DOJ’s legal machinery to subvert the 2026 election is already in place

It is one thing to seize old ballots; it is quite another to imagine federal agents seizing ballots from county offices on election night or the day after.

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Federal judge rules DOJ can ‘no longer’ be trusted in voter roll crusade

A federal judge in Oregon issued a sweeping rebuke of the Justice Department’s nationwide push to seize state voter rolls, ruling that the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and…

SCOTUS allows California to use new congressional map, counter Texas’ GOP gerrymander

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed California to use its new, voter-approved congressional map in the 2026 election, clearing the way for Democrats to counter President Donald Trump’s redistricting gains in Texas. 

Virginia Supreme Court gets chance to revive Democrats’ redistricting plan

Virginia Democrats’ efforts to counter President Donald Trump’s redistricting gains across the country scored a procedural win Wednesday, when the state court of appeals hurried the case to the state supreme court.