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Trump Promises $5,000 If Republicans Win: Why Opponents Should Take It Seriously
Trump says adults could get $5,000 if Republicans keep Congress. Here’s why the promise matters politically—and what the law, budget math and economists actually say.
#5 #000Checks #2026MidtermElections #campaignPromises #Congress #congressionalApproval #directPayments #DonaldTrump #ElectionLaw #federalDeficit #federalSpending #inflation #politicalCommunication #politicalMessaging #RepublicanParty #stimulusChecks #tariffRevenue #TrumpDividend #USEconomy #voteBuying #voterTurnout https://wp.me/p1OjMZ-pba -
Trump Promises $5,000 If Republicans Win: Why Opponents Should Take It Seriously
Trump says adults could get $5,000 if Republicans keep Congress. Here’s why the promise matters politically—and what the law, budget math and economists actually say.
#5 #000Checks #2026MidtermElections #campaignPromises #Congress #congressionalApproval #directPayments #DonaldTrump #ElectionLaw #federalDeficit #federalSpending #inflation #politicalCommunication #politicalMessaging #RepublicanParty #stimulusChecks #tariffRevenue #TrumpDividend #USEconomy #voteBuying #voterTurnout https://wp.me/p1OjMZ-pba -
Trump Promises $5,000 If Republicans Win: Why Opponents Should Take It Seriously
Trump says adults could get $5,000 if Republicans keep Congress. Here’s why the promise matters politically—and what the law, budget math and economists actually say.
#5 #000Checks #2026MidtermElections #campaignPromises #Congress #congressionalApproval #directPayments #DonaldTrump #ElectionLaw #federalDeficit #federalSpending #inflation #politicalCommunication #politicalMessaging #RepublicanParty #stimulusChecks #tariffRevenue #TrumpDividend #USEconomy #voteBuying #voterTurnout https://wp.me/p1OjMZ-pba -
Trump Promises $5,000 If Republicans Win: Why Opponents Should Take It Seriously
Trump says adults could get $5,000 if Republicans keep Congress. Here’s why the promise matters politically—and what the law, budget math and economists actually say.
#5 #000Checks #2026MidtermElections #campaignPromises #Congress #congressionalApproval #directPayments #DonaldTrump #ElectionLaw #federalDeficit #federalSpending #inflation #politicalCommunication #politicalMessaging #RepublicanParty #stimulusChecks #tariffRevenue #TrumpDividend #USEconomy #voteBuying #voterTurnout https://wp.me/p1OjMZ-pba -
Ultimately, #Republican “leaders” were forced to abandon the rest of the week’s schedule & send lawmakers home for the Independence Day recess earlier than planned & without the accomplishing anything.
It was the latest flare-up of a fight in the #GOP over Trump’s demand that #Congress deliver him a sweeping measure to crack down on #mail-in #voting & impose strict new #VoterRegistration & ID requirements.
#law #ElectionLaw #Trump #ElectionInterference #BigLie #midterms #rigged #VotingRights
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#GOP “Revolt” Paralyzes the #House, Stalling #Trump Agenda
A #Republican blockade derailed a #Pentagon policy bill & other #legislation as the #FarRight pressed for action on a #voting bill championed by Trump.
