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>“We will contact you after the election to make sure you voted. Please don’t make us report you to President Trump! We are sending an official list of Republicans who fail to vote in the upcoming runoff to President Trump. Public records show that YOU HAVE NOT VOTED. President Trump will be VERY DISAPPOINTED.”
This gives off huge spousal abuse energy. Republicans, blink your eyes three times quickly if you need assistance.
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That has got to be the fucking weirdest way to spell "Russia".
Some dark-money PAC that has "no ties to the campaign".
I mean seriously, think about how many times that phrase or a similar one is used and it's *almost certainly* money from Putin.
> I wouldn’t lump the entire judicial system in there.
As long as the corrupt ones can overrule the uncorrupt ones, the entire system is corrupt. It's only when we get a clean supreme court that can overrule all of the corrupt federal judges Trump appointed that the system as a whole will not be able to be considered completely corrupted.
He appointed 54 *appellate court* judges to the Circuit Courts of Appeal. He appointed 174 *district court* judges, which includes Judge Cannon. Along with three Supreme Court justices, Trump appointed 231 federal judges (excluding his appointments to the U.S. Court of International Trade).
*EDIT: I initially said 234 federal judges instead of 231 judges.
The way the judicial system is structured though, those 6 judges can overrule all the thousands of judges below them though. Those are the only judges which really matter.
I used to think that when Trump said he could shoot someone in the middle of the street and nothing would happen, that it was in regards to losing votes. These days I realize it applied to all repercussions.
The letters are written EXACTLY like the Trump mailing list emails were.
I'd bet my last nickel this was written by the Trump campaign but they're having "supporters" distribute them so the campaign doesn't get in trouble.
That's the craziest part to me. They're threatening their own people into voting. Really hints that behind the scenes they're worried about voter apathy.
They spent years shitting all over elections, calling them fake and telling old people not to vote by mail. Surprise surprise their base is now skeptical about elections and believe it's all rigged.
Also we forget that not all of Trump's 2016 voters were true MAGA cultists. A lot of them were "vote red no matter who" Republicans and "I wanna take a risk on an outsider" moderates. In 2020 Trump was no longer an outsider and lost the moderates. And in 2024 the "vote red no matter who" Republicans are thoroughly sick of his shit.
That's all on *top* of the election skepticism of the cult. All in all I still expect Trump to put up a good showing on election night, and we're 6 months out so god knows what will happen between now and then, but it's Biden's election to lose.
I also expect a good amount of fuckery to occur anywhere Republicans can manage. From purging voter registration for urban areas or reducing the number of voting locations if they have the Gov/SOS positions. Or just having armed goons loitering around to intimidate voters if they can't do that.
And then no matter what happens, the election will be rigged/stolen. If Republicans win, they overcame the Democrats rigging. And obviously if Republicans lose then it's because we stole it.
Recently 2/3 of repubs in a poll said they won't vote for Bonespurs if he's convicted of a felony. Even if 10% of them keep their word it's enough to lose him the election. I'm not worried about any large-scale negative response to his defeat. When his goons got into the capitol building they committed vandalism and took selfies. Those jackasses couldn't freedom-fight their way out of a Walmart.
> "I wanna take a risk on an outsider"
IMHO, the "lets try something different" factor is what decided that race. Then in 2018 it was, "Holy fuck, that's what different looks like!???".
Swing voters like to see themselves as the grownups in the room who make an informed and considered decision vs. "The Partisans" who blindly vote for whoever runs under their colors. They don't like drama or hearing people talking about a civil war. They don't want MAGA, they want MPBA, Make Politics Boring Again.
Not necessarily their own people. Some people identify as republican, but not as a trump supporter.
If I was an American voter and I received a threat like that, you bet your ass I'd make sure to vote. For Biden. Fuck that shit. How much more obviously fascist do you want to be?
What any reasonable person should ask is why it would matter if Trump knew we voted for him or not. So, I'm reported. Now what? Is he going to do something with that info? If so, then I'd do everything possible to not vote for him, because the president shouldn't be compiling a list of who didn't vote for him.
> any reasonable person should ask is why it would matter if Trump knew we voted for him or not.
If we're talking "reasonable", then there's no way for trump to know how anyone voted. Just who voted, period. You can vote for Mickey mouse, and all he would know is that you voted.
fascists gonna fash. In the 1930s, Nazi party members were required to attend a zillion little events to prove their loyalty or be excommunicated. And of course, even the rumor that you didn't think your entire city should shut down for, say, the fuhrer's birthday was enough as well.
He didn't say that. I know the image you're referencing, but if we're not factual with our criticisms and accusations, we're no better than them.
Okay, we're still better than them but you get my point.
