Why you should care about Trump gutting the Election Assistance Commission

Trump administration dangles counterterrorism funding in exchange for voter suppression

Yet again, the administration is threatening to withhold homeland security funding — and seemingly put Americans at risk — so the president can get what he wants. The post Trump administration dangles counterterrorism funding in exchange for voter suppression appeared first on MS NOW.

Johnson says House will pass SAVE America Act 'one more time' in reconciliation bill

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Sunday said the House will attempt to pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act one more time through a budget reconciliation bill. The president has that as a top priority, and so do I, Johnson told Fox News's Shannon Bream in an interview on Sunday. We passed it...

Self Soothing For Dummies

Yeah: WH SPOX ABIGAIL JACKSON: If the American people trusted these polls, President Trump wouldn’t be in office right now Whatever you need to make yourself feel better, Abigail. Here’s the latest from G. Elliot Morris at Strength in Numbers: But sure, it’s going well. All they need to do is make sure Democrats can’t vote and they’ll be just fine.

Mike Johnson Warns Republicans, “Half of You Will Be Targeted”

MAGA-aligned House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) warned fellow Republicans that while President Trump isn’t on the ballot this November, “in a real sense he is.” Johnson said: “If we were to lose the midterms, heaven forbid, these Democrats, y’all impeachment’s not even the big concern. They will turn every committee of Congress into an investigative []

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This Utah State Senator Chaired the Agency That Approves Data Centers. Voters Just Fired Him

Data center backlash is becoming a potent political force.

Why You’re Paying The Price To Live In A Blue State

Democrats have figured out that voters are furious about their electric bills and hope to capitalize on the outrage in the upcoming midterm elections. Perhaps blue-state politicians should look in the mirror before scapegoating everything from the removal of federal subsidies for wind and solar to new data center buildout. BlueStatesHighRates.com, a new interactive index from Always On Energy Research and the Institute for Energy Research, shows that the steepest increases in energy cost ...

Occasional Surprises

Not that you have to hand it to them.Just now: SCOTUS sides with grace periods for mail voting!In a 5-4 decision by Barrett, with Roberts 3 liberals, court says that it's alright for mail ballots to be received after Election Day (*as long as they were sent by then*).https://t.co/9ynHklzmVV— Taniel (@Taniel) June 29, 2026 The correct call on all this voting stuff is obvious no matter which side you imagine it benefits (and I am not sure the Trumpers are correct in how they imagine that, for some of this).

Court Hands Democrats Another Win Against Trump on Vote by Mail

Want election security? The check’s in the mail – and so are the ballots.

Mike Johnson’s plan to pass SAVE America Act faces several political barriers

House Speaker Mike Johnson’s plan to pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act will likely face several political barriers. Johnson announced his plan to include the SAVE America Act in a budget reconciliation package alongside 350 billion for the Pentagon and other spending priorities. This move would be difficult to achieve since it []...Click to read more

Democrat Lawmakers in Poor District Shun Trump Help

Sometimes politics gets so partisan that people stop asking the most basic question: “Is this actually good for the people I’m supposed to represent?” That’s the question swirling around Rep. Bennie Thompson after the Mississippi Democrat encouraged Americans to steer clear of the new Trump Accounts program, a savings initiative created to help children build []

MAGA voters want foreign aid back. Here’s what convinced them

The 2024 election sent a clear message: Americans wanted their government to focus on problems at home and spend taxpayer dollars with greater accountability. Foreign aid was a natural target for scrutiny. So, Washington acted. It did so without checking what the voters who delivered that mandate actually wanted done. It turns out, they had []

Wait, That Cannot Be James Talarico's Latest Voter Outreach Strategy?

Wait, That Cannot Be James Talarico's Latest Voter Outreach Strategy?

Elections: Creating doubt about mail-in ballots

Trump is once again claiming a rigged election, without proof

With Wilton Simpson endorsement, Byron Donalds completes his Cabinet sweep

No candidate can match Donalds’ support. The post With Wilton Simpson endorsement, Byron Donalds completes his Cabinet sweep appeared first on Florida Politics - Campaigns Elections. Lobbying Government..

