"Yesterday afternoon, the president of the United States proclaimed that, going forward, the Grand Old Party and the Grand Old Party alone should be trusted to run American elections.
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"Trump is now calling for 'nationalizing' the midterms, meaning to put voting and the counting of votes under his administration’s control. He can’t do that, but his demand is a clear sign that he will not accept the public’ s verdict in November.
So it’s just being realistic to say that MAGA will try, somehow, to prevent voters from having their say."
~ Paul Krugman
#Trump #Republicans #elections #voting
/2https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/american-democracy-will-not-die-in
Disregarding Trump for a moment, I always thought having partisan state politicians running federal elections was just dumb. I believe they should be run by an independent non-political federal agency similar to Elections Canada, but is that possible within American political culture.
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"Yesterday afternoon, the president of the United States proclaimed that, going forward, the Grand Old Party and the Grand Old Party alone should be trusted to run American elections.
'The Republicans should say, "We want to take over. We should take over the voting in at least, many, 15 places." The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting.'”
~ Peter Rothpletz
@wdlindsy
“The Greedy Old Pedophiles alone should be trusted…” (right) -
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"The forces of democratic action are simply stronger than the criminal ones in the Trump White House. But nothing can be taken for granted. For that strength to be meaningful and decisive, it will have to be mobilized."
Josh Marshall
"It wasn’t a federal takeover of voting per se, but a 'Republican' one. The strange reference to '15' states makes no sense on its face, but Trump has a track record of telegraphing moves in advance and of seizing on specific details from cockamamie conspiracies, plans, and schemes that only become clear in retrospect."
~ David Kurtz
#Trump #Republicans #elections #voting #BigLie #ConspiracyTheories
/17https://morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.com/p/judge-smacks-down-kristi-noem-in
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"It wasn’t a federal takeover of voting per se, but a 'Republican' one. The strange reference to '15' states makes no sense on its face, but Trump has a track record of telegraphing moves in advance and of seizing on specific details from cockamamie conspiracies, plans, and schemes that only become clear in retrospect."
~ David Kurtz
#Trump #Republicans #elections #voting #BigLie #ConspiracyTheories
/17https://morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.com/p/judge-smacks-down-kristi-noem-in
"Trump and his supporters are completely immune to evidence when it comes to the twin myths of voter fraud in general, and of widespread voting by non-citizens."
~ Evan Hurst
#Trump #Republicans #elections #voting #BigLie #ConspiracyTheories
/18https://www.wonkette.com/p/donald-trump-says-he-wants-to-seize
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"Trump and his supporters are completely immune to evidence when it comes to the twin myths of voter fraud in general, and of widespread voting by non-citizens."
~ Evan Hurst
#Trump #Republicans #elections #voting #BigLie #ConspiracyTheories
/18https://www.wonkette.com/p/donald-trump-says-he-wants-to-seize
"The myths are every bit as real to them as their certainty that everyone who protests against Trump is paid to do so (even though they secretly know he’s best but they hate America) and that LGBTQ people only exist because TV, movies, and the public schools are turning straight kids gay."
#Trump #Republicans #elections #voting #BigLie #ConspiracyTheories
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"The myths are every bit as real to them as their certainty that everyone who protests against Trump is paid to do so (even though they secretly know he’s best but they hate America) and that LGBTQ people only exist because TV, movies, and the public schools are turning straight kids gay."
#Trump #Republicans #elections #voting #BigLie #ConspiracyTheories
/19"The Guardian has now confirmed that Gabbard is running a Trump-approved, independent review of the 2020 election focused on voting-machine vulnerabilities and potential foreign interference, separate from a Justice Department criminal probe. Her role underscores President Trump’s renewed push to scrutinize the election he lost to Joe Biden."
~ Aaron Parnas
#Trump #Republicans #elections #voting #BigLie #ConspiracyTheories #TulsiGabbard
/20https://aaronparnas.substack.com/p/major-mid-day-update-first-criminal
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"The Guardian has now confirmed that Gabbard is running a Trump-approved, independent review of the 2020 election focused on voting-machine vulnerabilities and potential foreign interference, separate from a Justice Department criminal probe. Her role underscores President Trump’s renewed push to scrutinize the election he lost to Joe Biden."
~ Aaron Parnas
#Trump #Republicans #elections #voting #BigLie #ConspiracyTheories #TulsiGabbard
/20https://aaronparnas.substack.com/p/major-mid-day-update-first-criminal
"No, we cannot have one party controlling the elections. No, as the Constitution defines, it's not the federal government's responsibility to run elections, but states and counties and municipalities. This is critical to a federal system in which power is spread among the states rather than permitting the federal government or one man total power.
~ Steven Beschloss
#Trump #Republicans #elections #voting #BigLie #ConspiracyTheories
/21https://www.americaamerica.news/p/nationalize-our-elections-no-no-no
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"The Guardian has now confirmed that Gabbard is running a Trump-approved, independent review of the 2020 election focused on voting-machine vulnerabilities and potential foreign interference, separate from a Justice Department criminal probe. Her role underscores President Trump’s renewed push to scrutinize the election he lost to Joe Biden."
