A federal judge on Wednesday permanently banned Trump from implementing his executive order that required proof of citizenship when they register to vote.

Boston-based US District Judge Denise Casper, an Obama appointee, said the Constitution “does not grant the President any specific powers over elections.”

The DOJ will immediately appeal.

BREAKING: Boston-based federal judge Denise Casper (Obama appointee) has just issued a sweeping order that bans the Trump administration from implementing most of its federal voter ID executive orders, including a proof of citizenship requirement. Judge Casper concluded the… pic.twitter.com/jAMqNhLol0

— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) June 24, 2026

“A federal judge on Wednesday permanently barred President Donald Trump’s administration from implementing most of his first executive order on elections, part of which sought to require people to show documentary proof of citizenship when they register to vote. The judge agreed that the Constitution gives states and Congress the authority to regulate elections, and that Trump’s requirements violated the separation of powers,” the Associated Press reported.

In March 2025, President Trump signed Executive Order 14248: Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections.

“Free, fair, and honest elections unmarred by fraud, errors, or suspicion are fundamental to maintaining our constitutional Republic. The right of American citizens to have their votes properly counted and tabulated, without illegal dilution, is vital to determining the rightful winner of an election,” the executive order said.

“Under the Constitution, State governments must safeguard American elections in compliance with Federal laws that protect Americans’ voting rights and guard against dilution by illegal voting, discrimination, fraud, and other forms of malfeasance and error. Yet the United States has not adequately enforced Federal election requirements that, for example, prohibit States from counting ballots received after Election Day or prohibit non-citizens from registering to vote,” the executive order said.

“Several Federal laws, including 18 U.S.C. 1015 and 611, prohibit foreign nationals from registering to vote or voting in Federal elections,” Trump said.

This is why President Trump has repeatedly called on the Senate to pass the SAVE America Act which would require a valid ID before registering to vote in a federal election, proof of citizenship and no mail-in ballots.

The SAVE America Act is currently stalled in the Senate.

President Trump on Wednesday appeared on Capitol Hill to attend a Senate lunch to discuss the SAVE America Act.

Trump heading into Senate Steering Committee Lunch with RINO John Thune after canceling 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act signing until SAVE America Act is passed pic.twitter.com/W9KYiLbGDS

— Jordan Conradson (@ConradsonJordan) June 24, 2026

BREAKING…please check back for updates.

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Former New York City Comptroller Brad Lander won the Democrat primary for New York’s 10th Congressional District on Tuesday, defeating two-term incumbent Rep. Dan Goldman in a landslide.

Lander, a far-left Democrat, secured the nomination in the heavily blue district covering parts of Brooklyn and Manhattan.

Speaking to supporters and the media at a Brooklyn victory event, Lander outlined aggressive priorities centered on opposing President Donald Trump and dismantling immigration enforcement.

“Solidarity is the force that we need to vanquish Trump’s fascism, to abolish ICE, and to stand up to the billionaires who are rigging our economy against us!” Landers declared.

WATCH:

Dem. nominee for Congress Brad Lander says his first priority in Congress is to “vanquish Trump” and “abolish ICE”

“Solidarity is the force that we need to vanquish Trump’s fascism, to abolish ICE, and to stand up to the billionaires who are rigging our economy against us!” pic.twitter.com/EnylxLLJ0g

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) June 24, 2026

Lander also vowed to resume direct action against ICE immediately, telling the crowd he would return to 26 Federal Plaza the following morning to continue protesting immigration enforcement operations there.

The candidate has a history of aggressive activism at the site, including prior arrests during protests.

WATCH:

Lander credited grassroots organizers and volunteers for the win, saying, “It was my name on the ballot today, but tonight’s victory belongs to all of you.”

He described the campaign as a “team sport” against “billionaires and bullies” and praised New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

The Democratic National Committee released a statement congratulating Lander.

“The DNC congratulates Brad Lander on his victory in the Democratic primary for New York’s 10th Congressional District. Democratic voters throughout the state turned out to back candidates who are focused on making life more affordable, expanding access to healthcare, fighting for workers, and delivering for families,” the statement read.

DNC Chair Ken Martin added, “Brad Lander is a tireless champion for working people throughout New York City. From leading on affordable housing and standing up for workers and renters on the City Council, to rooting out corruption and taking on Donald Trump as comptroller, Brad has always put people first. In Congress, he will continue his work to lower costs, raise wages, invest in housing, expand access to healthcare, and hold the Trump administration accountable. The DNC is ready to help organize and mobilize voters to send Brad to the House and ensure New Yorkers have a proven leader who will deliver for them.”

