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- DOJ Investigating Conservative Outlet’s Allegations of Voter Fraud in Maine
Abaca Press/AP The Department of Justice is investigating a conservative outlet’s allegations of voter fraud in Maine, The Wall Street Journal reported. The Maine Wire alleged Friday that “CCTV video from Lewiston City Hall that appears to show dozens of instances of NGO workers — operating as ‘interpreters’ — coaching illiterate Somalis on how to vote and even filling out ballots for them.” The footage, which the Maine Wire claims to have obtained through a Freedom of Access Act request, also shows “left-wing NGOs running an industrial-scale ballot stuffing scheme, using non-English-speaking migrants to obtain ballots and then instructing them on how to vote a party line ticket for Democrats.” There is no evidence that any “ballot stuffing” occurred in the videos, let alone on an “industrial” scale. U.S. Attorney for Maine Andrew Benson, who was appointed by President Donald Trump, said his office will review “evidence concerning complaints of voter intimidation and election interference.” The WSJ added, “Conservative outlets, citing security-camera videos, have suggested that interpreters might have violated the law by showing non-English-speaking voters how to fill out ballots for Democrats.” Lewiston Mayor Carl Sheline told the outlet that the Somali community is being unfairly targeted by bad faith actors. “People are just trying to vote. It’s very frustrating,” he said. Per the Maine branch of the American Civil Liberties Union, voters are allowed to bring an interpreter or use the services of an interpreter when casting a ballot. “If you need help reading or marking your ballot or need another type of assistance, you are allowed to bring in a friend, relative, interpreter, or other helper. That helper does not have to be a registered voter or old enough to vote, but they cannot be your employer or union representative,” the organization’s website notes. “An election official at your polling place can also help you read or mark your ballot.” The state of Maine also expressly forbids non-citizens from voting. “Any U.S. citizen who lives in Maine and is at least 18 years old on Election Day can cast a ballot,” the website reads. “If you aren’t a citizen, you cannot vote in any elections in Maine, including local elections, referendums, and federal races.”The post DOJ Investigating Conservative Outlet’s Allegations of Voter Fraud in Maine first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.43 mins ago - Dave Wasserman Discusses Cook Political’s Final House Forecast Before Voting S...
CNN anchor Brianna Keilar spoke to one of the country’s top election forecasters on Friday to discuss the Cook Political Report’s final analysis on just how many seats the Democrats could end up with in the House after the midterm elections. “A new Cook Political Report out today projects Democrats could gain anywhere from 12 to 25 seats, more than enough to retake the majority,” Keilar began, adding: We’re joined now by Dave Wasserman, senior editor and elections analyst for Cook Political Report. All right, Dave, great to see you as we are marching towards Election Day here. Right now, you’re seeing Democrats winning as many as 240 seats in the House. Tell us about this analysis. “Brianna, there are a couple of patterns we’re seeing in the polls that show Republicans in shockingly vulnerable positions in districts that Trump carried by double digits just two years ago,” Wasserman replied, adding: The first is that the places that swung toward Trump the most over the last 10 years also have the biggest upside to swing back to Democrats in 2026. They have a great shot at picking up three out of the four districts in Iowa, districts in Western Wisconsin, and in Ohio, where there are unique top-of-ticket problems for Republicans that could prevent them from being able to hold on to all of the seats, even though the map there is favorable to them. South Texas, where Republicans drew a lot of Hispanic-majority seats that would have voted by 10 points for Donald Trump. Now we think Democrats have a good shot at three or four of those seats. The other pattern is Republicans have unique struggles in open seats, and there are a lot of them this cycle because 42 Republicans are leaving. In South Carolina’s First District, Nancy Mace’s open seat in Charleston, that’s now a toss-up race. In Iowa too, Nevada’s Second District, and even in Elise Stefanik’s open seat, we’re seeing a fairly close race. So these are signs of the times. “You’ve called 2026 a ‘back to the future’ election. What do you mean by that?” Keilar pressed. “Well, we’re seeing a lot of voters who flipped from Obama in ‘08 and ‘12 to Trump in ‘16, ‘20, and ‘24. Now they’re swinging back to Democrats. Whereas in 2018, eight years ago, Democrats were breaking through in what I would call the… [TheTopNews] Read More.53 mins ago - Top BBC Host Says She Thinks Cabinet Minister Tried to Coax Her Into a Threesome