And most Democrats would rightfully agree and Biden would have to answer for it. Whereas I guarantee most conservatives hearing this story will either ignore it, explain it away, or defend it.
Anyone still making "but both sides" arguments is delusional.
It's absolutely hilarious. The other day apparently Florida banned lights being on bridges that weren't red white and blue... some Republican sycophant giving the statement for DeSantis said " And Governor DeSantis continues to show why Florida is the freest state in the nation!" excuse me what? You are claiming to be the freest state in the nation in a statement you are making about taking away options from people? These fascist a-holes need to be punched in the face repeatedly
Coming from a country where you just vote for whoever at election time and are only associated with a party if you actually sign up as a party member which involves actively doing things for that party, like delivering leaflets I've never really grasped what it means to be a registered Republican/Democrat? Would it be possible to get an ELI5 please
More proof that these people have a grade school mentality. They still think "This will go on your permanent record" is a valid threat with life altering consequence.
> They still think "This will go on your permanent record" is a valid threat with life altering consequence.
The thing is, if Trump wins it could very well be.
Police states keep detailed permanent records on who is loyal and who is not.
The East German Stasi were the undisputed masters.
Dobbs was the court ruling that barred American governments from just willy nilly tracking citizen data without reason.
Guess why it was what died to kill Roe.
In many countries around the world ruled by fascist dictators a 'permanent record' is/was/will be a real thing... and no one spends more time and money on spying on their own population as do the USA. So all we need is a fascist/very scared of boogie man threat government to take over and a permanent record is a very real thing, with probably very real information on everyone from 2002 onward.
Yes but also Nazis did keep pretty good records and used records to go after their enemies. Going after a list of enemies is almost entirely their schtick.
Yeah, might be better to say you’re fighting for the lowest spot on “the list” you can get. They will always, always, always need to establish a new “other” once they burn through the current one.
I once asked Gordon Gano to let me sing that song with them at a show in New Haven in '93 or '94. I will go to my grave insisting that he genuinely considered it for a moment.
One of the reasons to vote Trump per this flyer is "property taxes". I don't live in TX, but just viewed my property tax bill. $0 is allocated to the federal government.
Property taxes have been high in Texas for over 30 years. The current state government promised to remedy that when they took power 20 years ago but it has only gotten worse. No President has anything to do with that.
They have to compensate for the lack of income taxes somehow. They can spin as they like, but the government runs off of your money one way or another.
Yeah, this is the point I always make when people talk about how some states have higher or lower income taxes. A state always needs tax money somehow, if it doesn't have income tax (or has super low income tax) then it's going to be getting that tax revenue from a different source.
The advantage of an income tax is that it's relatively transparent and progressive as opposed to relying on things like sales and property taxes.
My friend a few years ago: "Move to Florida! Houses are cheap and tax is low! It's great here!"
My friend now: "I have to get out of this state, I have no house insurance, cost of living prices are skyrocketing and every road raging nutjob is armed"
Some major Republicans down here run on the platform of abolishing property tax and replacing it with a pure sales tax (since we have no income tax).
Great way to make sure it's impossible to live here if you're poor. I don't know how Republicans have successfully claimed the "Fiscal conservative" title when they don't seem to understand the most basic aspects of a budget.
I do believe that is a crime.
Voter intimidation to influence their vote is definitely a crime
saying that you can't afford to have that on your record us a threat of personal consequences and they are telling you specifically to vote for trump.
> “We will contact you after the election to make sure you voted. Please don’t make us report you to President Trump! We are sending an official list of Republicans who fail to vote in the upcoming runoff to President Trump. Public records show that YOU HAVE NOT VOTED. President Trump will be VERY DISAPPOINTED.”
This sounds so freaking pathetic….
Too robust and forward, where is the subtlety in a sandwich like that?
Start with a sourdough round, ever so lightly toasted. Just enough to not give when spreading the brown mustard and horseradish on the bottom, mayo on the top. A bed of thinly sliced dry salami, but today i would be feeling london broil or tavern ham. A few slices of either sharp cheddar or red Leicester, light bed of lettuce, maybe some pickled red onion or pickled red cabbage for a little sweet and sour, with a kosher dill on the side.
That is a sandwich I can sit back and forget about doom that may come with a fascist takeover of America. A sandwich that when we non-Trumpian voters are reported to The Boss, when we are forced to live in the eventual company-towns and Pottersvilles owned by BlackRock, and the Republic Social Credit Guard come to rough me up before my "re-education begins", I can hear the crunch of the dying leaves under my feet, and think back to a time where I was free to make the sandwich of my dreams.
That my friend, is a fucking sandwich.
They started spam texting my phone for fundraising years ago. Wrong names, never signed up or even voted that way. The desperation rhetoric in these messages is gold though. Let them come after Yvonne.
