Mailing It In

It’s obvious that the Trump gang will do everything in its power to win this year’s midterm elections, with all 435 seats in the House of Representatives on the ballot as well as 33 in the Senate.

Millions of people (including me) depend on mailing in their ballots when we have elections. Donald Trump has long opposed ballots by mail, making unsubstantiated claims that it is a source of widespread fraud.

This was one of many things that he complained about during his first term and is now trying to do something about in his second.

Read the first six links below for an in-depth perspective on the issue. And thanks to Brian Mulkey for alerting me to the first two.

HEADLINES:

• Trump Won’t Cancel Elections. There’s a Far More Dangerous Plan in Motion. (Existentialist Republic)

• Here’s What the New USPS Rule Means for Voting by Mail (CLC)

• Trump’s Claims About Noncitizens Voting Are False. We Can Prove It. (Cato)

• Noncitizen voting is rare. Why is Washington so focused on it? (Politico)

• Ex-Recorder Richer Dismisses Illegal Alien Voting Concerns As ‘Bogus’ Despite Fraud Convictions (AZ Free News)

• NAACP asks a judge to limit FBI use of seized Georgia voter records (AP)

• Jesse Jackson was the living bridge between King and Obama (Guardian)

• Judge invokes George Orwell’s ‘1984’ in ordering restoration of Philadelphia slavery exhibit (The Hill)

• She’s a US citizen, but this 10-year-old knows where to hide at school if ICE shows up (CNN)

• US judge says wrongfully deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia can’t be re-detained (Al Jazeera)

• Pride Flag’s Removal From Stonewall Violated Federal Law, Suit Says (NYT)

• Stephen Colbert says CBS blocks James Talarico interview from air (CNBC)

• Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislature (YouTube)

• CNN's Anderson Cooper is planning to leave CBS's "60 Minutes" as a correspondent after nearly two decades of contributing to the show. [HuffPost]

• U.S. and Iran say progress made in Geneva nuclear talks (Axios)

• US build-up of warships and fighter jets tracked near Iran (BBC)

• The Epstein files have brought a wave of resignations and investigations (WP)

• Trump’s Climate Repeal Will Kill America’s Transition From Gas Guzzlers to EVs (Mother Jones)

• Sheriff says Guthrie family ‘cleared’ as suspects in Nancy Guthrie kidnapping (LAT)

• This Bonobo Just Did Something Scientists Thought Only Humans Could Do (ScienceAlert)

• Can consciousness ever be understood — this side of death? (Nature)

• China’s tech shock threatens the U.S. AI monopoly and is ‘just getting started’ (CNBC)

• Why an A.I. Video of Tom Cruise Battling Brad Pitt Spooked Hollywood (NYT)

• Trump Asks When He Gets To Kill Olympians Who Lost (Onion)