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September 5, 2026 at 1:01 PM

re: DHS surging federal agents

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  John, Just a few days ago, CNN reported that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) sent a surge of federal agents into nine states to investigate “voter fraud.” This is what a coordinated assault on our elections looks like – and it’s part of a dangerous pattern.  Already this …

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September 4, 2026 at 6:31 PM

NYT: Trump Administration Begins Blitz to Find Elusive Voter Fraud Ahead of Midterms

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  John, Hundreds of federal agents have been pulled off investigations into human trafficking and terrorism. Their new assignment? Searching for noncitizens on state voter rolls. DHS is calling it the "Unlawful Voter Initiative." According to internal documents and training videos re…

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September 3, 2026 at 11:03 PM

Two races are in a dead heat

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  John, In November, millions of voters will cast their ballots in 26 Secretary of State races that will determine who will oversee our presidential election in 2028. Two of those races are in a dead heat. The first race to watch is in Arizona, where incumbent Adrian Fontes is statis…

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September 3, 2026 at 12:31 AM

CNN just reported (re: DHS surging federal agents)

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  John, CNN reported that as of yesterday, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has sent a surge of federal agents into nine states to investigate “voter fraud.” This is what a coordinated assault on our elections looks like – and it’s part of a dangerous pattern.  Already this …

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August 31, 2026 at 10:16 PM

Re: Alex Kolodin

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  John, DASS’ Executive Director, Chelsey Wininger, joined The Downballot podcast to highlight some of the top Secretary of State races this November. In Arizona, it's a matchup between Democratic Secretary Adrian Fontes and a far-right election denier, Alex Kolodin: “In 2025, Ko…

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August 31, 2026 at 5:02 PM

We need to take threats like this seriously...

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  John, this is terrifying. Maine’s Republican nominee for Governor, Bobby Charles, is asking Trump and border czar Tom Homan to send ICE to Maine’s polling places in November. We need to take threats like this seriously – because we've already seen what this administration will do. …

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August 30, 2026 at 10:02 PM

"business as usual"

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  ➤➤ Trump's DOJ says this is 'business as usual.' It's not.   Donate John,  For decades, Department of Justice election monitors have been deployed to protect voters from intimidation and discrimination, particularly in communities with a history of voter…

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August 30, 2026 at 5:01 PM

"Your boss says that he wants to jail us"

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  John, With less than 70 days until the midterms, election security officials are worried – and they should be. On a joint call with Secretaries of State and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) – the federal agency that works with states to prevent any election i…

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August 29, 2026 at 8:01 PM

Two races are in a dead heat

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  John, In November, millions of voters will cast their ballots in 26 Secretary of State races that will determine who will oversee our presidential election in 2028. Two of those races are in a dead heat. The first race to watch is in Arizona, where incumbent Adrian Fontes is statis…

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August 29, 2026 at 4:04 PM

Did you see Chelsey’s recent message?

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  John, did you see our email from Chelsey? She highlighted Nevada, Arizona, Michigan, and Georgia as the key states to watch for our Secretary of State races. Chelsey couldn’t have said it better: if we can’t win in these crucial states, our election systems are at risk in 2028 and …

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August 28, 2026 at 11:01 PM

re: Election Officials Threatened With Prison Time

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  John, Trump's Homeland Security chief – Markwayne Mullin – is threatening Democratic election officials with prison time. Trump’s Homeland Security Chief Threatens Election Officials With Prison Time Let us be clear about what's happening here:  Trump's administration…

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  Chelsey Wininger via Team DASS · [email protected]

August 28, 2026 at 7:02 PM

Nevada. Arizona. Michigan. Georgia.

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  Hi John – Chelsey Wininger here. I need you to remember these four states: Nevada. Arizona. Michigan. Georgia. These four are critical battleground states for our Democratic Secretaries of State to win in November.  Nevada: DASS Chair Cisco Aguilar is up against Jim Marchant – a QA…

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August 27, 2026 at 6:01 PM

68 Days, John.

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  John, We're now just 68 days out from Election Day. In November, voters in 26 states will elect a Secretary of State – the official responsible for overseeing how their state's elections are run, who can vote, how ballots are counted, and whether results are certified.  That includ…

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August 27, 2026 at 12:46 AM

➤➤ BREAKING: Democratic states sue Trump

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  ➣➣ BREAKING from Democracy Docket: Democratic states launch new legal battle over Trump’s mail order DONATE John, After the Supreme Court’s decision to allow the Trump administration to restrict mail on technical grounds, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson cal…

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August 26, 2026 at 8:07 PM

John, this is not normal.

