September 2, 2026

Election Watch

SCOTUS Ruling Allows Mail-In Ballots to Be Counted after Election Day– www.westernjournal.com

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A closely-divided U.S. Supreme Court has handed down a critical decision on election integrity, jeopardizing the security of American elections and the sovereignty of the nation. In an opinion released Monday morning in Watson v. Republican National Committee (RNC), the court’s narrow majority ruled that mail-in ballots postmarked by election day may still be counted even if received after election day.

“Three federal statutes set the day for the election of Representatives, Senators, and the President,” Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote for the majority. At issue is a Mississippi state law allowing ballots received by mail and postmarked by election day to be counted for up to five days after election day. The RNC argued that federal statutes preempt Mississippi’s law and require ballots to be received by election day in order to be counted. Barrett and the majority concluded that the federal statutes “do not” preempt Mississippi’s law.

PolitiFact Disputes Ossoff as Deciding Vote on Inflation Reduction Act– www.newsbusters.org

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Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) is an easy Exhibit A in the tilt at PolitiFact. In his first Senate run in 2020, PolitiFact’s Tom Kertscher threw a “Pants On Fire” flag at his opponent Sen. David Perdue for labeling Ossoff a “socialist.” Ossoff was endorsed by Bernie Sanders (and Ossoff welcomed it.) And yet, Ossoff can smear Trump as a “totalitarian farce” with no checking.

On Monday, PolitiFact threw a “False” at Ossoff’s current Republican opponent, Rep. Mike Collins:

U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff “cast the deciding vote for the inflation disaster,” referring to the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act.

PolitiFact newbie Ben Brasch really had to stretch reality to come to Ossoff’s defense. The Senate vote on the “Inflation Reduction Act” was 50-50, so if he had voted against it, that vote would decide it. He was a deciding vote.

But no, everybody blamed Kamala:

Ossoff supported the Inflation Reduction Act. Every Democratic vote was needed, but he was not the “deciding vote.” Harris, as vice president, came in to break the tie. 

Despite its name, the law had little effect on inflation. Inflation had peaked by the time it passed, and many provisions required phasing in over several years.

We rate the statement False.

RNC Sues Colorado’s TDS-Afflicted Elections Chief– thefederalist.com

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Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold, who served as head cheerleader in the left’s failed attempt to keep Donald Trump off her state’s 2024 Republican primary ballot, now faces a lawsuit alleging she broke the state constitution in permitting non-residents who have never lived in Colorado to vote in its elections.

Griswold, the leftist tool of the far-left machine that defiled the U.S. Constitution, is now accused of ignoring the Centennial State’s charter.

“Yet again, Democrats are trying to let people vote in a state where they’ve never lived,” Republican National Committee Chairman Joe Gruters said in a statement. “Jena Griswold is ignoring Colorado’s Constitution and allowing non-residents to cast ballots in Colorado elections.”

Notorious Senator Blindsided By Federal Investigation– trendingpoliticsnews.com

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Sen. Ruben Gallego is under federal investigation for suspected campaign finance violations, a new report said Monday, threatening to cast a fresh shadow over the Arizona Democrat’s political future as he eyes a possible 2028 White House run.

The Justice Department probe comes even after the Senate Ethics Committee closed its own inquiry into allegations of sexual misconduct and campaign finance violations.

According to a letter released by Gallego’s office Monday, the Senate panel found no evidence that the freshman senator violated Senate rules or applicable law.

Trump Torches Senate SAVE Act Holdouts After SCOTUS Mail-In Ballot Blow – RedState– redstate.com

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The Supreme Court ruled Monday that ballots postmarked on or before Election Day but received afterward can be counted by states. “Election day” is now a misnomer because voting and counting go on for many weeks in states like California.

RedState’s Jennifer Oliver O’Connell explains:

A pivotal ruling on the fate of states that collect and count mail-in ballots after election day has been issued. In a 5-4 decision on Watson v. RNC, the Supreme Court of the United States held that federal Election Day statutes do not prohibit states from counting ballots postmarked by Election Day but received afterward under state law.

Trump Just Gave Republicans a Midterm Megaphone – PJ Media– pjmedia.com

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President Donald Trump just gave Republicans something they usually lack in a midterm year: a national stage they control. 

The Republican Party will hold a first-ever midterm convention in Dallas on Sept. 9 and Sept. 10, less than two months before voters decide control of Congress on Nov. 3.

