#federal-forces

#federal-forces

The past month has seen a barrage of election subversion stories that, taken individually, were alarming, but viewed together reveal a deeply disturbing new playbook emanating from the Trump administration ahead of the midterms. On this week's Amicus podcast, Dahlia Lithwick talked with election law gladiator Marc Elias, chair of Elias Law Group and founder of Democracy Docket. Their discussion, edited and condensed for clarity here, highlights a very clear pattern when it comes to Trump and voting: a project that seeks to normalize violence and to test drive the shattering of how elections are typically run. The work of the coming nine months? Keep a close eye on the encroaching lawlessness, don't normalize election subversion, and organize now to protect your friends and neighbors.

In a Truth Social post on Thursday, Trump said that he was preparing to "surge" federal forces into the city on Saturday, but decided to hold off after "friends of mine who live in the area" called him on Wednesday night. He specifically named Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff as among the "great people" who called him and urged him to call off the deployment. Trump said that he was giving San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie a "chance to turn it around." "They want to give it a 'shot,' Trump said of the two CEOs. "Therefore, we will not surge San Francisco on Saturday."