Too Big To Ignore: Will of the People Weekly

Too Big To Ignore: Will of the People Weekly

Trump and His Cronies Are Working to Rig the Game Because They Can’t Win a Fair Fight — But Voters Pick Our Leaders, Not the Other Way Around. Here’s What You Need To Know This Week.

Week of August 24, 2026

Congress is still out of town this week, but the fight isn’t on recess. On Friday night, the Postal Service quietly finalized a rule that would let it refuse to deliver ballots to voters who aren’t on a federally approved list — despite two court orders blocking it from implementing Trump’s anti-voter executive orders. Meanwhile, after the DOJ hired a lawyer convicted of hacking election websites, the agency notched its 23rd straight loss in court last week as a judge threw out yet another lawsuit seeking states’ voter rolls. With the House expected to return on Monday, what happens next is up to us, not them. When all of us show up, the will of the people wins. Try and stop us.

In the Administration

• The Postal Service pushed Trump's mail-ballot rule through on Friday night, despite two court orders blocking it. The rule publishes this Wednesday. In a Friday night filing, USPS issued a 95-page final rule requiring every state that wants ballots delivered to collect voters' names and home addresses, tie them to a unique barcode on every ballot, and submit them to a federal portal. USPS says it will not deliver ballots for any state that doesn't comply. Voting rights groups went to court over the weekend arguing that issuing the rule at all violates the injunction already blocking it.
• The DOJ appears to have hired a lawyer convicted of hacking election websites. Democracy Docket reported Friday that David Michael Levin — charged with three felonies in 2016 for breaking into a Florida county elections website and the state Division of Elections site, who pleaded guilty and served 20 days in jail — appears to have joined the Civil Rights Division, the office that enforces federal voting rights laws. Levin was photographed outside a Minneapolis polling place alongside a DOJ attorney during Minnesota’s primary, as part of the monitoring program now set to expand to 1,000 people. DOJ did not respond to requests to confirm his employment.

In the Courts

• Trump v. California (U.S. Supreme Court)
  • This week, the Trump administration is still awaiting news from the Supreme Court on its request to lift the injunction blocking Trump’s mail-voting executive order in 23 states and D.C. The states filed their opposition at the beginning of the month, arguing a stay would let USPS “rush out” an untested ballot-interception program before November. Briefing is now complete and a ruling could come at any time. If the justices side with Trump, the USPS could begin withholding ballots from voters not on a federally approved list in every state that hasn’t sued.
• United States of America v. Simon (U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota)
  • The DOJ sued to force Minnesota to hand over its unredacted voter file, including birthdates, driver’s license numbers, and partial Social Security numbers. Last week, a federal judge dismissed the case, writing that the government was treating a civil action as a “fishing expedition.” It is the DOJ’s 23rd straight loss in these cases. Attorney General Todd Blanche has said taking the fight to the Supreme Court is “absolutely” a possibility.

In the States

North Carolina

• Last week, Gov. Josh Stein vetoed a sweeping anti-voter bill (HB 958), which was opposed by the ACLU of North Carolina and passed by the GOP state legislature by a margin just short of a veto-proof majority.

Upcoming Elections & Deadlines

Tuesday, August 25

• Georgia’s 13th congressional district special election