Totally not an ominous or fucked up to say when blue states are absolutely recoiling in horror at the fucking disgrace of a president he is /s

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      Same as all the elections since Republicans stole the 2000 election. Voters suppression and misinformation propaganda have kept them in the spotlight.

      I am confident that this most recent election was rigged simply based on how nothing has been reported on invetigations of the areas where the election deniers were running the show and Republicans are constantly projecting their worst behavior. The fact that they claim prior elections were stolen is a solid sign they were planning on stealing one and this would be the one because it aligns with Project 2025.

      They will absolutely be leaning into more voter suppression and will be emboldened to alter the actual vote counts themselves to make it look like their voting ratio is even higher.

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        I also strongly believe that the last election was rigged, and am worried that no one really seems to be looking into it. Between Trump’s own claims that he would win no matter what and Elon “It’s just one line of code” Musk there is enough to be concerned with. Most likely, I think they simply didn’t count a bunch of Dem votes.

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        Maybe, but I think it’s more likely they’ll want some pretense of legitimacy and rig them instead of cancelling them altogether.

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    85% of all counties in America

    Empty land doesn’t vote, you moron. You can be 2000 counties up and only win by a couple million votes, because rural counties are… rural.

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      That’s the point, always.

      When it comes to displays of hypocrisy, it’s a show of power. I get to do this, you don’t. It’s on purpose to show you that they’re in control and they get to do things you don’t even though you’re actually following rules and decorum. They don’t have to and they want you to know it. “Hypocrite” is not an insult to them, it just means they’ve shown you their power and are happy to be called such.

      It’s just like with bosses and workers. Workers do all the real labor that makes a business function, but the bosses take all the winnings. Bezos can’t deliver all those packages or roll out all those AWS servers on his own, but he gets to brutalize his employees and basically do fuck all not working because the real people who don’t actually want to fucking work are the wealthy.

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      MAGA against who exactly? There don’t seem to be many high ranking Democrats willing to call out Trump on his bullshit, and none willing or capable of leading an actual separatist movement or insurrection. They’re actually even more subdued and helpless than they were in 2017.

      I’d love to be wrong but I’m calling it now; when (blue) “states’ rights” get de facto dissolved and/or their midterm elections are obviously rigged, they will buckle silently and proceed with a Peaceful Transition Of Power™. Maybe their attorneys will send a Strongly Worded Letter to the Trump-appointed federal judges in charge of their case, but that’s about all the political violence the American Left has an appetite for.

      States being stripped of their independence is exactly what happened to Germany in the '30s and I don’t see why the U.S. would suddenly deviate from the script. Your country is way too morally bankrupt to even entertain the idea of a popular uprising.

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    Everyone needs to be contacting their reps about election security. It’s obvious the last election was rigged, and they are confident they can do it again with money or otherwise. We should all be in the ear of our elected officials about improving election security, because it starts at the county level.

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    Not surprising tbh.

    I’m expecting him to falsely claim election fraud tomorrow after the exit polls in Germany close. If the result isn’t AfD at 99%, he’ll probably demand new elections and/or only recognize Weidel as Chancellor instead of Merz.

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    Looking over the Daily Mail (ugh), it sounds more like he expects a red wave. He says we’re in for a surprise, but that’s the kind of shit they always say.

    That’s not to say they won’t reuse their bullshit playbook (lies, voter intimidation, etc) but so far the most pressing issue we have in the midterms in all states are just milquetoast neolib Democrats running the party, likely to thumb the scales on primary season yet again. You raise the energy of the opposition and the opposition will practically camp overnight in line to cast a vote (and volunteer to vote count, etc).

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    Half serious question: can Trump order state borders to be modified? He wouldn’t be creating/destroying a state…I really don’t know the practical limits of presidential power anymore.

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      He absolutely does not have the authority, nor is there anyone at the federal level to do so.

      But it doesn’t mean he won’t try anyway, or that anyone would stop him.

      (The rare occasions of a state possibly splitting have come from within the state itself)

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    Probably fElon has Big Balls figuring out some way to fuck with anyone that might vote against the redcaps in the mid terms.