#elections2026 — Public Fediverse posts

https://www.europesays.com/people/224164/ Key takeaways from day one of the Republican midterm convention – Houston Public Media #DonaldTrump #DonaldTrumpJr #Election2026 #Elections2026 #Government #KenPaxton #MidTermElection #News #NTXNow #Politics #RepublicanNationalConvention #Republicans #Trump

Two Elections, One Corridor: Why Hungary and Armenia Matter to Eurasia’s Economic Future

The elections hel…
#Economy #AI #Armenia #beltandroad #CentralAsia #consequences #cooperation #EconomyofEU #EconomyoftheEU #elections #elections2026 #Energy #EUeconomy #Eurasia #Europe #EuropeanUnion #Fidesz-KDNP #foreignpolicy #hungary #MiddleCorridor #NikolPashinyan #Politics #southcaucasus #TiszaParty #transportation #TRIPP #TrumpRouteforInternationalPeaceandProsperity
https://www.europesays.com/3245068/

Two Elections, One Corridor: Why Hungary and Armenia Matter to Eurasia’s Economic Future https://www.byteseu.com/2355862/ #AI #Armenia #BeltAndRoad #CentralAsia #consequences #Cooperation #Elections #Elections2026 #Energy #Eurasia #Europe #EuropeanUnion #FideszKDNP #ForeignPolicy #Hungary #MiddleCorridor #NikolPashinyan #Politics #SouthCaucasus #TiszaParty #Transportation #TRIPP #TrumpRouteForInternationalPeaceAndProsperity

https://www.europesays.com/people/223414/ President Donald Trump closes out Republican midterm convention in Dallas #Dallas #DallasCounty #DonaldJTrump #DonaldTrump #election #Elections2026 #News #people #Politics #Trump #Tx #TxPolitics #US

#Talarico #FCC #TrumpsBrownShirts #VoteBlue #Elections2026

FCC threats push Kimmel’s Tala...

#Talarico #FCC #TrumpsBrownShirts #VoteBlue #Elections2026

FCC threats push Kimmel’s Tala...

https://www.laviezine.com/1636922/vucic-meets-macron-at-elysee-palace-for-80-minutes/ Vucic Meets Macron at Elysee Palace for 80 Minutes #Elections2026 #macron #Paris #SpaceSummit #Vucic

He’s full of bogus campaign promises…Trump says the war in Iran will end after Election Day - again, if you believe this, after all his lies, your gullibility index is off the charts. Just look at the facts: #Trump originally stated the war would be over in “days”; he said we’d destroyed Iran’s military; that we control the Strait of Hormuz. All lies, belied by facts on the ground. If anything, #Iran has absorbed American attacks and has so far prevailed in this conflict - holding the global economy hostage. Instead of ‘regime change’, our attack on Iran has only solidified the power of the hardline factions and the military. Anything Trump says about the #IranWar and the #MiddleEast should be taken with a grain of sand. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/trump-says-war-iran-will-end-after-election-day-rcna596950 #elections #elections2026 #2026Elections #USPol #USPolitics

He’s full of bogus campaign promises…Trump says the war in Iran will end after Election Day - again, if you believe this, after all his lies, your gullibility index is off the charts. Just look at the facts: #Trump originally stated the war would be over in “days”; he said we’d destroyed Iran’s military; that we control the Strait of Hormuz. All lies, belied by facts on the ground. If anything, #Iran has absorbed American attacks and has so far prevailed in this conflict - holding the global economy hostage. Instead of ‘regime change’, our attack on Iran has only solidified the power of the hardline factions and the military. Anything Trump says about the #IranWar and the #MiddleEast should be taken with a grain of sand. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/trump-says-war-iran-will-end-after-election-day-rcna596950 #elections #elections2026 #2026Elections #USPol #USPolitics