~ Aaron Parnas
#Trump #Republicans #elections #voting #BigLie #ConspiracyTheories #TulsiGabbard
/20https://aaronparnas.substack.com/p/major-mid-day-update-first-criminal
@wdlindsy And to find vulnerabilities.
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"The myths are every bit as real to them as their certainty that everyone who protests against Trump is paid to do so (even though they secretly know he’s best but they hate America) and that LGBTQ people only exist because TV, movies, and the public schools are turning straight kids gay."
#Trump #Republicans #elections #voting #BigLie #ConspiracyTheories
/19@wdlindsy ome cannot negotiate with #TinfoilHat|ted reactionaries that deny fundamental realities and refuse to acknowledge basic facts.
- It's worse than trying to potty-train waterfowl and parrots…
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"No, we cannot have one party controlling the elections. No, as the Constitution defines, it's not the federal government's responsibility to run elections, but states and counties and municipalities. This is critical to a federal system in which power is spread among the states rather than permitting the federal government or one man total power.
~ Steven Beschloss
#Trump #Republicans #elections #voting #BigLie #ConspiracyTheories
/21https://www.americaamerica.news/p/nationalize-our-elections-no-no-no
"Could Trump really 'take over' the midterm elections? The short answer is no, but he will try. Here's his strategy. ...
Think a many-pronged strategy involving Justice, FBI, CIA, and also Homeland Security and possibly the Department of Defense."
~ Robert Reich
#Trump #Republicans #elections #voting
/22https://robertreich.substack.com/p/could-trump-really-take-over-the
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"Could Trump really 'take over' the midterm elections? The short answer is no, but he will try. Here's his strategy. ...
Think a many-pronged strategy involving Justice, FBI, CIA, and also Homeland Security and possibly the Department of Defense."
~ Robert Reich
#Trump #Republicans #elections #voting
/22https://robertreich.substack.com/p/could-trump-really-take-over-the
"He’ll unleash the investigative, enforcement, and police powers of the executive branch on American cities to intimidate Democratic voters — or cause them to become so cynical about the whole voting process that they don’t vote.
I believe this is exactly what he’s attempting to do."
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"No, we cannot have one party controlling the elections. No, as the Constitution defines, it's not the federal government's responsibility to run elections, but states and counties and municipalities. This is critical to a federal system in which power is spread among the states rather than permitting the federal government or one man total power.
~ Steven Beschloss
#Trump #Republicans #elections #voting #BigLie #ConspiracyTheories
/21https://www.americaamerica.news/p/nationalize-our-elections-no-no-no
@wdlindsy see, shite like this is why #Germany banned #VotingMachines and only allows mail-in and in-person paper ballout votes.
- Because #integrity and #accuracy of #elections need to be publicly verifyable by anyone eligible to vote and without need to rely on third parties!
Whereas some #US states like #Texas actively hindered #ElectionMonitoring and threatened #ElectionMonitors in violation of it's #OSCE membership obligations.
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"The Guardian has now confirmed that Gabbard is running a Trump-approved, independent review of the 2020 election focused on voting-machine vulnerabilities and potential foreign interference, separate from a Justice Department criminal probe. Her role underscores President Trump’s renewed push to scrutinize the election he lost to Joe Biden."
~ Aaron Parnas
#Trump #Republicans #elections #voting #BigLie #ConspiracyTheories #TulsiGabbard
/20https://aaronparnas.substack.com/p/major-mid-day-update-first-criminal
And was does he want to do when he "discovers" he actually won? Skip the next election, because he still got one term free which he hasn't used yet, or what?
(Do elections work like coupons?)
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"President Trump is bringing back the most bizarre conspiracy theory for why he lost the 2020 election. It’s ItalyGate, which pins his loss to Joe Biden that year on an elaborate conspiracy in which Barack Obama and China teamed up to use Italian military satellites to zap the election away from him.
Trump boosted the idea this week in a series of posts on Truth Social."
~ Josh Kovensky
#Trump #Republicans #elections #voting #BigLie #ConspiracyTheories
/13https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/2020s-most-insane-conspiracy-theory-italygate-returns
@wdlindsy zap elections away? How? Is he delusional?
Oh... yes, he is
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"Yesterday afternoon, the president of the United States proclaimed that, going forward, the Grand Old Party and the Grand Old Party alone should be trusted to run American elections.
'The Republicans should say, "We want to take over. We should take over the voting in at least, many, 15 places." The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting.'”
~ Peter Rothpletz
@wdlindsy grand old party??? I thought GOP stood for Guardians Of Pedophiles. In fact I am certain that is what it means. By their actions you shall know them.
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"President Trump is bringing back the most bizarre conspiracy theory for why he lost the 2020 election. It’s ItalyGate, which pins his loss to Joe Biden that year on an elaborate conspiracy in which Barack Obama and China teamed up to use Italian military satellites to zap the election away from him.
Trump boosted the idea this week in a series of posts on Truth Social."
~ Josh Kovensky
#Trump #Republicans #elections #voting #BigLie #ConspiracyTheories
/13https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/2020s-most-insane-conspiracy-theory-italygate-returns
@wdlindsy
When they new lies aren't tracking, replay the ones that worked! -
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