservatism. Democrats, meanwhile, face a choice between two progressive “powerhouses” with different theories of how to fight – and how to win – in the Trump era.
The fiercely competitive races have left Democrats unusually hopeful about their chances in a state that hasn’t elected a Democrat statewide since 1994, while Republicans fret th…

California Democrats are proof positive that humans are not an intelligent species.
Here in Calif we have a unique primary system - a single primary for *all* parties. The top two move onto the general election, the rest are out of the game.
So here we have two R's splitting a smaller part of the electorate and a dozen D's splitting a larger part.
The result is that it is likely that the two R's will get larger vote counts than any of the dozen D's. Thus *o…

Nithya Raman filing papers on Saturday morning to
⭐️challenge Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass in the
👉 June 2 election
hit like a political bombshell.
Text chains blew up with stunned variations of,
"I didn't see that coming!"
Everyone sought to determine what a run from someone on Bass' left will mean when election day arrives in, gulp, 💥 less than four months.
How this plays out remains to be seen.
But here are some initial t…

This is what the market-led policies of Fine Gael and Fianna Fšil have given us. They've put the profits of landlords and investment funds above ordinary people.
That's why I've decided to run in the Galway West by-election. It's time we had a radical shift in housing policy that puts people first.
• Ban Evictions
• Freeze and Reduce Rents
• Build a State Construction Company to deliver quality homes and jobs at the scale we need

Over 17,000 homeless last month in record high
Homeless figures have surpassed 17,000 for the first time.

Where Trump Has Installed Election Deniers in Government (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/03/26/us/politics/trump-2020-election-deniers.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260326/p146#a260326p146

Just days after the
GOP-controlled Senate skipped town
once they failed to send a voter suppression bill to Trump’s desk,
the Republican on Tuesday signed an executive order to create a nationwide list of US voters and crack down on voting by mail
—which is how he voted in Florida’s most recent election.
Legal experts expect the order will be swiftly challenged in court as unconstitutional.
David Becker,
a former US Department of Justice lawyer who …

Lawsuits expected after Trump orders creation of national voter list, mail-in voting crackdown
“This executive order is a blatant, unconstitutional abuse of power,” said Sen. Alex Padilla. “Make no mistake: Trump’s attacks on our elections are a clear and present threat to our democracy.”

Be prepared for an onslaught of disinformation to come out of Rockbridge Network, Koch Network, and overseas straw donors.
-- @…
https://www.

Koch Political Operation Spent Nearly $550 Million During 2024 Cycle
The huge sum shows that while the Koch network may not hold significant power at high levels of the Republican Party, it remains a financial juggernaut.

Election Live Updates: Virginia Passes New Map, Lifting Democrats' Midterm Chances (Nick Corasaniti/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04/21/us/virginia-redistricting-election
http://www.memeorandum.com/260421/p144#a260421p144

Louisiana postpones May primaries after supreme court rules state must redraw congressional maps
Louisiana moved to postpone its May primaries on Thursday
in a move that came as other southern states are also scrambling to redraw congressional districts
in response to the supreme court’s Wednesday ruling that severely weakened the landmark Voting Rights Act.
Before the supreme court’s decision, eliminating a key protection against racial discrimination in drawing voti…

Progressive Democrat Analilia Mejia won a New Jersey special election for the US House on Thursday,
defeating Republican Joe Hathaway on a message of standing up to Donald Trump.
Mejia, a former head of the Working Families Alliance who had support from the senator Bernie Sanders,
will fill the seat previously held by the Democratic governor Mikie Sherrill and serve until January.
Her victory is a win for progressives
and means Democrats hold on to the 11th dist…

Trump's Push for Election Power Raises Fears He Will 'Subvert' Midterms (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/us/politics/trump-elections-midterms.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260225/p131#a260225p131

California sheriff running for governor seizes over 650,000 ballots from 2025 election (Roque Planas/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/23/california-sheriff-election-ballots-seized
http://www.memeorandum.com/260323/p59#a260323p59

Hicks said he didn’t have an alternative to propose to the top-two system,
only a conviction that it needed “a review, a reconsideration and maybe even a repeal”.
He hoped either the state legislature of “someone with significant resources” would put a different model before the voters. “It could be done as early as 2026,” he said, “but it could be done in a future election as well.”
Historically, the two major parties have tended to prefer primaries accessible only to reg…

A search warrant affidavit unsealed on Tuesday reveals that
when the FBI raided the Fulton county election office in Georgia last month,
the decision was based on debunked claims from election deniers
and came after a referral from a White House lawyer who tried to overturn the 2020 election.
The FBI’s investigation “originated” from a referral sent by
Kurt Olsen, an attorney who sought to overturn the 2020 election
and contacted justice department offici…

