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Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2251987/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2251987/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> South Korea Retries Ex-spy Chief Over 1979 Presidential Assassination <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/skorea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>skorea</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SouthKorea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SouthKorea</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SYND" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SYND</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/trial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trial</span></a></p>
AnarchoNinaAnalyzes<p>It's been a long while since we've checked in on Downmarket Mussolini's ongoing attempts to rig American elections, for either himself or other fascists in his party. I understand that many people are looking at a term limited, 79 year old fascist running a cult of personality and counting on time or circumstance to nip this problem in the bud, but that's pretty shortsighted in my opinion. This larger fascist movement's stated ambitions to permanently rig the American electoral process for fascists, as laid out openly in Project 2025, is a threat that exists beyond Trump's political career or lifespan. </p><p>As such, I think a recent New York Times report that Pork Reich officials have told Justice Department lawyers to explore whether or not they can criminally charge election officials for failing to "safeguard" their voting systems, should probably be generating more alarm than it is. And as it turns out, the extremely libbed up senior legal columnist at The New Republic, Harry Litman agrees with me.</p><p><a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/197809/trump-doj-local-election-officials-scare" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newrepublic.com/article/197809</span><span class="invisible">/trump-doj-local-election-officials-scare</span></a> (archive: <a href="https://archive.ph/fPQnQ" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/fPQnQ</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>)</p><p>The Little-Noted Trump-DOJ Move That Should Scare the Hell Out of You</p><p>"Democracy can weather a lot of damage and unlawful conduct at Trump’s hands, but if he succeeds in taking control of the machinery of elections, it could be a fatal blow.</p><p>That’s why a barely noticed story in The New York Times last week was so worrisome. As reported by the Times, unidentified senior administration officials have directed DOJ lawyers to explore the possibility of federal criminal charges against state or local election officials deemed to have failed to adequately safeguard computer systems.</p><p>Tellingly, the initiative isn’t grounded in any new evidence, data, or legal theory. It’s not about truth or justice. It’s a political and ideological ploy, reportedly incubated in the Project 2025 workshop—part of Trump’s broader effort to delegitimize democratic institutions and seize autocratic control."</p><p>I can literally hear you groaning "not this bullcrap again" through the screen dear reader, and I absolutely share your exhaustion - but yeah, as far as I can tell Trump is re-litigating the Big Lie to rig future elections for nazis. Furthermore, while I categorically reject Litman's assertion that a threat to democratic rights in an oligarchy lead by politicians almost universally owned by reactionary billionaires regardless of party, somehow supersedes all the other civil and human rights the regime is openly violating in importance (I imagine migrants being kidnapped and shipped to concentration camps in South Sudan might quibble with that statement too), I think we can all agree that sham elections that can only be won by Trumpenreich nazis would be a fucking disastrous outcome for American society. A good example of how such a political system would function in practice, would be Russia under Putin and I don't think there's anyone in the broader antifascist coalition in America willing to argue Russian elections are "democratic" in nature.</p><p>In terms of the operational mechanics, it's not hard to see that this whole scheme is basically a reanimation of every white supremacy-infused election conspiracy theory the larger right wing coalition behind the Republican Party has been pushing for decades, with a special emphasis on Trump's 2020 Big Lie propaganda. The regime is essentially arguing that corrupt election officials are rigging the computers for their opposition, and threatening criminal prosecution for nebulous enough crimes that they can pretty much target anyone who serves up an election result Trump does not like. No, that's not hyperbole - Litman agrees here too:</p><p>"Now, with the backing of a major-party nominee and the muscle of right-wing media, Trump is threatening to turn that isolated smear campaign into standard operating procedure. The message is simple: Help run an election that Trump loses, and we will come for you.</p><p>And, tragically, it may be working. Across the country, election officials have resigned in droves. Offices that were once nonpartisan and low-profile have become hotbeds of threats and suspicion. Trump has already browbeaten major law firms and entire universities into submission."</p><p>Please keep in mind that this intimidation and operational stacking of election boards is part of a much larger project, fueled by both the Big Lie and Project 2024, to control the election process across the country by this same fascist movement and political party. None of this is hypothetical, they're just now adding the full force of the fascist state and American legal system to the scheme. It's not MSNBC lib hysteria to say Trump is absolutely trying to rig US elections because Trump, the Republican Party, and the larger fascist movement in America have *been* trying to do precisely that - brazenly so, since January 6th, 2021. </p><p>These nazis are serious. Are we?