Oct 26, 2026 · 51 min
Election interference claims collide with immigration court scrutiny
It’s The Final Countdown (feat. Gillian Brockell)
The episode connects alleged pressure on election systems with questions about whether federal agencies misled a court over third-country removals.
- 1The hosts examine legal and administrative moves involving election certification, voter rolls, ballot collection, and the California election process.
- 2A guest discusses evidence that ICE and DOJ filings may have obscured what happened during an expulsion flight to Equatorial Guinea.
- 3The closing good-news segment shifts from institutional threats to local organizing, creativity, voting plans, and mutual support.
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Gillian Brackell compares flight-tracking evidence with government filings that described an Equatorial Guinea removal mission as canceled.
The brief
Allison and Dana survey alleged election interference, including a DOJ challenge to Alaska’s Senate certification, pressure on California officials, and claims involving Scott Presler’s ballot activities.
They also discuss the Ninth Circuit’s ruling that Donald Trump’s Los Angeles National Guard deployment was unlawful, alongside proposed Alaska energy cooperation involving Russian technology and funding.
Gillian Brackell joins to examine whether ICE and DOJ misled a court about an expulsion flight to Equatorial Guinea, despite flight-tracking evidence that the aircraft landed there.
The interview probes the government’s distinction between a canceled mission and a canceled stop, and how third-country removal practices complicate that account.
The episode closes with listener stories about rural political organizing, personal creativity, voting plans, and the small acts that sustain democratic communities.
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