For a party defending narrow majorities, the move is bold and risky.

And smart.

Midterms typically punish the party in the White House. Gallup’s history shows the president’s party has lost an average of 25 House seats in midterm elections since 1946. From Reuters:

An off-year convention is unusual, with such events usually held only during presidential election years. Republicans are under pressure to hold on to control of Congress for Trump’s final two years in office and worry that voter unease over the economy and Trump’s decision to go to war with Iran could hurt their efforts.

“BIG NEWS! For the first time ever, the ⁠Republican Party will hold a MIDTERM CONVENTION. It will be in Dallas, Texas — One of my favorite places in the World. It will be fantastic!” Trump said in a social media post.

Trump plans to address the gathering, according to two Republican sources familiar with the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity.

The move would further tie him to the election’s outcome at a moment when Republicans are confronting historic headwinds. The party that holds the White House in the first midterm elections after a presidential election usually loses congressional seats.

Presidents with under 50% approval have watched their parties lose an average of 37 House seats. Republicans don’t need a lecture from consultants; they need turnout, discipline, and a message strong enough to break through the usual noise.

Socialist Upsets Democrat Congresswoman Who First Took Office The Year She Was Born– dailycaller.com

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A 29-year-old socialist ended a longtime Denver congresswoman’s tenure with an upset victory in the Democratic primary Tuesday.

Melat Kiros, an Ethiopian immigrant and lawyer who was fired over her public criticism of Israel, stunned incumbent Rep. Diana DeGette winning 49.3% of the vote to the congresswoman’s 43.5%, the Associated Press reported with 78% of ballots counted. Endorsed by Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), Kiros is the heavy favorite to win the November general election given Colorado’s First Congressional District’s strong Democratic lean.

In addition to the DSA, Kiros had the endorsements of Independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and Our Revolution, a left-wing group that began as a continuation of his 2016 presidential campaign. She also had garnered the support of Chris Rabb, a fellow DSA-backed candidate who won the Democratic nomination for a deep blue Philadelphia-based seat in May, and Justice Democrats — a group instrumental in helping Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez oust a longtime incumbent in a 2018 primary.

Susan Collins Keeps Edge over Democrat Graham Platner in Maine– www.breitbart.com

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A Fox News poll published Tuesday shows the 2026 Maine Senate race remains tight, with incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins holding a narrow lead over Democrat Graham Platner.

The poll shows that among registered voters, Collins receives 50 percent support to Platner’s 47 percent. The race shifts among the most engaged voters. Platner leads Collins 53 percent to 44 percent among those who say they are extremely motivated to vote, fueled by higher enthusiasm among Democrats.

About 76 percent of Democrats say they are highly motivated to vote, compared to 61 percent of Republicans. The poll also found voters have concerns about both candidates, but worries about Platner run deeper. Roughly one-third of independents said they are extremely concerned about Platner’s judgment, while 30 percent said the same about Collins having served too long.

Alaska Supreme Court delivers blow to Republicans, rules in favor of ‘sham candidate’– www.theblaze.com

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The Alaska Supreme Court has delivered the final blow to Republicans’ efforts to keep a Senate challenger by the same name as incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan (R) off the ballot.

In a short order handed down Monday, the court affirmed a ruling from a superior court that Daniel J. Sullivan Jr. must appear on the Aug. 18 primary ballot for U.S. Senate.

‘The only reason he is running is to deceive voters and manipulate Alaska’s election system.’

Far-Left Texas Democrat James Talarico Tied with Ken Paxton in Senate Race, Shock Poll Shows– slaynews.com

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Far-left Texas Democrat James Talarico is tied with Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in a shocking new Senate poll, raising alarms that Democrats may have a path to threaten a reliable GOP stronghold.

Democrats have not won a U.S. Senate race in Texas in nearly four decades.

However, a New York Times/Siena survey released Tuesday found Talarico and Paxton tied at 47 percent support among likely Texas voters.

The race is one of a handful that could determine whether Republicans keep control of the Senate.

Judge Sparkle Sooknanan Blocks Trump Admin’s Voter-Screening Database › American Greatness– amgreatness.com

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Judge Sparkle Sooknanan Blocks Trump Admin’s Voter-Screening Database › American Greatness– amgreatness.com
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A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from implementing a voter-screening database that combined citizenship records with Social Security information. The ruling argued the effort violated federal privacy protections and resulted in inaccurate information being shared with states.