</p><p><a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/TheBigLie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheBigLie</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/JusticeDepartment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JusticeDepartment</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/RiggedElections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RiggedElections</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/2028Election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>2028Election</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Separately, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> has recently asked some <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/states" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>states</span></a> for copies of their voter lists. Those inquiries went to a mix of Republican and Democratic-controlled states, including Alaska, Colorado, Florida, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, Oklahoma &amp; Wisconsin, according to copies of the letters &amp; information from state <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>election</span></a> officials.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionLaw</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionInterference</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Small hung up on a Post reporter Tuesday &amp; did not respond to messages seeking comment. A spokesman for Boebert declined to comment on the outreach to clerks by her former chief of staff. A DHS spox said that the agency works closely w/ others on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>election</span></a> security but that “we don’t disclose every single conversation we have with them.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionLaw</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionInterference</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Matt Crane, a Republican &amp; the executive director of the Colorado County Clerks Association, said <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>election</span></a> ofcls from both parties resist attempts to examine their equipment. “Anybody who is asking for access to the voting machines outside of the law … that automatically raises red flags in terms of their intent,” he said.
<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionLaw</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionInterference</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Steve Schleiker, the Republican clerk of El Paso County, said Small told him he was working with <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DHS</span></a> to team up w/ clerks on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>election</span></a> security. Soon after their conversation, Schleiker said, he got a call from a DHS official who wanted to review his <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>election</span></a> equipment.<br>
“We would like to test the voting equipment to see if there’s any gaps,” the official said, according to Schleiker.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionLaw</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionInterference</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>And last week, Small contacted clerks, claiming to have ties to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>. “I am reaching out on a timely election integrity project I’m working with the White House on &amp; was hoping to chat,” read one text message from Small to a county clerk. A message to another clerk said the outreach “is from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StephenMiller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StephenMiller</span></a>,” the White House deputy chief of staff.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionLaw</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionInterference</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Election</span></a> officials have been on edge in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Colorado" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Colorado</span></a> since 2020, partly because of Tina Peters, a former Mesa County clerk &amp; Republican who was sentenced to 9 years in prison last year over a scheme to let an outsider into secure areas of her office to copy election data. This spring, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> made an unusual move to assist Peters with her appeal, further worrying election officials.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionLaw</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionInterference</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>In several <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/states" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>states</span></a>, it asked detailed questions about the process to remove <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/noncitizens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>noncitizens</span></a> &amp; other *ineligible* <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/voters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>voters</span></a> from the rolls.</p><p>Grantham, the Fremont County clerk, said Small asked him if he would allow a third party to review whether his voting machines complied with <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/federal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>federal</span></a> law. Grantham declined the request, he said, citing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/state" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>state</span></a> laws that restrict access to voting machines.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionLaw</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionInterference</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>In a Saturday social media post, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> made clear he remains focused on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>election</span></a> policies &amp; his 2020 lies, writing that AG <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PamBondi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PamBondi</span></a> is looking into “The Rigged &amp; Stolen Election of 2020.” His admin’s latest push for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/voting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>voting</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a> comes a year &amp; a half before the midterms, when <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> hope to take control of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>House</span></a>, chip away at the Republican majority in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Senate</span></a> &amp; win more governorships.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionLaw</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionInterference</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>“To me, it felt like they were wanting to intervene before 2026,” said Justin Grantham, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> clerk in Fremont County.
