r/circled • u/ChuckGallagher57 💬 Opinion / Discussion • 11h ago
💬 Opinion / Discussion Midterm fears - how do you feel about Trump’s next attempt?
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u/RobertRoyal82 11h ago
America. You are being taken over by fascists
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u/Xanadu87 11h ago
We’re already there
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u/donall 10h ago edited 10h ago
there's a difference between being in power and absolute power, there could be no going back from the latter
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u/dagoth_0001 10h ago
There’s no coming back from where they are when you see how they behave just like usual
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u/Mediocre_Jelly_3669 11h ago
We know, we hate it, I didn’t vote for this shit.
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u/Opposite-Bit6660 10h ago
Fewer than 50% did. Between Harris and 3rd parties, over 50% of voters rejected Trump.
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u/Jaded-Delivery3604 11h ago
We are all well aware of this. The problem was the apathetic assholes who didn't vote because they didn't like either choice, and politics don't affect me. Well now with the way things are I am guessing politics affect you now maybe you should have voted against the one who was clearly a Nazi.
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u/25000miles 10h ago
It seems to me that there are only two important stages of elections in any country. And the second stage always follows from the first over time.
- When it is important that everyone votes.
- When it no longer matters who and how voted. Everything will be announced for you. America has already failed the first stage.
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u/Soren_Camus1905 10h ago
Ehhh
It’s more like the last, desperate attempt of a takeover.
Republicans know Trump is old and dying and no other member of the party commands the loyalty of support that he does.
Say the worst case scenario happens? Midterms are suspended. Then what?
Things just continue to get worse and worse, republican support erodes more and more. Eventually the dam will break.
Things may get worse before they get better, and as usual the working class will pay the price, but this is an acknowledgement of what we all knew, they are out of ideas and out energy. And that the Republican Party has no future.
It’s the last spasm of a soon to be rotting carcus.
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u/Firm-Advertising5396 10h ago
If he takes over the elections, he's succeeded in their autocratic take over
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u/Few_District_6304 11h ago
Fairly certain it would be his last attempt. So kinda mixed.
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u/PriscillaPalava 11h ago
Yeah. I’d like to see him fucking try it.
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u/PersonOfValue 11h ago
2028 will be decided this November.
Go vote Americans
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u/PatientHelicopter123 11h ago
In 2024 - 160 MM did not vote for him. He only got 1/3 of the electorate.
Trump J. D. Vance Republican 77,304,296 49.70%
Kamala D. Harris Tim Walz Democratic 75,019,682 48.23%
Jill E. Stein Rudolph T. Ware, III Green 881,909 0.57%
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Nicole Shanahan Independent 757,369 0.49%
Total voter turnout was approx. 60%
Per the census there were approx. 230 million eligible voters in the US in 2024
Anyone who sat out the last election (all 80 or so million) need to be shamed. Voting is the single MOST important constitutional requirement of being a US citizen. You all suck, you allowed this to happen. The other 33 million idiots who believe the orange dickhead are beyond reason and redemption.
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u/theroadbeyond 10h ago
I personally feel like it wouldn't have mattered. I don't think he actually won i absolutely think they rigged this shit. They've admitted as much Elons kid kid has admitted as much.
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u/LeAcoTaco 7h ago
It was found Elon committed voter fraud in georgia, his American PAC submitted pre-filled absentee ballot applications. Which is illegal to do unless you are an authorized relative of the individual.
So yeah, I highly doubt anything would have been different if the people who didnt vote that time had. It was definitely rigged.
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u/Zestyclose_Bit_9459 6h ago edited 5h ago
THIS! Why are PACs even handling ANY absentee ballots at ANY POINT in the voting process??? This must change to where ballots are issued ONLY by each state's voter registrar office.
BTW: the Georgia Election Board (right-leaning) just slapped Musk's PAC on the wrists. For Elon, that solved absolutely nothing--he'll do it again if he gets back in Trump's graces (they're not good.)
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u/People-Pollution5280 4h ago
PACs shouldn't exist to begin with
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u/grat5989 2h ago
Neither should lobbying. Its oligarchy plain and simple. Corporations have personhood, so it may look slightly different on its face, but that's what it is. Well, an oligarchy turned kleptocracy now.
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u/Complete-Tangelo1532 5h ago
Remember when Elon was calling the Pennsylvania election results as a Trump win roughly 4hrs before results were tallied and posted publicly?