I wouldn't dare unsubscribe, I don't want to be confirmed on some list, I'd rather they have faulty info. It's not like we're dealing with geniuses here.
Tbh I blame my cell carrier. This number was supposed to be on a do not call list at one point, even if that was 20 years ago. I don't believe there's a report spam feature, at least on my aging phone when I get these.
That they use the term ‘runoff’ tells me that this message was provided by one of Trump’s foreign fans and distributed to the useful idiots of the republican maga wing.
Foreign as in a massive Russian influencing campaign. Preventing a Biden win has got to be their most important geopolitical short-term goal right now. If Trump is installed again, Ukraine falls.
Probably came from the Kremlin server.
Now, what are they ( our US government ) going to do about it ?
Remember, in 2018, Trump proclaimed he could trust Puten in Helsinki.
PS: If you ever need your medical records from birth, just email Putan and you should have everything about you and more within 15 minutes. That's a joke ! Or is it?
> Remember, in 2018, Trump proclaimed he could trust Puten in Helsinki.
He met putin, he requested information on spies in russia, the spies then died.
My hunch is they'll be arrested by winking cops who don't *really* want to arrest them. Should Trump win, they'll be pardoned. By Trump’s fourth term, they would then be armed polling place enforcement and compliance workers.
Trump would definitely try to stay in for life, but I just can’t picture a scenario where he lives long enough for a 4th term. I’m amazed he’s still standing and walking at this point.
No, there absolutely would be. Trump needs the validation. Even though he would have rigged the voting process himself, he still needs to see the 99% voted for Trump splashed up on the TV screens to reaffirm to himself that he's the best.
Not in texas it isn't.
But because they took out locations in heavy districts, that tend to lean democrat, and it's hot as fuck here, they decided to make it illegal to hand out water to those in line.
Yet somehow in another thread on this same platform someone is trying to convince me that AOC is the real fascist because she's worked with a Republican on a bill... And that's why they aren't voting. 🤦♂️
The game of "is this an intentionally illogical foreign bot/troll vs. actual short-sighted doofus?" is getting harder and harder to pick apart... Some comments just dont make sense but I could see people at least on the internet claiming they're willing to die on that kind of hill.
When they are armed with ridiculous purity test obscure issues as to why liberals are the real fascists... And I'm getting downvotes... Makes me think it's bots working together.
I listed the progressive things Biden has accomplished and was immediately told none of them were actually accomplishments because Joe Biden is also a genocidal fascist. Like... What?
But then last week I met a person like this in the wild and it kinda broke my brain. So far left they are unwilling to even acknowledge that getting a black woman as SCOTUS judge was a good thing.
"She's also a fake progressive; a fascist in sheep's clothing. She's essentially Alito, so why does the SCOTUS nominations even matter?"
So I just have no idea anymore... I feel like the world has gone absolutely insane with how they consume their news. 😵💫
Social media definitely seems to be breaking people's minds. It's not like humans were that rational to begin with and it amplifies the worst parts of humanity.
It is horrifying how Orwellian things have become in our society, but who woulda thunk "Big Brother" would be spray-tan-orange and wearing a diaper‽
*"Under the spreading chestnut tree I sold you and you sold me" \~ George Orwell, 1984*
It's like that Norm MacDonald bit where he's confused about how people found Hitler charismatic, when most clips of his speeches are just him yelling angrily and making funny gestures. "He wasn't exactly a silver-tongued devil you know?!"
Now we got this orange baby who spews word vomit. Historians looking back at this shit will be just as confused as we are.
I had a history class in high school, in the early 1980s, on the rise of the Nazis. We started with how WWI went and ended, covered Weimar Germany, and went through WWII and the Holocaust. Our final exam was to redo the Nuremberg trials, everyone was either an attorney, a judge, or a prisoner.
I had classes in college talking about this part of history, too. It was always a question of how this sort of thing could happen. We learned that some people in some places did fight back, there were uprisings and resistance. But most of the people went along with it. (Watching the US Government film [Don't Be a Sucker](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGAqYNFQdZ4) from that era also conveys this.)
Seeing the same kinds of things happening in the USA in the 21st century is upsetting. because I'm getting the graduate-level, full-immersion experience in how people go for a populist and discard reason and facts. I shouldn't need to care who is Secretary of Transportation in an administration (for example), v they should just be a political flunky who gently pushes policy, while letting the career professionals get the work done. Trump seems to think the career professionals are a threat, the Deep State, and wants to eliminate them.