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  Attorney General Todd Blanche says DOJ may take states’ voter roll fight to Supreme Court: “Absolutely, it’s a possibility.” DONATE John, Attorney General Todd Blanche is already weaponizing his new position to make Trump’s plans of nationalizing our elec…

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August 26, 2026 at 1:01 AM

Democratic Secretaries are sounding the alarm:

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  John, With 70 days until the midterms, election security officials are worried – and they should be. On a joint call with Secretaries of State and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) – the federal agency that works with states to prevent any election interferenc…

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August 25, 2026 at 9:49 PM

Homeland Security can’t prove noncitizen voter fraud.

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  ➤➤ The Trump administration's "voter fraud" story just fell apart. John, this New York Times story tells us everything we already knew: Donald Trump is using lies, intimidation and threats to increase distrust in our elections – from calling them “rigged” to claimin…

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August 24, 2026 at 11:02 PM

Election Officials Threatened With Prison Time

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  John, Trump's Homeland Security chief – Markwayne Mullin – is threatening Democratic election officials with prison time. Trump’s Homeland Security Chief Threatens Election Officials With Prison Time Let us be clear about what's happening here:  Trump's administration…

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August 24, 2026 at 7:01 PM

Trump's DOJ says this is "business as usual". Don't believe them.

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  ➤➤ Trump's DOJ says this is 'business as usual.' It's not.   Donate John,  For decades, Department of Justice election monitors have been deployed to protect voters from intimidation and discrimination, particularly in communities with a history of voter…

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August 24, 2026 at 1:01 AM

Three numbers you need to know:

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  ➤➤ The 2026 midterms are HEATING UP!! John, we’re about to ask you to contribute $3 to elect Democratic Secretaries of State in crucial races across the country this November, but first, there are three numbers you should know. 10. That's the number of incumbents who are running …

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August 23, 2026 at 4:17 PM

1,000 federal monitors watching you vote.

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  John, we wanted to make sure you saw this. Trump’s Department of Justice is pushing forward with sending over 1,000 federal monitors to our polling places. We’ll explain more about what’s at stake this November shortly, but will you chip in $3 right now to support Democratic Secre…

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August 22, 2026 at 11:46 PM

"Your boss says that he wants to jail us"

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  John, With less than 75 days until the midterms, election security officials are worried – and they should be. On a joint call with Secretaries of State and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) – the federal agency that works with states to prevent any election i…

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August 22, 2026 at 6:03 PM

Two races are in a dead heat

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  John, In November, millions of voters will cast their ballots in 26 Secretary of State races that will determine who will oversee our presidential election in 2028. Two of those races are in a dead heat. The first race to watch is in Arizona, where incumbent Adrian Fontes is statis…

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  Chelsey Wininger · [email protected]

August 21, 2026 at 7:47 PM

Stopping extremists from becoming Secretaries of State

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  Hi John – Chelsey Wininger here, DASS Executive Director. When people ask me what drives the work at DASS, I always come back to the same answer: it's about stopping extremists from taking over the offices that run our elections. With less than 75 days until Election Day, election …

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August 21, 2026 at 1:18 AM

Trump is a hypocrite

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  John, Donald Trump has vowed to “nationalize” our elections by targeting mail-in voting… And yet, he utilizes mail-in voting for his own gain.   Trump votes by mail again in his home state of Florida The White House is trying to spin this by calling Trump’s vote “a no…

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August 20, 2026 at 7:18 PM

➤➤ Gerrymandering Alert: Judge rules in favor of Missouri’s GOP maps.

