Tell me again how we were paranoid for thinking he planned to interfere with the election
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For many years, State's rights was one of the few "Republican issues" that I agreed with; I think stronger State government is needed as a check and balance to the Feds from gathering too much power. They are the ONLY real check and balance in my opinion as judges are much more easily bought.
So, the Rs have done the "old switcheroo", like Democrats have with labor post Reagan.
Now, we have unchecked Federal government power and practically zero labor, with 10% of labor force in a union. Labor was a fantastic source of support for the Democrats for many years, from organizing protests to strikes and so on to force change.
And humorously, that 10% is mostly government employees and police and such. The unions have been bought out and/or dismantled.
AND the source for organizing now, social media, is also the State surveillance system. Infiltration of organizations is automatic. No exceptions.
Good luck
We have been telling these right-wing morons for years that he was doing this shit, and we told Democrats this shit would happen, but they kept saying he wouldn’t or the walls of our government would stop him.
We still don’t get it.
It’s fine if they do it.
Because they made themselves deliberately hysterical over the made up potential idea that democrats might do something to the election like election fraud after they themselves attempted it and after they ranted about voter fraud when they were constantly getting caught doing it.
So they went ahead and did it because in their made up world the dems were all crooked so they figured it was fine if they did it first.
Welcome to the new America when fantasy and AI are more real to people then reality
Um so there is a document that says that isn’t ok so… 
What's with the picture of toilet paper?
So no more states rights? Where's all the Republican objectors? Smaller government? 2nd Amendment?
Nothing cause they'v always been fucking cheaters and hypocrites in addition to pedophiles and rapists.
He's saying to take over elections in 15 states specifically, so Republican states will be left alone, sounds good to them...
That's why they're hypocrites and cheats without any honor or deserving of respect.
We tried to warn them...
“Republicans ought to nationalize the voting,” Trump told former deputy FBI director and conservative commentator Dan Bongino on his radio show on Monday. “We have states that I won that show I didn’t win. ..."
This shows how he thinks. He has no evidence he won, and cannot have evidence because he didn't win. But a mind like Trump's makes no distinction between what he wants the truth to be and what is the truth. There's no room at all for the notion of being wrong, or the idea that you might need to find out the truth. If it would serve you for something to be true, then it is true. This is a deeply broken mind.
According to the constitution, running elections is in the purview of the state, by right.
Also, elections should never, ever be run by a party. That's completely contradictory to the entire basis for american democracy.
I know these things are obvious and shouldn't need to be said, but apparently they do. Don't let insanity win by refusing to state the obvious.
I think it's because they cheated and still lost.
The rapist mentality
"I'm not a rapist because there's no way someone would ever say no to me"
No objections from MAGA says more. Fuck Republicans
It's the mindset of a religious extremeist.
Faith-based, motivated reasoning, that is very often utterly delusional.
The exact opposite of critical thinking.
The conclusion is already known, the evidence and reasoning must be made to fit.
As opposed to... the evidence is known, the reasoning must lead to any potential conclusion, and when the body of evidence changes, this neccesitates revision of conclusions.
This is a very serious problem for way, way, waaaay more people than just Trump.
Trump just is his own God, as he is a malignant narcissist, but there are basically around 100 million people minimum in the US whose brains basically operate in this way.
It's the mind of a spoiled child who's never been told "no".
Having a toddler right now this makes so much sense. This is exactly the reason they have tantrums. They are learning there is a reality out there and that their actions have consequences and that there are things they or anyone else can't change.
For example my toddler was blaming me for the wind blowing in his face and wanted me to stop it or they did peel a banana completely and then was complaining the banana was without peel.
Very familiar for anyone who had had a narcissist in their lifes.
An entire country is in a toxic relationship now.
He hasn't seen ANY consequences yet. Why stop now?
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There are still many unanswered questions about the Georgia raid, such as why a criminal investigation has been opened into an election that took place six years ago and was audited three times
Someone’s buttfrustrated
So that's why he shat himself on live TV yesterday?
No, THAT was Obama, he did that with one of those secret "brown note" weapons.
OBAAAAAAAAAAMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
He just makes me so mad!
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President Trump called on Republicans “to take over the voting in at least 15 places” in advance of the next election
Yeah, that can't happen. We're going to have to stop them. Volunteer to be a poll worker, especially if you happen to live in any of these "15 places." This article doesn't say specifically which places these are, but I think it's safe to assume they are important swing districts.
They won't need to do anything but put ICE outside the polls in non white neighborhoods. They will do this anywhere they can to intimidate voters. Enough people will not go vote just because of their presence there.
They won't need to do anything but put ICE outside the polls
Then we show up and put ourselves between the polls and ICE.
I don't disagree. I like that spirit. I'm just telling you the reality that unless ICE (or "election integrity enforcement" or whatever they end up calling it) is not present AT ALL than there will be significantly less voter turnout.
They will also use any organized resistance as a reason to "recount" the votes in that area.
I'm not saying this to be a Doomer. I'm saying this so people prepare. There is no scenario in which the upcoming election is free and fair. We need to be preparing state and local level resistance. A unified and state armed multi state coalition. If the blue state politicians don't move on this. Well, we need to start considering that our state governments are not taking the threat seriously and accept what needs to be done to form a real resistance. ICE will not leave because we brought signs. Alex Pretti had the right idea. But we need the organization of an actual state government to do that.
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This sounds illegal.
There is no legal justification for the Federal Gov't to take over elections in the US, as that is the purview of the State's, according to the constitution, if I'm not mistaken.
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