# Post ts_117520154668933347

- Post ID: `ts_117520154668933347`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2026-10-28T19:20:50.685Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
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## Post text

> CROOKED ELECTION IN ALASKA!
>
> Inside Democrats’ Secret Effort to Stack Alaska’s Ballot: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/28/us/politics/alaska-dan-sullivan-conspiracy-peltola.html

## Engagement

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# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-10-28T19:29:10.357Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

## Summary

He posted a New York Times investigation under the banner "CROOKED ELECTION IN ALASKA!" six days before the vote. Going by coverage, the Times reported that Peltola campaign aides and DSCC staff helped get a same-named Dan Sullivan onto the Senate ballot, which both deny. The banner widens that ballot-access allegation into a claim about the whole election, although a judge had ruled the second candidate eligible and nothing reported touches how votes are cast or counted. The timing matters most. On October 23 he said he had ordered a suit to block Alaska's results if the Republican loses, the Justice Department's case seeks exactly that, and the race was being reported as tied. The post reads as rationalization, an article supplying a warrant after the plan to contest a loss already existed. It also relies on an outlet he usually calls fake, which gives the claim reach outside his base. There are no named individual targets, dehumanizing terms or calls to act. The risk comes from the familiar sequence of calling an election rigged before the vote, filing legal action to stop certification, and citing outside corroboration. Whether the label disappears after a Sullivan win or hardens after a loss will show how much of this is strategy.

## A Times headline under a fraud banner

The post has two parts: an all-caps verdict, "CROOKED ELECTION IN ALASKA!", and a pasted New York Times headline, "Inside Democrats' Secret Effort to Stack Alaska's Ballot," with its link. It is his second post on the story in a few hours. The earlier one quoted the Times at length and accused Alaska Democrats of having "illegally searched for, and recruited, a man named Dan Sullivan... in order to defraud, confuse, and obfuscate the Election." This one cuts that argument down to a label and a source.

The banner says more than the article does. Going by coverage of the Times piece (12 sources, text messages and documents, plus on-record claims from Peltola's fired former campaign manager), the paper reported that Peltola campaign aides and DSCC staff helped get a same-named retired teacher onto the ballot. Peltola and the DSCC both deny it. That is a report about a ballot-access tactic. "CROOKED ELECTION" moves the charge from how one candidate got on the ballot to the election itself, six days before anyone votes. An Alaska judge had already ruled the second Sullivan eligible, and nothing reported touches how votes are cast or counted.

## Why it lands now

The trigger looks preemptive. On October 23 he said he had ordered a suit to block Alaska's Senate results if the Republican loses, and the Justice Department's case asks to block certification for that reason. CNN's live coverage the same day called the race tied "in a deep-red state." A Times investigation that seems to support the suit's premise gives the earlier threat a justification after the fact. That is rationalization: the plan to contest a loss came first, and the evidence is now being posted as its warrant. The split is plain in the earlier post's "the REAL Senator, Dan Sullivan" against the impostor. One Sullivan is real and the other fake, one side honest and the other "crooked," with no room for the denials the article itself prints.

There is also selective trust in the source. He has spent years calling the Times "failing" and fake, and here its byline does the persuading. His side's grievance is borrowed from the authority of an adversary's newsroom, roughly "even the Times admits it." That runs against epistemic closure. He reaches outside his own media ecosystem for corroboration. But he uses the outside source to support a bigger claim than it makes.

## Hand and timing

19:20 UTC is about 3:20 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. He was due in Chillicothe, Ohio, that day for a midterm rally, so this was probably posted before or on the way to the event, during working hours. Both readings fit. The caps exclamation is his signature form. A copied headline with a link is the kind of share staff prepare, and the morning's longer post ("defraud, confuse, and obfuscate") has a lawyerly three-verb rhythm that suggests drafting help. Two lines give too little prose to judge authorship either way, and too little to say anything about his language or cognition.

## Risk

The danger comes from the sequence. A pre-vote claim that the election is "crooked," a federal suit already filed to stop certification if his side loses, and a mainstream source cited as proof add up to the familiar groundwork for disputing a result. Nothing in the post names a person to act against, uses dehumanizing language, or calls for mobilization. The target is an institutional outcome, not people, which keeps this at an elevated rating rather than higher. The thing to watch is whether the "crooked" label survives a Sullivan win (it would likely go quiet) or hardens after a loss.

Sources consulted: [The Hill](https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/6178270-peltola-denies-sullivan-recruitment-alaska-senate-report/), [Daily Signal](https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/10/28/ex-peltola-aide-she-knew-about-recruiting-the-other-dan-sullivan/), [Daily Caller](https://dailycaller.com/2026/10/28/mary-peltola-campaign-secret-scheme-dan-sullivan-report/), [Fox News live](https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/midterm-elections-2026-trump-ohio-midterms-october-28), [CNN live](https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/28/politics/live-news/midterm-election-congress), [PBS/AP](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/politics/the-other-dan-sullivan-in-alaskas-senate-race-says-candidacy-is-not-a-sham).

