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Sunday, November 23, 2025

The agency was largely absent from that space for elections this month in several states, a potential preview for the 2026 midterms.

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At CISA, which is the nation's civil cyberdefense agency, 65% of staff were furloughed during the shutdown, on top of the many whose jobs were cut previously. The number of cyber defenders at CISA could be further depleted, as more job cuts are planned. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...[image or embed]

" Max Boot (@maxboot.bsky.social) Nov 20, 2025 at 7:27 AM

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... Shifting priorities of the Trump administration, staffing reductions and budget cuts have many election officials concerned about how engaged the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency will be next year, when control of Congress will be at stake in those elections.

Some officials say they have begun scrambling to fill the anticipated gaps.

"We do not have a sense of whether we can rely on CISA for these services as we approach a big election year in 2026," said Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon, a Democrat who until recently led the bipartisan National Association of Secretaries of State.

The association's leaders sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in February asking her to preserve the cybersecurity agency's core election functions. Noem, whose department oversees the agency, replied the following month that it was reviewing its "funding, products, services, and positions" related to election security and that its services would remain available to election officials.

Simon said secretaries of state are still waiting to hear about the agency's plans. ...



#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-11-23 01:50 PM | Reply

So, Pres Trump no longer seems to be concerned about election security?

#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-11-23 01:51 PM | Reply

The trolls recently exposed on X will have the necessary information on election security.

#3 | Posted by Yodagirl at 2025-11-23 04:00 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

It'll be rigged allright.

Stock up on weapons, you may need them.

#4 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-11-23 04:25 PM | Reply

#4 Yup!

#5 | Posted by Yodagirl at 2025-11-23 04:38 PM | Reply

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