He’s full of bogus campaign promises…Trump says the war in Iran will end after Election Day - again, if you believe this, after all his lies, your gullibility index is off the charts. Just look at the facts: #Trump originally stated the war would be over in “days”; he said we’d destroyed Iran’s military; that we control the Strait of Hormuz. All lies, belied by facts on the ground. If anything, #Iran has absorbed American attacks and has so far prevailed in this conflict - holding the global economy hostage. Instead of ‘regime change’, our attack on Iran has only solidified the power of the hardline factions and the military. Anything Trump says about the #IranWar and the #MiddleEast should be taken with a grain of sand. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/trump-says-war-iran-will-end-after-election-day-rcna596950 #elections #elections2026 #2026Elections #USPol #USPolitics

He’s full of bogus campaign promises…Trump says the war in Iran will end after Election Day - again, if you believe this, after all his lies, your gullibility index is off the charts. Just look at the facts: #Trump originally stated the war would be over in “days”; he said we’d destroyed Iran’s military; that we control the Strait of Hormuz. All lies, belied by facts on the ground. If anything, #Iran has absorbed American attacks and has so far prevailed in this conflict - holding the global economy hostage. Instead of ‘regime change’, our attack on Iran has only solidified the power of the hardline factions and the military. Anything Trump says about the #IranWar and the #MiddleEast should be taken with a grain of sand. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/trump-says-war-iran-will-end-after-election-day-rcna596950 #elections #elections2026 #2026Elections #USPol #USPolitics

He’s full of bogus campaign promises…Trump says the war in Iran will end after Election Day - again, if you believe this, after all his lies, your gullibility index is off the charts. Just look at the facts: #Trump originally stated the war would be over in “days”; he said we’d destroyed Iran’s military; that we control the Strait of Hormuz. All lies, belied by facts on the ground. If anything, #Iran has absorbed American attacks and has so far prevailed in this conflict - holding the global economy hostage. Instead of ‘regime change’, our attack on Iran has only solidified the power of the hardline factions and the military. Anything Trump says about the #IranWar and the #MiddleEast should be taken with a grain of sand. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/trump-says-war-iran-will-end-after-election-day-rcna596950 #elections #elections2026 #2026Elections #USPol #USPolitics

Appeals court to regime: Stay the hell away from mail-in voting in November
https://www.universalhub.com/2026/appeals-court-regime-stay-hell-away-mail-voting

#Boston #elections2026

Appeals court to regime: Stay the hell away from mail-in voting in November
https://www.universalhub.com/2026/appeals-court-regime-stay-hell-away-mail-voting

#Boston #elections2026

Appeals court to regime: Stay the hell away from mail-in voting in November
https://www.universalhub.com/2026/appeals-court-regime-stay-hell-away-mail-voting

#Boston #elections2026

Appeals court to regime: Stay the hell away from mail-in voting in November
https://www.universalhub.com/2026/appeals-court-regime-stay-hell-away-mail-voting

#Boston #elections2026

Appeals court to regime: Stay the hell away from mail-in voting in November
https://www.universalhub.com/2026/appeals-court-regime-stay-hell-away-mail-voting

#Boston #elections2026

https://www.europesays.com/people/220878/ Republican Midterm Convention: When will Texas leaders speak each night #DonaldJTrump #Elections2026 #GregAbbott #JamesDavidVance #JDVance #News #people #Politics #TedCruz #Tx #US

#Arizona #Elections2026 #MAGATricks #DeepFakes

Arizona Democrat eyes lawsuit ...

#Arizona #Elections2026 #MAGATricks #DeepFakes

Arizona Democrat eyes lawsuit ...

#Whistleblower Says #Trump Officials Are Defying Court Orders on #VotingByMail

A report detailed “grave concerns” that a new system being rushed into use by the U.S. Postal Service could imperil millions of mail ballots ahead of the midterm elections.

Chris Cameron
By Chris Cameron
Reporting from Washington
Sept. 1, 2026

Excerpt: "A U.S. Postal Service official has alleged that the agency is moving forward with a 'secretive, rushed' effort to carry out President Trump’s order exerting federal control over mail voting, despite a court order blocking those plans.

