John,

This should be front-page news.

This week, Steve Bannon said on his podcast that the federal government plans to send ICE officers to polling places during the midterm elections. Not to observe. Not to assist. To “ surround the polls.”

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Around the same time, Donald Trump publicly argued that Republicans should “nationalize voting” — claiming the federal government should take control of elections altogether.

These aren’t random comments. They’re trial balloons.

They’re meant to test what happens when a president and his allies openly question voting itself, float federal control of elections, and suggest law enforcement presence at the polls.

So far, the response from the legacy media has been muted.

Much of the coverage has treated these statements as just more political noise — stripped of context, urgency, and consequence. That’s how dangerous ideas get normalized. That’s how people are caught unprepared when rhetoric turns into action.

State election officials aren’t ignoring this. Across the country, they’re already planning for scenarios involving potential federal interference — including what happens if armed federal agents appear at polling sites or voters are intimidated.

The public deserves to know that. And they deserve media willing to say plainly what’s happening.

That’s why COURIER exists.

We don’t wait for corporate media to catch up. We report what matters in real time — directly to millions of Americans, especially in the states where disinformation spreads fastest and democratic norms are most vulnerable.

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The COURIER Team

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