In a 75-page decision, U.S. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan halted the administration’s revised SAVE database, a system developed by the Department of Homeland Security as part of an effort to strengthen election integrity and identify non-citizens on voter rolls.

“The federal government has knowingly trampled on the privacy rights of American citizens in a manner that threatens the sacred right to vote,” Sooknanan wrote. “This Court cannot stand idly by while that happens.”

40 Percent Accuracy Accepted for Signatures,– www.westernjournal.com

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The Los Angeles mayoral primary election raised an eyebrow for voters and onlookers alike. This is California, after all.

While incumbent Democratic Mayor Karen Bass secured her spot on the ballot for the city’s general election in November, Republican Spencer Pratt was not so fortunate.

Pratt lost out on the second-place spot needed to advance over Los Angeles City Councilwoman Nithya Raman, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America.

The story of Pratt’s defeat unfortunately sounds all too familiar with positive results early on, only for mail-in ballots for Raman to come in just when they were needed.

It’s not just mere suspicion that something was off. One woman working in a ballot processing center spoke out on social media platform X about what she personally witnessed.

Jennifer Callahan made an X post with a few important notes.

“Signatures only need to be 40% accurate (!) this is the setting the machines are set at for LA County (called the ASV),” she wrote.

Activist Judge Rules Trump Lacks ‘Authority’ to Tighten Election Security, Blocks Executive Order– slaynews.com

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An Obama-appointed federal judge has struck down most of President Donald Trump’s election integrity executive order, blocking key parts of the administration’s effort to tighten federal voting rules.

On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Denise Casper ruled that Trump exceeded his authority by attempting to impose several election-related requirements through executive action, including a mandate requiring voters to provide documentary proof of U.S. citizenship when registering to vote.

The decision makes permanent an injunction Casper issued last year in a lawsuit brought by Democratic attorneys general from 19 states.

Talarico’s Anti-Police Past Resurfaces With Plan To ‘Make Prisons Obsolete’– wltreport.com

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This election season has included a lot of talk about the openly socialist candidates winning Democratic Party primaries in New York and other deep-blue regions of the country.

But in Texas, US Senate hopeful James Talarico is spewing many of the same far-left ideas from a package that might appear less extreme to some voters. 

Now that he’s facing GOP Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a steady stream of those prior remarks are coming back to bite him.

As the Washington Free Beacon highlighted in a new report:

Talarico’s remarks came during a 2022 speech he delivered to a group of Texas inmates graduating from a high school diploma program. After approvingly quoting the prominent prison abolitionist Ruth Wilson Gilmore—Talarico described her as an “anti-prison activist” who said “prisons are a catchall solution to our social problems”—he laid out his vision for a “world without prisons.”

“Prisons allow us to ignore the consequences of systemic racism and global capitalism,” Talarico said. “If we took just half of what we spent on wars, prisons, and policing and spent it on education, health care, and jobs, we could make prisons obsolete.”

“It’s hard to imagine a world without prisons,” he continued. “But it was also hard to imagine a world without telegrams and cassette tapes. Just because it was hard to imagine doesn’t mean you shouldn’t. We won’t build it overnight, but dreaming is the first step.”

House Freedom Caucus Revolts As ‘SAVE America Act’ Stalls in Senate– townhall.com

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The House Freedom Caucus is publicly calling on the Senate to return to work, as the upper chamber is now in a two-week Independence Day recess. President Donald Trump and many Republicans still want to find a way for the SAVE America Act to get passed in the Senate.

“The Senate sucks. I’m just going to come out and say it – they suck. This is not hard!” Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) said during a Thursday news conference.

The federal elections bill already cleared the House, but it is struggling for support among a handful of Republicans and all Democrats in the Senate. Trump visited Capitol Hill on Wednesday to advocate for the proposal in a lunch with Republican senators.

“The president did the right thing yesterday by canceling the bill signing, unless the SAVE Act was attached,” Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) said.

Bernie Sanders & Democratic Socialists Unveil List of Radical Demands for Democrats After Sweeping Primary Wins– slaynews.com

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New York’s socialist wing is issuing warnings to the Democrat establishment after a sweeping primary victory gave NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani and his allies a stronger grip on the party’s future in the city.

