American Doom

Things are going to start moving very quickly now and this is one of the best places to stay on top of it all. To support our work, access a discounted subscription to American Doom for $3.60 a month or throw a few dollars in the Coffee Fund . There’s going to be a lot of late nights coming up. Help us get through… - jg There is a reason that it has been longstanding Justice Department practice to...

While an obscure body like the Georgia State Election Board may not seem terribly important, last week’s news shows that it could play a pivotal role in interference efforts in the coming weeks and months. I’ve been reporting on the SEB for years now, and I’m one of the only reporters paying this close of attention. To support my work, from now until Election Day you can get 40 percent off Doom su...

Today we’re talking with Jeremy Borden, executive director of Beacon Media , a non-partisan non-profit focused on giving voice to North Carolinians working to strengthen democracy in the Tarheel State. As in Georgia, many of North Carolina’s county election boards are run by Republican election deniers. As part of my conversation with Borden I took a look at some of those board members and have up...

We’re fighting 10 states for information about the Trump administration’s role in interfering with the midterms. You can help cover those costs with a discounted subscription to Doom for $3.60 a month here . If you appreciate us staying on top of all this chaos, spread the word and choose a paid subscription, or drop a few bucks in the Coffee Fund . Now, on to the news… - jg Last week began with t...

Things are really heating up. Have you seen all the news this week? If not, take a minute to go back and check out all of our reporting. There’s more coming later today. For now, you know what I’m going to ask: Choose a paid subscription (with a 40 percent discount here ) or buy us a coffee to support our work reporting on election interference efforts across the country. You’ll be glad you did be...

I’ve got some information you won’t find anywhere else today a DOJ lawyer fresh out of law school who is fighting for Trump on election interference efforts. Also, many signs are pointing to ballot seizures and arrests of election officials as a major part of the Trump administration’s game plan to interfere in the November elections, which I also reported today at Zeteo . More on that below. Fina...

The Georgia State Election Board is trying to give the DOJ and DHS access to our election systems. Simultaneously, the board is charging me $134 for communications between Republican board members and those two agencies. Help me pay these costs with a discounted subscription to American Doom for $3.60 a month, or by dropping a few dollars in our Coffee Fund . Key points: * The MAGA-dominated Georg...

*** Through Election Day I’m offering a 40 percent discount on all Doom subscriptions. Access the discount here . We need your support to pay for records from 10 states that will shed light on Trump’s election interference. The clues to this interference abound , but our records request will expose more. That’ll cost money, though. Your dollars will directly fund those efforts. *** Americans hate...

*** You won’t find what you’re about to read anywhere else. We’re all over threats to the Midterms here — working sources, following court cases, and filing public records requests to expose interference efforts by Trump and many others. It will cost hundreds of dollars to obtain communications and other material via those records requests. To help cover the cost of these fees, I’m offering a 40 p...

A quick rundown today of all that ails Trump and Republicans as they try to make the case to voters to allow them to remain in power in Congress after November. If you appreciate what you see here, please spread the word, choose a paid subscription, or drop a few dollars in our Coffee Fund . Your support directly funds our independent, adversarial journalism. - jg We’re winning the war in Iran — w...

A quick dispatch today on what I know I’m not alone in thinking about 9/11. If you like what you see here, spread the word and support us with a paid subscription or a contribution to our Coffee Fund . Your dollars fund our independent, adversarial journalism. - jg In my first year in what was once called “the newspaper business,” the city editor of the paper gave me my weekend assignment. I was a...

Today, a quick rundown of the important-but-overlooked whistleblower complaint about Trump’s attempts to mess with your mail-in ballots. Plus some other items we’re tracking as the threats to the midterms continue apace. Also, check out my discussions on those threats with Scott Harris of WPKN , and Mike Sacks with Legal AF . Support us with a paid subscription or buy us a cup of coffee . Much mor...