"The official filed a whistle-blower report, published on Tuesday morning by the office of Senator Richard Blumenthal, Democrat of Connecticut, asserting that the 'risky and haphazard' implementation of Mr. Trump’s order could lead to a 'catastrophic failure' in the mail ballot system ahead of this year’s #MidtermElections. The report said that the agency had planned to complete the new digital system overseeing mail ballots by Sept. 1.

" 'Potentially millions of American voters may not receive their mail-in ballot this election cycle in a timely manner, or at all,' the official said in the report, which was prepared with the assistance of #WhistleblowerAid, a nonprofit group that represents people seeking to expose potential lawbreaking.

Speaking to reporters by phone on Monday, Mr. Blumenthal said of the report that 'the main takeaway for me is that the Postal Service has designed a system to disenfranchise millions of Americans. One-third of all Americans cast their ballots by mail, and the #USPS puts all of their votes at risk.'

"A Postal Service official declined to comment on the record."

Read more:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/us/politics/whistle-blower-voting-by-mail.html

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/IJg8U

#USPol #Elections2026 #Fascism #USElections #Trump #StealingElections #VoterSupression #TrumpIsAFascist #VoterDisenfranchisement #CharacteristicsOfFascism

Postal Service Rule Could Bar Millions From #VotingByMail

A judge temporarily blocked the agency from refusing to deliver ballots in #noncompliant states, which could disproportionately affect #Democrats and many battleground elections.

By Reid J. Epstein, Aug. 30, 2026

Excerpt: "Voting by mail would become much more difficult, if not impossible, for tens of millions of Americans if the #USPostalService is allowed to implement a restrictive rule governing mail voting that President Trump has demanded.

"The effects would likely be greater for #DemocraticVoters, who vote by mail in higher numbers than #Republicans, and in states where mail voting is universal or nearly so. #MailVoting may not happen at all in states that resist the #Trump administration’s demands for #VoterData .

"The rule would particularly affect people in #rural areas and #OlderVoters, who tend to cast ballots by mail in greater numbers. It could also deeply affect states where some of the most competitive races for House, Senate and governor will determine control of Congress and state governments.

" #Michigan, where 37 percent of votes were cast by mail in 2022, would be one epicenter, with hard-fought statewide contests and multiple battleground House races. #California, which mails ballots to all voters, is expected to be central to Democratic efforts to win a majority in the House.

"The rule is being challenged in several lawsuits, and it is on hold temporarily following a federal judge’s ruling on Thursday. The administration is appealing. Even if the Postal Service is permitted to proceed, it is unclear that it would have time to implement the plan ahead of an election that is fewer than 70 days away.

"For instance, the rule requires states to upload a list of voters to a federal mail ballot portal that is not yet online. Nearly two dozen Democratic-led states and #WashingtonDC , have sued to block the proposed rule and said they will not comply with it.

"If the agency were to move ahead, state and local officials would shoulder enormous costs in what would need to be a herculean effort to prepare election offices and educate voters in time for the midterm elections in November.

"The most dramatic aspect of the proposed rule is a plan to deny services for election mail entirely in states that do not turn over #VoterData, which federal officials say they want to use to identify noncitizens on state #VoterRolls. The policy would upend mail voting in any state that does not comply, but the effects would be measurably greater in the smaller number of states that rely heavily on mail voting.

"More than one in three Democrats voted by mail in 2024, compared with about one in four Republicans, according to estimates by the States United Democracy Center, which examined voting data in 32 states where it was available.

