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Executive Override

The lies they need you to believe
From L.A. to Cleveland to our intel agencies the White House is sowing the seeds of election sabotage
Jun 12 • Jessica Marsden
The Post Office has no business deciding who votes
A new rule would let the feds decide which mail ballots get delivered — it’s as crazy as it sounds
Jun 5 • Ben Berwick and Alexandra Chandler
The strategy hiding in plain sight
The slush fund, the VRA, the purges: one project, designed to hold power without winning it
May 22 • Aaron Baird and Justin Florence
This is not gerrymandering as usual
Authoritarian forces are changing the rules to guard their power — but what happened in Alabama this weekend shows the way to take it back
May 19 • Corey Dukes and Alison Hirsh
Clearing the field
How the White House is using investigative, prosecutorial, and regulatory power against its perceived opponents — and what it means for the midterms
May 15 • Ben Berwick
Nearly half
Inside the federal campaign to sow distrust in elections
May 1 • Justin Florence
2026 is nothing like 2020
Why these midterms will be different from the last time Trump tried to overturn an election
Apr 24 • Jessica Marsden
Why talk about threats to the midterms?
Like in Hungary, it’s time to hope for the best and prepare for the worst
Apr 17 • Justin Florence
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