A quick note: Last week, we detailed Trump’s extreme efforts to sow distrust in — and likely try to overturn — the November election. You can read all four parts of the Start the Steal series at Zeteo. In the planning stages, we called these stories Doomsday , Omnibus , Wargame and Intel . I hope you’ll check it out. Also last week, American Doom intern Ava Shook and I detailed Trump’s historic co...

For more than a year now, I’ve been picking the brains of many sources throughout election administration, legal nonprofit and Democratic political circles to see what they’re doing about final move that Republicans will try to pull if and when they lose the midterms . Some folks are prepared; others are not. Probably many more just aren’t talking about their preparations to me, or maybe any repor...

We’re really cooking now. Here’s the latest bit of reporting from an ongoing series I’m conducting with Zeteo called Start the Steal, which will detail how Trump and Republicans are working to sow distrust and/or outright overturn the results of the November mid-terms. Today, how a Facebook post led to an official Georgia State Election Board investigation. Things are going to move fast heading to...

The era of Start the Steal has begun. I’ll have some more exclusive findings tomorrow about election interference efforts in Georgia. For now, a rundown of Trump’s address last night. Subscribe, support and share. - jg Last night, President Donald Trump spoke to the nation in an address in which he hyped overblown claims of fraud in the 2020 election as he kicked off Republican attempts to overtur...

Good morning and welcome back to the madness. The plan to steal the November elections — led by Donald Trump and backed by Republican elected officials and everyday citizens across the country — is about to kick into overdrive. American Doom will be on top of this just like we have been on all Republican efforts to undo democracy over the last six years. But we can’t do it without your help. Pleas...

Lots going on - election stuff is really starting to heat up, plus some important developments in Sapelo I’m staying on top of. Can’t do it without your support, so buy my book , choose a paid subscription to Doom, or throw a few bucks in the Coffee Fund . Thanks. - jg *** As a heat wave grips much of the country, conditions for conflict are ripening. This is a typical pattern for the American sum...

Happy Independence Day weekend! A few thoughts today on what’s coming as we reach both the half point of the year and are getting closer to the midterms. Also, make sure you check out Chloe and Ava’s reporting on Trump’s recent failures — the Iran peace agreement and the Reflecting Pool debacle . Things aren’t going great! Elsewhere, I was on the American Friction podcast to discuss my book, which...

You’ll read lots of pieces today about last night’s election results but this is the only publication where you’ll learn about the following. To support our work, you can subscribe for $6 a month or throw a few dollars in our Coffee Fund . Georgia’s election denial network of public officials, unhinged online personalities and average citizens spent yesterday ricocheting between joy and despair —...

Quick reminder that Doom was the only publication to nail the DOJ on its efforts to mess with elections here in Georgia. That work takes a lot of time and resources. If you want to support our hard-nosed, adversarial journalism, the best way to do so is through a paid subscription or dropping a few dollars in our Coffee Fund . Now, on to the news… In just the last few days, Republican threats to d...

You might have seen that American Doom beat the Justice Department in federal court last week. Trump’s DOJ will now have to officially reveal the names of some of the witnesses in an affidavit that led to an FBI raid on an Atlanta elections office. Doom was the only publication in the country to motion the court to release the names. To support our work, please choose a paid subscription or drop a...

Big news out of federal court in Atlanta this week. American Doom was the only publication in the country that pushed the DOJ to release the names of the public officials who refused to have their identities unsealed in an affidavit that led to a historic FBI raid election raid in January. To support our work, please choose a paid subscription or throw us a few dollars at our Coffee Fund . A feder...

This article is the result of months of digging into ICE deaths. The previous article in this series is viewable here . This reporting has taken much time and resources — and hundreds of dollars in fees to obtain autopsy reports. To support this work, please choose a paid subscription to American Doom or contribute to our Coffee Fund. Two coroners in Missouri who have publicly expressed anti-immig...

Today’s edition of American Doom has information about the fight over 2020 ballots in Georgia that you won’t find anywhere else. Please choose a paid subscription or contribute to our Coffee Fund to help fuel more of the fact-based, adversarial journalism you see below. As Fulton County and the Justice Department continue to argue in court filings over the thousands of 2020 ballots and other mater...