Robert Reich | Trump’s Plot Against the 2026 Midterms

 

 

22 August 25

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Robert Reich | Trump’s Plot Against the 2026 Midterms
Robert Reich, Substack
Excerpt: "The stakes are huge. Republicans could easily lose their current seven-vote majority in the House, or possibly their six-vote majority in the Senate."

DHS to States: Follow Our Voting Rules or Lose Out on Election Security Money
Miles Parks and Stephen Fowler, NPR
Excerpt: "The Trump administration has indicated it may withhold tens of millions of dollars in election security funding if states don't comply with its voting policy goals."

FBI Searches Former National Security Adviser John Bolton's Home in a Probe to Find Classified Records
Peter Alexander, Kelly O'Donnell, David Rohde, Chloe Atkins and Alexandra Marquez, NBC News
Excerpt: "In a post on X early Friday, FBI Director Kash Patel wrote, 'NO ONE is above the law.'"

Japanese American Groups Blast Use of Fort Bliss, Former Internment Camp Site, as ICE Detention Center
Kimmy Yam, NBC News
Excerpt: "'The use of national security rhetoric to justify mass incarceration today echoes the same logic that led to their forced removal and incarceration,' one advocate said."

Eyewitness Says American Subcontractors at Gaza Aid Sites Fired at Palestinians
Debora Patta, CBS News
Excerpt: "Since the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation first began operating nearly three months ago, the U.N. says hundreds of Palestinians have been shot and killed by Israel Defense Forces and foreign military contractors at or near its aid sites."

Protests at Glacier as National Parks Reel From Trump Cuts: ‘They’ve Gutted Staff, Gutted Funding’
Cassidy Randall, Guardian UK
Excerpt: "As Republicans tout their stewardship of public lands, Montana protesters say their park is suffering – and help is urgently needed."

 

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