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U.S. District Judge David O. Carter of Los Angeles warned the Trump DOJ: "This court believe that it would be wise that any threats to state and county election employees cease immediately."

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A little reminder on what was happening the last time Trump talked about accepting only "honest" election results...

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The Kingmakers. Maybe.

Trump has used this line before to give himself cover to challenge the results of elections he doesn't win.

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We're coming up on the end of today's voting in Israel. Historic high turnout is the story of the day.

His ‘Lifetime Mantra’ is ‘Standing up to Bullies.’ Now, He’s Running Against an Islamophobe Who Wants to Deport 100 Million People. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/his-lif...

In light of this new development, a reminder of Shasta County's recent history as a hot bed of election denialism? No, TPM doesn't have an office there ... yet. It just seems like it. bsky.app/profile/davi...

Chuck Schumer's horrifying silence about Ilhan Omar talkingpointsmemo.com/news/chuck-s...

3 Big Losses for Trump in One Long Day of Setbacks talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...

His ‘Lifetime Mantra’ is ‘Standing up to Bullies.’ Now, He’s Running Against an Islamophobe Who Wants to Deport 100 Million People. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/his-lif...

Harmonic Convergence of Trump Schemes: Trump’s use of the Big Lie of noncitizen voting to interfere in the midterms is being tested first in 3 districts where top federal prosecutors were installed in Trump’s U.S. attorney scheme: LA, Seattle, and Spokane. talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...

Fast Times in East Pennsboro Township – The Scott Perry Boogie Nights Story talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/fast-...

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His ‘Lifetime Mantra’ is ‘Standing up to Bullies.’ Now, He’s Running Against an Islamophobe Who Wants to Deport 100 Million People.

California Election Case Gets Even Wackier: Ahead of today’s important hearing in front of Judge David O. Carter in Los Angeles, the Trump DOJ filed new declarations overnight. Two things jump out, and they’re both doozies: talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...

Yesterday was another extraordinary day on the political-legal front, with few commonalities among the three major rulings to knit them together into a coherent whole — except that the Trump administration consistently lost.

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The Department of Justice on Wednesday told Washington state officials to segregate ballots from 400 people who it claimed were noncitizens registered to vote.

Thumb on the Scales

Fast Times in East Pennsboro Township – The Scott Perry Boogie Nights Story

The case now bounces back to U.S. District Judge David O. Carter of Los Angeles who has a critical hearing already scheduled for tomorrow. Regardless of how Judge Carter rules after tomorrow’s hearing, the case is likely to wind up back at the 9th Circuit, with the losing side expected to appeal.

The appeals court faulted the administration for its initial lack of urgency in the case, a smackdown that may land Attorney General Todd Blanche in hot water with the Trump White House:

JUST IN: In Trump admin's attack on California midterm elections, 9th Circuit in 2-1 decision dismisses Trump DOJ's appeal for lack of appellate jurisdiction. Case goes back to Judge Carter for hearing tomorrow. www.courtlistener.com/docket/75011...

Following an usual Sunday afternoon oral argument, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected for now the Trump DOJ’s bid to interfere in California’s midterm election.

If she can harness bipartisan & pervasive public outrage on the issue, she may be able to not just boost her own reelection prospects, but also help Dems down ballot who may be on the verge of taking back one chamber of the state legislature for the first time in 60 years. More on all of this here:

Mayes is making the waning days of her campaign for reelection all about the widespread backlash to data center construction in her state — and the ways in which she has worked to try to limit an explosion of AI infrastructure in Arizona that drains the state’s already-low water supply.

Mayes acknowledged that her power to block data center construction is limited and that remains the case if she is reelected. But that is what makes this 11th hour drive to make the race about data centers so interesting. More here:

Chuck Schumer Once Decried GOP ‘Silence’ on Trump’s Racist Attacks on Ilhan Omar. Now He’s the Silent One.

John Oliver goes deep on Nazis in the GOP, cites @talkingpointsmemo.com reporting on Marshall Rawson www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnsB...

Before getting into the state of play in the two major election interference cases in California and Alaska, I want to acknowledge an inherent tension in covering President Trump’s attack on free and fair midterm elections. talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...

Friends Still Don’t Let Friends Watch the Early Vote

Trump's attack on free and fair midterm elections that should be familiar to anyone who has lived through the Trump era: The severity of his threat to democracy is matched only by his pure absurdity.

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Three Cheers for Small Donor Giving

At TPM, we wrote a bajillion stories on how the 2020 effort to undermine the election came together. A big part of it was creating *the appearance of chaos*. So all the Kraken lawsuits failing wasn't that big a problem, because the litigation created the appearance of a dispute.

Communities can take on corporate power even when the political establishment is aligned against them. The industry entered this fight with tremendous resources. Organized people still forced change.

The Trump DOJ's new efforts to meddle in the election in California and Alaska are reminiscent of 2020.

Nearly two hours of oral arguments just concluded in the California election case, and it looks very unlikely that the Trump administration is going to prevail in this early stage of the litigation.

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In The Weekender: @joshkovensky.bsky.social on the White House officially making Nick Shirley a paid man. @laylaayanna.bsky.social on why some billionaires are pledging to help kids by contributing to Trump Accounts. Don Jr's presidential ambitions and more! talkingpointsmemo.com/the-weekende...

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