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In the interests of justice, fairness and the integrity of the United States, these individuals and any others involved should be investigated and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

Democrats are preparing for the destruction of fair and free elections come November.

Attorneys General have their Election Protection Task Force, which has been meeting since Trump was elected in 2024.

And the Senate has one too. Last week, they ran their first table top drill.

The Senate’s Election Task Force was launched at the end of April. It’s led by Leader Chuck Schumer and includes, Alex Padilla (CA) who’s leading the fight against the SAVE Act, Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Maria Cantwell (WA), Dick Durbin (IL), Chris Murphy (CT), Sheldon Whitehouse (RI), Adam Schiff (CA), Mark Warner (VA), Bernie Sanders (VT) and Raphael Warnock (GA).

As Schumer said at the initial press conference, the Task Force is:

looking at election threats, threats to the integrity of our election and election process up and down the line. we’re looking at election administration threats, we’re looking at the kind of bad play and horrible things that could come out of DOJ and DHS. We’re looking at attacks on free speech and independent media. We are looking at foreign threats. We are looking at militarization of law enforcement and corruption…and we’re looking at mobilization. We’re not just looking at it, we’re gonna be immersed in making sure that in any of these areas, the right to vote, the fairness and integrity of our elections is protected.

I share this whole thing because I think a lot of this gets lost in quick quotes and soundbites and it becomes very easy to brush it off as just another failed attempt.

Their first table top drill was last week, but their first meeting was on April 29, the day SCOTUS essentially gutted the VRA.

Along with members of the task force, last week’s drill included former Attorney General, Eric Holder, Democracy Forward’s Norm Eisen and Elias Law Group founder Marc Elias. These are the best and brightest when it comes to protecting our elections.

And if you’re still skeptical, Elias was on Rachel Maddow on Monday where she asked him if everyone involved in this exercise really understands what’s at stake and what their job is in protecting elections.

He said, with confidence, that they do:

I think there’s been a lot of work and understanding…never have I seen the Democratic party as prepared as they are today, and that includes, by the way, the work I did to help Joe Biden and the Democrats beat Donald Trump 60 times post election in 2020.

So you don’t have to take Schumer’s word for anything. But if Elias has complete confidence in every step of this process, including the Senate Task Force, then so do I.

And I hope you do too.

Cause, they have more power the more we support them. So this is not the time to criticize, it’s the time to unite together and cheer them on.

If Elias says they’re fighting even harder than 2020, I’m feeling some real hope.

But it’s about more than their work. WE have to make sure our turnout is so massive that the Republicans couldn’t continue their power grab even if they wanted to.

Every race, from town treasurer to Senate, we gotta show up for them all.

Oliver Willis at Daily Kos:

President Donald Trump is being criticized for his call for an “election integrity army” to fight against Democrats concerned about voter suppression. In a post to his Truth Social account on Sunday, Trump fumed that former Attorney General Eric Holder plans to work with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on efforts to suppress the vote in the upcoming midterm elections. Trump lied and claimed that “unhinged” Democrats “will no doubt try to suppress Republican voters.”

Trump praised the Republican Party’s use of an “election integrity army” during the 2024 election cycle and added, “We will be doing the same again in 2026, but it will be much bigger and stronger.” [...] Trump’s post was in reference to the April 29 announcement by Senate Democrats that they have launched a task force to protect the election and had enlisted Holder and election attorney Marc Elias. [...]

The GOP has a long history of voter suppression, with policies and rhetoric designed to lower turnout in areas that have historically favored the Democrats—particularly among younger voters and voters of color.   Democrats are hoping that a repeat of past trends, when increased turnout has usually meant a Democratic win, will give their party the majority this year and grant them power of oversight of Trump.

Finally, some real resistance:

Republicans are trying to redraw congressional district lines to keep their grip on Congress in the midterms and beyond. Voters should pick their politicians, not the other way around. Get involved with

@DemRedistrict as they fight back:

But . . . The baby was a stable genius! 😲