" 'It’s not that complicated,' said Marc Elias, the Democratic election lawyer, who said the new policy was a blatant effort to disenfranchise Democrats. 'The administration knows that Democrats are more likely to vote by mail than Republicans. Donald Trump has demonized voting by mail and made that differential even greater.' "

Read more:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/30/us/politics/mail-voting-trump-midterms-supreme-court.html

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/3A3nw

#USPol #Elections2026 #VoterDisenfranchisement #VoterIntimidation #Fascists #CharacteristicsOfFascism #LiteracyTests

Republican nominee for #Maine governor says he wants #ICEAgents at #Polling places in the state

The Maine Democratic Party criticized the idea as likely illegal and an attempt to intimidate voters.

by PATRICK WHITTLE and MATT BROWN,
August 26, 2026

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — "Maine’s Republican nominee for governor recently told a crowd of supporters that he would ask a top Department of Homeland Security official to send U.S. Marshals and Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to polling places in the state for this fall’s midterm elections, according to audio obtained by The Associated Press.

"During an Aug. 20 event in Arundel, Bobby Charles told a group of supporters that he would ask #TomHoman, the White House #BorderCzar, to send federal agents to polling places in the weeks before #ElectionDay. The audio was first reported by the Bangor Daily News.

" 'Here’s my secret,; Charles told members of a Maine Young Republicans chapter. 'I have a friend named Tom Homan. Tom and I used to get on Fox all the time together. Tom’s an awesome guy.'

" 'I’m going to ask Tom, I’m going to actually — three or four weeks before the election, maybe three — I’m going to make an appeal for ICE and #USMarshals to be at our voting booths,' Charles said, according to the audio."

Read more:
https://www.bostonherald.com/2026/08/26/bobby-charles-ice-at-polling-places/

#MainePol #USPol #Elections2026 #VoterIntimidation #ICEOutOfMaine #ICEOut #DefundICE #CapitalPolice #CapitolPolice #PanEm #Fascists #BobbyCharles #CharacteristicsOfFascism

#LawrenceBritt 's #CharacteristicsOfFascism number 14 - #FraudulentElections

"Sometimes elections in fascist nations are a complete sham. Other times elections are manipulated by #SmearCampaigns against or even assassination of opposition candidates, use of legislation to control #voting numbers or political district boundaries, and manipulation of the media. Fascist nations also typically use their judiciaries to manipulate or control elections."

Supreme Court Allows Trump to Pursue Mail Voting Limits, for Now

The administration asked the court to clear the way for President Trump’s order that creates “state citizenship lists” and directs the Postal Service to decide who gets a mail-in ballot.

By Abbie VanSickle and Ann E. Marimow
Aug. 24, 2026

Read more:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/us/politics/supreme-court-trump-mail-ballots.html

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/vDt6r

#USPol #USElections #Elections2026 #Fascism #VoterDisenfranchisement

*Poof!* Years of #Trump Support Came Undone in 15 Minutes in an Airport.

The case represents a new front in President Trump’s #MassDeportation drive: arrests at airports of people who have active immigration cases and no criminal history.

"Mr. Jindra considered himself a #MAGA patriot until his wife’s detention."

By Miriam Jordan
Published August 16, 2026, updated August 17, 2026

"#BrentJindra, a tech salesman, voted for President #Trump three times, drawn by his aggressive immigration agenda. He never imagined the crackdown would ensnare his own wife.

"Last month, moments after the couple got off their flight in Burbank, Calif., a young man in a brown hooded sweatshirt stopped #GalinaBobreneva.

" 'Congratulations, you’ve been chosen for secondary screening,' he told her, according to the couple’s recollection.
The man was a federal agent, and after questioning Ms. Bobreneva for about 15 minutes, he led her away in handcuffs to an unmarked vehicle.

“ 'I’m only doing my job,' he said. 'Everything will be OK.'

"So began a 16-day ordeal: a night on the floor of a basement holding cell in downtown Los Angeles; two weeks in a Mojave Desert detention center and a frantic legal effort to win her release."

