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[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 10 points 16 hours ago

trump has to keep bannon close because they are both on the epstein files, bannon was likely a liasons, trump does not want bannon to suddenly rat him out if he gets charged.

[–] redwattlebird@lemmings.world 7 points 22 hours ago

I just found out that this cunt is the reason why Australia doesn't have a sovereign wealth fund and robbed us of a decent PM.

What I would give to have him and his ilk stuff head into anus like a human centipede and slowly die while being live streamed.

[–] jpreston2005@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

We're gonna steal the election through force and manipulation because democrats keep stealing the election through getting more votes 😩

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 11 points 1 day ago

To paraphrase another comment I saw the other day, "the Democrats must be cheating, because we're cheating and they still beat us!"

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Paper ballots or it didn't happen. Fuck any machine that is on a network otherwise you get what you paid for.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 day ago

No no

That way, Republicans won't be able to cheat anymore. Rule #1: Republicans must be able to cheat or they won't win a single election anymore, ever

[–] Typotyper@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

Ya, guaranteed victory.

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 27 points 1 day ago (1 children)

“We‘re gonna have ICE surround the polls…We’ll never again allow an election to be stolen.”

The word is 'fair'. You'll never again allow an election to be fair. Get it right, Steve.

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (3 children)

There are 22,000 ICE agents, and there were 94,000 polling stations in the 2022 midterms. (Down from 200,000 in 2018 but that's another whole mess) so at this rate they will have exactly ONE agent in every 4th polling station or so.

We can take 'em.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 6 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

They only need to put them in minority areas of marginal states.

The rest of it is rigged already.

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

The rest of it is rigged already.

There are few more harmful things we can say to each other right now than the implication that everything is rigged and people's votes don't matter.

The states are huge, they are hard to rig, or we wouldn't have seen the successes we have already.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 0 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

The electoral college is the rigging. The voting isn't rigged. The outcome is.

They don't care about Minoritytown, Alabama. That state goes red no matter what.

Similarly, they're not going to intimidate all of Maryland. That is already going blue. It would be a waste of time to try.

Your votes in these areas are counted, but they don't change the outcome. The popular vote is meaningless.

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 0 points 8 hours ago

The states are huge, they are hard to rig, or we wouldn’t have seen the successes we have already.

I don't subscribe to doomerism and I resent those who do.

[–] davepleasebehave@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

how many predominantly Latino and black areas?

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

We can take 'em.

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 4 points 1 day ago

They probably won't send them to the safe republican seats.

[–] GreenBeanMachine@lemmy.world 110 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (7 children)

You're gonna try to steal the elections. Got it. Thanks for confirming in advance.

Every accusation is a confession from these fuckers. Everyone should know that by now and everyone should take this very seriously.

Edit: maybe stash a maga hat hidden somewhere, if you see ICE approaching to possibly arrest you and prevent you from voting, put the hat on.

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 45 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

They don't even need to do a single thing other than stand there, and that would still be stealing the election by instilling fear into people and causing some to decide not to vote.

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[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 112 points 2 days ago (6 children)

Here you go Muricans... you will not be able to vote your way out of this one

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[–] frog_brawler@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And the democrats will vote to fund ice in 10 days or whatever.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

They'll strategically negotiate the vote for after midterms. Really it's your fault if we lose.

[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

So the Italian film, "Saló or the 120 Days of Sodom", turns out to be correct about the fascists, even if the director, Pier Paolo Pasolini, said it was a metaphor. He was believed to have been killed by fascists because of the director's anti-fascism.

[–] DylanMc6@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago

I'm starting to think that a one-party BUT multi-tendency socialist system may be the solution.

[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 53 points 2 days ago (2 children)

If you have a right to vote, and some ICE thugs try to stop you, kill them. They are committing a crime worthy of death.

[–] alaphic@lemmy.world 42 points 2 days ago (2 children)

"The tree of liberty must be watered regularly with the blood of tyrants and patriots." - Thomas Jefferson

I hope one day we can form a society that will prove Mr. Jefferson to be incorrect...

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[–] lectricleopard@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago (8 children)

Im thinking some sort of open carry "protectors of the vote" group needs to be formed.

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[–] drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Are they going to follow us into the booth? Don't be intimidated

[–] TheFinn@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 1 day ago

They might detain brown citizens for 24 hours on election day.

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[–] Cyberflunk@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

fuck needs to hang by the nuts until ded

[–] Doorbook@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

All the companies and governments that support Israel genocide are supporting ICE ...

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[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 31 points 2 days ago (12 children)

Democratic governors that are letting ICE do whatever the fuck they want in their states need listen up.

Set the precedent NOW that ICE can’t do whatever they want in your state without intervention from local police and national guard or else you are going to lose every election from here on out.

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[–] ToTheGraveMyLove@sh.itjust.works 34 points 2 days ago (8 children)

When did they change ICE to stand for Illegal Colluders of Elections?

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[–] foodandart@lemmy.zip 30 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Welp, I'll make sure to get myself in front of a camera and proudly state that as a registered Republican, I gladly choose to vote straight Democratic ticket because of the unAmerican, unPatriotic, rather "commie pinko" intimidation tactics of the GOP.

Let's go REAL old school on the political shit-flinging and see how under that gross pigs skin we can get.

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Oh wow you’re going to show them when they dump your ballots somewhere and your principled vote is irrelevant!

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[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This hump has all the charm of an unwiped asshole.

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[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 14 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Do they have enough paramilitary to surround the polls?

[–] CouldntCareBear@sh.itjust.works 37 points 2 days ago (7 children)

Just the democrat voting ones with high immigrant populations in swing states I expect.

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