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u/cobwebs_and_crayons 4h ago
he told rogan 4 - 5 hrs before the election was over trump had won and shows rogan someshit on his phone
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u/LeAcoTaco 5h ago
Oh shoot yeah I forgot about that. It absolutely would not surprise me if that was because of voter fraud by him they havent caught or never disclosed.
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u/Illustrious-Driver19 6h ago
Ethan from DOGE created a voted manipulating ap called Ballotproof that uses ballots to flip votes. A congressman asked Bondi to investigate a boatload of unfilled ballots
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u/ummaboutthat_ 10h ago
The problem is that a majority of those 230m folks are ill informed or out right un informed
Those voters are the greatest threat to US democracy, they vote but they don’t know for her or what
Down ballet red or down ballet blue or single amendment issue
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u/oldbastardbob 10h ago
Just make sure they register to vote now and offer them a ride to do so.
Then haul them to the polls on election day.
Heck, make it a group activity.
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u/Buddy_Palguy 10h ago
There should absolutely be busses ready to drive anyone who needs a ride to the polls free of charge
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u/HoosierLove314 10h ago
InB4 republicans make busses illegal
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u/Buddy_Palguy 10h ago
They definitely don’t want us having a robust public transport system. Making getting around more difficult benefits them
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u/xadies 9h ago
They absolutely will if they think it will help them. It’ll be just like all the states that have banned people handing out water and snacks at long poll lines with the excuse that they’re trying to influence voters.
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u/AlabamaPostTurtle 9h ago
Hell they already made a bunch of people illegal. Don’t see why buses wouldn’t be next to
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u/Odd_Organization4957 10h ago
Car pool to reduce parking issues. Plan days off or leave on voting days. We cant have a repeat.
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u/Current-Depth8223 8h ago
And make sure their ID matches their birth certificate or ensure they have their marriage certificate. It would be great if they could get a passport by then but I read that T has told all post offices to stop processing passport applications. He's going for broke. So we have to as well.
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u/Punkwrestle 9h ago
If they are in VA and other states it doesn’t matter since we have same day voter registration!
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u/Worldview-at-home 8h ago
Some GOP states want to make this illegal- just like giving water to people in the line, etc. GOP is focused on making the voting lines as long as possible and screwing with people’s lives instead of making voting easier. They wanna make it tedious - knowing that many people just give up or won’t give up two hours standing in line to vote.
Americans who don’t vote get the government they deserve-but it unfortunately screwed the rest of us that care.
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u/Mrs_SmithG2W 8h ago
And get your documents in order now! Birth certificates, valid drivers license, passports, marriage certificate etc. It’s important to have these in times like these regardless.
VOTE. UNITE. ACT.
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u/CSiGab 8h ago
Not just that, but registering now means you have to check your registration status often between now and November. It’s not unusual for states to purge voter rolls (people die, people move away from state etc.) but sometimes they can purge with a heavy hand and can “accidentally” purge people who aren’t supposed to be purged.
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u/Capt1an_Cl0ck 7h ago
There’s no statistical way Trump won all swing states and counties. And won’t them all just above recount thresholds. It would be 1x10-26 for that to happen.
Elon and Putin helped him steal the 2024 election. He’s so but hurt about 2020 because he rigged it in his favor and lost due to mail in ballots for covid. He can’t let it go and believe he’s a loser. Significant chance he didn’t actually win 2016 either. He was ready to lose when he ended up winning and he was surprised.
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u/it-aint-over 10h ago
Our 250 yrs of Democracy will be decided in November.
Go Vote ... Everyone.
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u/Pretend_College_8446 4h ago
and please, do not mail it in. they're already screwing with the P.O.
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u/bluelily216 10h ago edited 8h ago
Not just 2028, but the future of America altogether. If we fail, we might as well rename ourselves the Soviet States of America.
As some have pointed out, a more apt name would be the United States of Russia.
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u/Key_Statistician3170 10h ago
Oh, you will. This guy is devoid of impulse control, and his survival instinct is that of someone with absolutely nothing to lose.This upcoming election is going to be one of the ugliest shit stains on our history. I hope to all gods past, present and future that I’m wrong.
