Judge Elections 2026 is one of the fastest-rising stories on Reddit right now. We found 26 threads in 4 different communities, starting at Oct 30, 18:40 UTC; r/news, r/politics and r/entertainment carry most of the discussion. That adds up to around 57.8K upvotes and 1.4K comments. It is also a rising Google search (“trump impeachment” in Google Trends for US).
What the sources report
These are the reports Redditors are sharing most, in the outlets’ own words. We quote them rather than paraphrase, so nothing is lost or added.
- NBC News: Federal judge dismisses Trump attempt to interfere in Alaska Senate race
The president had requested that Alaska segregate ballots cast for a candidate with the same name as the incumbent. The judge said that would “violate Alaskans’ right to a secret ballot.”
- The Guardian: Judge orders Iowa to permit Satanic Temple holiday event at state capitol
Federal court says group likely to win its free speech claim and tells officials to approve application within seven days
- Deadline: Judge Again Tosses Out Trump's Lawsuit Against Wall Street Journal
The lawsuit, which also named Rupert Murdoch as a defendant, claimed defamation.
- CNN: Judge imposes sweeping emergency order halting DOJ pressure campaign on election officials across the country | CNN Politics
A federal judge imposed a sweeping emergency order halting various aggressive tactics employed by the Trump administration in recent days to pressure election officials across the country.
- BBC News: Judge orders Trump administration to stop election official threats
The order comes after election officials received letters demanding they set aside the ballots of possible non-citizen voters.
- Newsweek: Could Trump be impeached if Democrats win midterms?
If Democrats flip the House on Tuesday, they could potentially launch a third impeachment bid against President Donald Trump.
The numbers in the headlines
- $10 billion: cited by a post in r/politics and a post in r/entertainment
Where Reddit is talking about it
| Community | Threads | Upvotes | Comments | First thread |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| r/news | 6 | 36,530 | 805 | Oct 31, 02:49 UTC |
| r/politics | 18 | 15,770 | 481 | Oct 30, 18:40 UTC |
| r/entertainment ↗ | 1 | 4,297 | 37 | Nov 1, 00:14 UTC |
| r/nottheonion | 1 | 1,168 | 33 | Nov 3, 19:51 UTC |
The biggest threads
- Judge orders Trump administration to stop threatening election officials with criminal chargesr/news · 11,318 upvotes · 242 comments · Oct 31, 02:49 UTC · NBC News
- Federal judge dismisses Trump attempt to interfere in Alaska Senate racer/news · 8,120 upvotes · 148 comments · Nov 1, 19:55 UTC · NBC News
- Judge orders Iowa to permit Satanic Temple holiday event at state capitolr/news · 7,668 upvotes · 191 comments · Nov 3, 19:18 UTC · The Guardian
- Judge dismisses Trump’s $10 billion defamation suit over Jeffrey Epstein birthday card storyr/politics · 6,346 upvotes · 133 comments · Oct 31, 21:34 UTC · NBC News
- ‘Grasping at straws': Judge dismisses Trump suit against Wall Street Journal over Epstein letterr/news · 4,857 upvotes · 68 comments · Nov 1, 03:46 UTC · AP News
- Canadian dentist detained by ICE in Minnesota ordered released by federal judger/news · 4,257 upvotes · 114 comments · Nov 3, 02:01 UTC · CBC News
- Judge Again Tosses Out Donald Trump’s $10 Billion Lawsuit Against The Wall Street Journal Over Its Reporting On Jeffrey Epstein Birthday Letterr/entertainment · 4,297 upvotes · 37 comments · Nov 1, 00:14 UTC · Deadline
- Judge imposes sweeping emergency order halting DOJ pressure campaign on election officialsr/politics · 2,010 upvotes · 62 comments · Oct 31, 01:24 UTC · CNN
- Judge orders Trump administration to stop threatening election officials with criminal chargesr/politics · 1,295 upvotes · 38 comments · Oct 31, 03:19 UTC · NBC News
- Federal judge orders Iowa to allow Satanic Temple event at Capitolr/nottheonion · 1,168 upvotes · 33 comments · Nov 3, 19:51 UTC · AP News
Timeline on Reddit
- First thread we found, in r/politics: “Judge tears into senior DOJ official and orders investigation into Trump’s golf course plans”
- The story reaches r/news: “Judge orders Trump administration to stop threatening election officials with criminal charges”
- The biggest thread so far is posted in r/news (11,318 upvotes, 242 comments by our last count).
- The story reaches r/entertainment ↗: “Judge Again Tosses Out Donald Trump’s $10 Billion Lawsuit Against The Wall Street Journal Over Its Reporting On Jeffrey…”
- The story reaches r/nottheonion: “Federal judge orders Iowa to allow Satanic Temple event at Capitol”
How this page is made
SubMouse watches dozens of large, safe-for-work subreddits and Google's trending searches. When several communities start talking about the same event at the same time, we group those threads into one story and publish this page, then refresh it while the story keeps rising. The counts are ours; everything said about the event itself is quoted and credited to the post or outlet it comes from. Claims in Reddit posts are unverified unless an outlet confirms them. Upvote and comment counts come from Reddit's public data via the Arctic Shift archive and can lag. Spotted a mistake? Tell us. Not affiliated with Reddit.