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It’s not just about the sex.

Two weeks ago, the US House Oversight Committee grilled tech billionaire Bill Gates over his association with late convicted sex offender and suspected human trafficker Jeffrey Epstein – and came out with new information over Gates’ affairs and Epstein’s efforts to blackmail him.

Yesterday, the transcripts of his testimony were released, showing the former richest man in the world named three women he had extramarital affairs with, two of them Russian.

Bill Gates ‘may have been in presence of Epstein’s victims’ — CNN

He confirmed he was aware of Epstein’s criminal conviction upon meeting him, but was still interested in collaboration for global health fundraising

He denies witnessing crimes committed by Epstein pic.twitter.com/hRxrAwRIH8

— RT (@RT_com) June 24, 2026

Bill Gates’ Epstein testimony dropped… and it’s raising more questions than answers.

Under oath before the House Oversight Committee, Gates swore:

Never saw Epstein with girls
Never witnessed sexual activity
Never offered women/girls for sex
No sexual behavior in their… pic.twitter.com/D4lw6O4ohd

— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) June 24, 2026

The Telegraph reported:

“The billionaire Microsoft co-founder told the House oversight committee that he had affairs with two Russian women, naming them as Mila Antonova, a bridge player, and Karima Nigmatulina, a nuclear physicist.

Mr. Gates later admitted to a third extramarital affair with another female scientist [Dr Alice Jacobs Nesselrodt] following scrutiny from US congressmen during the hours-long testimony on June 10, a transcript published on Tuesday revealed.”

He continues to deny ever seeing Epstein’s abuse, repeating his line that it was “a mistake to spend time with him”.

He as much as admitted to having confided in a mutual friend of his and Epstein’s that ‘he feared he may have caught a sexually transmitted disease from one of the women’.

“In his closed-door testimony delivered to the US Congress, he suggested that Epstein “contemplated blackmailing me” after learning of his unfaithfulness with the two Russian women.

[…] Mr. Gates, who testified to Congress voluntarily, insisted that while Epstein did not successfully blackmail him about the affairs, ‘it looks like Mr. Epstein’s brainstorming was going in that direction’.”

A transcript of Bill Gates’ closed-door testimony in the House investigation into Jeffrey Epstein shows Gates told lawmakers he believed the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was preparing to blackmail him over extramarital affairs. @AaronKatersky reports. pic.twitter.com/H5S7b6ilf4

— Good Morning America (@GMA) June 24, 2026

Gates estimates that he met Epstein between 12 to 14 times, plus two Skype calls, in total over the four-year period.

The meetings, gates insist, were ‘mostly to discuss philanthropy’. But what about the Nobel prize?

In a May 2021 Daily Beast article, an anonymous former Gates Foundation employee states that Bill Gates continued associating with Jeffrey Epstein (after Epstein’s 2008 conviction) because he hoped Epstein’s connections could help him win a Nobel Peace Prize, something he ‘wants more than anything else in the world’.

Daily Beast reported in May 18^th, 2021:

“He thought that Jeffrey would be able to help him, that he would know the right people, or some kind of way to massage things, so he could get the Nobel Peace Prize, which is what Bill wants more than anything else in the world.

The employee added that it was ‘common knowledge within the office’ that Gates wanted the prize and that meetings with Epstein were framed internally as a potential maneuver to obtain it (despite reputational risks flagged by the comms team). The article also notes a 2013 meeting involving Gates, Epstein, and then-Nobel Committee chair Thorbjørn Jagland in Strasbourg.”

Pay attention to the photo above showing Bill Gates, Terje Rod-Larsen, Jeffrey Epstein, (Advisor To Gates) Boris Nikolic, and Thorbjorn Jagland.

It was a meeting with two Norwegian power brokers linked to the Nobel Peace Prize and with deep ties to Epstein.

A horrifying development involved diplomat Terje Rod-Larsen and his wife Mona Juul, a former ambassador.

Back in April, days after an investigation into their ties to Epstein was launched, their 25-year-old son has reportedly died by suicide.

As you can read in Son of Norwegian Diplomats, Who Inherited $10M From Jeffrey Epstein’s Will, Commits Suicide Days After Police Launch Investigation on His Parents.

Daily Mail reported:

“Edward Juul Rod-Larsen, 25, was found dead in Oslo on Wednesday, just days after Norwegian and French police launched a joint investigation into his parents,

[…] ‘It stands in the shadow of months of a public spotlight that has long since ceased to be critical, and has instead become suspicious, speculative and at times limitless. A spotlight that has not only affected two parents, but has also drawn their children involuntarily into the relentless machinery of the public,’ [his family] lawyers wrote.