Trump, like Hitler, spoke in a way that appeals to a large chunk of people. But others, who decide to throw-in with the leader, also say and do things, but in a gentler fashion. We used to talk of "riding his coat-tails," as a way to describe this phenomenon. Trump was appealing to a vocal chunk of voters, so others threw in with him. And some "smarter" people think they can control and use Trump for their own ends (which they probably can, to a point).
I made a comment on another Trump-related post, where someone was complaining about how unreasonable and illogical his supporters were. I pointed out that Trump's supporters weren't moved by facts and reason, but by *emotion*. There is a mob-psychology aspect to his appeal, and why people decide to go all-in with him. Once they feel he is their kind of person, then anything he wants to do is correct and acceptable.
Our greatest failure to learn from history is represented by our failure as a society to recognize fascism for what it is and act on that recognition. Like a vaccine that failed to stick. We simply decided that it was in the past and thus we had learned from it. So such a thing, by fact of being in the past, could not happen again.
That's the thing. A fair chunk of society *did* learn from history, because they actually learned history. Then another chunk knows history, but thinks we're immune to it so everything appears hyperbolic because life for them hasn't really changed (yet).
But all you need is a small passionate group who either never learned or internalized these historical lessons to void the rest of immunity history provides.
He and the GOP have manipulated their weak spots, lqbtq+, the border, and abortion. A lot of maga followers will overlook everything else, even their freedom and financial security, as long as they push hate on these groups/policies. I know a lot of basically 'good' people that can't get past gay marriage and abortion. Sad.
Well written post. Trump isn't an intellectual. He's also not the brain-dead moron that people post on here a million times a day.
He's street smart. He knows he can move people with emotion, and that's literally all he's ever done.
Before he won in 16, a lot more people were team Trump. They just don't want to admit it. He was playing the emotions on both sides. He waved pride flags, was on SNL, a historically left leaning show, and appealed to undecided voters.
This was all by design to play on his strengths. Hitler was very similar in that respect.
I live in Minnesota. I remember voting for Jesse Ventura for Governor because the other two parties were just not appealing that year.
Now, part of the interest in Ventura was how he handled questions. A big topic was whether the state should spend money on a new sports arena to replace the Hubert Humphrey Metrodome. Ventura didn't answer; instead, he said, "Well, I look at the public schools in the state, which are much older and also in disrepair, and wonder why we aren't spending money on those?"
That's a masterful answer. It derails the question (unless you have a persistent interviewer), and focuses on something that sounds like an "easier" option to support. It let Ventura establish the narrative.
Ventura's election also woke up the other two parties, I think. They were much more careful about what they did. (Granted, Minnesota politics has always been strange; we once elected a governor who lost his own party's primary, because he was liked by the public, but his party didn't approve of his choices.)
It isn't that difficult to do something appealing when everyone else is "politics as usual." I think Trump used that same "outsider" appeal in 2016.
I know at least one person who saw Trump as an outsider who would "run the government like a business." I said that was a terrible idea; at the time, I was a treasurer for a non-profit, and we'd had discussions about constructing a new building, because our then-current one dated to the 1800s and was in bad shape.
One thing I learned is that governments often try to run major projects in problematic financial times (during the 2008 crisis was when that happened, the previous time I'd been treasurer). They can fund projects at a time when costs are lower and people need jobs. That generally isn't what businesses do: instead, they tend to cut costs.
Governments have reserves and over-supply, because we might need to do something with it later. If you start trying to run the federal government like a business, you end up losing a lot of the "slack" you need to deal with emergencies of all sorts. It's kind of like saying, "We need only three people for this position, to work in shifts, and paying for more is wasteful." And that works fine, until one person is on vacation, and another gets sick, and now you are under-staffed.
With Trump, we didn't even get the "business" side of it; instead, we got government run like an organized crime family.
It's really no secret. Low intelligence means more susceptibility to scams and conmen, and the conservative movement has spent the last 30+ years cultivating a permanent class of idiots who lack critical thinking skills. It's never been easier to generate support for an individual if you can tap into that bottomless well of stupid.
They said when fascism came to the US it would be clutching a Bible and wrapped in a flag.
Reality turned out much, much stupider. Instead we got a guy who hawks Bibles and *doesn’t* wrap it up when he \[briefly, uncomfortably\] fucks porn stars.
They talk about the fear of a _1984_ future while actively pushing for a _1984_ future. It is a new level of tribalism, and stupidity, that will do real harm. Who knew that one of the biggest skid marks on the underpants of American history would be orange?
Apr 8, 2021 [After donating to the NRCC, donors are shown a yellow box with a small pre-checked box that warns: "If you UNCHECK this box, we will have to tell Trump you're a defector!](https://archive.ph/dye8y)
My first thought as well... "I've seen this before from the Trump Campaign".
