Trump told the NYT he regrets not seizing voting machines after the 2020 elections. Before you scoff and call him a lunatic and say he can’t do that in the states, listen to Marc Elias of Democracy Docket whose firm has battled MAGAS in court successfully and repeatedly, give a tutorial on what they’re going to try, how and why. This video is a reality check covering the things you’ve already heard, but getting deeper into the weeds.  The end result of watching is greater clarity about why certain things are happening. I don’t know about you, but any time I can find clarity in the MAGA chaos it’s a good day.

Check out this gift article  Trump Regrets Not Seizing Voting Machines After 2020 Election  from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription.

Contact your groups, democratic reps,  local election officials and candidates. Not sure this is a serious topic yet in #Iowa but it should be.

Marc Elias goes over what we have to worry about in this video.  “You are going to see the military employed” is just one of the fun highlights!  He says the military and ICE will be there to cause commotion and slow things down where Democrats vote.

“Donald Trump is saying that when it comes to the counting and tabulation of votes in 2026, the states have to do what the president of the United States tells them to do. If there was a clearer statement of Trump’s plan to rig the outcome of the 2026 election, I don’t know what it is. He literally means he gets to decide which votes count and which votes don’t count. And this is the biggest threat that we face going into the 2026 election.”  – Marc Elias

Then at the very end when you think you can’t take anymore scary information, there is three minutes of hopeful.

As a matter of law, nothing that he said is true. The states are independent sovereigns. They have their own constitutional rights and responsibilities. They in fact do not have to do what the federal government says. The constitutions says that the time, place and manner of elections is set by the states not by the federal government. Congress can modify what the states do. But the president has no constitutional role in the counting and tabulation of votes.”

Nevertheless, we will have to fight to protect our elections. He finishes by sharing what we can all do make sure free and fair elections will prevail.

Marc Elias’ firm has defeated Trump over and over in court and is confident democracy will win the day but it will be a fight. Please consider donating to Democracy Docket. You will get premium content on Democracy Docket substack.