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The Spectacle Ep. 428: Los Angeles’ Election Fraud: Rigged By Design

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Ocasio-Cortez urges caution to media ahead of Trump’s Thursday speech about elections

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Ocasio-Cortez urges caution to media ahead of Trump’s Thursday speech about elections

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) urged caution to the media over President Trump’s upcoming speech about election integrity. “I don’t think that we should be contributing to any platforming of lies about our election,” Ocasio-Cortez told journalist Pablo Manríquez in a clip posted to the social platform X Tuesday afternoon. “Many news outlets oftentimes may receive…

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Trump to allege Chinese meddling in U.S. elections in primetime speech, sources say

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Trump to allege Chinese meddling in U.S. elections in primetime speech, sources say

Part of President Trump's speech Thursday night is expected to touch on previously unreported alleged Chinese meddling in U.S. elections, according to sources familiar with the matter.

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House Republicans push for $95B for Iran war, election measures and farm aid

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House Republicans push for $95B for Iran war, election measures and farm aid

House Republicans kicked off their plans for a third reconciliation bill for $90 billion in new money for the military during the Iran war and election-related measures.

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Trump Intel Pick Says He Only Heard of Georgia Election Raid Yesterday

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Trump Intel Pick Says He Only Heard of Georgia Election Raid Yesterday

Answers given by Jay Clayton, Donald Trump’s nominee for director of national intelligence, in his Senate Intelligence Committee hearing Wednesday suggest that, if confirmed, he would be a pawn in the president’s election-meddling pursuits in the vein of former DNI Tulsi Gabbard.Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff pressed Clayton about Gabbard’s presence at a February FBI raid at a Fulton County, Georgia, election facility. The operation was based on Trump’s debunked election fraud claims. And her attendance—at the president’s request, she has said—ignited a scandal, as the Office of the Director of National Intelligence’s role in election security is to counter foreign threats, rather than be weaponized for domestic, partisan ends.Clayton prevaricated when asked about his familiarity with the Fulton County incident, claiming, to Ossoff’s dismay, that he had only learned about the raid the day before, when he met privately with the senator.Ossoff then asked if Clayton would comply with a similar request from the president: “If the White House chief of staff or the president asks you to travel somewhere across the United States and oversee the execution of a domestic search warrant on a sensitive election facility, will you do it?” the senator asked. “Is that appropriate for the director of national intelligence?”Clayton threw his hands up. “Um … that’s a hypothetical.” Pressed further, he declined to comment on the matter.“Disqualifying,” Ossoff replied.😳 this is not going well for Clayton AT ALLOSSOFF: Are you aware that Director Gabbard was present at the Fulton County raid earlier this year?CLAYTON: ...OSSOFF: What is going on here?CLAYTON: ... ... OSSOFF: Are you aware that members of this committee are probing… pic.twitter.com/2QdWuUIHnh— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 15, 2026Moments later, Senator Mark Warner, the Democratic vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, chastised Clayton for his waffling.“It strains credibility to think that you are not aware of Director Gabbard’s intervention in the domestic election activities in Fulton County, and that that was subject of a great deal of consternation and review,” Warner told the nominee. “Even if you weren’t aware, in preparation for this hearing, I would’ve thought, ‘Hey, we gotta be ready for the Gabbard questions.’”Clayton mustered a far from reassuring response: “To be clear, the ODNI’s role is principally outside of the United States.”Also in his heated exchange with Ossoff, as well as with other senators, Clayton, like countless other Trump nominees before him, avoided saying that President Joe Biden won the 2020 election, instead opting for weasel words so as not to contradict the president’s election denialism.

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Trump intelligence pick Jay Clayton refuses to say Biden won 2020 election

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Trump intelligence pick Jay Clayton refuses to say Biden won 2020 election

Clayton, if confirmed, would replace Bill Pulte, and is facing senators for confirmation as the US’s top spyJay Clayton, the US attorney for the southern district of New York, refused to say that Joe Biden won the 2020 election during his Wednesday confirmation hearing to become the country’s next intelligence chief.Clayton opted instead to say that Biden was “certified” as president. Clayton also skirted questions about his previous election integrity claims and whether or not a White House official asked him to subpoena a group of New York Times journalists as part of an alleged national security investigation. Continue reading...

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Ossoff presses Clayton on who won 2020 election

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Ossoff presses Clayton on who won 2020 election

Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.), the most vulnerable Senate Democrat up for reelection this year, took Jay Clayton, President Trump’s nominee for director of national intelligence, to task over the administration’s focus on debunked claims that the 2020 elections were fraudulent. In a tense confirmation hearing for Clayton on Wednesday, Ossoff and other Democratic senators pressed…

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Trump’s intelligence nominee hedges when asked about the 2020 election

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Trump’s intelligence nominee hedges when asked about the 2020 election

Trump’s nominee for director of national intelligence, Jay Clayton, struggled to answer questions from Democratic lawmakers that could put him at odds with the president.

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Blanche sidesteps questions on federal agents at election sites

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Blanche sidesteps questions on federal agents at election sites

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche declined Wednesday to explicitly rule out deploying federal agents to polling places, saying only that he would "follow the law."Why it matters: Lawsuits challenging the Trump administration's use of federal agents near polling places are setting up a legal fight over whether those deployments violate federal protections against voter intimidation. What they're saying: When Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) asked whether Blanche would "commit to following clear federal law" by not deploying armed federal agents to polling places, Blanche replied that he would "commit to following the law … no matter what it includes."Klobuchar also asked if he understood why federal agents are a concern to voters, as some advocacy groups say it's a form of voter intimidation."I'm not aware of armed agents being at polling places, so I don't. I'm not aware of that concern, but I will tell you we will follow the law."Context: Federal law generally prohibits "troops or armed men" from being deployed to polling places, except in narrow circumstances, such as repelling "armed enemies" of the U.S.Driving the news: In response to an FOIA request, U.S. Customs and Border Protection denied it had any documents related to ICE deployments at polling places.The agency later reversed course after the plaintiff pointed to agents deployed outside active voting sites in both Texas and California.A federal judge then ordered CBP to begin processing any documents relating to potential ICE deployments at polling locations on Monday.Between the lines: Multiple administration officials have also declined to explicitly rule out ICE presence near polling places, including Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin and White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.Mullin said ICE wouldn't be present for "intimidation" purposes, but could be present if a "specific threat" arises. He said he was unable to predict what kind of threat might warrant ICE presence.Leavitt said in February that she couldn't "guarantee that an ICE agent won't be around a polling location in November," but noted the president wasn't considering such a proposal.DHS and DOJ did not immediately respond to Axios' Wednesday afternoon requests for comment.Flashback: Blanche told attendees at CPAC earlier this year that Americans shouldn't have objections to ICE at polling places."Why is there objection to sending ICE officers to polling places?" Blanche asked. "Illegals can't vote. It doesn't make any sense."Zoom out: There is no evidence that undocumented immigrants have illegally voted in U.S. elections in numbers large enough to sway the outcome.Voting rights groups say federal agents at polls can intimidate voters, causing some Americans to feel unsafe and chilling voter turnout.Multiple federal statutes prohibit voter intimidation, making it illegal to intimidate, threaten, or coerce a person with the intent of "interfering" with that person's right to vote.Go deeper: Exclusive: ICE obtains local voter files in Texas and North Carolina

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The Spectacle Ep. 428: Los Angeles’ Election Fraud: Rigged By Design

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