Showing posts with label election integrity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label election integrity. Show all posts

Sunday, June 14, 2026

Weekly Roundup: The UFC Presidency: Election Lies, Blood Sport Politics, and Hegseth's D-Day Disgrace (Bradley Onishi and Daniel Miller; Straight White American Jesus podcast)

This week on Straight White American Jesus, Brad and Dan unpack the GOP's latest claims of voter fraud in California and show how conspiracy thinking, Christian nationalist spiritual warfare, and anti-democratic rhetoric continue to undermine public trust in elections. 

Focusing on comments from Donald Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson, they explore how evidence-free allegations of fraud function politically, why California has become a symbolic target, and how narratives of hidden, "unprovable" corruption mirror the logic of both conspiracism and charismatic Christian nationalism. The episode examines what happens when feelings and intuition replace facts, and why attacks on election integrity remain central to the MAGA movement's political strategy.

The conversation then turns to the Trump administration's unprecedented UFC event at the White House and Pete Hegseth's controversial D-Day remarks in Normandy. Brad and Dan analyze the UFC spectacle as a symbol of a broader political vision rooted in domination, submission, and conflict rather than democratic deliberation and compromise. They also discuss Hegseth's embrace of Western civilizational rhetoric and anti-immigrant messaging during a commemoration of the Allied fight against fascism, situating his comments within a larger framework of Christian nationalism, Western chauvinism, and the growing influence of the postliberal right. Along the way, they reflect on America's declining international standing, the politics of spectacle, and reasons for hope as public resistance to authoritarianism continues to grow.
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Wednesday, February 4, 2026

Wednesday, January 21, 2026

Trump administration concedes DOGE team may have misused Social Security data - POLITICO

Two members of Elon Musk's DOGE team working at the Social Security Administration were secretly in touch with an advocacy group seeking to "overturn election results in certain states," and one signed an agreement that may have involved using Social Security data to match state voter rolls, the Justice Department revealed in newly disclosed court papers...

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/20/trump-musk-doge-social-security-00737245 


 

Wednesday, October 8, 2025

Fire destroys home of South Carolina judge who had received death threats

Goodstein, who has served on the state judicial bench since 1989, in September issued a temporary injunction on the release of the state's voter files to the Trump administration-led US justice department. 

Goodstein's ruling was later publicly criticized by an assistant attorney general for the justice department's civil rights division, Harmeet Dhillon. The division has been at the forefront of efforts to acquire information, including names, addresses, driver's license numbers and social security numbers, of more than 3 million registered voters under an executive ordertargeting "non-citizen voter registration"…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/06/isouth-carolina-judge-home-fire


 

Tuesday, September 9, 2025

Trump PANICS and Pulls New SCHEME as he SPIRALS

ProPublica reporter Doug Clark is back with Court Accountability Action’s Alex Aronson to talk about his latest article on Heather Honey—a major 2020 election denier—and her ascent to the Department of Homeland Security. Doug and Alex talk about how Honey got this far, and how her appointment is the latest example of legitimizing election deniers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdNmBSrlRjA

 

Saturday, October 5, 2024

'Daily Show' Tears Apart 'Shameful' New Election Development | HuffPost Entertainment

"Daily Show" host Michael Kosta on Thursday broke down how the stakes just got even higher in the 2024 election. 

That's because betting on congressional elections may be legal, thanks to a federal appeals court ruling on Wednesday. The decision has heightened concerns about the impact of betting on election integrity.







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