Trump’s War with Iran | The Plot To Rig The 2026 Midterms
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The 2026 midterms are the greatest threat to Trump's power -- and he knows it. Marc Elias exposes Trump's three-pronged plot to protect his majority: False claims of foreign government election interference, a DOJ push to obtain your voter data, and a leaked executive order that would let Trump dictate voting rules to every state.
This is the most dangerous threat to your vote in modern American history.
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00:00 The 2026 Election Power Grab
01:09 Trump’s Election Strategy and Fear of Voters
04:41 Iran, Foreign Interference Claims, and National Security
09:05 Executive Orders and Control Over Voting
11:24 DOJ’s Push for Sensitive Voter Data
16:38 Media Silence and Institutional Failure
18:06 AI, Surveillance, and the Anthropic Clash
21:54 Connecting the Dots to 2026
26:12 What You Can Do to Fight Back
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