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  ➤➤ BREAKING from Fox News: Missouri judge hands Trump, GOP major redistricting win ahead of midterm elections John, Missouri voters played by the rules. They gathered over 300,000 signatures to put Republicans’ attempt to gerrymander Missouri in front of voters this November. The…

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August 20, 2026 at 12:18 AM

He said “take over the voting.” Now he’s doing it

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Fired the referees. Sent in his own watchers. Threatened the people who count the votes   John, Donald Trump fired every remaining commissioner of the federal agency that helps states run secure elections. By email. Effective immediately. Just months before the midterms. Days earlier,…

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  Team DASS · [email protected]

August 19, 2026 at 4:32 PM

Imagine this: our election officials in jail

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  John, Picture this: Democratic election officials in jail. Not for breaking the law. But for refusing to hand over your personal data to Donald Trump. That's what Trump's Homeland Security chief – Markwayne Mullin – just threatened. Trump’s Homeland Security Chief Threaten…

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August 18, 2026 at 7:02 PM

ADD YOUR NAME: Stop Trump’s mail-in voting order

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  NEW: Trump administration begs Supreme Court to quickly unblock anti-mail voting executive order SIGN YOUR NAME: Demand the Supreme Court REJECT Trump’s attempt to control who can vote by mail >> SIGN Despite hundreds of current and former judges and e…

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August 17, 2026 at 11:31 PM

Trump keeps losing in court...

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  John, Trump’s plans to “nationalize” our elections are getting more desperate by the day… He first tries to overwhelm us by creating lies about how often voter fraud occurs.   Trump’s claims of 250,000 non-U.S. citizens on voter rolls leave some states baffled He then…

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August 17, 2026 at 7:49 PM

Election security officials are worried – and they should be.

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  John, With less than 80 days until the midterms, election security officials are worried – and they should be. On a joint call with Secretaries of State and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) – the federal agency that works with states to prevent any election i…

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August 16, 2026 at 6:16 PM

"Stranger things have happened."

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  ➢➢ CNN: Trump Declines to Rule Out Declaring a National Security Emergency to Control the 2026 Election DONATE What Trump just said is unacceptable. Full stop. On a podcast hosted by far-right Republican Wayne Allen Root, who claimed Obama was not a U.S. …

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August 15, 2026 at 7:31 PM

Missouri's Secretary of State is tossing out 300,000+ signatures.

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  ➤➤ From AP: Missouri’s Secretary of State Rejects Petition to Hold Public Vote on Trump-backed Congressional Districts John, this is horrifying. For months, Missouri’s Secretary of State delayed reviewing and verifying over 300,000 citizen signatures for a referendum that would a…

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August 15, 2026 at 3:02 PM

ICYMI: Officials denounce Trump's executive order

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  John, let us lay out the facts for where we are right now: FIRST: Trump signed an executive order that would overhaul our entire election system – including providing private, sensitive voter data to the Dept. of Homeland Security to determine who receives a mail-in ballot. THEN: A…

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August 14, 2026 at 5:06 PM

Trump's head of Homeland Security is threatening election officials with prison.

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  John, Trump's Homeland Security chief – Markwayne Mullin – is threatening Democratic election officials with prison time. Trump’s Homeland Security Chief Threatens Election Officials With Prison Time Let us be clear about what's happening here:  Trump's administration…

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August 14, 2026 at 1:01 AM

A fraction of this money could transform a single Secretary of State race...

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  John, MAGA Inc, the super PAC created to support Donald Trump and his allies, has built a stockpile of more than $400 million. Trump-aligned MAGA Inc builds stockpile of more than $400 million Even a fraction of that money could transform a single Secretary of State rac…

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  Cisco Aguilar · [email protected]

August 13, 2026 at 7:46 PM

My opponent just got mentioned by Trump

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  John, it’s Cisco Aguilar – Nevada Secretary of State and Chair of the Democratic Association of Secretaries of State. At Trump’s speech last week in Las Vegas, he shouted out a bunch of his MAGA allies – including my MAGA opponent Jim Marchant. I went toe to toe with Marchant in 2…

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August 12, 2026 at 5:32 PM

Trump doesn’t know when to stop.