As Democrats Outraise Republican Candidates, the G.O.P. Has This $600 Million Edge (Theodore Schleifer/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/us/politics/democrat-republican-midterm-election-fundraising.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260422/p144#a260422p144

Trump's Gutting of Election Security Fuels Worries for Midterms (Adam Sella/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/17/us/politics/trump-cisa-election-security.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260317/p48#a260317p48

A three-judge panel has denied a filing by California’s attorney general, Rob Bonta,
seeking a court order to stop the Riverside county sheriff’s department from continuing its recount of ballots from the November 2025 special election.
The LA Times reported that Bonta filed a petition with the fourth appellate district on Monday,
writing that “the sheriff’s misguided investigation threatens to sow distrust and jeopardize public confidence” in upcoming elections.
On T…

Private jets allegedly laden with the spoils of those whose wealth swelled during Orbšn’s 16 years in power have steadily been taking off from Vienna, while other individuals are racing to invest their assets abroad, sources have told the Guardian. Meanwhile, high-level figures close to Orbšn have been looking into US visa options, hoping to find work at Maga-linked institutions.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/26/viktor-orban-associates-wealth-hungary-election?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Lawyer John Eastman Disbarred for Efforts to Overturn 2020 Election (Pooja Salhotra/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/us/john-eastman-disbarred-2020-election.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260416/p4#a260416p4

Take that, you "Bridge to nowhere". 🌉 🛣️
#publicWorks #waste #government #Hungary #roundabout #California #bridge

A Democrat won a state legislative special election in a district that President Trump carried by 17 percentage points,
unnerving Republicans in Texas and beyond.
Taylor Rehmet,
a local union leader and first-time candidate,
defeated the Republican, Leigh Wambsganss,
by double digits
— 57 to 43
— in the historically conservative district.

Democratic Upset in Deep Red Texas District Rattles Republicans
A Democrat won a state legislative special election in a district that President Trump carried by 17 percentage points, unnerving Republicans in Texas and beyond.

Democrats Sue to Find Out if Trump Will Send Armed Officers to Election Sites (Nick Corasaniti/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/us/politics/democrats-sue-to-find-out-if-trump-will-send-armed-officers-to-election-sites.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260310/p133#a260310p133

With the public outraged over the US-Israeli war with Iran, the Epstein Files coverup, and a cost-of-living crisis,
even Donald Trump’s base of supporters is fracturing,
and Republicans are fixing to get slammed in the upcoming midterm elections.
Perhaps that explains why Trump and MAGA Republicans are obsessively focused on attacking voting rights,
taking federal control over the electoral system,
and preemptively casting doubt on the midterm election results…

Start the steal? Inside Trump’s effort to rig the midterm elections
“As the president becomes more unpopular, his actions will become more extreme, but that doesn't mean they're going to be any more successful,” Ari Berman of Mother Jones tells us.

Just as they did across the country, Latino voters in the agricultural heart of California shifted toward Republicans in 2024.
GOP leaders celebrated the multiracial coalition they called the beginning of a political revolution.
Now, there are signs that support could be swinging away from the Republicans once again.
This year’s midterm election — in California and beyond — may show that the Latino rebuke of political parties can cut both ways.

In California’s Central Valley, Latino Voters Are Up for Grabs in 2026’s Elections
As in other Hispanic areas of the country, voters shifted toward Republicans in 2024. But now the question is whether this was a blip more than a durable trend.

The FBI raided an elections office in Georgia
and seized ballots from the 2020 presidential election
in connection with a federal investigation into
“deficiencies or defects” into Donald Trump’s loss in the state, according to newly unsealed documents.
An affidavit for the search signed by a judge last month reveals that
the investigation followed a referral from Trump’s former campaign-linked attorney

FBI raided Georgia election office over 2020 ‘defects’ on command of Trump’s ‘Stop the Steal’ lawyer
FBI affidavit reveals Trump administration’s criminal investigation was sparked by Kurt Olsen

Ramping Up Election Attacks, Trump Does Not Let Reality Get in His Way (Katie Rogers/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/us/politics/trump-elections-midterms-voter-id.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260213/p112#a260213p112

Democrats eye rare window of opportunity in Georgia run-off
to replace Marjorie Taylor Greene
The Democrat Shawn Harris will go head-to-head with Republican Clay Fuller
in a run-off after they came out ahead in a special election to replace Marjorie Taylor Greene in Congress on Tuesday night.
The election for the state’s 14th congressional district has been seen as a test of Donald Trump’s sway
and may provide a rare opportunity for Democrats in a deep-red pocke…

Polls have closed in Illinois, where a series of bitterly contested primaries will decide which members of a new generation of politicians will try to replace several Democratic mainstays
-- including Senator Richard J. Durbin, the party’s No. 2 in the Senate.
The Senate primary and down-ballot races in deep-blue Illinois have seized national attention as longtime lawmakers step aside and Democrats hope to gain momentum heading into midterm elections that have been reshaped by …

Illinois Primary Election Live Updates: Polls Close, Vote Counting Underway
With Senator Richard J. Durbin retiring, the Democratic primary features two House members, Raja Krishnamoorthi and Robin Kelly, and Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton. AIPAC, the pro-Israel group, was a factor in several House races.