Following Tuesday’s elections, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and the Democratic Socialists of America signaled that the far-left movement intends to use its victories to pressure Democrat leaders and shape the party’s direction heading into the 2026 midterms.

In a post-election call clipped by Manhattan Institute analyst Stu Smith, a DSA leader said socialist politicians now represent more than three million New Yorkers across multiple levels of government.

Mamdani’s Anti-American Progressives Sweep NY Democrat Primaries – dc.report

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Zohran Mamdani went three-for-three in his effort to win U.S. House nominees for his anti-American socialist movement, his new world order, the progressive state.  Bernie Sanders also endorsed the same far-left candidates. He is becoming the center of the real power of the Democratic Party as it completes its transition from an American leftist party to an anti-American communist party.

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Trump-Endorsed Candidate WINS South Carolina GOP Primary for Governor– wltreport.com

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South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson has won the GOP runoff for the state’s governor race.

He was endorsed by President Trump after advancing to a runoff with Lt. Governor Pamela Evette last month.

Decision Desk HQ called the race:

Leaked Audio: Texas Democrat James Talarico Caught Saying He ‘Hates Christianity’ Despite Touting Faith– slaynews.com

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Texas Democrat James Talarico is facing fresh scrutiny after newly leaked audio reveals that the Senate candidate once described himself as “a Christian who hates Christianity” during a podcast discussion with progressive religious activists.

The remarks were made during a 2021 appearance on the “Activist Theology” podcast but were leaked online by the Republican National Committee on Tuesday.

The audio is now drawing attention as Talarico attempts to present himself as a faith-driven Democrat in his bid to defeat Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in November’s closely watched Senate race.

Mamdani-Backed Chevalier Wins Primary, but Check Out Who Likely Put Her Over the Top – RedState– redstate.com

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Anyone who is a big fan of socialism, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, and who hates Israel has to be loving what played out on Tuesday in the three House primary races where the mayor made an endorsement.  All three of the candidates he backed, Brad Lander in NY-10, Claire Valdez in NY-07, and Darializa Avila Chevalier in NY-13, have moved on to the general election, where they are likely to be victorious in the heavily blue gerrymandered districts.

Of the three, Avila Chevalier’s victory was the narrowest, with her barely squeaking by five-term incumbent Rep. Adriano Espaillat, who is the Chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. He’s also the co-chair of the House Latino-Jewish Caucus, which might have been one thing that helped sink his reelection bid, considering the anti-Israel, pro-Hamas sentiment that has taken root in the Big Apple under Mamdani’s “leadership.”

BREAKING: Mamdani-backed Brad Lander trounces Trump-impeacher Dan Goldman in NY’s 10th house district | The Post Millennial– thepostmillennial.com

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Lander’s victory comes as there has been a wave of Mamdani and Democrat Socialist of America-backed candidates challenging members of Congress.

Mamdani-backed candidate Brad Lander has won his congressional primary against Democrat incumbent Dan Goldman, who has voted to impeach President Donald Trump twice during his stint in Congress.

Lander’s victory comes as there has been a wave of Mamdani and Democrat Socialist of America-backed candidates challenging members of Congress.

Radical Anti-American Socialist Wins Primary in NYC to Unseat 5-Term Democrat Congressman– slaynews.com

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A self-described socialist who previously called for abolishing police, seizing private property, eliminating borders, ending deportations, and nationalizing industries has defeated a five-term Democrat incumbent in New York City, marking another major victory for the growing far-left movement aligned with NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

Darializa Avila Chevalier, a 32-year-old anti-American community organizer, doctoral student, and member of the Democratic Socialists of America, won Tuesday’s Democratic Party primary in New York’s 13th Congressional District.

According to election results, Chevalier secured roughly 49.4 percent of the vote, defeating Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), who received approximately 45.9 percent.

Democrats Just Got Brutal News About Their Texas Senate Dream – PJ Media– pjmedia.com

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Texas is the Democrat Party’s white whale. Every election cycle, the party convinces itself this is finally the year the state turns blue, and every election cycle, Texas tells it to pound sand. It got fooled again in 2024, when polling suggested that the state was within reach. It wasn’t. Donald Trump won Texas by 14 points, and no amount of wishful thinking from Democrat strategists changes the fact that a state like Texas isn’t about to send a Trump-endorsed candidate’s creepy opponent to the Senate.

