An election worker sorts ballots at a polling location inside City Hall durign a primary election in San Francisco, California, on June 2, 2026.
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An impressive alliance of groups have been preparing for months to counter Trump’s threats to Democrats in the midterms. Skye Perryman, president and CEO of Democracy Forward and a member of the Senate Democrats’ Election Protection Task Force, explains why “we are going to have free and fair elections” in November.
Also: Elon Musk calls Christopher Nolan’s film The Odyssey “part of a left-wing plan” to “destroy Western Civilization.” John Powers has a different view—he’s critic at large on NPR’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross.
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