## Fact Verification

| Claim | Verdict | Evidence |
|-------|---------|----------|
| "Democrats ran a secret effort to stack Alaska's Senate ballot (central premise of the shared NYT article)" | **Mostly True** | According to multiple outlets summarizing it, the Times article published October 28, 2026 draws on 12 sources, text messages and documents. It reports that Peltola campaign aides and DSCC staff helped bring in an operative who contacted the Petersburg Dan Sullivan. Peltola's former campaign manager, fired in August, told the paper Peltola was 'definitely aware.' Peltola and the DSCC deny any involvement. The reporting is detailed and documented, but it remains disputed and has not been ruled on. |
| "The Alaska election is crooked" | **Mostly False** | The general election had not been held as of the post date. The reported misconduct is about how a same-named candidate got on the ballot, and an Alaska judge ruled that candidate eligible. The second Sullivan says running was his own choice. No reporting alleges problems with voting, counting or election administration. A contested ballot-access tactic does not make the election itself crooked. |

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Authorship Analysis

**Uncertain** (score: 55%)

### Indicators

- All-caps exclamatory banner in his usual form
- Copied headline plus link, a format staff often prepare
- Posted about 3:20 p.m. Eastern on a travel day (Ohio rally)
- Follows a longer same-day post whose 'defraud, confuse, and obfuscate' phrasing suggests drafting help
- No errors, drift or asides; two lines is too little text to judge

## Psychological Profile

### Traits

**Big Five:**
- Extraversion: 70%
- Agreeableness: 10%
- Conscientiousness: 40%
- Neuroticism: 55%
- Openness: 20%

Strongest facet: Low agreeableness (distrust, antagonism)

**Motives:**
- Agency: 80%
- Communion: 15%

Primary drive: power

### Narrative

- **Role:** Guardian of an ally's seat against a rigged contest
- **Arc:** contamination
- **Contrasting:** Alaska Democrats and the Peltola campaign

**Identity Claims:**
- One who exposes election fraud

### State

**Mixed State**

**Trigger:** Preemptive Attack (NYT investigation of Democratic involvement in the second Sullivan candidacy, published as polls show the race tied)

**Rage:** Intensity 30% targeting Alaska Democrats and the Peltola campaign
- Proportionality: 45%

Sentiment: -0.60

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 25%
- Antisocial: 15%
- Paranoid: 45%
- Sadism: 5%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- rationalization (neurotic)
- splitting (immature)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 20%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Caps verdict that tells followers how to read the linked story
- Borrowing an adversary outlet's credibility for the in-group's grievance

## Danger Assessment

**ELEVATED**

### Indicators

- Calls the election crooked six days before voting
- Paired with a federal suit to block certification if the Republican loses
- Mainstream source used as proof for a broader fraud claim

## Fact Checks (2)

_The model's verdicts from 2026-10-28._

> Democrats ran a secret effort to stack Alaska's Senate ballot (central premise of the shared NYT article)

**MOSTLY TRUE**

According to multiple outlets summarizing it, the Times article published October 28, 2026 draws on 12 sources, text messages and documents. It reports that Peltola campaign aides and DSCC staff helped bring in an operative who contacted the Petersburg Dan Sullivan. Peltola's former campaign manager, fired in August, told the paper Peltola was 'definitely aware.' Peltola and the DSCC deny any involvement. The reporting is detailed and documented, but it remains disputed and has not been ruled on.

Sources: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/6178270-peltola-denies-sullivan-recruitment-alaska-senate-report/; https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/10/28/ex-peltola-aide-she-knew-about-recruiting-the-other-dan-sullivan/; https://dailycaller.com/2026/10/28/mary-peltola-campaign-secret-scheme-dan-sullivan-report/

> The Alaska election is crooked

**MOSTLY FALSE**

The general election had not been held as of the post date. The reported misconduct is about how a same-named candidate got on the ballot, and an Alaska judge ruled that candidate eligible. The second Sullivan says running was his own choice. No reporting alleges problems with voting, counting or election administration. A contested ballot-access tactic does not make the election itself crooked.

Sources: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/politics/the-other-dan-sullivan-in-alaskas-senate-race-says-candidacy-is-not-a-sham; https://wtop.com/national/2026/06/the-other-dan-sullivan-in-alaskas-us-senate-race-says-candidacy-was-my-choice-not-a-sham/

Overall Veracity: 50%

## Tags

- election-delegitimization (85%)
- alaska-senate (90%)
- dan-sullivan (80%)
- mary-peltola (60%)
- new-york-times (60%)
- preemptive-attack (70%)
- midterms-2026 (70%)

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2026, October 28). CROOKED ELECTION IN ALASKA! Inside Democrats’... [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_117520154668933347
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "CROOKED ELECTION IN ALASKA! Inside Democrats’ Secret Effort..." Truth Social, 28 Oct. 2026. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_117520154668933347. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "CROOKED ELECTION IN ALASKA! Inside Democrats’ Secret Effort...," Truth Social, October 28, 2026, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_117520154668933347.

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