Trump's federal lawsuit demanding that Alaska refuse to certify a Peltola win is bullshit. It's designed to create the *impression* of confusion, which he'll then use to pressure Gov not to certify her and press Senate Rs not to seat her. It will fail but do damage. newrepublic.com/article/2173...

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Dem lawyer Marc Elias tells me this will be challenged. “Whatever the governor may feel, it is his legal obligation to sign the paperwork to go to the US Senate. If he doesn’t, he will be sued. And he’ll have to sign it anyway.” Experts explain the details here: newrepublic.com/article/2173...

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It's deeply weird that the Dem recruiting of spoilers is a major national story even as the President of the US is ordering Rs to do extreme gerrymanders/nationalize elections and refusing to commit to accepting results. The Dem plot was scummy, but let's get real: newrepublic.com/article/2173...

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Alaska's GOP governor Mike Dunleavy: “If we conclude that there were things that should not have happened, that are illegal, we will act on that. That may impact whether somebody is seated in the US Senate.” This is likely to be come a cause celebre for MAGA: newrepublic.com/article/2173...

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Bad: Alaska's GOP governor just refused to commit to certifying Mary Peltola if she wins Senate race. Trump is seizing on NYT story to pressure Rs to decline to certify her. I talked to election law experts. They explain why this will likely fail but get very nasty: newrepublic.com/article/2173...

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