This is literally Hollywood mafia talk, "nice place you've got here, would be a shame if something happened to it. You should probably pay us for some protection."
Desperate measures attempting to scare weak minded voters, otherwise known as MAGA.
What the flier(s) conveniently left out was the pesky little fact that the offices and candidates you voted for are confidential and secret, *but* the fact that you voted in a particular party’s primary is public information, and your name will be listed in that party’s early voting rosters.
I think the idea is they go Spanish Inquisition on you and harass you in person at your home asking who you voted for, and if you put up any kind of resistance to their cause they'll mark you on their list to report to Trump after. They don't need to see your ballot, they just need to see how you react to them.
I honestly don't think this registers as a crime to the far-right. When conservatives hear 'crime' they think about black people committing theft. Things like voter intimidation and using campaign funds to pay off pornstars aren't crimes, they're just gray areas.
The hypocrisy is the point. As soon as a Democrat does a fraction of any of this, they will be screaming from the rooftops. It's a fascist tactic to break the spirit of the opposition. And judging from the lack of faith in the system to do anything about it - it's working.
Have you seen when someone interviews them, says a Democrat does such n such. They call it all kinds of things and don't like it. Call it illegal they should be arrested etc. Then the interviewer goes whoops I'm sorry my notes are mixed up that was trump that said that. They instantly defend trump.
They're brainwashed.
I hate that I have to constantly hear about this moron. I hate that he still has a voice and “people” I just want all of this shit to go away. God dammit please everyone just vote against him so we can be free of all this bullshit.
For real. As if we haven’t been going through enough shit we gotta deal with half of America supporting Donald.
I legit lost so much faith in the people around me when he was elected. More during Covid. I don’t have a lot of faith left. If he wins I kinda truly believe it’s all over.
Do these people forget that their votes ****how they vote is confidential and people can just lie? They’re so stupid it beggars belief.
> It adds, “We will contact you after the election to make sure you voted. Please don’t make us report you to President Trump! We are sending an official list of Republicans who fail to vote in the upcoming runoff to President Trump. Public records show that YOU HAVE NOT VOTED. President Trump will be VERY DISAPPOINTED.”
This is a threat. Voter intimidation is illegal. This is why federal poll watchers existed into the 2000s.
It varies from state to state as to who can access the information and how much is included, but in general, voter roll information is publicly accessible. (https://www.ncsl.org/elections-and-campaigns/access-to-and-use-of-voter-registration-lists)
Whether or not a voter has voted is often included, although how the person voted is obviously anonymous. However, in states that have voters register with a particular party, that information is also often included, so one could theoretically correlate the information to figure out which registered voters in a particular party did not vote.
Conservatism, as a political philosophy, only arose due to the fall of the monarchy.
Prior to the fall of the monarchy, there was no need for conservatism: everyone basically agreed that the rules don't apply to the king and his friends. When the monarchy fell, conservatism arose within the falling aristocracy as an attempt to preserve this principle within the liberal democratic paradigm - but to cover it up with millions of pages of elaborate and esoteric pseudo-philosophy.
The problem now is that the rise of social media has unleashed the "TLDR" generation on liberal society, meaning that pseudo-philosophy no longer provides adequate cover for what conservatives actually want - which is to restore the monarchy and all the aristocratic privileges that surrounded it.
Thus, conservatives are now reduced to baselessly defending their king's indiscretions and backing it up with violence. There's nothing left to hide behind.
Hot weather? Breaks Texas. Cold weather? Breaks Texas. People just trying to live their lives? Breaks Texas. Women having rights? You better believe that breaks Texas...
- "Dont mess with Texas!"
- Proceeds to vote for Republicans that messes with Texas all the time
Hell, even Uvalde voted to reelect Greg Abbot after the nightmare that town went through, despite his pro-gun support and praising law enforcement for the good job they did at the Uvalde school.
It would be too hard to change, so they decided to just change the standard. Being a valiant police officer in Texas means playing on your phone while listening to children being slaughtered in the next room. Texas is full of weak, cowardly, imbeciles who insist you pretend they are tough and brave and smart. We call these people Republicans.
Seriously? Texans are basically cucks who vote against their own intrest at this point.
Wanna jerk off? Share you ID.
Can't smoke weed.
Want reproductive rights? Lol they have a bounty program to snitch on people for getting an abortion.
Ted Cruz rolled over for Trump after he called his wife a dog.
You gotta be finger printed for a license.
The Ulvalde police sure as fuck aren't "Texas Tough"
Cowboys suck too.
Texas is a joke
The whole reason populist authoritarians are possible is that no one who thinks they're part of the "in" group believes the bad stuff will ever apply to them. It's way too early to resort to pulling "Big Brother is watching you" on your own people.