Screengrab via BBC/YouTube BBC host Laura Kuenssberg revealed that she believes a government minister may have been propositioning her for a threesome after inviting her to a hotel room during a political party conference. The veteran journalist recalled arriving at the unnamed minister’s hotel room expecting a routine meeting with him and an adviser. Instead, she found the politician lying on a bed with his shirt unbuttoned, accompanied by his partner. Asked in an interview with The Times of London published Friday, Kuenssberg described the encounter as “very uncomfortable” before being pressed on whether she believed the pair were “after a threesome” with her, Kuenssberg suggested she thought they may have been. She did, however, acknowledge that she could have misread the encounter. “Well, maybe they were and maybe they weren’t. As I say, maybe they weren’t and I got it completely wrong. It was very uncomfortable,” she said. Kuenssberg, who became the BBC’s first female political editor in 2015 and now hosts the broadcaster’s flagship Sunday show, also described several other unwanted encounters with senior figures in Westminster. She recalled one married minister inviting her to the theater before attempting “a little grope,” while another former minister repeatedly kissed her on the head. “That was just weird. I never felt threatened. But it’s just a strange thing to do,” she said. Kuenssberg did not identify any of the politicians involved or specify when the incidents occurred. She expressed particular fear about the treatment of younger staff working in Westminster. “There is still a concern in Westminster that particularly young people starting out are sometimes very vulnerable,” she said, adding: “People do things. And human behaviour is a complicated thing and sometimes people behave badly. The presenter also rejected suggestions that her extensive access to senior political figures meant she maintained friendships with them. “There are lots of politicians who are perfectly nice people, but I don’t socialise with politicians,” she said.The post Top BBC Host Says She Thinks Cabinet Minister Tried to Coax Her Into a Threesome first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.53 mins ago - Vivek Ramaswamy’s Appalling Ad Will Make History
Jacquelyn Martin/AP We will soon see if conservative commentator Steve Deace’s advice to candidates–make the environment so toxic no one wants to vote–proves to salvage what’s expected to be an apocalyptic night for Republicans. What’s for sure is that Vivek Ramaswamy did his part, and his ad featuring Amy Acton’s mother is one of the most effective ads of all time. A survey quoted by Axios found that in a survey of 800 voters, a full 86 percent had either seen the ad itself, read about it, or heard about it. I have been reporting on politics for over 20 years, and I have never heard of a saturation rate as high as that. For comparison, the Ohio State football games only reach between 30 and 40 percent of local households. Of course, the more important finding of the survey is the impact of the ad: “By a 2-to-1 ratio, those who said they were familiar with it said it made them more likely to vote for Acton.” This is almost unheard of. Political ads are notoriously ineffective in influencing voters’ choices; one study found that they tend to move the needle by 0.007 of a percent. What’s more, it seems impossible that the survey sampled a 2-to-1 ratio of Democrats. Some significant chunk of Republican voters was as disgusted as common decency would have them be. Deace’s thesis is also threatened by Ohio turnout, which in early voting continues the record numbers seen throughout the country and models a greater percentage of Democratic-affiliated ballots–despite the Chornobyl-level toxicity. Everything is too close to call; I’ve learned never to predict an election. But I feel confident in forecasting history. Vivek Ramaswamy’s campaign will be taught in political science classes. It will be cited in his obituary. His children will, quite unfairly, be teased. His campaign has now pulled the ad, the barn door swinging softly closed as the ass gallops away. The post Vivek Ramaswamy’s Appalling Ad Will Make History first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.1 hour ago - CNN Reporter Says Alaska Voters Find Trump DOJ Probe ‘Incredibly