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U.S. House Passes the Suppressive SAVE America Act and Will Combine It With a Defense Appropriations Bill to Make it Harder to Vote Down in the Senate

U.S. House Passes the SAVE America Act and Will Combine It With a Defense Appropriations Bill to Make it Harder to Vote Down in the Senate

July 23, 2026July 23, 2026
The U.S. House passed the SAVE America Act again, this time with language to attach it to a normally bipartisan defense appropriations bill before it’s sent to the Senate. It’s a last-ditch effort to pass the bill.
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Yet Another Crusading ‘Election Integrity’ Politician is in Hot Water, This Time for Not Being a Registered Voter: MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell

Another Crusading ‘Election Integrity’ Politician is in Hot Water, This Time for Not Being a Registered Voter: MyPillow CEO & MN Gubernatorial Candidate, Mike Lindell

July 22, 2026July 22, 2026
Yet another “election integrity” crusader, MyPillow CEO and candidate for Minnesota governor, Mike Lindell, is in hot water. The 2020 election skeptic doesn’t appear to be a registered voter in Minnesota.
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Removal of EAC Commissioners Draws Attention to Hollowed Out Federal Agencies with ‘Election Integrity’ Responsibilities Now Unable to Function

Removal of EAC Commissioners Draws Attention to Hollowed Out Federal Agencies with ‘Election Integrity’ Responsibilities Now Unable to Function

July 14, 2026July 14, 2026
We’ve reported on the shocking removal of three commissioners from the U.S. Election Assistance Commission. But it’s not the only federal agency with election oversight to be hamstrung by the Trump administration.
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Texas AG, U.S. Senate Candidate and ‘Election Integrity’ Advocate Ken Paxton May Be Living Outside the County in Which He Voted

Texas AG, U.S. Senate Candidate and ‘Election Integrity’ Advocate Ken Paxton May Be Living Outside the County in Which He Voted 

July 13, 2026July 13, 2026
New reporting suggests that Texas Attorney General, U.S. Senate candidate and strident “Election Integrity” advocate, Ken Paxton, may have voted in six elections using an address where he no longer lives.
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U.S. Election Assistance Commission Members Removed Days After SCOTUS Expands Presidential Power Over Independent Agencies

U.S. Election Assistance Commission Members Removed Days After SCOTUS Expands Presidential Power Over Independent Agencies

July 12, 2026July 12, 2026
Just days after the U.S. Supreme Court decided that a president could remove personnel at most independent agencies without cause, the remaining commissioners at the U.S. Election Assistance Commission were removed by President Trump. Should we worry?
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