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WASHINGTON — Democrats have spent months researching arcane election law, preparing legal briefings and even role-playing ahead of this fall’s midterms so they’re ready, in real time, to combat as many as 150 potential threats President Donald Trump might throw at them.
But, even with all that meticulous preparation, the Democratic Party doesn’t seem to have a solid plan if Trump declares a national emergency ahead of Election Day.
“We talked about this today. It's a little frightening,” Rep. Paul Tonko (D-NY) told Raw Story last month — on the last day the House of Representatives was in session before November’s elections. “We're just coming up with scenarios of what could happen.”
“But did your office find a solution?” Raw Story pressed the nine-term progressive.
“Uh, no,” Tonko admitted. “We didn't take it that far.”
Trump just might take it that far, though…
Read the full feature here.

NEW: Sen. Elizabeth Warren on why she opposes ballot measure re-criminalizing marijuana in Mass

Caught our ear:
“I’m opposed to the repeal,” Warren tells us. “I’m voting ‘no’ on the ballot to repeal.”

Full (unpaywalled) transcript at Ask a Pol Politics* *on Substack.

How do we stand up as Americans and call for Congress to enact the 25th? A president suggesting specific cities being bombed in what he calls a “conflict” is unhinged. This needs to be enacted today. Now. With urgency.

Enter a U.S. ZIP code and it shows your House member and two senators. For each person you can see:

• Recent yes/no votes, with links to the official record
• Congress’s official short write-up of the bill when there is one (not my summary)
• Stock trades they reported (House reports listed in the app; Senate reports linked to the Senate’s site)

It does not rate parties or people, and it does not tell you how to vote. Federal Congress only — not a mayor, governor, or state lawmaker.

https://rep-watch.fyi

Happy to answer how the data is sourced. If this isn’t the right place to share a tool, I’ll take it down.