by Jake Johnson | Feb 12, 2026 | 2026 midterms, Congress, elections, GOP, Henry Cuellar, News, Voter Suppression, Voting Rights
Doing President Donald Trump’s bidding, the Republican-controlled US House on Wednesday approved legislation that would potentially prevent millions of Americans from participating in federal elections by instituting draconian voter ID requirements, mandating documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote, and requiring states to share voter information with the Department of Homeland…
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by Chris Walker | Feb 5, 2026 | 2026 election, 2026 midterms, Donald Trump, elections, midterms, News, Trump election fraud claims, Tulsi Gabbard
In an interview with NBC News’s Tom Llamas on Wednesday, President Donald Trump indicated that it’s possible he won’t accept the outcome of the 2026 midterms. Asked whether he’d respect the results of the elections that will be held later this year, Trump said he would only do so if he deemed the outcomes to be legitimate. “I will [accept the midterm outcomes] if the elections are honest…
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by Sasha Abramsky | Feb 5, 2026 | 2020 Election, 2026 midterms, Department of Homeland Security, DHS, Donald Trump, elections, ICE, midterms, Op-Ed, Steve Bannon, Tulsi Gabbard, Voter Intimidation
On February 3, as Donald Trump was doubling down on his push to “nationalize” elections, Steve Bannon, MAGA’s version of Rasputin, promised his War Room podcast audience that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents will be deployed to swarm polling places during the upcoming midterm elections. “You’re damn right we’re gonna have ICE surround the polls come November…
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by Tyler Walicek | Jan 31, 2026 | 2026 midterms, Department of Justice, doj, elections, News Analysis, Trump Administration, Voting Rights
As the nation staggers toward the 2026 round of midterm elections, the threats to the integrity of U.S. democracy — already a veritable hailstorm of partisan contention — have escalated dramatically under the second Trump administration, attaining something like hurricane force. Owing to the fevered narratives proliferating across right-wing media, many have come to believe that the nation faces a…
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by Chris Walker | Jan 15, 2026 | 2026 midterms, Democracy, Donald Trump, Karoline Leavitt, News, U.S. democracy
In an interview with Reuters on Wednesday, President Donald Trump signaled he was upset that congressional elections will be taking place later this year, as they could potentially disrupt his agenda in the second half of his term. In comments seeking to manage people’s expectations for the Republican Party in the midterms, Trump seemed to acknowledge a well-known pattern: that the party of…
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by Sasha Abramsky | Dec 11, 2025 | 2026 midterms, California, Donald Trump, elections, Inequality, labor, Minimum Wage, Op-Ed, Unions
The Trump administration is one of the most anti-labor administrations in modern U.S. history — it has attempted to decertify the union representation of more than 1 million federal employees. Trump has also fired key members of the National Labor Relations Board, thus rendering it largely non-functional. Moreover his administration has come out against rules requiring disabled workers all be paid…
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