Offensive,’...CNN’s Kyung Lah reported Friday that Alaskans she spoke with want the Trump Justice Department in the “two Dan Sullivans” probe to leave them alone so they can get on with voting. Justice Department officials held a press conference on the case in Alaska Friday but stopped short of saying whether they believed a crime was committed. President Donald Trump and Attorney General Todd Blanche have accused Democrats of committing election fraud for seeking out and adding a second man with the same name as Republican Sen. Daniel S. Sullivan (R-AK) to the ballot in a bid to confuse voters. Earlier Friday, Trump told a radio program, “You need about a 190 IQ to figure out the ballot. They put a ballot down where they’re talking about ‘incumbent’ Republican, and the other one. Most people don’t know in Alaska — and a lot of other states, too — what does incumbent mean? I don’t know what incumbent means.” But Lah said the voters she spoke to are having no trouble deciphering the ballot. “There is energy at the polling places. We saw it for ourselves,” Lah said. “People are waiting 30, 45 minutes in line because the issues that are here and really salient to the state of Alaska is the price of milk, is the price of gas going into their cars. All of these things are what are motivating people to come out and vote. And when I show them the exact ballot and said, ‘Okay, can you tell the difference?’ Almost nobody had an issue. And everyone I spoke with was a registered independent voter.” “Pretty classic in Alaska. I will say that,” host Kasie Hunt said. Hunt referenced this week’s New York Times article that said Democrat Mary Peltola’s campaign worked for months to find the second Dan Sullivan. Peltola has denied knowing anything about the alleged scheme. “Is there anger among the voters that you’re talking about in the wake of this story, or do the people that you’ve encountered seem to be just taking it in stride?” Hunt asked. “So, let’s get back to that Alaska spirit that you just referenced,” Lah said, continuing: This is a state that is not the Lower 48. They say, “Look, stay out of our business. We know what we want. We are independent thinkers and we know what we’re doing.” And that’s the underlying current whenever… [TheTopNews] Read More.1 hour ago
- ‘Almost Certainly True’: Minnesota Democrat Says Don’t Ignore Ilhan Omar M...
(Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP photo) The former state lawmaker and campaign manager for Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (D), Joe Radinovich, took to social media this week and claimed that the allegations that Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) entered into a fake marriage with a man critics claim is actually her brother are “almost certainly true.” Radinovich posted the allegations in response to a recent New York Times article that revealed the investigation into Omar goes as far back as 2016, during the end of the Obama administration. Radinovich’s comments also underscore the stark divisions in Minnesota politics between Frey and Omar, who have endorsed each other’s opponents during reelection bids. The Times article Radinovich shared reported on Thursday that “The F.B.I. and Department of Homeland Security investigated the marriage in summer 2016, during the Obama administration, and found some evidence that it was fraudulent, current and former officials said.” The Omar marriage allegations have been around for over 10 years, and she has vehemently denied it over the years and claimed they are part of a right-wing conspiracy theory effort to smear her. “Democrats should understand that the allegation is almost certainly true—whatever conclusion they draw from that point could vary—and her denials calling it a right-wing, Islamophobic or racist conspiracy are almost certainly not,” wrote Radinovich on X. Radinovich previously served in Minnesota’s House of Representatives as a Democrat and as Frey’s chief of staff. “And then I’d be very, very careful about how I qualified on allegations around her finances—where her defense looks similar and where no meaningful questions have been answered publicly, and where any objective look at the evidence doesn’t look…great,” he added. Briana Rose Lee, who serves as operations director for Omar’s campaign operation, hit back at Radinovich, saying, “Joe. You aren’t stupid. You know this is a baseless and manufactured witch hunt. I’m actually surprised to see this from you. It’s a new low.”The post ‘Almost Certainly True’: Minnesota Democrat Says Don’t Ignore Ilhan Omar Marriage Allegations first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.1 hour ago
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