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u/goatslovetofrolic 5h ago
You’ve describe the “strategy” of his entire cabinet. They know they will see prison if objective investigative law returns to the land. As such, they believe they don’t have anything to lose and will lie, steal, cheat, and murder to protect themselves. They care about themselves only, not even each other they just happen to be aligned at the moment, and there is no line too far nor atrocity too great for them to not cling to their power and self-preservation.
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u/Most-Repair471 10h ago
Take up arms against the government ❌️
Take up arms against tyranny ✔️
Just like the Supreme Court, this authoritarian regime has passed the point of losing legitimacy, if he even really did win the election legally.
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u/Micho_Riso 10h ago
Oh Lord, that's terrifying. Because he will... and so far his checks and balances have utterly failed us
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u/Illustrious-Driver19 5h ago
No fear my friend he have lost 88 percent of his court cases even with judges he appointed.
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u/Zulmoka531 11h ago edited 10h ago
He may not, his loyalists though. Like Kansas invalidated a thousand or so IDs and birth certificates overnight.
Edit: Said the wrong state initially.
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u/ImaginationLife4812 11h ago
This is a case of “head of the snake” scenarios. It will all fix itself without a leader.
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u/OutrageousPersimmon3 11h ago
Well, so far he’s largely gotten away with everything and when the court does tell them no he still does it anyway.
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u/Straight_Ace 11h ago
He’s been shown that the most pushback he’ll get from anyone in power is a strongly worded letter
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u/icon_2040 10h ago
I recall one issue a few months back drew the threat of a letter. Not even an actual response. The threat of a response. We're doomed.
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u/bluelily216 10h ago
We need to stop giving the Republican party cover. It's not just Trump. It's EVERY Republican. Mark my words, once he's gone they will try to place all these unpopular policies squarely on him. Don't let them.
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u/LLGTactical 10h ago
Because he’s above the law. There’s rules for us and no laws for people who make an obscene amount of money
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u/Cryogenicist 10h ago
Let’s just get this going, tired of waiting.
MAGA will ultimately lose
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u/Think_Sugar_7658 11h ago
Who is going to stop him? Look how far we’ve come that this is even anywhere near the tables. I don’t remember a president in my lifetime that even hinted at this.
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u/Antique-Comb3943 11h ago
In the wake of the ICE murders, I think most people would have a negative reaction to armed thugs at the ballot box.
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u/darkoath 10h ago
In the wake of the ICE murders, I think most people would expect to get murdered themselves by armed thugs at the ballot box.
Which is the whole point and why it's called "voter intimidation".
Edit: Border Patrol were the shooters, though, to be fair. CBP is not ICE. Two distinct agencies within DHS.
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u/misterdudebro 11h ago
I want him in jail.
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u/dappernaut77 11h ago
Nah jail isn't good enough for me anymore
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u/Objective-Ad9767 11h ago
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u/Pasta4ever13 10h ago
That's not good enough either.
Sentence him to working in food service for life. I want that fat orange asshole saying "would you like fries with that?" For the rest of his days while an overbearing manager breathes down his neck.
Shuffle him back and forth to his shifts from the prison.
And fuck it, make him do clopenings too.
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u/Straight_Ace 11h ago
I want him executed along with his entire cabinet. They are treasonous scum and that’s the by the book punishment for such a crime in the U.S.
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u/jaxmikhov 11h ago
Didn’t Charlie Kirk say something about children needing to witness public executions?
Of course, he led by example.
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u/BackgroundOstrich488 11h ago edited 11h ago
This is the next logical thing he could do, since he is clearly not going to be able to get something through Congress that has a veneer of legitimacy. If he issues an executive order and it's shot down by the courts, he'll have no choice but to go the national emergency/Martial law route. One way or the other, he's going to do something substantial to subvert the selections because he knows there's a good chance the Democrats will take control of Congress and he will be impeached and convicted.
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u/1nGirum1musNocte 11h ago
If he declares martial law he will remove his main threat for keeping protests peaceful
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u/Ambitious_Parfait385 10h ago
States with out representation is no longer a republic. Amerika will fragment.
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u/donall 10h ago
it ticks so many boxes
He can't win without cheating because he's so unpopular
Its a great distraction from the Epstein files
it's lazy
he might get away with it, he hasn't been held to account for Jan 6th, the epstein files, ICE, financial fraud and the muller report etc. And every lie under the sun
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u/Entrepreneur-Minimum 11h ago
it was never a foregone conclusion that he was going to run for president in 2024. he only ran because the law was catching up with him in 2022, and there was a chance, however distant, that he would face accountability and go to prison.
so he did what really any of us in that situation would do, and ran for president. now his only move, really, is to fix the midterms or else the path to prison suddenly reappears.