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  ➢➢ From CNN: Trump Declines to Rule Out Declaring a National Security Emergency to Control the 2026 Election DONATE What Trump just said is unacceptable. Full stop. On a podcast hosted by far-right Republican Wayne Allen Root, who claimed Obama was not a …

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August 11, 2026 at 8:16 PM

This is what desperation looks like…

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  John, Trump’s plans to “nationalize” our elections are getting more desperate by the day… He first tries to overwhelm us by creating lies about how often voter fraud occurs.   Trump’s claims of 250,000 non-U.S. citizens on voter rolls leave some states baffled He then…

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August 10, 2026 at 11:02 PM

$26 is all it takes

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  ➤➤ The 2026 midterms are HEATING UP!! John, we’re about to ask you to contribute $26 to elect Democratic Secretaries of State in crucial races across the country this November, but first, there are three numbers you should know. 10. That's the number of incumbents who are running…

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August 9, 2026 at 10:16 PM

86 Days, John.

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  John, We're now just 86 days out from Election Day. In November, voters in 26 states will elect a Secretary of State – the official responsible for overseeing how their state's elections are run, who can vote, how ballots are counted, and whether results are certified.  That includ…

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August 8, 2026 at 6:02 PM

Trump is reaching at straws to pass the SAVE Act

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  ➤➤ BREAKING: Trump Calls on MAGA Senate to Pass the SAVE Act SIGN YOUR NAME TO REJECT THE SAVE ACT John: Donald Trump has no shame when it comes to getting his way. When he stopped his own intelligence chief’s confirmation hearing to force his MAGA colleag…

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August 7, 2026 at 8:47 PM

An update of where Trump’s executive order stands:

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  John, let us lay out the facts for where we are right now: FIRST: Trump signed an executive order that would overhaul our entire election system – including providing private, sensitive voter data to the Dept. of Homeland Security to determine who receives a mail-in ballot. THEN: A…

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August 6, 2026 at 10:06 PM

Missouri is overriding the will of the people.

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  ➤➤ THIS JUST IN from AP: Missouri’s Secretary of State Rejects Petition to Hold Public Vote on Trump-backed Congressional Districts John, this is horrifying. For months, Missouri’s Secretary of State delayed reviewing and verifying over 300,000 citizen signatures for a referendum…

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  Nevada Update via Team DASS · [email protected]

August 5, 2026 at 7:02 PM

Trump is making a campaign stop in Nevada TODAY.

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  John, Trump is making a campaign stop in Nevada TODAY. If this is like every other Trump speech, he’s going to stand on a stage and call his presidency a success. And he's going to blame Democrats for what's going wrong instead. But here's what "success" has actually looked like f…

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  Marc Elias · [email protected]

August 4, 2026 at 9:03 PM

We're winning. Here's what's next.

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  John, It’s Marc Elias — and for once, I have good news. As you know, the Trump administration has been trying to get its hands on your sensitive voter data. Names, addresses, voting history, party registration, even racial data. They sued 30 states to get it. They are 0-19 in court…

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  Team DASS · [email protected]

August 3, 2026 at 11:01 PM

NEW: Trump’s Homeland Security Chief Threatens Election Officials With Prison Time

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  John, Trump's Homeland Security chief – Markwayne Mullin – is threatening Democratic election officials with prison time. Trump’s Homeland Security Chief Threatens Election Officials With Prison Time Let us be clear about what's happening here:  Trump's administration…

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  Chelsey Wininger · [email protected]

August 3, 2026 at 12:01 AM

Don't overlook these races

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  Hi John – Chelsey Wininger here, DASS Executive Director. When people ask me what drives the work at DASS, I always come back to the same answer: it's about stopping extremists from taking over the offices that run our elections. With less than 100 days until Election Day, election…

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  Chelsey Wininger · [email protected]

July 31, 2026 at 4:42 PM

Don't overlook these races

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  Hi John – Chelsey Wininger here, DASS Executive Director. When people ask me what drives the work at DASS, I always come back to the same answer: it's about stopping extremists from taking over the offices that run our elections. With less than 100 days until Election Day, election…

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  Team DASS · [email protected]

July 30, 2026 at 8:18 PM

MAGA Inc’s $400 million

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  John, MAGA Inc, the super PAC created to support Donald Trump and his allies, has built a stockpile of more than $400 million. Trump-aligned MAGA Inc builds stockpile of more than $400 million Even a fraction of that money could transform a single Secretary of State rac…

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