Trump’s Midterm Election Rigging Scheme Handed Big Loss– www.politicususa.com

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The Trump administration has tried to rig the midterm election with schemes that go way beyond gerrymandering.

At the heart of all the president’s plans are various illegal executive orders that he signed, all related to voting.

One of those executive orders required the Social Security Administration to turn over personal information so a database could be created to purge voters.

The scheme was clearly illegal, and U.S. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan blocked the database:

This case implicates two fundamental rights that protect Americans from government overreach: the right to privacy and the right to vote. In the past year, several federal agencies have joined forces to create a centralized federal database that contains the private information of United States citizens, including Social Security numbers, citizenship status, and other sensitive data. But decades ago, Congress put protections in place to prevent precisely this type of centralized data bank. And the record in this case shows that the federal agencies that created this database knew that the database violates those statutory protections.

The agencies were scrambling to comply with an Executive Order aimed at reshaping federal elections, which directed them to create a system for mass voter verification. So they haphazardly combined and repurposed the private information of millions of Americans, including citizenship data that they knew to be unreliable.

Since then, states have partnered with the federal government to access the database and are actively removing United States citizens from voter rolls based on inaccurate information. All in all, the federal government has knowingly trampled on the privacy rights of American citizens in a manner that threatens the sacred right to vote. This Court cannot stand idly by while that happens.

Trans Queer Theologian That Inspired Talarico’s Viewpoints Is Worse Than You Thought– www.louderwithcrowder.com

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According to the interweb, being transqueer means you live in gender delusion while also being “queer.” Being queer means your identity “falls outside of traditional heterosexual and cisgender norms.” And when you combine all of that with leftism, you get the “ trans queer Latinx theologian” who inspired James Talarico — and it is worse than you think.

Per the New York Post:

Texas Democratic Senate hopeful James Talarico once lavished praise on a self-described “TransQueer, Latinx” activist theologian as a major source of inspiration for his left-wing philosophy.

“When you started following me on Twitter, I couldn’t contain my inner fan boy, because I read your book last year and it continues to inspire me and y’all’s work continues to inspire me,” the state lawmaker told Roberto Henderson-Espinoza during a March 2021 podcast appearance.

“I told you I was a boring, straight, cis white man, and I added ‘Presbyterian’ to spice it up,” Talarico added. “My imagination is also just limited by my own background and identity.”

Socialist Democrat Congressional Candidate Calls for Trans Bill of Rights– www.breitbart.com

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Melat Kiros, a socialist congressional candidate challenging incumbent Democrat Rep. Diana DeGette in Colorado’s 1st Congressional District, believes there is a need for a “Trans Bill of Rights,” considering it “horrific” to protect children from gender mutilation surgery.

Kiros announced that her campaign page was being updated to include a “Trans Bill of Rights,” during an appearance on the Call Me Limbo podcast.

“Like, we’re actually updating the website right now. I wrote all of our policy page a year ago now, but we’re updating it this week, and some of the things that we’re adding in there is also a Trans Bill of Rights,” she said, calling for greater “force” in pushing the transgender agenda.

“You know, I think we have to be so forceful and clear and aggressive in our protection and our advocacy for the trans community, especially for trans kids,” she continued, asserting that there are ballot measures in Colorado coming up that she considers to be “just horrific” and “absolutely destructive for young trans kids.”

The Graham Platner Problem Is Getting Too Big for the DNC and Schumer to Ignore – RedState– redstate.com

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It’s been a week since the Maine Senate primary, with the Bernie Sanders-backed Graham Platner easily winning the nomination over two other Democrats, including Schumer-backed Gov. Janet Mills, who had suspended her campaign in April but reminded folks after the sexting scandal broke that she was still on the ballot and that the votes would count.

 

Trump’s Support Has Collapsed In Rural America– www.politicususa.com

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Donald Trump would never have been president without rural America. One of the greatest contradictions, or some would say con jobs, in American history was pulled off as a New York City creature passed himself off as relatable and sharing the concerns of rural America.

To anyone with a discerning eye, it was clear that Trump didn’t understand or care about rural America. Even rural Americans would admit this fact on occasion, but they liked Trump because he talked about them, and he played on their mistrust of elites by selling himself as an outsider who had been inside enough to confirm their suspicions about “the swamp.”