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u/biscuitchan 10h ago
literally none of us would get into the situation of being an ancient conman pedophile acting as a puppet for multiple enemy states being blackmailed into running again and becoming ret*rd-hitler but yeah when you put it like that its a little more straightforward
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u/mammoth_hockey_70 11h ago
The problem is that we are not South Korea. Their president attempted to take over and is now in prison. The majority of Congress and states would be thrilled if he tore up the constitution and took full control. All because of “pronouns”.
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u/AntiqueCandidate7995 11h ago
It's not pronouns at all, that's a smoke screen. It's just feudalism and they imagine themselves to be the new landed nobility under the billionaire epstein class.
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u/mammoth_hockey_70 10h ago
Yes I under stand that. Before this it was gay couples, before that it was interracial couples, before that it was black people - the fact that people are so gullible to this boogeyman crap is sad…
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u/Think_Sugar_7658 11h ago
I grew up conservative, this is not anywhere close to normal. This is the least normal thing ever and sits a top a million (which is maybe only 3%) other things that have not been normal. This should not be happening at all or even floated. Whatever party you align to, this is wrong, this is not democracy in action.
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u/Catskinson 10h ago
The electoral college, senate representation, gerrymandering, voter suppression, rampant corruption… much of what happens normally in this country is not democracy in action either. This regime is just comfortable shoving things as far as they think they can get away with. Well. Comfortable doing so from a housing unit on a military base, as the case may be.
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u/Conscious_Minute387 11h ago
I’ve got a suggestion for him that would save us a lot of grief.
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u/Odd-Salamander-2816 11h ago
Republicans: win 2024 election.
Republicans: there’s an election emergency!
What the fuck is wrong with these people?
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u/zenmaster_B 9h ago
They know there’s not enough angry white dudes to sustain any sort of relevance forever, so they’re stacking the deck while they can
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u/Batallius 11h ago edited 11h ago
If midterms are somehow prevented or controlled, this could very well end up being the start of a civil war. Tensions are at all time highs between political parties with lives being taken almost daily by government agents, and the only reason it hasn't completely gone up in flames is that people are waiting for midterms in hopes of impeachment and removal through the proper processes and I just don't see it happening.
This man has openly "joked" about being a fascist, a dictator, and "no more elections" and has already attempted to overthrow the government by attacking the capitol to prevent the transfer of power, we all saw it live on TV... Now he has even more unchecked power and even more radicalized followers. He will not go peacefully unless it's in his sleep.
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u/noeyescanseeme 10h ago
We're already fighting a Civil War. The problem is that only one side is fighting
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u/billionarguments 8h ago
There won't be any civil war in America, that ship have sailed already. People are too busy fighting for their jobs, healthcare and cheeseburgers to actually make any opposition that matters. You would have thought it would have been disarray already otherwise.
America had its shot and they blew it. All that is left now is collapse.
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u/Former_Spite789 11h ago
TRash. Anyone who supports this is a perma red flag.
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u/natures_-_prophet 8h ago
Anyone who says they are still Republican or conservative is also a red flag.
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u/DrockTipps 11h ago
And the court proceedings will begin immediately as it's illegal as fuck.
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u/tarnishedpretender 11h ago
Have you noticed that the law hasn't stopped him much yet..? And is incredibly slllllooowwww...
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u/BowlingforDrip 10h ago
I can't tell you how many ties ive heard, well he can't do that.... and then he proceeds to do exactly that lol. He doesnt care what anyone thinks he does was he wants when he wants and his base love him for it
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u/Batallius 11h ago
It's a good thing this administration follows court orders...
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u/DrockTipps 10h ago
They will lose every district court case so badly that the Supreme Court might not even take it and let every ruling ride as sufficient. I'm not saying it will be the last attempt... he'll still try other things.
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u/09Trollhunter09 10h ago
And he will just ignore it like the tariffs. 100s of billions stolen from Americans. There is no enforcement, cavalierly isn’t coming. We’re on our own, get real!
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u/OkFinish3822 11h ago
Since when has be cared about Court proceedings? He lost 62 of them right after the 2020 election and then tried a coup on J6. Really . . . are you that naive?
