- US President Donald Trump announced on his social media platform that he will issue an executive order "shortly" to impose ID requirements for voters, despite the Constitution giving primary responsibility for election conduct to the states, with Congress having final authority, and the president playing no role.
- The proposed executive order would require voters to show proof of citizenship, potentially disenfranchising over half of the American population, including 70 million married women with birth certificates that don't match their current legal names, and millions of poor, racial minorities, and naturalized citizens who lack access to birth certificates or passports.
- Trump's move is seen as an attempt to whip up fascist hysteria about "illegal voting" and manipulate the results of the 2026 election, with his former strategist Steve Bannon cheering on the effort, which has been widely condemned as an attack on democratic rights and an attempt to conduct the election under conditions of virtual martial law.
EPSTEIN FILES NOTES
2 individuals mentioned in this article appear in the Epstein files:
Donald Trump appeared in flight logs, black book, emails, and photos released by the DOJ.
Steve Bannon provided media training to Epstein, exchanged emails about Trump in 2018-2019.