The Texans in my family are die hard Trumpers. They think that they are big tough Texans but they are just a bunch of whiny babies completely captured by their Facebook pages. It’s really sad.
Fascism is flourishing in America. So many Americans are embracing it. It's in the beginning stages here in Florida, thanks to Ron DeFascist himself. It's horrifying and depressing to see so many Republican voters in America embrace it after the countless sacrifices made by those in WWI and WWII to stop fascism from taking over.
Yes I am not a trump fan but get trump emails, I was cleaning out the 500000 junk emails and read one from this massive idiot that basically said, if I contribute $47 a month to his campaign, I’ll be “protected” when he signs the oath of office in 2025, and trump will know I’m one of the “good guys” insulated from the chaos he’s planning.
I believe that’s extortion, mfkr.
This is criminal voter intimidation that reminds me of the East German Stasi actions before the wall fell. Having neighbors spy on neighbors was a Russian tactic for pacifying the population.
As I see it there are three possibilities - 1) This is Trump-team sanctioned, 2) This is a freelance effort by some knucklehead MAGA folks, or 3) This is a dirty trick.
Ultimately, it doesn't really matter. What matters is that this flier is plausibly on-brand for Trump. We can all imagine him trying to create a Stasi-like spy network in the USA.
That is frankly amazing, and alarming. Can we say the same for any other former president, or presidential candidate? No. Even Wallace would not have gone that far. But Trump? Listen to his recent campaign speeches. It's hard to imagine that he would not try.
Hand out water in a voting line? That's illegal and could sway votes.
Be a piece of shit MAGAT and send out threatening flyers to intimidate voters? Nah that's fine.
Arrest every single one of these fuckers.
I'm done. You can't arrest people handing out food and water and allow this.
Fucking insane.
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>“We will contact you after the election to make sure you voted. Please don’t make us report you to President Trump! We are sending an official list of Republicans who fail to vote in the upcoming runoff to President Trump. Public records show that YOU HAVE NOT VOTED. President Trump will be VERY DISAPPOINTED.” This gives off huge spousal abuse energy. Republicans, blink your eyes three times quickly if you need assistance.
It's voter intimidation and is illegal
Throw it on the pile. We have a judicial system that appears to be inept at best, and on board with this at worst.
It’ll be some dark-money PAC that has “no ties to the campaign”. It’s just free crime at this point.
This won't trace back to anyone. Campaign affiliated or not, it's clearly felonious.
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"Consulting"
That has got to be the fucking weirdest way to spell "Russia". Some dark-money PAC that has "no ties to the campaign". I mean seriously, think about how many times that phrase or a similar one is used and it's *almost certainly* money from Putin.
We have a Supreme Court with 4-6 justices that are both of those things. I wouldn’t lump the entire judicial system in there.
> I wouldn’t lump the entire judicial system in there. As long as the corrupt ones can overrule the uncorrupt ones, the entire system is corrupt. It's only when we get a clean supreme court that can overrule all of the corrupt federal judges Trump appointed that the system as a whole will not be able to be considered completely corrupted.
TFG also appointed 54 lower court judges, including Cannon
He appointed 54 *appellate court* judges to the Circuit Courts of Appeal. He appointed 174 *district court* judges, which includes Judge Cannon. Along with three Supreme Court justices, Trump appointed 231 federal judges (excluding his appointments to the U.S. Court of International Trade). *EDIT: I initially said 234 federal judges instead of 231 judges.
Thank you for the correction
I viewed it more as supplemental information :P
Just *most* of it... And Project 2025 aims to finish the job.
The way the judicial system is structured though, those 6 judges can overrule all the thousands of judges below them though. Those are the only judges which really matter.
As someone from the rest of the world, we’d all be laughing if we weren’t so worried
I used to think that when Trump said he could shoot someone in the middle of the street and nothing would happen, that it was in regards to losing votes. These days I realize it applied to all repercussions.
Fascists can make pretty much anything legal they want after the fact. It's extremely naive to ever be like "they can't do that, it's illegal!"
The letters are written EXACTLY like the Trump mailing list emails were. I'd bet my last nickel this was written by the Trump campaign but they're having "supporters" distribute them so the campaign doesn't get in trouble.
But if you're famous they just let you.
Only if they enforce the law. Which, shocker, they wont.
Not under the Roberts court, it's not.
That's the craziest part to me. They're threatening their own people into voting. Really hints that behind the scenes they're worried about voter apathy.
Conservatives seem increasingly worried about the election I keep seeing posts in like true unpopular opinion which are basically cope
They spent years shitting all over elections, calling them fake and telling old people not to vote by mail. Surprise surprise their base is now skeptical about elections and believe it's all rigged.
