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NEW: Democrats in Texas now have an opportunity to realistically push pro-voting legislation that had no chance under GOP rule.
But they will still need to work with Republicans, particularly in the Senate, where the GOP still holds a majority.
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🚨 TODAY marks a pivotal deadline in the fight to certify Mississippi's tight Senate race 🚨
It's the last day for accepting absentee ballots AND for curing some affidavit ballots from voters who did not present valid photo ID on election day.
Election officials are gearing up to send certified results by Friday.
But, from the looks of it, this battle over the results may extend beyond then.
Republicans have already shown signs they're seeking to challenge the results in courts and are willing to do anything to get their way.
Our team is continuing to monitor developments on the ground in Mississippi. Follow us to see this fight to the end.
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For the third time in two days, Trump’s AG Todd Blanche has threatened newly elected Democrats for promising accountability for Trump and his cabinet.
It’s not the first time the DOJ has sought to prosecute speech the president did not like:
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In a new attack on Alaska’s U.S. Senate election, Trump is calling for all votes cast for candidate Gerald Heikes to be awarded to Sen. Dan Sullivan.
And according to CNN, Heikes has even been subpoenaed by the FBI:
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LIVE: Mississippi Voters Deliver STUNNING Rebuke to Trump and GOP
Tensions are high in Mississippi.
On Monday, a lawyer observing the vote count for the state’s U.S. Senate race on behalf of Republicans loudly accused a commissioner of evading observation.
“I’m through. I’m through for the night,” the commissioner said to the office:
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NEW: In a win for Oklahoma voters, the state Supreme Court eliminated restrictions on the ballot measure process, allowing voters to more easily participate in direct democracy.
Republicans have fought to make it more difficult for voters to override the legislature.
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NEW: Only a handful of votes separate the candidates in two different U.S. House races in North Carolina.
And while Democrats have already swept congressional control from the GOP, whether they get to add two more seats could come down to provisional ballots.
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NEW: Republicans have chosen Rep. Jim Jordan as their new leader in the U.S. House following a disastrous midterm defeat.
Jordan previously worked to subvert the 2020 election on behalf of Trump and pushed false anti-voting claims.
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NEW: Last year, a top federal voting official faced calls to step down after accusing Democrats of encouraging widespread voting by “illegal citizens,” because “they need the votes.”
Now, Trump has nominated her to serve as U.S. ambassador to North Macedonia.
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⚠️ Despite saying he would accept the midterm results, Trump is now promoting claims that the election was not honest.
“It’s gonna get worse,” @marceelias says, “and so we all need to be prepared.”
Your vote is a target. Follow us to keep watch.
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For decades, federal agents have followed an unwritten rule before elections. Experts say they just broke it — and Rep. Ilhan Omar is the target.
"The core belief of the MAGA movement is we won the 2020 election," former Trump aide Steve Bannon said in an interview.
The alarming statement — in addition to Bannon's admission that he's still trying to get Trump to run for a third term — underscores MAGA's commitment to disrupting the midterms.
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🎉WIN: The Trump administration can no longer push Trump-centric, taxpayer-funded ads for the midterms, a federal judge ruled.
One such ad, aired during Sunday football, had been repurposed from Trump's 2024 campaign and framed the November election as a "final battle."
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UPDATE: A pro-voting group asked a federal judge to hold a hearing on whether DHS is following a court order that blocked its taxpayer-funded political ads featuring Trump.
The group says the ads have run in around 820 spots since the judge blocked them.
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In a win for Americans, a federal judge ruled the Trump administration must stop buying and airing taxpayer-funded propaganda ahead of the midterms.
But U.S. District Judge Jennifer Rochon also expressed extreme concern over how the administration misappropriated the money, moving $20 million in less than two hours.
Support us in holding the Trump administration accountable:
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NEW: Once he became president, Trump waged a multi-year war against Marc Elias and others who worked for Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign.
Now, the battleground is moving to SCOTUS where Trump is trying to salvage the case because he never gives up — but neither does Marc.
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NEW: Federal agents raided Rep. Ilhan Omar's home as part of an investigation that reportedly concerns her immigration history.
The move, which comes weeks before she faces reelection, marks a departure from longstanding DOJ guidance meant to keep federal law enforcement from influencing elections.
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🎥 NEW: Trump last week took his 2022 lawsuit against Marc Elias and Hilary Clinton, who he accused of racketeering, to the Supreme Court.
For years, Trump has attacked Marc for being a bulwark against his baseless election fraud claims — but Marc has never backed down and he won't start now👇
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WIN: A state appeals court allowed Gwinnett County's pro-voting policy that allows voters to hand-deliver mail-in ballots at early voting sites without drop boxes to stand before the midterms.
The ruling comes as a blow to a broader GOP effort to restrict voting in the swing state.
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