Half a million wrong-party ballots went out in Maryland, and officials say they cannot identify every voter who got one. Trump wants an investigation. The Senate is moving on Iran war powers. DHS may soon sweep ports for Chinese hardware. Georgia is the next redistricting fight.

President Donald Trump accused Maryland Gov. Wes Moore of election rigging after state officials admitted about 500,000 mail-in ballots were sent to voters of the wrong party. Maryland’s top election official blamed a printer error and called Trump’s claims “misinformation.” But the state also admitted it cannot determine which voters received the incorrect ballots. The fix is to send new ballots and hope the problem gets contained before it spreads into returned ballots, voter confusion, and legal fights.

Do not let the phrase “printer error” numb you. Half a million wrong-party ballots is not a typo. It is a chain of custody failure in a mass mail ballot system. If officials cannot tell who got the wrong ballot, they cannot tell you the system is under control.

That is the point Trump is hammering. The media angle will be Trump’s language. The real story is whether Maryland’s election vendors, ballot tracking systems, and state oversight failed at the same time. If this can happen in a blue state with national attention, it can happen anywhere that outsources ballot printing and assumes the process will police itself.

Watch whether the Trump DOJ or House Republicans demand vendor records, mailing logs, and internal state election emails.

The Senate advanced a War Powers resolution aimed at U.S. military action against Iran after the 60-day War Powers Act clock expired without new congressional authorization. Supporters framed it as a rebuke of Trump’s handling of the conflict. The vote matters because Congress has ducked hard war votes for decades while presidents of both parties expanded operations abroad. A final Senate vote is next, then the House, then a likely Trump veto fight.

The Gateway Pundit posted a “ROSE UNPLUGGED” audio interview with former Speaker Newt Gingrich. Rose hosted while filling in for Sean Hannity, according to the post. Gingrich talked Trump’s pressure campaign with China, rising Iran tension, and Republican messaging for the 2026 midterms. His warning is simple: voters are watching strength, prices, energy, and order all at once.

Sens. Rick Scott of Florida and Andy Kim of New Jersey introduced a bill directing DHS to inspect U.S. ports and maritime infrastructure for Chinese-made components. The push follows a congressional probe that found unusual Chinese parts on imported port cranes. Ports are a choke point for the whole economy. If hostile hardware sits inside cranes, networks, or control systems, America has a security problem hiding inside commerce.

The Blaze reports Democrats and allied groups are shifting focus to Georgia redistricting fights after losing in Virginia. On May 8, Virginia’s Supreme Court ruled a proposed congressional map overhaul illegal, leaving the state’s 2021-era 6-5 map in place. The rejected plan would have given Democrats 10 of 11 seats, according to The Blaze. Georgia is next because a handful of seats can decide House control.

A Washington Examiner column says the Trump administration has recorded 12 straight months of zero border releases. The piece contrasts that with Biden-era mass releases and parole practices that sent migrants into the interior with court dates years away.

If the number holds, it changes the incentive at the border. Detention and removal reduce traffic. Release promises increase it.

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Virginia’s redistricting fight did not get the national coverage it deserved after the state Supreme Court shut down the map overhaul on May 8. The rejected plan would have turned a 6-5 congressional split into a reported 10-1 Democrat advantage. That was not normal map maintenance. That was a power grab through the courts.

They buried it because the story cuts against the usual script. Democrats call redistricting abuse a threat to democracy until their side tries it with lawyers and friendly pressure campaigns. Now the same strategy is moving toward Georgia. Watch the courts, not just the campaign ads.

I will keep tracking the ballots, the border, and the war votes. What did I miss? Hit reply.

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Brett Lee Editor, Project Liberty projectlibertyus.com

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