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Trump goes public with plan to "take over" elections (www.motherjones.com)
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[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 180 points 2 months ago (7 children)

“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. This is a deeply broken mind.

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 97 points 2 months ago (3 children)

It's the mind of a spoiled child who's never been told "no".

[–] SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 69 points 2 months ago

He hasn't seen ANY consequences yet. Why stop now?

[–] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago

Very familiar for anyone who had had a narcissist in their lifes.

An entire country is in a toxic relationship now.

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[–] MML@sh.itjust.works 22 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The rapist mentality

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[–] notwhoyouthink@lemmy.zip 20 points 2 months ago (2 children)

You just described the OS of a narcissist.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

OS of a narcissist

I thought that was macOS or iOS?

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[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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.

[–] MuskyMelon@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

No objections from MAGA says more. Fuck Republicans

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[–] thesohoriots@lemmy.world 138 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 63 points 2 months ago (9 children)

So that's why he shat himself on live TV yesterday?

[–] SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 28 points 2 months ago (2 children)

No, that was just the regular Sunday unloading. Most unfortunate that there were people in the room.

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Not really. Rarely is anybody in the same room with him who isn't also a POS.

[–] SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 months ago

Birds of a feather dump togeather?

[–] bear@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 2 months ago

Allegedly he's been doing it for me than 20 years. He was notorious on the Apprentice.

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[–] TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world 82 points 2 months ago (3 children)

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.

[–] wheezy@lemmy.ml 25 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] wheezy@lemmy.ml 16 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (19 children)

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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[–] Blackfeathr@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

Absolutely agree - many states also pay their poll workers for their time and efforts, I am in a swing state and have served multiple elections since 2020 and yes the shift is a long one but it is very rewarding.

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[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 37 points 2 months ago (4 children)

This sounds illegal. 

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 36 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] DokPsy@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

And that only matters if it is enforced.

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[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 months ago

Which of course doesn't matter, as far as they're concerned. Laws here are only for the poor and powerless now.

[–] I_Jedi@lemmy.today 7 points 2 months ago

The SCOTUS ruled that President David Jefferson Adams can run again. It's quite legal.

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[–] MuskyMelon@lemmy.world 33 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] jj4211@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

He

[–] MuskyMelon@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

That's why they're hypocrites and cheats without any honor or deserving of respect.

[–] danekrae@lemmy.world 32 points 2 months ago (4 children)

It's incredible that americans still believe that they can win peacefully.

[–] cattywampas@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago (13 children)

Have you been watching any of the elections we've had in the past year?

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[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 12 points 2 months ago

Voting isn't about winning. They're going to fuck with it. It's about forcing their hand. There are still a lot of people who will turn on them if they prominently destroy free elections. We need to create a situation that can't be denied, particularly by the military brass, that they're breaking their oath of office. It's already obvious, but it isn't coup levels of obvious.

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[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 23 points 2 months ago

Tell me again how we were paranoid for thinking he planned to interfere with the election

[–] LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world 22 points 2 months ago (1 children)

[–] hedge_lord@lemmy.world 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I feel so afraid for the future.

[–] _wizard@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I won't go quietly.

[–] jj4211@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

That's what his bowel movement said at the press event.

[–] lemmylump@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago

Act of war.

[–] Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Um so there is a document that says that isn’t ok so…

[–] MBech@feddit.dk 6 points 2 months ago

What's with the picture of toilet paper?

[–] lemon@lemmy.org 9 points 2 months ago

to the shock of no one.

[–] Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 2 months ago

We tried to warn them...

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