Senior Legal Fellow, Election Integrity, Heritage Foundation; Former EAC Commissioner, Navy JAG, state election official in Florida & Virginia; Views my own!

Florida, USA
Joined December 2013
Judge Bumantay of the Ninth Circuit put his clerks to work crafting a dissenting opinion on the California ballot case that will be the basis for Trump DOJ to continue with this fight against Blue states after the 2026 midterms. The calendar is simply too short to get most Judges -- and most Justices of SCOTUS in my view -- to take the arguments seriously over the next week. But there is a compelling case both legally and factually that California's practices should be the subject of judicial intervention. Since it appears unlikely that Calif is not going to be compelled to segregate illegally cast ballots, the DOJ needs to pivot to post-election day efforts -- aggressively examining the voting in California and pursuing appropriate criminal prosecutions. That's how California wants to play it for its residents. They are unwilling to take steps to save people from violating the law -- now everyone should live with the consequences.
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Newsom: “The Democratic Socialists will be dominant.”
UNDERCOVER: GAVIN NEWSOM SAYS THE DSA IS "GOING TO BE DOMINANT" AND "MAINSTREAM" IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY! "The DSA, the energy and the desire and demand for bold change, not incremental change, is very much going to be dominant. I mean, that's going to be a mainstream Democratic movement. Absolutely. No question about that." That's California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a likely 2028 presidential candidate, speaking to an undercover journalist while campaigning in New Hampshire. Asked by a "younger voter" who said "we don't want Kamala Harris, we want more democratic socialist policies": "No one is arguing to manage the status quo and fail more efficiently." "You can't play in the margins anymore. The system's broken. It's completely unbalanced, and we can't manage the decline. We have to completely reimagine."
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Gal Gadot voting in the Israeli elections today 🗳️🇮🇱
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Son of a bitch this stings.
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Democratic Socialists of America don’t believe Cuba is a dictatorship.
Socialist Angie can’t answer if Cuba is a dictatorship? I guess now we know why she voted against the Florida law to require schools to teach the dangers of communism.
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Elections in Israel 🇮🇱 are ongoing. The Israeli Prime Minister and President casting ballots. Turnout is High.
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Over 400 noncitizens voted and possibly thousands. A ballot is sent to every registrant whether they’re eligible or not. And the State of Washington has no independent way to verify citizenship and refuses to work with the federal government to seek the truth.
BREAKING: Dept. of Justice identifies 405 non-citizens voting in Washington state election, potentially thousands more US Attorney Neil Floyd announced today: "The state of Washington does not have the capacity or the will to check if non-citizens are voting…Through our investigation, we have confirmed with high confidence that non-citizens are voting in the state of Washington and federal and state elections." "We have identified over 400 non-citizens who had voted in Washington, and many of them have voted multiple times. That means we have identified over 1500 ballots illegally cast. This is not the full number of non-citizens who have been both voting in Washington. This is only the tip of the iceberg. With a small sample that we have collected so far, we are confident that we are looking at thousands of non-citizens who have been voting in Washington." "Washington has refused to share the complete list of registered voters with identifying information... Unfortunately, Washington is fighting in court to keep us from getting access to the full database. We may never know the full extent of illegal voting in this state without access to the full database of registered voters."
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The federal government identified tens of thousands of potential noncitizens voting, and asked California to segregate the "questionable ballots." Does the US have "the power to stop this potential attack on the integrity of our elections?" Judge Bumatay, dissenting, says yes.
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All-star U.S. Ninth Circuit Judge Patrick Bumatay writes a powerful dissent. The Supreme Court of the United States must intervene, to prevent over 20,000 potential illegal voters in California--a federal crime--from disenfranchising American voters. storage.courtlistener.com/re…
BREAKING: In a 2-1 vote, the Ninth Circuit dismissed the Trump administration's emergency appeal seeking to require California to set aside mail ballots from more than 20,000 suspected noncitizens pending citizenship verification, finding it lacked jurisdiction.
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Justice Department to send election monitors to all 50 states cnn.com/2026/10/26/politics/…
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Every illegal vote cancels out the vote of an American citizen.
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Jena Griswold is so partisan, she has to be restrained by crazy liberal secretaries of state.
“[Tina Peters] was elected by her county to uphold the elections. Instead, she attacked the elections from within,” says Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold. cbsn.ws/3UN3WcP
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In the middle of a conflict with Iran, this is the #1 goal of Democrats.
BREAKING: In a stunning moment, Congressman Jason Crow, who sits on the House Armed Services committee, just announced that his number one goal should Democrats retake the House in November, will be to remove Pete Hegseth from his role as the Secretary of Defense. Let's go.
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DOJ monitoring elections in Indiana 👀
Read my statement welcoming DOJ election monitors in Indiana on Nov. 3 to help ensure secure and fair elections.
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Citizenship Requirement to Vote in West Virginia is on the Ballot.
Have questions about the proposed constitutional amendment on West Virginia's General Election ballot? WV Secretary of State Kris Warner and Deputy Secretary of State and Chief Legal Counsel Dave Cook break down the proposed "Citizenship Requirement to Vote in West Virginia Elections" amendment in a new informational video designed to help voters better understand the measure. 🌐 Visit the WVSOS website to sign up for news updates. sos.wv.gov/email-registratio…
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Elon Musk becomes deeply moved, and deadly serious, when Bret Baier asks him why he called Sen. Mark Kelly a "Traitor" for pushing to send more US aid and weapons to Ukraine. Watch every second of his response. "We should have empathy for the thousands of people dying everyday in the trenches. For no movement in the lines. For the past two years thousands of people have died every week for nothing." "I take great offense at those who put the appearance of goodness over the reality of it. Those who virtue signal and say we can't give into Russia, but have no solution to stopping thousands of kids dying every day." "I have contempt for such people and I want to make that clear. Because they're virtue signaling and their lack of a solution means that kids don't have a father. It means parents lost a son. For what? Nothing."
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California is buying oil indirectly from Russia via India. Polluting India and fueling the Ukraine-Russia conflict. #SavethePlanet
California's useless climate policies have driven gas prices to the HIGHEST in America. Sacramento's idea of “saving the planet” is to shut down oil production here, only to ship it in from halfway around the world. As governor, I'll increase California oil production, cut the taxes and regulations, and get gas down to $3 a gallon.
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Trump DOJ writes in its emergency filing today: "California also does not refute that it will tabulate ballots from individuals charged with federal voting crimes or that it has registered upwards of 1,500 noncitizens to vote in federal elections before. The number of noncitizen voters California has admitted to registering (1,500) could change the outcome of an election."
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