Read more:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/16/us/trump-immigration-crackdown.html

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/sVRFW

#USPol #TrumpSucks #TrumpRegrets #ExMAGA #DefundDHS #Elections2026

"Mr. Thanedar was the latest pro-Israel Democrat to fall to a challenge from the left. This summer, Representatives #DianaDeGette of #Colorado, #DanGoldman of #NewYork and #AdrianoEspaillat of New York were all defeated by younger, more progressive challengers who were fueled by strong organization by the Democratic Socialists of America."

#DonovanMcKinney #USPol #MichiganPol #Elections2026
#USElections #IsraeliWarCrimes #FreeGaza #FreePalestine #GazaGenocide #DSA #DemocraticSocialists #DemocraticSocialism

The #AI boom is gobbling up power faster than ever

By Hannah Beckler, June 7, 2026

Excerpt: "The data center boom is accelerating.

"A Business Insider analysis of US data center permits reveals a staggering escalation in data center power use. Data centers across the US are growing in number and in size. If all data centers permitted through 2025 come online, they will use between 224.3 terawatt-hours and 358.8 terawatt-hours of electricity annually, an increase of 50% over the previous year across the range, Business Insider's analysis found.

"At the midpoint, that's more than all the #electricity used by any one US state in 2024, except Texas.

"The vast majority of this power use is driven by #hyperscale data centers, mammoth facilities that use 40 megawatts or more each, Business Insider estimates.

"#TechGiants have an insatiable appetite for more computing power to fund their AI ambitions. In 2025, permits were issued for 176 new data centers across 34 states — the most new permits in one year since the first was issued in 1976, Business Insider found. Many of them are mammoth facilities destined for rural areas — enormous complexes blanketing #prairies, #GreenSpaces, and #farmland.

"#AmazonCorp's planned 14-building data center complex in #RidgelandMS, would transform nearly 800 acres of rural #woodland. In the village of #MountPleasantWI, Microsoft's nine data center buildings would command a collective footprint of over 5.2 million square feet built on a property nearly the size of New York City's Central Park, according to planning documents. And just outside #EagleMountainOT, #QTS — one of the nation's biggest data center operators — is building one that is expected to demand between 1.9 and 3 terawatt-hours a year once fully online, according to Business Insider's estimate. On average, that's the same amount of electricity used by 227,000 US homes.

"The race by tech companies to reach ever-greater AI ambitions has sparked a sweeping backlash from local residents and state and local officials wary of #Datacenter impacts on the #environment, economy, and #communities. And development-friendly lawmakers could face a reckoning in this year's #midterms, in which data centers are emerging as a key issue for many voters."

https://www.businessinsider.com/us-ai-data-center-power-electricity-use-consumption-2026-6

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/hJXeS

#NoDatacenters #AIBoom #EnergyConsumption #NoisePollution #LightPollution #WaterIsLife #USPol #USMidTerms #Elections2026 #Datacentres #DatacenterMoratoriums #BigData #BigTech

#IndianCountry Cannot Afford to Sit Out #PeggyFlanagan’s #USSenate Race

by Levi Rickert June 1, 2026

Excerpt: "Flanagan has become one of the nation’s most prominent Native elected officials since becoming Minnesota’s lieutenant governor in 2019. Throughout her tenure, she has frequently highlighted the importance of tribal consultation, #IndigenousEducation, missing and murdered Indigenous relatives initiatives, and investments in #NativeCommunities."

Read more:
https://nativenewsonline.net/opinion/indian-country-cannot-afford-to-sit-out-peggy-flanagans-senate-race/

#USPol #MinnesotaPol #Elections2026 #NativeAmericans #MMIR #MMIWG #ProtectTransKids #LandBack

Follow-up to that #Georgia-14 non-partisan Congressional primary yesterday. Preliminary review of the initial #electionresults should scare the living BEE-JEEZUS out of the #GOP.

Although #Democrats will likely lose in the 7 April run-off, they over-performed by a 17-point margin from 2024. They over-performed by 30 points in #Hispanic areas of the district. #elections #uspolitics #uspol #elections2026