NEW: Federal agents raided Rep. Ilhan Omar's home as part of an investigation that reportedly concerns her immigration history. The move, which comes weeks before she faces reelection, marks a departure from longstanding DOJ guidance meant to keep federal law enforcement from influencing elections.

Federal agents raid Democratic congressmember’s home weeks before Election Day, despite DOJ rules against political interference

DOJ’s rules caution prosecutors and agents against taking actions that could affect an election — or even create the perception that they are doing so.

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General strike FFS. The Repubs intend to pull every nefarious trick in the book. The legal process takes too long. Congress isn’t in session, and therefore, the Repubs could omit Dems from the roll. Listen to Judge Luttig’s breakdown - the GOP could freeze America. The threat is real.

Marc Elias has a prediction for the midterms: “If Democrats win, it is 100% certain that Donald Trump will say they were not honest.” Voting rules are being rewritten right now. Stay a step ahead: https://demdock.com/4yhBJbZ

⚠️ In a blow to mail voters, a Wisconsin judge won’t let people who fear Postal Service delays cast provisional ballots. With USPS pickup and delivery slowing significantly nationwide, voters whose ballots arrive too late could be disenfranchised through no fault of their own ⬇️

In blow to mail voters, Wisconsin judge won’t allow provisional ballots for people fearing Postal Service delays

Wisconsinites who vote by mail will effectively be disenfranchised if the U.S. Postal Service doesn’t deliver their ballot by 8 p.m. on Election Day.

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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social Donald Trump is tearing down healthy trees in DC. H/T Rick Maese

BREAKING: A federal judge allowed Republicans to defend North Carolina's last-minute restrictions on absentee voting, which could disqualify ballots over technicalities like an unsealed inner envelope. This comes as absentee voting for the midterms is already underway in the state.

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NEW: The GOP is suing election officials in a key Michigan city, claiming they’re appointing more Democrats than Republicans as election inspectors. It's a sign that Republicans could seek to interfere with Michigan’s voting or counting process, as they did in 2020. https://demdock.com/3UkaTlp

Republicans sue for more poll watchers in key Michigan city

The effort could be a sign that the GOP plans to try to inject chaos into Michigan’s voting or counting process, as it did in 2020.

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Definitely trust a billionaire who doesn't just want data centers on Earth, to pollute the air, water, and food, he wants data centers in space. I hope there are ETs. Tech Bros would pale in intelligence. Will no being on this planet stop the oligarchs' destruction. Revolt. Resist. Boycott. Give AF.

Trump isn’t good at keeping secrets, Marc Elias says. “Donald Trump usually tells us exactly how he is going to try to subvert democracy.” Your vote is a target. Keep watch: https://demdock.com/3TOn1e8

NEW: Like many states, Missouri initially refused to give the DOJ a copy of its voter rolls containing sensitive personal information. But records reveal the state's chief election official later proposed a compromise: allow federal officials to conduct an "in-person audit" of its voter records.

Missouri offered to let DOJ inspect its unredacted voter rolls

The records provide the clearest explanation yet for why Missouri escaped the wave of lawsuits the DOJ has filed against 30 states that rejected its demands for private voter files.

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🎉 WIN: The DOJ demanded unredacted voter rolls from 49 states and D.C., seeking sensitive information such as addresses and Social Security numbers. Now, a judge has ruled the department doesn’t have a right to any of it — even the data states handed over voluntarily: https://demdock.com/4hCYiCO

Trump’s deal to buy Russian diesel from Putin just weeks before the midterms funnels money directly into Russia’s war machine. Trump is now facing calls for Congress to block the deal and impeach him. Meanwhile, energy analysts say it’s unlikely to even make a dent in fuel prices.

Trump Announces Russian Diesel Deal Ahead of Midterms

Trump campaigned against foreign oil.

