With the midterms just weeks away, Donald Trump is leaving open the possibility of declaring a national emergency or invoking the Insurrection Act— to seize control of the elections. This as the Department of Justice announced its intention to send 1,000 federal election observers to the polls come November. New York’s Rep. Joe Morelle says democrats are ready to respond to any steps to interfere in the election, “We’ll be watching….we’re prepared to go to court should the department of justice overstep at all.” Adding, “they’re largely toothless… this is really their effort to intimidate people.”

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Two people detained outside a Chicago-area immigration detention center last year are suing right-wing podcaster Benny Johnson for defamation, saying he falsely portrayed them as violent extremists who assaulted federal officers.  MS NOW’s Brandy Zadrozny reports.

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After reports of a new “migrant caravan,” Marjorie Taylor Greene accused Republicans of reviving a familiar election-year scare tactic because, in her words, “nothing else is working.”

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Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed reveals why he often wears a black T-shirt.
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