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In reply to the discussion: I do not want to start a big argument, BUT i feel very uneasy about November. Not sure how to say this, BUT [View all]Fiendish Thingy
(23,050 posts)63. You need to do more research on how things actually work
Interfere electronically with vote tallies.
That is the stuff of Election Denialism, and was false in both 2020 and 2024.
Declare Dem wins invalid with false claims of voter fraud.
And that declaration would mean Jack squat, just like all his previous EOs on voting have been ignored by the states without consequences.
Have Mike Johnson refuse to swear in Dem winners.
Johnsons term as speaker ends 12/31/26. On 01/03/27, the members-elect, as certified by their states, select the next speaker, who then swears in the next congress en masse. There is a process for objecting to the seating a member-elect, and there is a reason it hasnt been used at the beginning of a new congress- because it would cause a domino effect of objections resulting in no member being sworn in that day.
The possibilities are limited only by the imagination and determination of Trump's enablers.
The possibilities are limited by the laws, both federal and state, and the pushback from the states and the people, and most importantly, the laws of physics. (In other words, Nationwide Martial law is a physical impossibility)
Just because you can imagine something and type it on the internet does not make that thing plausible, possible or probable.
Trump is not omnipotent, and the states and the people are not powerless
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I do not want to start a big argument, BUT i feel very uneasy about November. Not sure how to say this, BUT [View all]
bluestarone
Yesterday
OP
They know their policies are unpopular and they will do everything they can to stay in power.
walkingman
Yesterday
#1
It will be a shitshow IHND. Billions of fascist dollars flooding media, foreign attacks given a free pass
yaesu
Yesterday
#2
I see a difference now because of the evidence of a stolen election in 2024
annielion
22 hrs ago
#40
They are just too scared to call anything out or separate themselves even though that's what they should do.
themaguffin
Yesterday
#5
Why would 50+ republicans retire if they were confident the election would be rigged in their favor?
Fiendish Thingy
Yesterday
#18
Why they aren't using the magic button in all the elections we keep winning?
EdmondDantes_
22 hrs ago
#46
My thoughts are they are disconnecting from Trump and will move hard to the center
bucolic_frolic
23 hrs ago
#21
It will be a nightmare for us. I'm thinking they will try to do things that will cause
bluestarone
23 hrs ago
#26
Not that i agree or disagree i don't really want to start argueing about past elections.
bluestarone
23 hrs ago
#29
I worry about this, too. Come with all needed documents when it's time to vote.
Joinfortmill
22 hrs ago
#31
I believe we are completely unprepared for how they will unleash AI against DEMs.
Pobeka
22 hrs ago
#45
Republicans are breaking with Trump this year at a rate far higher than ever before.
Wiz Imp
21 hrs ago
#53
Agree. They haven't acted like they are worried about the election or about voters. If there are midterm
wiggs
21 hrs ago
#52
Trump promised his good Christians they would never have to vote again.
Blue Full Moon
17 hrs ago
#56
Trump's conduct in the current manufactured crisis resembles his COVID behavior
thought crime
16 hrs ago
#59
It sounds dumb but winning is the fastest way out of this. And it might take more than one type.
SSJVegeta
2 hrs ago
#77