#law #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #BigLie #midterms #rigged #VotingRights #PublicDisservice #dysfunction
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/30/us/politics/republicans-house-defense-elections-save-america.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share -
Federal Judge Blocks Trump Voting Order in Major Election Authority Ruling
Federal Judge Bars Trump From Implementing Proof of Citizenship Requirement to Vote as a court rules election authority rests with states and Congress.https://thedemocracyadvocate.com/news-to-know/elections/federal-judge-blocks-trump-voting-order/
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Federal Judge Blocks Trump Voting Order in Major Election Authority Ruling
Federal Judge Bars Trump From Implementing Proof of Citizenship Requirement to Vote as a court rules election authority rests with states and Congress.https://thedemocracyadvocate.com/news-to-know/elections/federal-judge-blocks-trump-voting-order/
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Federal Judge Blocks Trump Voting Order in Major Election Authority Ruling
Federal Judge Bars Trump From Implementing Proof of Citizenship Requirement to Vote as a court rules election authority rests with states and Congress.https://thedemocracyadvocate.com/news-to-know/elections/federal-judge-blocks-trump-voting-order/
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Federal Judge Blocks Trump Voting Order in Major Election Authority Ruling
Federal Judge Bars Trump From Implementing Proof of Citizenship Requirement to Vote as a court rules election authority rests with states and Congress.https://thedemocracyadvocate.com/news-to-know/elections/federal-judge-blocks-trump-voting-order/
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Federal Judge Blocks Trump Voting Order in Major Election Authority Ruling
Federal Judge Bars Trump From Implementing Proof of Citizenship Requirement to Vote as a court rules election authority rests with states and Congress.https://thedemocracyadvocate.com/news-to-know/elections/federal-judge-blocks-trump-voting-order/
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Earlier Friday, First Assistant #USAttorney #BillEssayli — a #Trump appointee who leads the #LosAngeles based US Attorney’s office—claimed his office had “multiple election ‘fraud’ investigations underway” in a social media post that bashed California’s #election system.
The US attorneys office in #LA confirmed that one of its lawyers was sent to observe the ballot counting….
#law #Trump #ElectionInterference #ElectionLaw #SeditiousConspiracy #TrumpCoup #coup #fascism #Constitution #democracy
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In #Texas, #Democrats spent the day before the vote continuing to draw attention to the extraordinary lengths the #Republicans who run the #legislature were going to ensure it takes place. Democratic state Rep #NicoleCollier started it when she refused to sign what Democrats called the “permission slip” needed just to leave the #House chamber, a half-page form allowing Dept of *Public Safety* #police troopers to follow them.
#law #ElectionLaw #redistricting #gerrymandering #intimidation #rigged
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#Texas #Democratic lawmaker in #redistricting fight spends night in Capitol to avoid a #Republican assigned police monitor
Democratic state Representative #NicoleCollier spent the night in the Texas Capitol building rather than agree to a police monitor amid a contentious partisan struggle over redistricting that is part of #Trump's campaign to *keep* [#steal] the national #House of Representatives in Republican hands.
#law #ElectionLaw #gerrymandering #rigged #midterms
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/texas-lawmaker-redistricting-fight-spends-night-capitol-avoid-police-monitor-2025-08-19/ -
The ruling, filed w/the court clerk on Mon, will require Mayes to assemble a grand jury to present the case along with a copy of the #ElectoralCountAct, attys said. The initial presentation of her case took weeks. Mayes plans to appeal to try to get the prosecution back on track.
“We vehemently disagree with the court, & we will file a special action to appeal the ruling,” Mayes spox said.
#Trump #BigLie #ElectionLaw #VotingRights #VoteNullification #FakeElectors #SeditiousConspiracy
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Among those who were indicted were White House chief of staff #MarkMeadows, attorneys #RudyGiuliani, #JohnEastman & #ChristinaBobb, top campaign adviser #BorisEpshteyn & former campaign aide #MikeRoman. The grand jury accused them of unsuccessfully trying to award the state’s electoral votes to #Trump instead of #Biden even though Biden won the popular vote there.
#BigLie #ElectionLaw #VotingRights #VoteNullification #FakeElectors #SeditiousConspiracy
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An #Arizona grand jury last year indicted 18 people as part of the effort to reverse Joe #Biden’s 2020 presidential win in the state, including 7 attorneys & aides affiliated with #Trump’s national campaign & 11 Arizona #Republicans, including some who sought to act as fake presidential electors.
#BigLie #ElectionLaw #VotingRights #VoteNullification #FakeElectors
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“We are extremely pleased with the court’s ruling, & we think the judge got it exactly right,” said Stephen Binhak, the attorney who spearheaded the effort to get the case back to a grand jury. The decision is a major setback for #Arizona AG Kris Mayes (D), who promised to appeal the ruling so she could keep the prosecution going.
#Trump #BigLie #ElectionLaw #VotingRights #VoteNullification #FakeElectors
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#MaricopaCounty Superior Court Judge Sam J. Myers sided w/ #Republicans & found that prosecutors failed to provide the grand jury w/the text of an 1887 federal #law that is central to the Republicans’ defense. The #law, known as the #ElectoralCountAct, spells out how presidential electoral votes are to be cast & counted.
