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Trump’s DOJ went to court to stop California from counting about 20,000 ballots. They lost. A Trump-appointed judge wrote that the emergency they were claiming was “a self-constructed one.”

Georgia passed 1 million ballots by Tuesday — ahead of 2022's pace, and nearly all of it in person. Early voting runs through Friday. This is what they are trying to outrun. Go: 866-OUR-VOTE

Trump and his allies have spent a decade claiming elections are stolen. Now that voting is underway, they could use those false claims as an excuse to overturn results they don’t like.

🚨 BREAKING: Democrats asked a federal court to throw out the DOJ's unprecedented lawsuit that seeks to preemptively block certification of Alaska’s U.S. Senate race if the Republican incumbent loses.

🚨 IT'S HAPPENING: From Alaska to California, the Trump administration is working to subvert the midterms.

“Alaska’s courts did already settle this.” A state supreme court ruled. A state election system has a built-in fix. A state is already voting. And Trump's DoJ is in court trying to override all of it — in an election the state is supposed to administer. That’s the whole case.

Breaking every norm, Trump’s Justice Department sued to hold Alaska’s election hostage because he told it to. Alaska’s courts already ruled on this and Alaskans are already voting. No lawsuit Trump orders up will change who decides this race: Alaska voters.

Straight from the horse’s mouth. Trump admitted Friday that he personally ordered the Justice Department to sue to block Alaska from certifying its Senate race if the Republican loses. “I’m the one that said do it.”

Every guardrail between a president and the Justice Department exists to prevent exactly one thing: a president telling prosecutors to act in a case he has a personal stake in. Trump just said he did it. Out loud. On camera.

Alaska’s courts already ruled on this candidate, Alaska’s Republican officials got their say on designing the ballot, and Alaskans are already voting. None of that matters to an administration that wants a federal judge on standby to cancel an election it doesn’t like.

Take Trump seriously when he threatens to jail election officials for doing the job they’re sworn to do: counting votes. “We are not on the precipice of a constitutional crisis,” Marc Elias says. “We have reached it.” They’re betting you’ll stop paying attention. Follow us to prove them wrong.

Running count: Trump's DOJ has lost every one of the 26 decided cases in its nationwide demand for state voter rolls. 0–26. Not one court has agreed. They filed anyway — in your name, with your data.

NEW: Trump’s DOJ just showed the country its plan for any election Republicans lose: sue to throw out the results. This lawsuit is every bit as baseless, and Alaska voters will decide this race no matter what Trump’s goons say.

Nine in ten voters say state and local officials have a duty to uphold election law and certify results — even when the other side’s candidate wins. That isn’t a partisan position. It’s a near-universal one.

THEY ARE SAYING IT OUT LOUD. Trump’s Attorney General just refused to rule out the Justice Department interfering with states certifying their elections — one day after saying out loud, “I work for President Trump.” They are not even hiding it.

Trump and DHS Sec. Markwayne Mullin claimed 15,903 noncitizens on Nevada's voter rolls. DHS then sent Nevada 185 names. Nevada officials checked all 185. Every one was a citizen. Confirmed noncitizen voters: ZERO.

Armed federal agents are knocking on doors to ask people whether they registered to vote. CBS News found Homeland Security Investigations running “field reviews” in at least six states, ramping up in September. Your ballot is nobody’s business but yours.

“DON’T LET THEM TAKE AWAY YOUR VOTE.” North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein SLAMS the state election board for rewriting mail ballot rules on a party-line vote — hours before absentee ballots went out. Rejections are now double 2022.

“The Court has kind of blinded itself to the very deleterious effect of their rulings on how the political system works and has created a democracy that does not work as well as it should.” Elena Kagan criticizes the SCOTUS's recent decisions in cases affecting voting rights and campaign finance.

National security correspondent on election preparedness: There’s 75 different voting rights groups and other legal firms that have drafted virtually every imaginable legal motion.

NEW: Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan blasted her conservative peers for the recent voting rights decisions that have "created a democracy that does not work as well as it should." She said election law was "just about the most important thing that the court does." https://demdock.com/4dMq9ye

NEW DATA: Thousands of North Carolina voters could be disenfranchised over minor technical issues with their ballots after a court upheld new GOP-backed rules. Some Democratic strongholds are seeing rejection rates as high as 7-8%, the data show.

WOW. Trump’s #2 at DOJ just admitted it: the list of 20,000 Californians whose ballots he wants set aside may include American citizens. “There may be some names on there who, it turns out, ultimately are citizens. We’re not perfect.” He is asking a court to stop CA from counting 20,000 ballots.

NEW: Trump DOJ's list of suspected non-citizens in California includes a “high percentage” of people born in the United States, Los Angeles election officials said on Tuesday.

LOSS: A judge ruled that North Carolina’s new absentee ballot restrictions, which include signature matching and an envelope sealing requirement, will remain in effect for the midterms. Election officials report ballots are already being rejected under the rules. https://demdock.com/3TQRQ25

Trump’s DOJ is asking a court to stop California from counting 20,000 ballots. Marc Elias, who is currently litigating 90 voting cases in 41 states: “There is no chance that there are 20,000 illegal voters in the state of California... I’d actually be surprised if there are 20.”

