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GoodRaisin

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14. If they take away enough things from their own voters it would seem they

Tue Mar 18, 2025, 03:12 PM

Mar 2025

will not wish to continue having elections. The question is how they would go about it and if they would get away with it.

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This crew will never let us have a free and fair election again. It's over [View all] ProfessorPlum Mar 2025 OP

Any elections are over Bayard Mar 2025 #1

There will be elections, but they will be shams Prairie Gates Mar 2025 #20

Yes pretend elections, everyone knows they are totally rigged. Irish_Dem Mar 2025 #33

If you sit home because there won't be any elections, then you're right oldmanlynn Mar 2025 #69

If/when SS is slashed, eliminated, I will have no home & just trying to survive. elocs Mar 2025 #75

Did the fat lady sing already? I must've missed it. Walleye Mar 2025 #2

No, but Chris Murphy is basically saying the same thing--that we don't have until 2026. We only have a few months!! CrispyQ Mar 2025 #3

He needs to be minority leader Scrivener7 Mar 2025 #9

Schumer is literally living in a bygone era in politics. Ars Longa Mar 2025 #22

Losing the trust of the House dems was a HUGE mistake, not to mention downright insulting. CrispyQ Mar 2025 #23

Once Trump ignores Supreme Court rulings, ones we are looking for to save us, elocs Mar 2025 #44

True words. Hope22 Mar 2025 #79

Sorry, you're just not paying attention. Everything is not going to turn out alright. n/t elocs Mar 2025 #42

The OP wants everyone in the sunken place with them. BannonsLiver Mar 2025 #51

I refuse to be depressed. I went through a bout with that 20 years ago. Walleye Mar 2025 #54

Absolutely. I believe you have the correct response. BannonsLiver Mar 2025 #62

Well, I just hung up a hummingbird feeder today even though it's about a month early so I am feeling optimistic Walleye Mar 2025 #67

Trump has declared singing fat ladies illegal lame54 Mar 2025 #53

Yep, way too woke. That's a good answer. Walleye Mar 2025 #55

yeah, apparently so, . The Fat Slob is still screeching out of his orifices accompanied by a choir of zombies msfiddlestix Mar 2025 #68

This message was self-deleted by its author Rendville Mar 2025 #4

They need to see Rachel. Many demonstrations globally! GreenWave Mar 2025 #65

Trump will want to appoint Musk for overseeing the elections. John1956PA Mar 2025 #5

Wow Keepthesoulalive Mar 2025 #6

An awareness that we are doomed doesn't mean we are giving up, elocs Mar 2025 #45

My family lived through Native American genocide Keepthesoulalive Mar 2025 #70

If we're very close to that, how long can an illegitimate government stand? bucolic_frolic Mar 2025 #7

Everyone needs to listen to Bob Cesca Wiz Imp Mar 2025 #8

Not much hope when our leadership is stuck doc03 Mar 2025 #10

Don't agree, brute forcing still works but need right direction uponit7771 Mar 2025 #11

Brute forceMartial Law that will be brutal and untempered. elocs Mar 2025 #73

Go ahead and give up stoned Mar 2025 #12

That's not really True Dough Mar 2025 #30

People like you make the left look so weak DSandra Mar 2025 #13

I've got some bad news for you ProfessorPlum Mar 2025 #15

We heard the same claims since at least Bush 2 EdmondDantes_ Mar 2025 #35

I don't know, except there is no rule of law left for Trusk and for the top GOP and billionaires. ProfessorPlum Mar 2025 #41

The problem you have is that he couldn't do it last time EdmondDantes_ Mar 2025 #48

fair enough. But things are MUCH different this time. ProfessorPlum Mar 2025 #66

There are good explanations as to how Musk used software to steal swing state elections. elocs Mar 2025 #50

Right blubunyip Mar 2025 #71

No there's not, as evidence by the fact that you didn't present any EdmondDantes_ Mar 2025 #74

Yes, there is and I heard the entire explanation on YouTube with evidence to back it up. elocs Mar 2025 #78

Agree. The defeatism is starting to be very on brand. BannonsLiver Mar 2025 #18

The Left is weak in that they are like herding cats. elocs Mar 2025 #49

If they take away enough things from their own voters it would seem they GoodRaisin Mar 2025 #14

that's a good question. Another one is who would stop them? The media? The congress? The courts? the FBI? ProfessorPlum Mar 2025 #16

So why bother posting here if it's "over"? BannonsLiver Mar 2025 #17

BECAUSE, I don't want people here to just relax and think "we'll vote against them in 2026 and that will be enough" ProfessorPlum Mar 2025 #19

So it's a motivational thing, like Tony Robins, BannonsLiver Mar 2025 #21

i would have thought this sentence ProfessorPlum Mar 2025 #24

Well given the core demo of this forum it's unlikely many would be around to see it. BannonsLiver Mar 2025 #25

Thrown in the towel? what the hell? ProfessorPlum Mar 2025 #26

Can you offer some concrete ideas onenote Mar 2025 #27

write, fax, call, march, sit in, obstruct, delay, disobey, boycott, prepare, stock up, read, divest, speechify, mock,etc ProfessorPlum Mar 2025 #31

And how, exactly, will any of those things, ensure the fair and free elections you have decided we aren't going to have? onenote Mar 2025 #57

they won't. I wasn't talking about making the election process work. ProfessorPlum Mar 2025 #64

So we're doomed? Not a message I will be spreading. onenote Mar 2025 #83

yes, you've made your strawman fight very obvious. ProfessorPlum Mar 2025 #84

Not nearly as exhausted as you seem to be about the future. onenote Mar 2025 #85

This message was self-deleted by its author onenote Mar 2025 #28

A war cannot be won by denying reality. Irish_Dem Mar 2025 #34

Right. Throwing our hands up and quitting is not the way to go. Glad you agree. BannonsLiver Mar 2025 #40

That we recognize the inevitable does not mean we are quitting or giving up. elocs Mar 2025 #56

I'm confused -- is it inevitable or not? onenote Mar 2025 #58

At this point, I believe it's inevitable. But that's not the same as quitting or giving up. elocs Mar 2025 #72

So now what? BannonsLiver Mar 2025 #59

Trump tells Christians they won't have to vote after this election Botany Mar 2025 #29

I reject this defeatism Torchlight Mar 2025 #32

Professor Plum, keep doing what you are doing, it is the right thing to do. Irish_Dem Mar 2025 #36

Exactly, the billionaires, tech bros, GOP, Putin, Xi, Trump crime syndicate will never let us Irish_Dem Mar 2025 #37

Trump saying so orangecrush Mar 2025 #38

Yet so many here are convinced that there will be midterm elections in /26 elocs Mar 2025 #39

I have exactly these feelings ProfessorPlum Mar 2025 #43

They prevail when hope has died which it has for too many of us. elocs Mar 2025 #46

Because not a single Democrat PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2025 #47

This message was self-deleted by its author BannonsLiver Mar 2025 #52

To be brutally honest... regnaD kciN Mar 2025 #61

This crew doesn't run elections, states do. Governors like Pritzker aren't just going to "let" Trump fuck with elections tritsofme Mar 2025 #60

Reality winner went to prison so we would know questionseverything Mar 2025 #82

Okay Professor, please tell me when it's Killing time. Dan Mar 2025 #63

No it's not over. RandySF Mar 2025 #76

I know. ._. Mar 2025 #77

Trump intends to be dictator for life, and the Project 2025 administration also intends to stay in place for life. Lonestarblue Mar 2025 #80

We will need to break the algorithm to have real JCMach1 Mar 2025 #81

Doesn't the first part of your OP William769 Mar 2025 #86