‘Speculating on connections is both irresponsible and undignified. Suicide is always complex. There is never one explanation, never one cause, never one blame’.”

The investigation into high-profile figures Larsen and Juul was launched after it was reported that Epstein left $10 million in his will to the couple’s children

“Juul, who most recent served as Norway’s ambassador to Jordan, resigned in February after facing scrutiny over her contacts with Epstein.

The country’s Foreign Ministry launched an investigation into Juul’s knowledge of and contact with Epstein.

The ministry said it also launched a review of its funding of and contact with the International Peace Institute, a New York-based think tank, during the period when it was headed by Rod-Larsen.”

The release by the US DOJ of the ‘Epstein files’ has hit the Scandinavian Kingdom of Norway like a storm, with former Norwegian Prime Minister Thorbjørn Jagland found himself criminally charged for ‘gross corruption’, as you can read in Former Norwegian Prime Minister Thorbjørn Jagland Hospitalized After Being Criminally Charged for His Ties to Epstein – His Lawyer Denies Reports He Attempted Suicide.

But that’s not all: the Norwegian press was rocked by unconfirmed reports that Jagland was hospitalized a week ago after a suicide attempt.

But his attorney, Anders Brosveet of Elden Law Firm, has come forward to confirm is indeed hospitalized, but denied that any suicide attempt has taken place.

VG reported:

“Brosveet states that the admission comes as a result of the strain on Jagland in the wake of the revelations about his contact with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Brosveet also denies news reports in, among others, Inyheter and Finansavisen on Tuesday that Jagland attempted to take his own life.

‘The information that has now been made public about Jagland’s health situation does not imply accuracy’, says Brosveet in a press release the law firm has subsequently issued.”

Read more:

Bill Gates Apologizes to His Staff for His Epstein Ties, Admits Having Affairs With Two Russian Women

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President Trump canceled a planned news conference and bill signing ceremony for the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, declaring he will not sign the bipartisan bill until the SAVE America Act is sent to his desk. 

However, even if Trump doesn’t sign the bill, it will become law within 10 days if Congress stays in session.

The bill, which aims to boost home supply and prevent large institutional investors from buying homes, cleared the House on Tuesday.

Per NBC:

The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act includes grant funding and pilot programs to build new homes. It would also ease some regulations and empower local governments to expedite reviews to build housing. And a key section titled “Homes Are For People, Not Corporations” would limit any “large institutional investor” from buying single-family homes.

The bill had stalled for months amid disputes between the House and the Senate. But a breakthrough came last week when key committee leaders in both chambers struck a deal, namely Sens. Tim Scott, R-S.C., and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Reps. French Hill, R-Ark., and Maxine Waters, D-Calif.

The national political environment has deteriorated for Republicans ahead of the midterms. Trump’s approval rating is just 37% in a recent Associated Press poll, dragged down by the fact that just 33% approve of his handling of the economy.

The President was scheduled to sign the bill at the US Capitol this afternoon, but canceled the ceremony, citing a “National Emergency.”

“Today’s Housing News Conference and Signing is hereby cancelled until such time as we pass the desperately needed SAVE AMERICA ACT, which I consider to be a National Emergency,” Trump said on Truth Social.

Trump similarly has leveraged the FISA Section 702 extension to force Senate Republicans to pass the voter ID bill.

“To add a slight bit of intrigue but, for the Good of the Nation, and the People of our Country, I will not approve FISA without THE SAVE AMERICA ACT going along with it,” Trump announced, saying the Republicans “fell into a trap.”

MORE:

NEW: Trump Turns the Tables, Says He Will Not Approve FISA Extension Without Save America Act – Pulte Will Remain as Acting DNI Until US Attorney Pick is Approved

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The 2020 Election Steal Was Built Before COVID – Part II

Sacramento Had Election-System Warning Signs Before CTCL Money Arrived

By Christine Bish

Editor’s note: This follow-up article is a public-record and subpoena-roadmap piece. It does not claim the public record alone proves fraud, vote manipulation, or criminal intent. It argues that documented pre-grant warning signs justify a deeper investigation.

The first article followed the money.

It showed how Zuckerberg/Chan-funded CTCL money entered Sacramento County and helped fund vote-center workers, ballot drop boxes, voter education, polling-place costs, translation, and mail-ballot processing support.

