Good morning. Welcome, Naxios today. It's Monday, July 31st. I'm Nyla Blue. Here's

what you need to know today. A reality check on deep fakes. Plus, new research on where

the highest rates of Alzheimer's disease are across the country. But first, our one

big thing. Democrats' disagreement on litigating voting rights.

When they run up to the midterm elections last year, more than 100 lawsuits were filed

over voting rights issues, almost equally by both Democrats and Republicans. There were

challenges to how votes were counted, lawsuits about poll watchers, voter outreach, and even

how to vote when it comes to mail-in or absentee ballots.

But can we expect the same next year? Naxios' National Political Correspondent Alex Thompson

has been reporting about how Democrat strategy on this may be splintering. Hey, Alex.

Given the amount of lawsuits Alex that we saw in 2020 and then during the midterms,

are we expecting the same thing for next year's presidential election?

There's going to be perhaps an unprecedented amount of litigation around the 2024 presidential

election when you combine the Republicans and the Democrats alike. But what is happening

on the Democratic side is there is a deep disagreement on the best way to pursue that

litigation, and in some cases, how much litigation you should do.

The back of the matter is that after Donald Trump's presidency, the makeup of the judiciary

is much more conservative than it was just a decade ago. And there is deep concern from

the president's team in particular that if Democrats are overly aggressive, it could

backfire because conservative judges can essentially not just overrule you, but they can actually

set back precedent beyond even what was originally there.

So there is a thinking, though, among some Democrats to basically flood the zone and

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