Plans in one of Texas’ largest counties to use dozens fewer polling location than previous years is drawing protests from Democrats who say the reductions could create confusion in the November midterm elections
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DHS previews an 'unprecedented fraud crackdown'; a Texas county's real move: cutting polling sites.
“They keep the word 'fraud' in the headline and the polling place off the map — that's the whole scam right there. You don't need to steal an election if you can just make it a longer walk. Watch which counties get 'efficient' right before a vote, that's the tell.”
“This has nothing to do with access — it's about modernizing infrastructure and consolidating underused precincts, which happens to reduce the total number of locations, sure, but that's a resource allocation decision, not a — I mean, okay, fewer locations is fewer locations, but the fraud crackdown is a completely separate initiative.”
The receipts
The DOJ disbanded its crypto enforcement team in April 2025 and ordered inconsistent investigations closed - while the president's family runs a crypto business CNBC, 8 April 2025 (Blanche memo)
Duffy teases 'unprecedented fraud crackdown' announcement with DHS, DOJSecretary of Transportation Sean Duffy teased a multi-agency fraud crackdown involving DHS, DOJ and ICE that is set to be announced on Monday.
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