Category Archives: election subversion risk
Bob Bauer Sounds the Alarm: “Donald Trump’s Plan for ‘Honest’ Mid-Term Elections”
Bob Bauer writes, very much in line with what I wrote in the NYT yesterday:
On August 18, Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that he would sign another executive order, following one issued in March, to “help… Continue reading
My New One in the NY Times on How States, Courts, and the Public Can Combat the Risk Trump Poses to the 2026 Midterm Elections
I have written this guest essay for the NY Times (free gift link). It begins:
With Republicans potentially losing their current seven-vote majority in the House in next year’s midterm elections (or, less likely, their six-vote majority in the Senate),… Continue reading
No, President Trump Can’t Ban Mail in Ballots or Voting Machines, as His Truth Social Post Suggests He Might Try to Do
This morning President Trump put out a post on Truth Social that shares some of his usual and debunked conspiracy theories about voter fraud in elections. Part of the post says that he will “lead a movement” to get rid… Continue reading
“Midterms are more than a year away, but Trump is already challenging them | Opinion”
Chris Brennan column in USA Today:
They’re building the machine now to meddle in the 2026 midterm elections 15 months from now.
And those machinations are built on two lessons learned from 2020: Attack the election with everything you… Continue reading
“What are the Federal Voluntary Voting System Guidelines?”
New from the Bipartisan Policy Center:
he Voluntary Voting System Guidelines (VVSG) are a set of principles and standards for the election equipment that Americans use to vote. These guidelines help ensure that election outcomes reflect the will of voters,… Continue reading
“Trump and his allies mount a pressure campaign against US elections ahead of the midterms”
Fredreka Schouten for CNN:
A few weeks ago, Republican election officials in Colorado began receiving unsolicited calls and texts from a GOP consultant who said he was working with the Trump administration on “election integrity.”
In a text to one… Continue reading
D.C. Bar Committee Recommends that Jeffrey Clark, Who Tried to Help Trump Subvert the 2020 Presidential Election, Be Disbarred
From the report and recommendation:
Having reviewed the record in this matter, including the parties’ arguments before the Board, we reject Respondentís procedural arguments and dispositive motions. On the merits, we conclude that Disciplinary Counsel proved by clear and… Continue reading
“Fired prosecutor who handled Capitol riot cases sues government”
Washington Post:
A prosecutor who handled some of the most high-profile cases against Jan. 6, 2021 rioters is suing the government over his dismissal last month, arguing that the decision was politically motivated.
Former assistant U.S. attorney Michael Gordon… Continue reading
Trump’s False and Malicious Claims That Former President Obama Engaged in “Treason” in Connection with the 2016 and 2020 Elections Merits Mention Only on Page A17 of the NY Times and Is Barely a Blip Elsewhere
NYT:
Displaying a willingness to weaponize the federal government in ways that were as novel as they were audacious, he took on a wide variety of individuals and institutions — from law firms and universities to journalists and federal bureaucrats… Continue reading
“Gabbard’s claims of an anti-Trump conspiracy are not supported by declassified documents”
I’m sure this AP story will come as a real shocker to ELB readers.
Brennan & R Street: “A State Agenda for Election Security and Resistance”
New report by Derek Tisler of Brennan Center & Chris McIsaac of R Street Institute:
Election resiliency is about making sure that attacks and other disruptive incidents do not impede voters from casting ballots nor prevent election workers from counting… Continue reading
Rove on the Political Price of Conspiracy Theories
Karl Rove in WSJ, connecting the ongoing Jeffrey Epstein drama to election-related conspiracy theories:
Other conspiracies await action by the White House….
Team Trump could produce evidence that confirms the conspiracy advocates were right. They could reveal just how… Continue reading
“Mike Lindell celebrates victory after appeals court voids $5M award in election data dispute”
AP:
A federal appeals court handed a victory Wednesday to Mike Lindell, ruling that the MyPillow founder doesn’t have to pay a $5 million award to a software engineer who disputed data that Lindell claims proves that China interfered… Continue reading