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@froomkin.bsky.social

This is as close as the NYT comes to saying what Trump’s DOJ is doing is total bullshit. (They shoukd get closer.) www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...

nytimes.comWhy Legal Experts See the Justice Dept.’s Alaska Election Challenge as Dubious (Gift Article)No obvious legal authority supports a pre-emptive effort to block the certification of Alaska’s Senate election if the Republican incumbent narrowly loses.

Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News

@froomkin.bsky.social

By contrast it takes @apnews.com 13 paragraphs before mentioning that “legal experts say it has no chance of success.” apnews.com/article/dan-...

apnews.comWhat's going on with Dan Sullivan and Dan Sullivan? The Alaska Senate litigation, explainedPresident Donald Trump's administration has taken steps to block the results of a midterm election in Alaska.

Colleen Mondor

@chasingray.bsky.social

Alaska media is doing a very good job covering it & picking up nuances that Lower 48 media is not covering and/or unaware of. www.adn.com/politics/202...

adn.comCampaigns, attorneys weigh in on Trump’s DOJ suit to block election results if Sen. Sullivan losesA Peltola spokesperson asserted that the lawsuit was a political machination by the incumbent while Sen. Sullivan’s campaign representative said assertions that Sullivan was involved were “categorical...

24/10/26, 1:02 am8 reposts31 likes

Colleen Mondor

@chasingray.bsky.social

They are also killing it with the headlines. alaskabeacon.com/2026/10/23/t...

alaskabeacon.comTrump administration sues to block Alaska's US Senate election result if Peltola wins | Alaska BeaconThe move is the latest attempt by the President to support incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Dan S. Sullivan against a Democratic challenger.