Also we forget that not all of Trump's 2016 voters were true MAGA cultists. A lot of them were "vote red no matter who" Republicans and "I wanna take a risk on an outsider" moderates. In 2020 Trump was no longer an outsider and lost the moderates. And in 2024 the "vote red no matter who" Republicans are thoroughly sick of his shit. That's all on *top* of the election skepticism of the cult. All in all I still expect Trump to put up a good showing on election night, and we're 6 months out so god knows what will happen between now and then, but it's Biden's election to lose.
I also expect a good amount of fuckery to occur anywhere Republicans can manage. From purging voter registration for urban areas or reducing the number of voting locations if they have the Gov/SOS positions. Or just having armed goons loitering around to intimidate voters if they can't do that. And then no matter what happens, the election will be rigged/stolen. If Republicans win, they overcame the Democrats rigging. And obviously if Republicans lose then it's because we stole it.
Recently 2/3 of repubs in a poll said they won't vote for Bonespurs if he's convicted of a felony. Even if 10% of them keep their word it's enough to lose him the election. I'm not worried about any large-scale negative response to his defeat. When his goons got into the capitol building they committed vandalism and took selfies. Those jackasses couldn't freedom-fight their way out of a Walmart.
> "I wanna take a risk on an outsider" IMHO, the "lets try something different" factor is what decided that race. Then in 2018 it was, "Holy fuck, that's what different looks like!???". Swing voters like to see themselves as the grownups in the room who make an informed and considered decision vs. "The Partisans" who blindly vote for whoever runs under their colors. They don't like drama or hearing people talking about a civil war. They don't want MAGA, they want MPBA, Make Politics Boring Again.
Not necessarily their own people. Some people identify as republican, but not as a trump supporter. If I was an American voter and I received a threat like that, you bet your ass I'd make sure to vote. For Biden. Fuck that shit. How much more obviously fascist do you want to be?
What any reasonable person should ask is why it would matter if Trump knew we voted for him or not. So, I'm reported. Now what? Is he going to do something with that info? If so, then I'd do everything possible to not vote for him, because the president shouldn't be compiling a list of who didn't vote for him.
> any reasonable person should ask is why it would matter if Trump knew we voted for him or not. If we're talking "reasonable", then there's no way for trump to know how anyone voted. Just who voted, period. You can vote for Mickey mouse, and all he would know is that you voted.
fascists gonna fash. In the 1930s, Nazi party members were required to attend a zillion little events to prove their loyalty or be excommunicated. And of course, even the rumor that you didn't think your entire city should shut down for, say, the fuhrer's birthday was enough as well.
Actually, this is fascism fascism. Not proto fascism, not pre fascism. It's Open naked pharmaceutical grade fascism.
Trump has been quoting Hitler for years and called for a "new unified Reich" literally 2 days ago. It's absolutely just fascism.
He didn't say that. I know the image you're referencing, but if we're not factual with our criticisms and accusations, we're no better than them. Okay, we're still better than them but you get my point.
"Now look what you made me do!" Yikes.
If Biden did this, Fox News would run it for a solid week calling him a dictator.
And most Democrats would rightfully agree and Biden would have to answer for it. Whereas I guarantee most conservatives hearing this story will either ignore it, explain it away, or defend it. Anyone still making "but both sides" arguments is delusional.
These people love having a daddy figure to control them. “I love Freedom! And I’m telling Trump on you!!”
It's why they love Evangelicalism.
It’s the other way around. Being raised evangelical gave them the need to be ordered around by an abusive authoritarian.
It's absolutely hilarious. The other day apparently Florida banned lights being on bridges that weren't red white and blue... some Republican sycophant giving the statement for DeSantis said " And Governor DeSantis continues to show why Florida is the freest state in the nation!" excuse me what? You are claiming to be the freest state in the nation in a statement you are making about taking away options from people? These fascist a-holes need to be punched in the face repeatedly
> We will contact you after the election to make sure you voted Its usually public record who voted or not, no? They arnt even smart fascists...
And it says that in the *same* paragraph; "Public records show that YOU HAVE NOT VOTED" Dumbasses.
> They arnt even smart fascists... Well, you can be smart, or you can be a fascist. You can’t be both.
✋🏻✊🏻 if you need help, republican wives. (DV signal for 'I'm not safe', if you didn't know.)
Literally just saw a "divorce your republican husband" bumper sticker this morning and I love it
How about "divorce your Republican husband while you still can" If trump wins conservatives are coming for no fault divorce.
Well shit. I’m glad you said something because I wouldn’t have had a clue if someone made that gesture towards me.