Democrats Grab Core Message for MAGA Take Down

This column was originally posted in Rawstory by Rawstory Featured Columnist Jason Miciak Every reader here understands it is hard to overstate the importance of November’s midterm elections. The GOP controls every branch in our Constitutional framework, and the vast majority of Americans agree that the nation is in crisis, providing Democrats with fertile ground

Trump Goons’ Shady Plot to Interfere in Election Exposed

Elizabeth Frantz / REUTERSThe Trump administration is planning on withholding tens of millions of dollars in federal homeland security funds from states that do not comply with its preferred election changes, CNN reported, citing internal documents obtained by the outlet.If states want to receive critical funds for counterterrorism and disaster mitigation, among other items, they will soon have to phase out certain electronic voting systems, including those that use bar codes, and instead move to hand-marked paper ballots. The federal government will also require states to conduct manual election audits, using methods established by the Trump administration. Read more at The Daily Beast.

Why states should reconsider renewable portfolio standards * WorldNetDaily * by David Kemp, Real Clear Wire

Source link Across state capitals and in Washington, policymakers are scrambling to address voters’ alarm over electricity bills. The Trump administration is unwinding major climate regulations, Democrats are focusing more

This nuclear message is built to stomp MAGA — and it isn’t corruption

Every reader here understands it is hard to overstate the importance of November’s midterm elections. The GOP controls every branch in our Constitutional framework, and the vast majority of Americans agree that the nation is in crisis, providing Democrats with fertile ground on which to harvest winning issues, perhaps combining victories in both Houses of []

How the Trump administration is trying to reshape how elections are run

The Trump administration has made multiple efforts to reshape how elections are run with just months before the midterms. The debate over election security has led to tension between the White House and election administrators as the president falsely claims voter fraud is rampant nationwide. Liz Landers discussed more with Gabe Sterling of the Georgia Secretary of State's office.

Trumps pocket $3.1B while investors lose $7B: report

Erin Burnett talks to Dan Alexander, senior editor at Forbes, about his new reporting on the Trump supporters who lost billions after investing in Trump stocks and crypto. He tells Erin "the point is just to get people excited about trading this stuff... the more trades that happen, the more fees kick off to Donald Trump."

ACLU to monitor election certification as part of $50 million midterm effort

Half of the group’s spending will go toward ensuring the proper administration of elections in key states amid Trump’s efforts to exert greater influence over the process.

Trump fires Democrats on election commission, Republican resigns

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump fired two Democratic members of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, an agency charged with helping states facilitate accurate elections, and the Republican member resigned, a White House official said ...

A charged political climate could wreak havoc on election safety

States say that CISA, a nonpartisan federal agency created post-2016 election to prevent election interference, has been hobbled by the Trump admin. Read more: https://tinyurl.com/26xavyvn Sign up for our newsletter for the day's top stories, from sports to movies to politics to world events: https://profile.usatoday.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/

‘We have to win’: Trump says midterm elections are ‘vital’

US President Donald Trump says the midterm elections in November are “vital”. “Everyone needs to get out and vote in the midterms,” Mr Trump said. “We have to win this election; this election is very vital.”

The GOP’s Last-Ditch Effort Behind Closed Doors of Reconciliation 3.0 Meeting

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson on Wednesday called the House Budget Committee to his office for an impromptu closed-door meeting to plan the must-pass “Reconciliation 3.0.” With their deadline approaching, this could be the GOP’s last chance to eliminate fraud and wasteful spending, permanently defund Planned Parenthood, and pass the SAVE America Act. Rep....

Trump fires election commissioners in push to reshape the US voting process

President Donald Trump has ousted members of a bipartisan federal election commission charged with assisting state and local election officials by distributing grants, testing voting systems, and maintaining national voter registration forms. (AP Video by Nathan Ellgren). Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/home