Last night, while I was on YouTube explaining how Donald Trump is attempting to rig the 2026 election, “60 Minutes” was platforming his favorite election denier.

This split screen tells you everything you need to know about the media today. A lawyer breaking down an emergency court hearing about the Department of Justice trying to convince a court to disenfranchise voters vs. CBS News, now led by Bari Weiss, profiling Tina Peters.

I went live because the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals had just held a rare Sunday emergency hearing in the DOJ's case to force California to set aside 20,000 ballots. I was providing commentary and analysis on the arguments and what to expect next.

Before going live, I had spent nearly two hours watching the argument. I had read the briefs.

I am familiar with every detail of Trump’s scheme in California because Elias Law Group has sought to intervene to fight this case and others like it around the country. In fact, we are litigating more than 90 voting and election cases in 43 states.

In my podcast, I also described how the California case connects to an even more dangerous one in Alaska, where the DOJ has sued to block certification of the Senate race if the president’s preferred candidate loses. Late last night, my firm filed a motion to dismiss that case.

My job as a lawyer requires me to explain to courts why they must protect free and fair elections. My role as the founder of Democracy Docket requires me to make that case to everyone.

That is why, between conference calls and reviewing legal briefs, I took an hour on YouTube to walk viewers through what was happening to democracy in court.

CBS had a different motivation. Its interview with Tina Peters, a convicted criminal and Trump ally, was recorded in August. Yet the network chose to air it nine days before the election.

The once-proud Tiffany Network was recently bought by David Ellison, and its news division is now led by editor-in-chief Bari Weiss. And while I deeply respect Bill Whitaker, the correspondent who conducted the interview, I have serious misgivings about the people to whom he now reports.

I am not going to bother running through the Peters interview and what she said. I am not going to once again ask the legacy media to stop presenting “both sides” when it comes to protecting our fragile democracy.

Instead, I am going to make a simple ask: If you think Democracy Docket provides a valuable service to you, your community and our democracy, become a premium member now.

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