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‘Desperate’ Trump’s slogan to be turned against him as he runs into ‘buzzsaw’: ex-official

An oft-repeated phrase uttered by President Donald Trump after his 2020 election loss is poised to be turned against him in a matter of weeks, former Trump official Miles Taylor asserted Tuesday. “This year, a corrupt president is walking into a pro-democracy buzzsaw. And he’s desperate because he knows he’s losing,” Taylor wrote in an analysis published…

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Raw Story· Oct 20, 3:20 PM‘Desperate’ Trump’s slogan to be turned against him as he runs into ‘buzzsaw’: ex-official

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California Says Non-Citizen Voting Suit Borders on ‘Absurd’California asked a judge to deny a Trump administration request to make the state set aside mail-in ballots of 20,000 suspected non-citizens, saying the lawsuit is at best a “reckless political stunt” in the run-up to the Nov. 3 midterm elections.

Bloomberg8h agoWhole story →

The Trump DOJ Is Now the Greatest Threat to Free and Fair ElectionsOpen and Ongoing Ratfuckery The Trump DOJ — corruptly deployed by the White House as an unprecedented election interference tool...

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Texas’s Biggest County Shatters Early Voting RecordsHarris County, Texas—Texas’s most populous county, which Kamala Harris won in 2024 with 52 percent of the vote—broke its early voting record on Monday, eclipsing the previous mark by a whopping 41,000 votes. More than 104,600 people in Harris County voted in person on Monday, the first day of early voting in Texas, according to the county’s elections…

The New Republic9h agoWhole story →

Trump Warns America Will Burn if Republicans Lose This ElectionPresident Trump is claiming that the U.S. will burn like France if Democrats triumph in November’s midterm elections. At a rally in Park City, Kansas, Tuesday, Trump referenced the student protests in France, using anti-immigrant bigotry and Islamophobia to try and scare Republicans into turning out over the next two weeks. “Globalist left-wing have…

The New Republic9h agoWhole story →

Kamala Harris, NAACP to host midterm town halls to drive voters to pollsFormer Vice President Kamala Harris and the NAACP are set to host midterm town halls to drive voters in swing states to the polls amid speculation about a 2028 presidential bid from Harris. "Our work doesn't begin or end on Election Day. From voter education to grassroots organizing, we remain committed to building informed, engaged...

The Hill9h agoWhole story →

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How U.S. Voters View Mail and Absentee BallotingWhile most registered voters across the country expect to cast their ballots in person this year, a quarter expect to vote by mail or absentee ballot (or have already done so). As in past election years, most of those who cast their ballots by mail or vote absentee express confidence in how mail and absentee […]

Pew Research Center5h agoWhole story →

Broad Public Confidence in Elections in the U.S. – but Partisans Differ Over Concerns About Access, SecurityMost voters expect well-run 2026 midterms, but Republicans and Democrats differ on noncitizen voting safeguards and whether eligible citizens can vote if they choose to.

Pew Research Center5h agoWhole story →

Trump Pushes $400M to GOP in Midterms as Bloomberg Drops $80M For DemocratsThe president said he was spending the money because he believed in the GOP amid turbulent polling ahead of the Nov. 3 election.

Newsweek5h agoWhole story →

Cook Political Report shifts 2 Senate races toward Democrats, 1 toward GOPThe Cook Political Report, a nonpartisan election handicapper, on Tuesday moved Minnesota's Senate race from likely to lean Democrat, while also moving South Carolina's Senate seat from likely Republican to lean Republican. The moves give each party something to be hopeful about in the homestretch to the midterms, with Republicans hoping to flip the open...

The Hill5h agoWhole story →

Voters Are Furious About CorruptionAs Election Day closes in on us, a lot of fascinating poll results are flying around. But as a longtime political corruption reporter, I’ve found myself particularly intrigued by the numbers showing how Americans feel about the out-of-control graft in Washington, DC. To be brief: Voters are very concerned. And not just a bare majority. […]

Mother Jones5h agoWhole story →

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Trump reaches ‘total desperation stage’ with panicked threat destined to backfire: expertPresident Donald Trump made what some critics called a thinly veiled threat over the weekend to Ohio voters, one that security expert Miles Taylor described as both “desperate” and destined to “blow up in his face.” Speaking at his rally in Ohio on Saturday, Trump said he would be less inclined to approve federal funding requests from Democratic elected…

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