Oh no, not blasted!
Release the Trump/Epstein files
More distraction from the Epstein files
The Epstein Files are a distraction from the attempts at a fascist takeover.
It’s not a distraction, it’s just more attempts at eroding democracy so that Trump’s term and Republican’s control doesn’t end. The Epstein files is only worth something if Trump could be successfully prosecuted or impeached, which we’ve seen won’t fucking happen. Yeah they matter, but this is not a distraction, they’ve effectively moved on. It’s done, they’ve gotten the prosecutor fired, and their star witness is on “”“work release”“” probably resuming human trafficking
She’s not on work release; she has been made eligible for it.
Otherwise, yes.
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Today I learned pedophiles are scared of mail-in ballots and American democracy.
Why did it take you so long?
When has that ever stopped him
OK, but elections are run by states, not the federal government, and the GOP has worked to defang the FEC, so I don’t know how he actually plans to make this happen.
It’s a dare for US citizens all over the world! Do you dare travel ‘home’ and face ICE to vote ?? /s
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Yep. Hard to intimidate voters when your thugs can’t get face to face with them at the polls.
Cool. Elections are administered by the states though, and my state guarantees mail-in ballots in the constitution. Sooooo, good luck with that, I suppose?
If the Save act goes through I don’t see how they couldn’t do similar with this. I imagine the argument would be the same, that they are not taking the administration of the voting away from the states, just setting a standardized required method. I don’t think he’d be able to do it via executive order legally, but I dont know who would stop it. He could just have the house/Senate pass it like the save act if they so wanted. Your state constitution doesn’t matter at that point. We like to say it’s a free country but it took us 4 amendments just to get to a point that still basically says our people don’t have the right to vote.
The constitution didn’t have a right to vote.
The bill of rights didn’t have a right to vote.
The 15th amendment (1870) said we can’t restrict voting based off Race.
The 19th amendment (1920) said we can’t restrict voting for women.
The 24th Amendment (1964) said we can’t restrict the voting by taxing polls.
The 26th Amendment (1971) said we can’t restrict voters over 18 (previously 21).
Most people think this means all those people have a right to vote, but it is really the government doesn’t have the ability to explicitly restrict those people from voting.
If U.S. citizens had the right to vote none of those amendments would have been necessary and we would be free to vote and our arguments would hold up in court easier. But the U.S. has long perpetuated the lie that we are free. We are a “democratic Republic” where the government can, has, and will try to restrict our freedom at every turn if it benefits those in power.
Tldr; If U.S. citizens had a right to vote, we wouldn’t have had amendments, the Supreme Court would have ruled a long time ago that any act restricting U.S. citizens from voting was illegal.
The ‘if’ in ‘if the SAVE Act goes through’ is doing a lot of work. The recent bill that was passed was only able to be done through budget reconciliation, because you only need 50 votes plus the VP to break the tie. But for bills outside of budget reconciliation, you need 60 votes to end the filibuster. Barring anything unforeseen (recognizing that breaking norms is the norm for this administration), there’s no way I could see it getting through the Senate.
OH NO! Here comes a strong letter
I can see Schumer drafting one up now.
When is he gonna announce they’re doing away with voting altogether?
He kinda did during campaign, told his voters they wouldn’t have to do it again, just get him back in one more time. Of course our diligent 4th estate unleashed the hounds demanding answers to what he meant by that…yeah jk they ignored it like everything else he’s done in order to help usher in fascism.
I’m baffled that Trump keeps being allowed to get away with this shit. The Heritage Foundation outright announced the plan for fascism and it’s just being allowed to happen. Whenever Trump does something outrageous, I see people saying there would be consequences if anyone else did it. But why then does he get away with it? What makes him different than anyone else?
A constitutional fight is just what he’s after. No doubt scotus will find the constitution does in fact grant this power to the president, no take backs, neener neener
“6-3 We’ve found that the Constitution is unconstitutional.”
Worst bait ever lmaoooo. Feds don’t run elections, states do.
Until the feds show up with armed troops, and “manage” the election.
Yeah… then the governor can roll out the NG and counter them. It’ll be a huge fucked up mess.
You mean like how they are doing it now, to counter the unconstitutional actions of the federal government today?
That’s how we all vote in Washington state. Its super convenient.
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Can’t intimidate people away from voting if they vote by mail.
But online voting won’t be touched?
I think online voting is not available in most states. Without looking it up, I think Oregon or Utah is the only state that allows it.
Edit : Most states have it for overseas or for people on military deployment. A handful of states have it for people with disabilities.
He is still a nonce
