The Washington Post reported that activists are working with the White House on an executive order to declare a “national emergency” over America’s elections and pave the way for a power grab.
“Pro-Trump activists who say they are in coordination with the White House are circulating a 17-page draft executive order that claims China interfered in the 2020 election as a basis to declare a national emergency that would unlock extraordinary presidential power over voting,” reported the Post‘s Isaac Arnsdorf. “President Donald Trump has repeatedly previewed a plan to mandate voter ID and ban mail ballots in November’s midterm elections, and the activists expect their draft will figure into Trump’s promised executive order on the issue.”
Peter Ticktin, a MAGA activist in favor of the executive order, told the Post that “we have a situation where the president is aware that there are foreign interests that are interfering in our election processes,” and that “the president has to be able to deal with it,” including by banning mail-in ballots and certain voting machines.
anything to distract from the “distraction esptein files” and to stop it from getting released any furhter.
This does concern me frankly. Hopefully its all just his usual limpdick saber rattling. The problem is, if something like this does happen, at this point I don’t trust anybody to stop it. Democrats are too busy playing theater and bending the knee to their corporate overlords to oppose anything Trump does at this point past their usual finger wagging and “almost maybe going to send a sternly worded letter at some point” responses. And if the Supreme Court doesn’t give him the nod to do this he can just, you know, ignore them. Not like he’s faced consequences for that the past… ever.
they succeeded in 2024, with the help elon and the voting machines, DNC is pretty much complicit.
Is Media-Ite a credible source?
Putin must be ecstatic.
Getting control of one of the main oppositions to Russian power in the hands of one of the dumbest, weakest, most narcissistic people ever? He’s probably preparing the celebratory champagne enemas and hookers as we speak.
so it’s been leaked that they’re “working on” an executive order to declare a national emergency?? for the midterms??? you don’t have to “work on” declaring an emergency!!! it either IS an emergency or it ISN’T.
Dear heaven to think how dumb they think everyone is
wait, everyone might actually BE that dumb
To me “working on it” implies there are things in motion to manufacture that sense of emergence…
Sitouts still think they did the right thing in 2024. Theres the answer for you.
Hey, Mr. Stewart. Is it ok to now call it fascism?
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Hell yes! Barnaby Jones!
activists
The Washington Post thinks that traitorous conspiracies on the right are equivalent to protests and demonstrations by other types of “activist?”
The same Washington Post owned by billionaire Jeff Bezos? I’m shocked!
His MO has been to use “emergency” as a power grab even when nothing gives him any powers over these issues even if he claims an emergency.
Fuck you, you fucking orange turd. If everything is an emergency, then nothing is.
Same as ‘think of the (insert impoverished group du jour)…!’
If everything is an emergency, then nothing is.
If everything is an emergency, then nothing is.
The Constitution is extremely clear that elections are the responsibility of the states, and we just saw the Supreme Court back the Constitution against him.
He tried to use the “Emergency” excuse to justify his tariffs, and SCOTUS didn’t buy it. They aren’t going to buy this emergency either.
How bleak that we have to trust a court that constantly operates in bad faith to save democracy from the guy that hired too many of them.
3 of them did.
Which proves that he only has three rubber stamps, when he thought he had six.
This was just the first of several direct attacks on clear Constitutional concepts, which he thought he would brute force his way through with bought-and-paid-for operatives on SCOTUS, and it failed badly. That does not bode well for future Constitutional challenges like Birthright Citizenship, State control of Elections, or his future challenge to term limits.
They probably will rule that the “emergency” is unconstitutional, but consider how long Trump got away with unconstitutional tariffs before SCOTUS tossed them out, and how long he would need to get away with fucking with election rules to get the election results he wants.
The election issue is a ticking clock, tariffs weren’t. That makes it top priority for quick action by the courts, emergency injunctions, etc.
The Supreme Court should not be trusted.
If we’re both putting forth theories then what’s incorrect about assuming the Supreme Court went against him on tariffs so it would seem “fair” when they back him on stealing elections?
After all, they’ve done this exact scenario before.
He also immediately promised new tariffs
Cautiously optimistic nodding to your conclusion
If America is overhauled or replaced, I would like the new Constitution to have rules about emergency powers. Namely, the president has a 10 day grace period for Congress to accept the emergency. If they don’t acknowledge it, the president and vice president is either executed or imprisoned, the latter method requiring a vote from Congress. Citizens may freely carry out the execution or arrest after 20 days, if Congress fails to implement their decision.
I’m sat here in Europe watching Trump and his sycophants systematically dismantle American democracy and I’m honestly shocked that they’re being allowed to do it.
I’m assuming it’s the end if he’s allowed to nullify the midterms as he intends, the final remaining shred of democracy will be well and truly gone.
What a sad way to see the “Land of the free” fall.
Yeah, we’ll see IF he does this AND it stands IF people will let it happen. I’m not sure that they (we) will. But it could. But I’ve had so little hope since 2016, and it just got worse in 2024. Still fighting as best as I can, and hoping others will.
Good fucking God I can’t wait to wake up one day and have the best news delivered to me. Multiple news sources letting me know all fucking day about this great news. It’ll be a great great day.
Fuck, I wanna wake up tomorrow to sunshine and tacos and tequila.
Uhh, I think this was the obvious plan since before the election…?
But his opponent was a woman. Of color. And she said the things that he outright did his first term. And the voters didnt care because they thought itd be a landslide. Again.
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