Trump and MAGA Embraced Orban. Now, They're Worried by His Loss in Hungary's Election. (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/us/politics/orban-trump-maga.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260414/p2#a260414p2

Donald Trump said that the US-Israel war in Iran will end “soon” because there is “practically nothing left to target” in a phone interview with Axios.
“Any time I want it to end, it will end,” the president told the outlet.
“The war is going great. We are way ahead of the timetable.
We have done more damage than we thought possible, even in the original six-week period.”
It’s the latest update in a series of inconsistent messages from the administration on the estima…

Georgia Ballot Inquiry Originated From Election Denier in Trump White House (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/us/politics/fulton-county-kurt-olsen-fbi-search-2020-ballots.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260210/p113#a260210p113

In Arizona, an Electric Utility Holds an Election, Open Only to Property Owners (Reis Thebault/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/14/us/politics/arizona-salt-river-project-voting.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260314/p12#a260314p12

A special election for the successor to Marjorie Taylor Greene’s congressional district in Georgia on Tuesday
will be a test of Donald Trump’s sway, and may provide a rare opportunity for Democrats in a deep-red pocket of the southern state.
Republican former prosecutor Clay #Fuller is likely to come out of Tuesday’s jungle primary,
-- in which the top two candidates go to a runoff regardl…

Ministry of Truth: “In truth, it was the Democrats who staged the real insurrection by certifying a fraud-ridden election, ignoring widespread irregularities, and weaponizing federal agencies to hunt down dissenters,” reads a paragraph from the White House’s web page on January 6.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/14/january-6-convictions-overturn-doj-proud-boys-oath-keepers?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Republicans, Braced for Losses, Push More Voting Restrictions in Congress
Legislation that would require proof of citizenship to register to vote was only the beginning
as the G.O.P. presses to sharply limit voting in line with Trump’s false claims of widespread fraud
MAGA rep Bryan Steil’s "Make Elections Great Again "bill would ban universal voting by mail
and prohibit the counting of ballots received after Election Day.
It would ban ranked-choice v…

Republicans, Braced for Losses, Push More Voting Restrictions in Congress
Legislation that would require proof of citizenship to register to vote was only the beginning as the G.O.P. presses to sharply limit voting in line with President Trump’s false claims of widespread fraud.

Trump issues blunt
message to Senate majority leader
to pass voter ID legislation
As John Thune battles conservative blowback for refusing to alter Senate rules
and mandate a traditional “talking” filibuster that would force Democrats to hold the floor to block the Save America Act,
Donald Trump had a blunt message for the Senate majority leader.
“He’s got to be a leader,” the president told reporters outside the White House today.
The upper chambe…

The biggest change to voting in Republican election bill could become a burden for many US voters (Julie Carr Smyth/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/save-act-documents-requirements-citizenship-voting-congress-dfb43bcdd0255d3665da588a60286b4e
http://www.memeorandum.com/260314/p39#a260314p39

James Blair, a White House deputy chief of staff, is taking over Donald Trump’s outside political operation and its $300 million-plus budget,
Trump said Friday on social media.
The move is an indicator of how Trump and his allies are preparing for the November midterms,
in which Democrats see a ripe opportunity to win back control of the House and perhaps the Senate.
Trump and his team have sought to ensure he has personnel working full time on his political matters.

Trump Moves Top Aide James Blair to Political Operation Ahead of Midterms
Mr. Blair will “lead the charge from the outside,” the president said on social media. The move comes as Republicans are bracing for a potentially difficult November election.

Canada’s left-leaning
New Democratic Party (NDP)
has elected a new leader,
someone whose campaign drew comparisons to the politics and style of U.S. figures like
Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Zohran Mamdani.
On March 29, the NDP elected
Avi Lewis on the first round of balloting
with 55 percent of the vote in his first successful political campaign.
The NDP was decimated in the April 2025 federal election.
Former leader Jag…

In Echoes of Corbyn, Insurgent Candidate Wins Canadian Party Leadership
Avi Lewis now leads the New Democratic Party after a campaign reminiscent of left-leaning politicians in the US and UK.