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Donald Trump’s campaign strategist for his 2016 election win says: “I believe we will have a national emergency declared by late August,” ahead of the Congressional midterm elections due on November 3. “You will have enough evidence by mid-August to show that we have a massive problem” of election fraud, he tells me in an interview. Trump’s televised address to the nation on Thursday last week was the beginning of the process, he says.

The president declassified documents, which he claimed show “shocking vulnerabilities in our election infrastructure” revealed by the 2020 election.

These had been hidden, even from him, by a “deep state” conspiracy of US intelligence services, he posited.

Trump demanded that the Congress pass a bill called the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility, or SAVE, Act. The bill stipulates that all voters produce a passport or birth certificate to be eligible to vote. Democrats denounce it as an effort at mass disenfranchisement. The Brennan Centre for Justice at New York University estimates that it could block 21 million Americans from the ballot box.

Under the US Constitution, it’s the states, not the federal government, that run elections. The SAVE Act would force state governments to hand voter roll information to Washington.

Trump sent his Homeland Security Secretary, Markwayne Mullin, out the following morning to issue a threat to state officials: they could face prison time unless they followed the administration’s orders to remove non-citizens from rolls.

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[–] RadicalRebel@sh.itjust.works 155 points 2 months ago (3 children)
[–] cattywampas@lemmy.world 69 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Also he's 0 for 17 on suing states for their voter rolls.

[–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 36 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Unfortunately, a lot of red states probably handed the voter rolls over willingly, without needing a lawsuit at all.

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[–] cattywampas@lemmy.world 111 points 2 months ago (2 children)

The states: "that's cool, we're gonna have our elections anyway"

[–] artyom@piefed.social 26 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Not when he sends ICE to shut them down

[–] turdburglar@piefed.social 62 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

how many ice’s you got tho?

you know, aside from the obvious TOO FUKEN MANY

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[–] cattywampas@lemmy.world 34 points 2 months ago (3 children)

A couple thousand ICE agents spread across 110,000 polling places in the US?

Good luck.

[–] tburkhol@slrpnk.net 32 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Doesn't have to do them all. Democrats are super concentrated relative to Republicans. Here in Georgia, if ICE would shut down just Fulton county, they'd shift the state-wide margin by close to 10 percentage points, and that's just 40 polling sites.

[–] Zron@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago (2 children)

“Your honor, there were armed and masked men impersonating law enforcement and intimidating people at a polling place. I believed it was my patriotic duty to defend my community from what must have been terrorists.”

[–] artyom@piefed.social 15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Judge: "Don't care. Guilty. Do not pass go, do not collect $200, go directly to jail"

Too many people think our justice system cares at all about circumstances.

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[–] Town@lemmy.zip 18 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Key swing states have been systematically limiting the number of voter locations and ending other means of voting like mail-in. Expect to see squads positioned around key Democratic cities within swing states. Also expect "emergency situations" like the threats to voting locations like last time. That strategy didn't get nearly enough attention.

They have around 30,000, and will likely expand that rapidly before the election. They just have to slow stuff down and dissuade enough swing voters from showing up.

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[–] TemplaerDude@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

It has to be some kind of mass psychosis at this point, the amount of faith Americans continue to have in systems that the fascists have systematically subverted and destroyed on their path.

“No no, I’m sure THIS TIME we’ll be okay”

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[–] 0ndead@infosec.pub 59 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Bannon needs to finish drinking himself to death

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[–] mrsilkworm@piefed.social 57 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I feel so sorry about the continuing decline of the USA political system to an actual autocratic fascist regime

[–] Wataba@sh.itjust.works 20 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Im done feeling sorry for Americans fucking this up so bad when the writing was in neon signs flashing in their faces.

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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago (4 children)

The big difference between Pre-Trump US and Post-Trump US is that white people are being forced to eat the same turd sandwich as everyone else.

The sandwich is getting bigger and the turds stinkier. But more than anything, you've got pasty white EMTs and blonde housewives from Minneapolis getting the same treatment as Michael Brown and Rodney King

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[–] ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 54 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

What the article isn't saying is that Bannon himself is part of the plan, making sure everyone knows a national emergency is coming, getting in front of it. Bannon's not talking about election insecurity out of concern: telling the media now is his part in making it happen. This asshole WANTS a third term and everything that goes with it, including ICE at polling stations:

Steve Bannon calls for Trump to deploy ICE and military troops to polling sites - The Trump ally was one of few GOP voices to support the president’s push to nationalize voting -- Politico, February 2026

Steve Bannon says ‘there is a plan’ for Trump to be president in 2028: ‘We had longer odds in 2016 and 2024’ -- The Independent, October 2025

Steve Bannon Doubles Down on Third Trump Term -- Newsweek, April 2026

Also, it bears repeating: before you give this asshole too much credence it's best to always keep in mind that Bannon was arguably Jeffrey Epstein's best friend. So close were they that Epstein was on his way to meet Bannon the day he got arrested in 2019. His very last text was to Bannon as he was being detained at Teterboro Airport, telling Bannon their plans are "All canceled" now.

