Mike Lindell, the My Pillow Guy election conspiracist, loses GOP endorsement in Minnesota governor’s race
My Pillow Guy CEO and election denier Mike Lindell lost the Republican endorsement for the Minnesota governor’s primary race.
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Trump DOJ scrambles to salvage Minnesota voter roll case — but files wrong document and leans on shaky new claim
After losing five straight cases attempting to access state voter rolls, the Department of Justice tried to patch a key legal flaw in its Minnesota lawsuit — only to attach the wrong document and rely on a single, disputed allegation as its new justification.
Election officials rebut GOP voting claims at House hearing
At a House Administration Committee hearing Thursday, Republicans repeatedly raised hypothetical specters of coordinated voter fraud while state election officials gently reiterated, again and again, that elections and voter registration rolls are already safe, secure, and accurate.
New filing: DOJ said it wouldn’t give state voter data to DHS — then admitted it would
It would be difficult enough for the Department of Justice (DOJ) to simultaneously litigate 30 lawsuits demanding states turn over their unredacted voter registration records, but the government’s attorneys nonetheless seem to insist on making things harder still by repeatedly contradicting themselves. Minnesota filed a notice to supplement the record Tuesday in the lawsuit brought […]
DOJ said it had no plans to share voter data with DHS. Guess what it’s now planning to do
The Trump administration’s sweeping campaign to force states to hand over sensitive voter registration data is colliding with a new revelation that could undermine its cases — and raise serious questions about whether the Department of Justice (DOJ) was fully candid in federal court.
Air Force General: Armed troops shouldn’t be ‘anywhere near’ polling sites
A top U.S. general said Thursday that armed troops shouldn’t be “anywhere near” polling sites during elections while testifying at a Senate Armed Services Committee panel.
DOJ says voter data won’t be used for immigration enforcement ‘now’
The Justice Department would not rule out using voter data for immigration enforcement during a federal hearing in Minnesota, but said such data was not currently being used.
This week at Democracy Docket: Trump wants to ‘take over’ voting, while GOPers unveil a massive new suppression measure
Steve Bannon and Mike Johnson welcomed Trump’s comments about taking control of elections. And a new Republican anti-voting bill could disenfranchise millions.
Ex-CNN anchor Don Lemon, independent reporter arrested over anti-ICE protest at Minnesota church
Federal law enforcement has arrested former CNN anchor Don Lemon over his presence at a protest against the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration raids in Minnesota, during which demonstrators interrupted a church service.
Minnesota secretary of state, other Dems preparing for Trump to interfere in the midterms
Should the Trump administration try to interfere with the midterm elections, Democratic states will be ready, according to Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon.
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