<br>5 other Republican clerks raised similar concerns.<br>
“That’s a hard stop for me,” said Carly Koppes, a Republican clerk in Weld County, who said she rejected Small’s overtures to allow a federal inspection. “Nobody gets access to my voting equipment, for security reasons.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionLaw</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionInterference</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>A <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> spox declined to comment on the activities. The White House did not answer questions about whether it was working with Jeff Small, the operative who has been contacting <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Colorado" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Colorado</span></a> clerks, but said the president is committed to helping states ensure voters on the rolls are *citizens* [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a>].
<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionLaw</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionInterference</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>“This is an extraordinary imposition of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/federal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>federal</span></a> power over <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/states" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>states</span></a>’ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>election</span></a> processes that, if it is accepted by the states in this context, will be absolutely used by Democrats in another context,” said David Becker, executive director of the nonprofit Center for Election Innovation &amp; Research, who worked in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a>’s voting section under Presidents Bill Clinton &amp; George W. Bush.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionLaw</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionInterference</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The admin’s efforts, fueled by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s false claims that the 2020 election was stolen, have rattled state &amp; local <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>election</span></a> officials from both parties who have spent years contending with threats, harassment &amp; litigation.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionLaw</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionInterference</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Federal agencies have long offered technical assistance &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a> advice to election officials but have not examined their equipment because election laws tightly limit who has access.</p><p>Separately, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> has taken the unusual step of asking at least 9 states for copies of their voter rolls, &amp; at least 2 have turned them over, according to state officials.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionLaw</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionInterference</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The most unusual activity is happening in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Colorado" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Colorado</span></a> — a state that then-candidate <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> lost by 11 points — where a well-connected consultant who says he is working with the White House is asking county clerks whether they will allow the federal government or a third party to physically examine their election equipment.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionLaw</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionInterference</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin &amp; its allies have launched a multipronged effort to gather data on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/voters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>voters</span></a> &amp; inspect <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/voting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>voting</span></a> equipment, sparking concern among local &amp; state <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>election</span></a> officials about federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/interference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>interference</span></a> ahead of the 2026 midterms.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionLaw</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionInterference</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> officials made unusual requests for data on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/voters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>voters</span></a> and <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/voting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>voting</span></a> equipment.
<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> officials have asked at least 9 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/states" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>states</span></a> for copies of voter rolls; 2 have partially complied. It has sparked serious concerns about <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionInterference</span></a> ahead of the 2026 midterms.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionLaw</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/16/trump-voter-fraud-elections/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/politics/20</span><span class="invisible">25/07/16/trump-voter-fraud-elections/</span></a></p>
Karis<p>🧵 2/2</p><p>at first i thought i'd only post the main tweet but then thought it would be a good idea to help give context to just how similar and, unfortunately, relatable the issues and problems that affect African countries are..</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StateViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StateViolence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ExtrajudicialKilling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExtrajudicialKilling</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PoliceViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceViolence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PoliceBrutality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceBrutality</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Abductions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Abductions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Police</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AbolishThePolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbolishThePolice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Neocolonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Neocolonialism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Oppression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oppression</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Repression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Repression</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocialJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialJustice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Activism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Activism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RutoMustGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RutoMustGo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kenya" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kenya</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Nigeria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nigeria</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Africa</span></a></p>
Karis<p>🧵 1/2</p><p>the tweet is about Kenya, the Kenyan Police and the authoritarian who is president, William Ruto</p><p>in the comments is a Nigerian</p><p>our struggles have always been connected across the continent</p><p>link below:<br><a href="https://x.com/zolesa_ke/status/1942238408178299021" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">x.com/zolesa_ke/status/1942238</span><span class="invisible">408178299021</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StateViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StateViolence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ExtrajudicialKilling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExtrajudicialKilling</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PoliceViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceViolence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PoliceBrutality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceBrutality</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Abductions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Abductions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Police</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AbolishThePolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbolishThePolice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Neocolonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Neocolonialism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Oppression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oppression</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Repression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Repression</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocialJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialJustice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Activism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Activism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RutoMustGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RutoMustGo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kenya" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kenya</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Nigeria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nigeria</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Africa</span></a></p>