Trump’s Justice Department has gone to court 26 times to seize states’ voter rolls. It has lost all 26. @morelle.house.gov: “If I was 0 and 26, I might change coaches, or I might think of a different approach.”

NEW: Nearly 6 in 10 Americans believe Trump is a ‘potentially dangerous dictator’ who threatens democracy.

Trump’s DOJ is raiding California over a list it never verified. 11 arrested Monday. 28 green-card holders charged. Every one pulled from DOJ’s unverified list of 20,000 “likely noncitizens.” California is still counting ballots. Keep voting.

🗳️ TODAY: Early voting begins in Wisconsin, and more people seem to be skipping mail ballots this year. The state has no grace period for late arrivals, and with USPS delays, requests for mail ballots are reportedly down. Here’s what to know for in-person voting ➡️ https://demdock.com/4zLeet1

“The biggest thing that they have going for them is confusion. They want you to be confused and scared.” Try And Stop Us's Mally Smith tells @aaronparnas.bsky.social why our elections are safe and secure — and why none of what the Trump administration is doing can stop you. 🗳️ ▶️ Watch:

NEW: The DOJ is reportedly targeting Californians on the list of 20k people it alleged are noncitizens registered to vote in the Golden State. Over two dozen arrests have been made so far, according to a local news outlet — a dangerous escalation in Trump's push to undermine the state's elections.

NEW: Trump's DOJ threatens California officials with prosecution over a "data dump" of alleged noncitizens Trump posted: "They will all go to jail for a long period of time." Your ballot is legal. Vote it.

Asked if Trump’s DOJ has shown any evidence that 20,000 Californians are ineligible, the state’s top lawyer answered in one word: “None.” — @agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov They claimed 190,000 in July. Then 20,000. They’ve charged no one. Californians: keep voting.

“They’re back up. But that makes people angry.” @jenrubin.bsky.social on MS NOW, after Meta took the No Kings account off Instagram for four hours — on a national day of action. No notice. No explanation. Back up isn’t the same as answered.

NEW: Democratic U.S. senators are demanding that Attorney General Todd Blanche publicly pledge the DOJ won’t seize ballots or election materials during the midterms. “A clear and immediate response from the Department is necessary.” (via @democracydocket.com)

The #NoKings Coalition says Meta froze and removed its main Instagram account around 1:30 PM ET today — no notice, no explanation, admins locked out. At the peak of a nationwide day of action. Restore the account. Early voting is still open: nokings.org

“I come out of a movement where people died to get the right to vote.” — Rev. Al Sharpton, No Kings Atlanta, today. Early voting is open. 17 days. #NoKingsDay

National Urban League's Marc Morial: The effort to dismantle the returns are coming. See, desperate people do desperate things. Losers cheat and lie and steal — that's the only thing they know. So this moment in American history, we have to speak up and fight. #NoKingsDay

Sarah Parker of @50501movement.bsky.social: Y'all can manipulate a map — y'all can't erase a movement. Y'all can try to make voting harder, but y'all can't make us disappear. I was always told tomorrow isn't promised. So I'll be damned if I give away my voice today. #NoKingsDay 🔥

Reverend Dr. Ramsey: Enough is enough. Enough of high gas prices. Enough of struggling to afford care. Enough of hardworking people struggling to make ends meet. #NoKingsDay

Cliff Albright: Our early vote is an act of resistance! Our early vote is a way of fighting and pushing back against the suppression that we're seeing and the sabotage that we're seeing all across the country.

This movement is about more than showing up in the streets. It's about showing up everywhere power is decided, including at the ballot box. We're turning people power into voter power. Oct 17. Find your local event at NoKings.org

People power becomes voter power when we make a plan and show up. Join your community tomorrow as we all organize across the country to defend our elections. #VoteEarlyOnNoKings Find an event and get involved: www.nokings.org/

Today is a nationwide day of action: #NoKings — Vote Early. No thrones. No crowns. Find an event near you, make your plan, then go vote. nokings.org

🗳️ TODAY: Early voting begins in Nevada, where voters have faced election misinformation ahead of the midterms. The Trump administration has targeted the Silver State, and an election denier could soon control the state’s electoral process. Here’s what to know ➡️ https://demdock.com/4BcWmZu

🚨 BREAKING: Trump’s DOJ just told California election officials they could face federal criminal exposure if they count ballots the administration has flagged. Not the voters. The officials. For counting ballots.

Tomorrow: No Kings: Vote Early. Nationwide day of action, Saturday, Oct. 17. Not a march to nowhere. A plan to vote. Find the event nearest you, then go vote early — in that order, same day. nokings.org

Trump’s DOJ told a federal court it is “not practicable or feasible” for the Justice Department to investigate 20,000 people. Then it demanded California do exactly that in 48 hours — or stop counting those people’s ballots. Make it make sense.

California’s attorney general on the thumb drive Trump’s DOJ sent in the middle of an election: “They send a thumb drive with a sticky note. It is amateur hour. And so we are not impressed.” In Nevada, DHS claimed 15,903 noncitizen voters. The state checked. Zero.