The man who tried to overturn the 2020 election is now openly plotting to control all future ones. And he’s not even being subtle about it.

WHAT’S GOING ON: President Trump told former administration lackey Dan Bongino on Monday that Republicans should “nationalize” elections and “take over” how votes are cast and counted across the country. “The Republicans should say, we want to take over,” Trump said. “We should take over the voting, the voting in at least many, 15 places. The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting.” He justified this power grab with the same lie he’s been pushing for years—that immigrants were “brought to our country to vote illegally.”

THE DETAILS: This proposal dropped less than a week after the FBI raided an elections office outside Atlanta, seizing ballots and voting records from the 2020 election in Georgia. Attorney General Pam Bondi also demanded Minnesota hand over its voter rolls in exchange for federal assistance during ICE tensions—targeting another state Trump falsely claims he won. Trump teased more coming: “You’re going to see something in Georgia. You’re going to see some interesting things come out.”

BUT BUT BUT: Here’s the thing—this scheme slams directly into the Constitution. State governments have primary authority over elections. The Elections Clause allows Congress to regulate federal elections, but that’s historically meant national standards, not a federal takeover of day-to-day election administration. “Does Donald Trump want a copy of the Constitution?” asked Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer. “What he’s saying is outlandishly illegal. Once again, the president is talking no differently than a dictator.”

OF COURSE: This isn’t Trump’s first swing at rigging the game. As his approval ratings sink, he’s floated canceling the 2026 midterms entirely rather than risk Republicans losing Congress. The 79-year-old—who was criminally indicted for trying to subvert the 2020 election—has also mused about third and fourth terms, despite the Constitution explicitly banning it.

BOTTOM LINE: Dozens of court challenges to 2020 yielded zero evidence of widespread voter fraud. Yet Trump keeps pushing the “stolen election” lie to justify authoritarian control over democracy itself. That’s not a campaign promise—it’s a threat.

Trump has amassed a $483 million war chest for the 2026 midterms—nearly triple what Democrats have raised—BUT he’s still flooding supporters’ inboxes with increasingly deranged fundraising emails claiming he’s “alone in the dark” with a “dying laptop” begging for $33 donations. The money’s pouring in from billionaire mega-donors, while small-dollar pitches have devolved into threats about gun confiscation, “brainwashed kids,” and—chef’s kiss—one email that literally threatened to refer non-donors to ICE if they didn’t confirm their citizenship. Read the full story.

After ICE agents executed two people in Minneapolis, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem announced agents will now wear body cameras—starting in Minneapolis, with nationwide rollout “as funding is available.” Progressive Democrats are demanding way more than cameras—including ending roving patrols, requiring judicial warrants, banning masks, and a universal code of conduct on use of force. Read the full story.

An ICE family detention center in Dilley, Texas is on complete lockdown after two detainees tested positive for measles—the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos (the child used as bait in Minneapolis) was held and reportedly couldn’t even get basic medication when he felt sick. This is what happens when you combine MAGA’s immigration cruelty with RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine crusade: preventable diseases spreading through crowded concentration camps holding children. Read the full story.

An FBI confidential source alleged that Trump visited Jeffrey Epstein for lunch in spring 2015—right before announcing his presidential run—and remained “very close” to the convicted pedophile even after becoming president, according to a classified 2017 memo released in the latest DOJ Epstein files dump. That’s a problem for Trump’s narrative that he cut ties with Epstein 15 years before 2019 (which would’ve been 2004). OF COURSE, the White House dismisses it as “false allegations,” but Trump’s own 2002 quote calling Epstein a “terrific guy” keeps aging like milk. Read the full story.

Bill and Hillary Clinton have agreed to testify before the House’s Epstein investigation—just days before Republicans were set to hold them in contempt. The Clintons aren’t new to political showdowns, and they don’t move without a strategy. Their timing is razor sharp. Democrats and even Republican Thomas Massie say millions more pages are being withheld in what they’re calling a “full-blown cover-up.” The Clintons walking in now? It’s not surrender—it’s chess. Read the full story.

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