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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJust curious. How many had "False Flag crisis to suspend voting in 2026" on their Bingo cards?
A raise of hands will suffice.
NoMoreRepugs
(10,851 posts)erronis
(17,529 posts)This coulda been the new AG:
Matt Gaetz, a Lawyer, Mocked for Misspelling 'Martial Law' In X Post: 'Who is Marshall Law?'
NameAlreadyTaken
(1,818 posts)Marjorie Taylor Greene agrees with that spelling.
gab13by13
(26,021 posts)NewHendoLib
(60,763 posts)Think. Again.
(20,794 posts)We are being run by the American nazi party, there won't be anymore Democracy.
themaguffin
(4,322 posts)BOSSHOG
(40,789 posts)Lonestarblue
(12,163 posts)Along with no federal elections in 2026. An exception might be for the House since Republicans are now trying to change the 2020 census (probably for blue states only) to eliminate undocumented people from being counted for representation. Texas and Florida gained House seats, so Im sure those will not be given up. Their idea is to take seats away from blue states t ensure their majority. Illegal? Yes, but following the law is no longer a requirement for Republicans.
suegeo
(2,871 posts)Since free space we no longer are.
littlemissmartypants
(26,369 posts)obamanut2012
(28,082 posts)WinstonSmith4740
(3,214 posts)Border crisis, terrorist attack, Dear Leader SAYS we're in a crisis, whatever. That nutcase will use the price of groceries as an excuse. I'm figuring by that time he'll have totally bungled this bird flu thing, so we'll be in an epidemic here. The Post Office will be in shambles by then, if it still exists at all, so mail-in voting won't be possible. I don't know yet how he'll do it, I just know he'll sure as hell try.
As addled brained as he is, his handlers remember what happened in 2018, and they won't let it happen again.
uponit7771
(92,254 posts)Linda ladeewolf
(574 posts)They can try martial law, they can try a lot of things, but they wont work unless we let them.
uponit7771
(92,254 posts)Rebl2
(15,344 posts)by 2026 they will have made so many people right, left, center SO MAD there will be elections.
GoCubsGo
(33,367 posts)I fully expect them to try to pull something to stop the mid-terms. Whether or not they prevail is another story. But, they damn sure will try.
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littlemissmartypants
(26,369 posts)A good portion of his political capital in five days. It should be a thrill to see the balance by day 100.
Arazi
(7,328 posts)Remember it only took Hitler 53 days to dismantle Germanys democracy. Were on roughly the same trajectory
sarisataka
(21,440 posts)uponit7771
(92,254 posts)... give up stolen power
LeftinOH
(5,441 posts)If the political process could continue during these, then whatever disruption the GOP manufactures will have to be bigger than:
1862 Mid-term election - during the Civil War
1862 Presidential election - during the Civil War
1918 Mid-term election - during the 2nd wave of the influenza epidemic
1930 Mid-Term election - the first major election of the Great Depression
1932 Presidential election - Great Depression
1942 Mid-term election - U.S. involved in WW2 in both theaters
1944 Presidential election - as above
2002 Mid-term election - US involved in "War on Terror"
2004 Presidential election - as above
2008 Presidential election- the Great Recession
PortTack
(35,111 posts)Give up, start speculating that there will be no elections. Geez
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Until Marc Elias, or other Democratic leaders tell us there will be no elections in 26 we ALL need to stand up and resist no whimpy did you have this or that on your bingo card? Keerist!
This is simply awful!
Baitball Blogger
(48,888 posts)I am saying to be prepared to call him on his bullshit. Much like how the S. Koreans did when their president called martial law under false pretenses.
PortTack
(35,111 posts)Baitball Blogger
(48,888 posts)Last edited Fri Jan 24, 2025, 01:26 PM - Edit history (1)
It was just a cast-off remark.
uponit7771
(92,254 posts)PortTack
(35,111 posts)Kid Berwyn
(18,907 posts)Know your BFEE: Nazis couldnt win WWII, so they backed Bushes.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x1547206
Know your BFEE: Like a NAZI
https://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x133897
Trump should be in jail. Instead, he's on TV 24/7/366 selling out democracy for "donations" to his Swiss bank account.
Kid Berwyn
(18,907 posts)Stretches from the time Smedley Butler met Gerald C. MacGuire to the day John Roberts figured out Insurrection doesnt mean what the Constitution says it means.
An Illustrated History
https://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x7898953
rainin
(3,204 posts)Just like this one. I'm surprised so few can see what's so obvious. This election was stolen. Full stop. When trump promised that this was the last election, he meant it. We can go through the motions if we want to make ourselves feel better, but the reality is that our democracy is gone. If we're going to get it back it won't be by pretending we never lost it in the first place. We have to get our heads out of the sand first and accept what's happened already.
Baitball Blogger
(48,888 posts)Usually, someone squeals. The only thing we have so far as a smoking gun is Trump pointing the finger at Elon Musk.
I know a Democrat has called for an investigation, but what we really need is a white hat to come out and show us how he did it. If he can prove it and tie it to Elon Musk, then Trump's reign would be over.
questionseverything
(10,381 posts)More than 8 months of recount, by hand but franken stuck with it battling both the repubs and some Democrats for an honest vote count
He eventually won the repubs victory was over turned
That was the real reason republicans worked so hard to get rid of him, he had taken the time to actually hand count the votes and reversed a repub steal
. They couldnt have that catching on
Now supposed Democratic allies demand evidence first and no hand counting, just running ballots through the same machine
👀
Arazi
(7,328 posts)His cult is already primed with lies and propaganda about the undocumented , along with lies that were being invaded and that fentanyl, disease and terrorists are coming across an open border.
Hes already sending (more) armed military to the border. I predict hes going to start shit with the cartels.
Hegseth agrees that SOF should be sent into Mexico after the cartels who wont take that lying down.
Its either going to be protests over the botched deportations and penal camps or a deliberate provocation at the border.
I 100% agree hes going to give it a try
johnnyfins
(1,612 posts)Please.
Arazi
(7,328 posts)moniss
(6,397 posts)game-plan may be to claim that things are "out of control" and so holding elections would be "unfair" until they can "straighten it out". Of course any date certain for the resumption of elections would be illusory. Many said we're crazy and the courts won't let it happen. That of course assumes they would abide by a court ruling. The world is full of unenforced and unheeded court rulings.
johnnyfins
(1,612 posts)They are already saying things are so bad that he needs a 3rd term.
Patton French
(1,250 posts)It makes me shutter.