At a U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) meeting on Thursday, EAC Commissioner Donald Palmer said that Heather Honey, a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official and a leading election conspiracy theorist, was supposed to address state election officials but had a scheduling conflict.
Must read:
If the SAVE America Act passes, it will disenfranchise indigenous Alaskans in remote areas. Why?
"Everything’s bigger in Alaska, even — especially — paperwork headaches. The state only has six in-person election offices and not even a dozen DMV offices across its 665,000 square miles."
Former Proud Boys leader and Jan. 6 participant Enrique Tarrio is urging MAGA to give Harmeet Dhillon “a fair shot” if she is promoted within the DOJ.
Dhillon previously faced criticism from MAGA for not doing enough to support J6 defendants. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
ICYMI last night:
Unsealed search warrants in the #California ballot seizure case paint a chilling picture of how anti-voting conspiracy theories like those weaponized by the White House to investigate the 2020 presidential election can also be used to target state and local elections.
As President Donald Trump and his administration escalate threats to interfere in this year’s midterms, at least 11 states are taking steps to harden their elections against White House meddling.
It’s crazy that the vice president openly intervening in a foreign election for the candidate backed by Russia ranks a distant second in insane things happening today.
“That is his right, and, indeed, it is his duty to do that — meaning to lead this country,” Blanche said, implying that, in leading the country, Trump should also be allowed to order DOJ investigations of his enemies.
As @democracydocket.com previously reported, Dhillon has a lot of support from online MAGA, which would like to see her named attorney general. However, the most recent reports suggest a promotion, but not to AG.
Following Pam Bondi's ouster as attorney general, it appears DOJ civil rights chief Harmeet Dhillon is in line for a promotion.
Dhillon has led the DOJ's shambolic campaign to force states to hand over their voters' personal data.
Here's Trump's whole Truth Social post confirming Bondi's exit. Given the phrasing, he presumably has some hand in her next job...?
Pam Bondi is out as attorney general, but here's my question: Why is President Trump announcing her coming job in the private sector? Under normal circumstances, what does that have to do with the president?
HAPPENING NOW: President Donald Trump will sign a sweeping executive order aimed at cracking down on mail-in voting, escalating his long-running effort to restrict voting access ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
Under the Missouri constitution, voters can hold a veto referendum on legislation.
A judge just ruled that a Trump-backed congressional map can go into effect for the 2026 midterms despite opponents qualifying it for a referendum. That violates precedent and undermines the rights of Missourians.
A @democracydocket.com exclusive: Why did a California sheriff seize 650K ballots based on claims from a random activist group?
Turns out, Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco has been claiming online that elections are rigged and Democrats rely on illegal voters to win races.
JUST IN: Democrats tonight have flipped a GOP-held state House seat in Florida.
And not just any seat: This is the district that contains Mar-a-Lago. (It voted for Trump by 11% in 2024).
That's right: Trump will now be represented by a Democrat, Emily Gregory, in Tallahassee.
"He had risen from relative obscurity, but Mr. Bovino was built for the moment. He had long harbored hard-line, even radical views on immigration, and said he had a plan to deport 100 million people."
The @nytimes.com is reporting that Greg Bovino had plans to deport 100 million people.
If accurate, that suggests he wanted to expel *the entire immigrant population and their children* (≈97.2 million people, including US citizens) from the United States! www.migrationpolicy.org/article/freq...
The Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments in Watson v. Republican National Committee, which will determine whether states will still be allowed to count mail ballots that were sent on or before Election Day but arrive after it.
@democracydocket.com is be live-blogging. Tune in here.
Just a note that as the Senate continues debating the SAVE America Act for the third day in a row, my @democracydocket.com colleagues have been KILLING it with coverage.
Every single development you need to know about the bill, and where it's headed, right here: www.democracydocket.com?s=SAVE+
"As Senate Republicans continue pushing the SAVE America Act on the floor, Democrats introduced a new amendment aimed at making it harder for the Trump Justice Department to bring politically motivated election cases — like the one it’s currently pursuing in Fulton County, Georgia."
Today, state election chiefs decried the severely anti-voting SAVE America Act, saying it would effectively disenfranchise eligible voters, cost states tens of millions of dollars, and pose enormous administrative challenges.
Jerome Corsi, an election denier and Obama birtherism conspiracy theorist, says he believes President Trump aims to take control over elections through executive order.
Corsi is believed to be part of the group pushing that plan, which experts say is blatantly unconstitutional.
We don’t always get to choose our friends or enemies. Sometimes they choose us.
Moscow shared military intelligence with Iran so it could target 🇺🇸 bases, putting 🇺🇸 lives at risk.
🇺🇦 sent its cutting-edge interceptor drones and drone warfare experts to help defend those same bases and protect 🇺🇸 lives.
Senators also pressed Mullin, who refused to certify Joe Biden after he won the 2020 presidential election, on ongoing DHS election investigations.
“We know that President Joe Biden was sworn into office,” Mullin responded, giving the standard GOP answer.
NEW: Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard again confirmed to Congress that Trump told her to participate in the FBI’s Fulton County raid.
But she offered shifting justifications for her role in the search and often contradicted the president’s previous accounts of her involvement.
In a sign of growing right-wing frustration over the SAVE America Act's poor prospects, a NewsMax host said its likely failure is "why people need guns in this country, because a government is willing to go 80% against the country."
On the second calendar day of Senate debate on the SAVE America Act, MAGA and anti-voting activists are keeping the pressure on Senate Republicans.
But it doesn't change the fact that the bill has little chance of passing.