#Trump #BigLie #ElectionLaw #VotingRights #VoteNullification #FakeElectors
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Judge deals blow to #Arizona case over 2020 Republican #FakeElectors
An AZ judge has ordered state prosecutors to send back to a grand jury a case in which #Republicans were charged last year for their alleged roles in trying to overturn the #2020election, potentially jeopardizing the
high-profile indictments.#Trump #BigLie #law #ElectionLaw #VotingRights #VoteNullification
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At the time, the League of United #LatinAmerican Citizens, one of the nation’s oldest #Latino #CivilRights organizations, said that officers conducting the raids took cellphones, computers & documents. An 87-year-old retired educator described heavily armed officers barging into her home & taking personal items.
#LULAC leaders accused the famously *conservative* AG #KenPaxton of trying to #suppress Latino voters & asked the #DOJ to investigate the raids.
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The state legislator, #MikeMcDonnell, a #Democrat turned #Republican from Omaha, #Nebraska said that he would not agree to change NE’s 32-yr tradition of awarding 3 of the state’s 5 electoral votes by congressional district to a #WinnerTakeAll system based on the statewide popular vote, bucking calls from NE’s governor & its congressional delegation to help #Trump.
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Key #Nebraska #Republican Rejects #Trump’s Push to Shake Up #ElectoralMap
#MikeMcDonnell, a state senator, said he would not support an effort to change the state’s electoral system to #WinnerTakeAll, an outcome that could have cost #KamalaHarris an electoral vote.
The NE senator who #Republicans hoped would help ease Trump’s path to the WH by agreeing to change how the state allocates its #ElectoralCollege votes said on Mon that he would not do so.
#law #ElectionLaw
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/23/us/politics/nebraska-mike-mcdonnell-electoral-vote-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb&ngrp=mnp&pvid=09C8C76E-46D3-4421-B51C-A67711220D4A -
#Law enforcement seized Martinez's phone, computer, personal calendar, blank voter registration forms & her certificate to conduct voter registration….
"This is a free country, this is not Russia," Martinez said Mon during a press conference denouncing the raid.
Manuel Medina, the chair of Tejano #Democrats, is another #LULAC member who was targeted…. Medina's home was raided last Thurs by #police in riot gear, who were armed & broke down his door….
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"Attorney General #Paxton is using his position of authority to #harass & #intimidate #Latino non-profit organizations like #LULAC, LatinoLeaders & LULAC members," Juan Proaño, LULAC's CEO told CBS, calling the state AG's effort "point-blank" #VoterIntimidation. "It is evident through his pattern of lawsuits, raids, searches, & seizures that he is trying to keep Latinos from voting."
#democracy #ElectionLaw #law #AbuseOfPower #WhiteSupremacy #VoterSuppression #ElectionInterference
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#LULAC is accusing #KenPaxton's office of carrying out #illegal searches premised on voter fraud.
"These actions echo a troubling history of #VoterSuppression & #intimidation that has long targeted both #Black & #Latino communities, particularly in states like #Texas, where #demographic changes have increasingly shifted the #political landscape," LULAC CEO Juan Proaño & the group's national president, Roman Palomares, said in the letter.
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In #NewYork, falsifying records is a #misdemeanor, unless the documents were faked to HIDE ANOTHER CRIME. The other crime, prosecutors say (they also presented evidence of other #crimes), was Trump’s 2016 violation of state #ElectionLaw that prohibited #conspiring to aid a #political campaign using “#UnlawfulMeans.”
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The #Michigan activists are part of an expansive web of grass-roots groups that formed after #Trump’s attempt to overturn his defeat in 2020. The groups have made mass #VoterChallenges a top priority this #election year, spurred on by a fmr Trump #lawyer, #CletaMitchell, & True the Vote, a #vote-monitoring group w/a long history of spreading #misinformation.
#MAGA #VoterSuppression #disenfranchisement #ElectionInterference #law #ElectionLaw #democracy #VoteBlue #Biden2024