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u/the-gonk2 11h ago
I think if voting was truly a vessel for change it would be illegal...
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u/GulliblePianist2510 9h ago
Damn, didn’t know my husband is on Reddit. He says the same thing
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u/mid_courtesy 11h ago
You want enough people to support a general strike, this is how you do it.
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u/Few_Chemist_1704 11h ago
This is the reason he needs the military and his secret police force in every major city by Nov 4th....Your country/democracy is already gone. This administration is not letting anyone else seize power.
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u/Cheekers1989 7h ago
Ooooo general strike right before midterms, through midterms and after midterms would be great.
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u/mprrpm2trk 11h ago
You think some of his advisers are saying stay out of it for fear that a large angry mob will come for him..you know just like the Jan 6th terrorists..
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u/Beachboy442 11h ago
Following hitlers game plan: create a national emergency, declare martial law, take over government, jail opponents........be AMERICAS FIRST KING
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u/Darth_Chili_Dog 11h ago
He's been openly telegraphing that he's going to steal the midterms for the past couple months, so...not great.
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u/2muchmojo 10h ago
Coup has already begun. But it's not really Trump. He's just a vulgar cathedral of ego and affect. The corporate state that made capital an individual (now tech) has been at work since Reagan and even before.
Colonialism is just money now.
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u/Due_Willingness1 11h ago
He's going to try to cheat, it's what he does. It'll probably work too
I've kind of given up on the idea of this country having a future while he's still around though so I'm not that bothered anymore.
It's a nice feeling to be on the final stage of grief for America. Past depression and on to acceptance
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u/ItsTheExtreme 11h ago
We're in the final stages of fascism, ladies and gents. Complete and total control.
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u/wolf_at_the_door1 11h ago
Last step of fascism. Mussolini also ended elections after he got into power.
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u/Aromatic_Basis3872 10h ago
I’m not concerned honestly. The SCOTUS sees just how demented he is. After the badmouthing he gave them this week, they now have NO question of just how crazy he’s become. He’s nuttier than squirrel shit. They believe if he’s crazy enough to try THIS, he’ll definitely draft an Executive Order to eliminate the Supreme Court and they know it.
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u/JohnnySpot2000 10h ago
Alito and Thomas appear to go home and whack off to Fox News and Newsmax every night, so it’s a little harder to reach them.
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u/MCsPoofBallz 8h ago
My thoughts: exercise your 2A rights and buy a firearm and practice. If you have one already go to the range. Show up to polls and vote and do not let anyone intimidate you. Do no resort to violence but be prepared for it.
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u/No_I_Deer 7h ago
Congress has to vote to go to war and especially if he wants to begin a Draft. There's no way in hell this will happen unless Midterms are rigged for it to. I don't know a single person that is still shouting magaz a lot of people have gone quiet.
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u/Beneficial_Bit_6435 7h ago
This is what happens when you have a corrupted Supreme Court that allows for this BS. No one is above the law, but the Supreme Court said the president can do what he wants.
I’m not a lawyer, but this is all because of the corrupted SC
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u/Ok_Researcher_9796 5h ago
He claims he never heard of it and isn't going to declare an emergency. I have absolutely no reason to believe anything he says.
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u/DocM123 4h ago
Not that his supporters will care. But it’s literally in the constitution that the federal government cannot control the national elections. It’s up to each individual state. Everybody knows and I mean literally everybody knows he’s only doing this to steal the election. His selfish supporters care more about reelecting this old man and his enablers than the Constitution or their fellow American citizens.
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u/dirtman81 4h ago
He's cheated in every election so far. He's lawless and immoral. He has no issue burning the world down to satisfy his narcissistic ego, so expect him to cheat, cheat and cheat. It's all he knows.
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u/TraditionalCheetah17 11h ago
The good news is that he’s eighty and senile The bad news is that once federalizing elections becomes law we are screwed.
Yes, I know it’s unconstitutional but since when has that stopped him or his enablers? Five out nine on the SCOTUS are handpicked by Leonard Leo and are members of Opus Dei, an organization that seeks to install a theocracy.
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u/Electronic_Goat_7927 11h ago
Any attempt to take to federalize elections would be considered unconstitutional....states have control over how they are done says so in the constitution...and if SCROTUS allows it the we are no longer a Constitutional Republic.