This follow-up asks the question that should come next:

What did Sacramento County already know before that private election money entered the system?

The answer matters because the CTCL grant did not arrive in a vacuum. Sacramento County was already an early Voter’s Choice Act county. It had already moved into mailed ballots, vote centers, ballot drop boxes, centralized processing, and countywide election administration. By 2020, Sacramento was not just participating in California’s new election model. It was one of the counties helping prove the model could run.

And before the CTCL grant was approved, the county already had documented warning signs.

On March 20, 2020, questions were raised to Sacramento County after precinct-level results showed turnout numbers that appeared impossible. Precinct 0011397 showed 175% turnout, with 42 ballots cast and only 24 registered voters. Precinct 0011267 showed 126.81% turnout, with 544 ballots cast and 429 registered voters.

Sacramento County Registrar Courtney Bailey-Kanelos explained that the issue had two parts.

First, Conditional Voter Registration was distorting turnout reporting. Turnout was still being calculated from the 15-day close of registration, but same-day registration added ballots after that date without changing the original registration number used in the turnout denominator. The Registrar described that model as misleading and not an accurate depiction of what was happening at the county level.

Second, the Registrar identified poll-worker ballot-selection error. Poll workers were selecting the first precinct they saw instead of the voter’s correct precinct – and in that primary, also the first party option they saw, which was American Independent.

The Registrar stated Sacramento had seen the same issue in 2018 and had tried to improve training. Her summary was blunt: “Is it normal? Unfortunately yes. Should it be? No.”

That was not a post-election theory. It was a March 2020 warning, during the primary election cycle, before the November election and before the CTCL grant was awarded.

The voter-file side raised separate concerns. In a later email, the Registrar stated Sacramento tracked 177 voter calls, emails, and complaints from December 2019 through March 2020. Of those, 152 voters had been registered with a qualified political party, but after a DMV Field Office transaction their registration changed to No Party Preference. The Registrar said those changes occurred between April 2018 and December 2018, and that DMV updated its application interface in January 2019 to require party selection before moving forward.

That does not mean Dominion changed voter files. The Registrar expressly stated that Dominion does not touch voter files and that voter files and voting systems are separate systems that, by law, cannot interact. That distinction matters.

The issue is not one machine. The issue is a system: voter-file accuracy, DMV registration changes, ballot-style selection, vote centers, mailed ballots, tabulation equipment, vendor updates, cybersecurity, and public reporting.

Then came the Grand Jury.

On March 24, 2020, the Sacramento County Grand Jury issued its report on election security. The report raised concerns about security practices, including vulnerability scanning, penetration testing, and multi-factor authentication. It also requested that Sacramento County report back on the results of CyberDefenses review and a U.S. Department of Homeland Security audit by September 30, 2020.

That date matters because it came before the November 2020 general election and before Sacramento County’s CTCL grant was awarded.

The voting-system timeline also matters. In a November 25, 2020 follow-up email, the Registrar disclosed that Dominion staff had installed the D Suite 5.10A update from July 13-17, 2020 for tabulators and reporting, and from August 3-7, 2020 for Accessible Ballot Marking Devices and mobile ballot printers used as vote-center equipment. She also stated Dominion staff had been present for a 5.10 upgrade from November 11-15, 2019, and that Dominion staff were not allowed to do work unsupervised by county staff.

That statement does not prove wrongdoing. It defines the audit trail.

Before private CTCL money funded election workers and infrastructure, Sacramento had voter-file complaints, misleading turnout reporting, repeated poll-worker ballot-selection errors, Grand Jury security recommendations, a cybersecurity review, vendor software updates, and a formal request for DHS-related security results.

The question is no longer whether people had questions after the election. The record shows Sacramento had questions before the grant.

DOJ should subpoena the full March 2020 turnout correspondence, the referenced images and precinct reports, Conditional Voter Registration calculations, ballot-style selection logs, poll-worker training materials, DMV/NPP complaint records, the DMV interface-change documentation, Dominion update records, Grand Jury response files, CyberDefenses records, DHS scheduling communications, and all communications with the Secretary of State before October 2020.

This does not prove fraud.

It proves notice.

Before the CTCL grant arrived, Sacramento County had documented weaknesses in the election model California was about to rely on. If the system was secure, accurate, and properly controlled, the records should prove it. If not, the public deserves to know that before the same model becomes untouchable.

Article 1 followed the money. Article 2 follows the warning signs. The next question is what California knew – and why the DHS assessment was still not completed until after the 2020 election.

Article 2 Evidence Attachment Final by Joe Ho

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