To quote one of Bannon's texts to Epstein,

Now you can understand why trump wakes up in the middle of the night sweating when he hears you and I are friends

See it for yourself.

[–] Pacattack57@lemmy.world 49 points 2 months ago (8 children)

Somebody explain to me how there’s rampant fraud but also the republicans took the house, senate, presidency, and the Supreme Court. That makes no sense.

[–] Colonel_Panic_@eviltoast.org 31 points 2 months ago

The fraud is rampant. It's called gerrymandering, closing polling locations, poll taxes (ID requirements that cost money), propaganda, voter intimidation, etc

Republicans are obsessed with voter fraud because they are the ones doing it and they can't comprehend that everyone else wouldn't be too. "I cheat all the time, how come I can never catch the other guys cheating?"

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[–] CoolSouthpaw@lemmy.world 43 points 2 months ago (5 children)

The only national emergency is him raping kids. Bullshit cunt of a president. Even Joe Biden was better.

[–] ptu@sopuli.xyz 23 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Biden was the first president since the 70s who tried to enforce antitrust laws, meaning going against megacorporations to reduce anti-competitive practices.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_14036

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[–] PhAzE@lemmy.ca 40 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Imagine what the US would be like right now if Kamala had won. The US likely wouldn't be as hated or disgraced as it is now.

[–] steveLeo@lemmy.zip 54 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (59 children)

There’s no conceivable way things would’ve been worse under Kamala. She wouldn’t have played three card monte with the nations coffers, she would have been professional and dignified when talking to press and to foreign leaders, and she wouldn’t have hammered on the DARVO button at the first sign of criticism.

Anybody that disagrees, well, enjoy your koolaid.

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[–] EvergreenGuru@lemmy.world 39 points 2 months ago (2 children)

The number of noncitizens on the rolls is microscopic compared to the election results. Removing these votes does nothing to change the outcome.

Only by removing citizens under guise of checking the rolls can they hope to gain an upper hand. This is a conspiracy to steal the midterms.

[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 18 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Its the most obvious conspiracy ever too. But americans are dumbfoundingly moronic so they will probably just allow this to happen.

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[–] BigMacHole@thelemmy.club 29 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Thank GOD the Democrats DIDNT make it Political when they were in Office!

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[–] cenariodantesco@lemmy.world 23 points 2 months ago (6 children)

non north American curious: Donnie announced a third term yesterday I think, does this means that Obama can also run? it would be interesting to see it, because from what I see in social media, Obama is loved and missed

[–] Clutter@sh.itjust.works 20 points 2 months ago (2 children)

There gonna say: you are allowed two consecutive terms. Obama already had those.

Dirty trick that should not be able to stand. But this is an authoritarian society we are talking about

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[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 months ago

The evidence is coming from inside the house.

[–] Arancello@aussie.zone 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I have no doubt that this will happen. The Iran war is about to hit a nasty escalation with usa ground troops. It will not be a decisive victory because Iran makes about 55,000 drones a year. Last year it shipped them to Russia. Now they will be used against americans and the other gulf states. Desalination plants will be the first targets and then watch the whole mideast explode and the world economy tip into recession and possibly depression.

This could well happen soon and then drumpf will cancel midterms.

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[–] bigbangdangler@reddthat.com 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's wild that this writing has been on the wall since at least before he was reelected, and it literally does not matter at all.

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[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 14 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Elections are done by the states, as clearly outlined in the Constitution. If Red states want to opt out, they're welcome to do that, but the Blue states (and most Red ones) are going to have their elections anyway, and they will count.

All the rest of it is just smoke.

[–] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 17 points 2 months ago (4 children)

The point is to force an constitutional crisis to allow the Supreme Court to rubber stamp the coup.

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[–] blattrules@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago

So, his administration is still sticking with the story that china took information from millions of ballots, but didn’t change any votes. How exactly does showing your photo id protect from that? What are they doing to safeguard our polling data? Oh, right, nothing…not even a slap on the wrist for china because “that was a long time ago and they’re a different country now.” It’s all just going to be a bullshit excuse for what’s coming from him.

I think everyone has been mostly peaceful so far because we’re expecting the midterms to change things. If he fucks with the elections, it’s not going to remain peaceful and he’ll use that as an excuse to use the military on citizens and jail democrats.

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Can we just skip ahead to the part where the fascist takeover is complete. And then the fucks who said we were just fearmongering start using their new excuses for why ending democracy was necessary to protect the constitution. And then people move the goalposts and say it still isn't a full nazi style dictatorship because there aren't yet gas chambers....that we know of.

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