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Immigrant New Yorkers belong here. ICE does not. If you need help, call our free, confidential Immigration Legal Support Hotline at 1-800-354-0365 or dial 311 and say “Immigration Legal.” Help is here in your native language, no matter your immigration status. More info: nyc.gov/knowyourrights

An IRS investigator is suing the agency — claiming officials illegally leaked his confidential personnel records to federal prosecutors to punish him for years of whistleblowing on the agency's failure to tackle tax dodging.

Whistle-Blower Says I.R.S. Leaked His Tax Records in Retaliation

Brian J. Visalli, a veteran investigator of tax fraud, said in a lawsuit that the agency had sent his personal and tax information to federal prosecutors.

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Women showed up to protest against Cornell and the sexist policies and norms it represents. #IAMJANEDOE Washington, D.C.

There are 4 official FBI interview reports, but only 3 unredacted handwritten notes of the alleged 13-year old victim of Epstein & Trump were submitted to the judge in my case. The missing note’s link to South Carolina & how Todd Blanche has yet to explain where it is: youtu.be/5TEPxgVe18E?...

New BOMBSHELL Reporting Reveals MISSING FBI NOTES In MY Epstein Lawsuit!?!

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Convicted felon Tina Peters--convicted of election-related crimes--met with Trump about 2026 midterm election plans. Her lawyer discussed her proposal to take control of ballots and recount them by hand, and a hypothetical refusal to surrender control. WATCH: https://youtu.be/SvbuYDJtuZ0

Not enough Americans are angry about humans being hunted, killed, beaten, and caged. Our indifference is insufferable.

Aljazeera reported the Mayor's attendance at the October 7th vigil. Protestors are pissed. I don't think it matters what he did or didn't do, he was getting cut either way. That's the reality of the double-edged sword. NYC wanted him to be the Mayor for all people... until they didn't.

This is just a relentlessly horrific story. It’s hard to adequately contextualize the moral desolation of this unfolding in the midst of a midterms against a ruling party helmed by inveterate rapists and rape apologists. www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/congres...

Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs

Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing. A Phoenix New Times exclusive.

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BREAKING: In a win for Georgia voters, a state court dismissed a Republican lawsuit seeking to limit where mail-in ballots can be returned in Gwinnett County. The ruling preserves an additional way for voters in Georgia's second-most populous county to return their ballots before the midterms.

NEW: Voting for some Kentucky residents got easier after Jefferson County announced plans for a vote center with a drive-through option. “This initiative will expand accessibility for residents with disabilities who may struggle to vote at traditional polling locations,” the county clerk said.

Kentucky’s largest county offers drive-through voting for first time

Voting just got easier for residents of Kentucky’s most populous county, who for the first time will be able to cast their ballot on Election Day without leaving their car.

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Every day this #HispanicHeritageMonth, this page will be honoring Americans with Hispanic heritage whose achievements you may or may not have known about. Today's subject is Sonia Sotomayor. Read the post at: https://sonsoflibertyofficial.substack.com/p/hispanic-heritage-month-sonia-sotomayor

NEW: When SCOTUS gutted the Voting Rights Act, Republicans across the South launched a campaign to erase Black voting power. But the region is changing — and Southern organizers and Democrats should see it as a chance to secure fair representation, @fairfightaction.bsky.social writes.

After GOP gerrymanders and the backlash they sparked, the South is the new battleground for voting rights

The year 2026 presents a major opportunity to elect a Democratic Congress that can restore voting rights protections and ban partisan gerrymandering.

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ICE has been showing up at and near polling places, and voting rights groups say it’s scaring naturalized citizens and immigrant families away from the polls. Help us keep eyes on the polls: https://demdock.com/3TR0Gga

If only Americans would halt the country and demand the entire administration step down. Ketamine boy, a foreign-born native, admitted he's the reason the president won the election. How did the richest man aid the president's electoral win? In time for elections, M-u-s-k now works for the Pentagon.

🚨BREAKING: ICE is already appearing near voting sites as voting rights groups reinforce their lawsuit to keep armed federal agents away from the polls in November.

ICE is already showing up near voting sites, bolstering lawsuit against armed agents at polls

Among the newest examples is an ICE detention that took place in the same area California voters had to pass through to reach a ballot drop box.

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