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Alaska Seeks Fraud Suit Dismissal

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Alaska’s state government sought dismissal of a Justice Department lawsuit alleging that a purported sham candidate committed election fraud in the state’s Senate race.

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UPDATE: As to Trump admin elections interference, aside from the two DOJ lawsuits, on the other side, there is a California Nurses Association lawsuit addressing intimidating individuals and an SEUI lawsuit addressing intimidating state or local elections officials.

Both have court orders in place:
October 31, 2026 at 3:52 AM

Reposted by Stephen M. Walt

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👇🎯 Today in “neither our media nor our political system is designed to deal with a far right authoritarian party”

The fact that the national media has decided, in the last four days before the midterms, that the problem is The Democrats in Alaska is shameful & pathetic. We are not a serious country
the actual election scandal is the fact that the president of the united states is waging a whole of government effort against free and fair elections.
October 31, 2026 at 3:58 AM
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The Alaska story — the DOJ election lawsuit, the illicit gas deal — exposes how much the Russia story is still the real story

And it will be as long as Trump is president

A weekend long-read:

www.greatpower.us/p/an-alaskan...
An Alaskan election lawsuit, an illicit Arctic gas project, and an American president caught in Moscow’s gravity well
The Russia story keeps becoming every story
www.greatpower.us
October 31, 2026 at 12:24 PM
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Reposted by Dean Baker

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Judge orders Trump administration to stop threatening election officials with criminal charges www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
Judge orders Trump administration to stop threatening election officials with criminal charges
The Justice Department recently sent letters to state and local election officials across the country warning them of criminal penalties related to failing to comply with records retention.
www.nbcnews.com
October 31, 2026 at 2:37 AM