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Ramping-up authoritarianism. Since he had a whole party who was shielding him from every single law he broke, even up to corrupting the supreme court. He's now

Ramping-up authoritarianism. Since he had a whole party who was shielding him from every single law he broke, even up to corrupting the supreme court. He's now completely unfettered. As far as I'm concerned, his actions frequently have no legitimacy, and he's too shortsighted that he wouldn't expect the same treatment when he leaves office if democrats grew spines. The 2026 midterms will be essential in checking his power.

nemomarx 1y ago
Do you expect free and fair elections in 2026?
- chii 1y ago
  i do, and i expect the gun toting NRA people to actually enforce elections, if there's even a whiff of trying to maintain power. Otherwise, they'd be gun toting hypocrites.
  - testing22321 1y ago
    No they won’t be hypocrites for doing nothing, they’re standing by while their team wins. Carrying loads of guns is a good way to make sure that happens.
  - int_19h 1y ago
    You mean the same guys who do shit like this? https://www.wired.com/story/antifa-social-media-rumor-forks-washington/ https://www.wired.com/story/antifa-social-media-rumor-forks-...
- SpicyLemonZest 1y ago
  Yes. It's structurally hard for the federal government to subvert elections since they're run by the states, and Trump hasn't historically shown any interest in doing so for elections he's not personally a candidate in. Musk's trial balloon for stochastic electoral bribery didn't work.
  - mrguyorama 1y ago
    Which party controls the majority of state's governments, I ask you? There was immense ratfuckery by those states; purging voter rolls of as many people as they could, trying to kill vote by mail, outright threats of poll workers (which very few people were prosecuted for), illegal politicking at the polls, and a literal phone call to induce a governor to falsify their election results. 170 Republican House reps voted to ignore the election of 2020. We are already past "free and fair" elections. Donald Trump pardoned all the criminals who were attempting to storm that vote and delay/kill it. That was their intended goal. They tried to have Mike Pence abducted Christ, the 2000 election was stolen by Republicans! The brook's brother's riot was Roger Stone's baby! Al Gore won the state once the ballots were actually counted.

nemomarx 1y ago

Do you expect free and fair elections in 2026?

chii 1y ago
i do, and i expect the gun toting NRA people to actually enforce elections, if there's even a whiff of trying to maintain power. Otherwise, they'd be gun toting hypocrites.
- testing22321 1y ago
  No they won’t be hypocrites for doing nothing, they’re standing by while their team wins. Carrying loads of guns is a good way to make sure that happens.
- int_19h 1y ago
  You mean the same guys who do shit like this? https://www.wired.com/story/antifa-social-media-rumor-forks-washington/ https://www.wired.com/story/antifa-social-media-rumor-forks-...
SpicyLemonZest 1y ago
Yes. It's structurally hard for the federal government to subvert elections since they're run by the states, and Trump hasn't historically shown any interest in doing so for elections he's not personally a candidate in. Musk's trial balloon for stochastic electoral bribery didn't work.
- mrguyorama 1y ago
  Which party controls the majority of state's governments, I ask you? There was immense ratfuckery by those states; purging voter rolls of as many people as they could, trying to kill vote by mail, outright threats of poll workers (which very few people were prosecuted for), illegal politicking at the polls, and a literal phone call to induce a governor to falsify their election results. 170 Republican House reps voted to ignore the election of 2020. We are already past "free and fair" elections. Donald Trump pardoned all the criminals who were attempting to storm that vote and delay/kill it. That was their intended goal. They tried to have Mike Pence abducted Christ, the 2000 election was stolen by Republicans! The brook's brother's riot was Roger Stone's baby! Al Gore won the state once the ballots were actually counted.