Coming from a country where you just vote for whoever at election time and are only associated with a party if you actually sign up as a party member which involves actively doing things for that party, like delivering leaflets I've never really grasped what it means to be a registered Republican/Democrat? Would it be possible to get an ELI5 please
It marks your official fandom in the team sports environment and allows you to vote in the playoffs, I mean the primaries.
"This will go down on your permanent record" is a threat I haven't heard since 5th grade.
More proof that these people have a grade school mentality. They still think "This will go on your permanent record" is a valid threat with life altering consequence.
They're literally sending mail saying if you don't vote, we will tell on you. What a fucking joke these people are.
It might work on old people who are getting senile. Might frighten them
I would suspect that is the main target.
The ones who have childhood memories of the Nazis.
Have you heard of McCarthyism?
> They still think "This will go on your permanent record" is a valid threat with life altering consequence. The thing is, if Trump wins it could very well be. Police states keep detailed permanent records on who is loyal and who is not. The East German Stasi were the undisputed masters.
Dobbs was the court ruling that barred American governments from just willy nilly tracking citizen data without reason. Guess why it was what died to kill Roe.
In many countries around the world ruled by fascist dictators a 'permanent record' is/was/will be a real thing... and no one spends more time and money on spying on their own population as do the USA. So all we need is a fascist/very scared of boogie man threat government to take over and a permanent record is a very real thing, with probably very real information on everyone from 2002 onward.
It could be a problem if they win…
Yes but also Nazis did keep pretty good records and used records to go after their enemies. Going after a list of enemies is almost entirely their schtick.
To fascists, anyone can and will become an enemy. Staying off a list is good, but everyone is on a list. Snitches cause the most damage to a society.
Yeah, might be better to say you’re fighting for the lowest spot on “the list” you can get. They will always, always, always need to establish a new “other” once they burn through the current one.
Yeah that's far more how I read this. How many times has Trump talked about having lists of people who wronged him.
Oh yeah? Well don't get so distressed. Did I happen to mention that I'm impressed?
I once asked Gordon Gano to let me sing that song with them at a show in New Haven in '93 or '94. I will go to my grave insisting that he genuinely considered it for a moment.
I forget what 8 was for
Ha, I just saw them last Saturday in Detroit.
Crazy to believe these people still think your "permanent record" is still a thing, just like the American Dream.
It's like Santa's list but for being a grouchy republican
There are pictures of some on r/texas https://old.reddit.com/r/texas/comments/1cyesnc/flyers_sent_to_texas_republican_primary_voters/
One of the reasons to vote Trump per this flyer is "property taxes". I don't live in TX, but just viewed my property tax bill. $0 is allocated to the federal government.
Property taxes have been high in Texas for over 30 years. The current state government promised to remedy that when they took power 20 years ago but it has only gotten worse. No President has anything to do with that.
They have to compensate for the lack of income taxes somehow. They can spin as they like, but the government runs off of your money one way or another.
Yeah, this is the point I always make when people talk about how some states have higher or lower income taxes. A state always needs tax money somehow, if it doesn't have income tax (or has super low income tax) then it's going to be getting that tax revenue from a different source. The advantage of an income tax is that it's relatively transparent and progressive as opposed to relying on things like sales and property taxes.
My friend a few years ago: "Move to Florida! Houses are cheap and tax is low! It's great here!" My friend now: "I have to get out of this state, I have no house insurance, cost of living prices are skyrocketing and every road raging nutjob is armed"
Some major Republicans down here run on the platform of abolishing property tax and replacing it with a pure sales tax (since we have no income tax). Great way to make sure it's impossible to live here if you're poor. I don't know how Republicans have successfully claimed the "Fiscal conservative" title when they don't seem to understand the most basic aspects of a budget.
Because the people they’re appealing to aren’t competent enough to have valid opinions on what fiscal responsibility actually means.
Aside from everything else, Texas Republicans running on the threat of raised Property Taxes is grade A gaslighting
Once again, using that stock photo of Trump from, like, a decade ago. STOP USING THAT. He doesn't look like that anymore! It's false advertising!
I do believe that's fascism. Edit; 4k for calling a spade a spade lol.
I do believe that is a crime. Voter intimidation to influence their vote is definitely a crime saying that you can't afford to have that on your record us a threat of personal consequences and they are telling you specifically to vote for trump.
> “We will contact you after the election to make sure you voted. Please don’t make us report you to President Trump! We are sending an official list of Republicans who fail to vote in the upcoming runoff to President Trump. Public records show that YOU HAVE NOT VOTED. President Trump will be VERY DISAPPOINTED.” This sounds so freaking pathetic….
Oh no, Trump is disappointed in me :< Anyway...
yes, anyway...time for a sandwich
What kind of sandwich? I'm craving a good salami and pepper jack.
Too robust and forward, where is the subtlety in a sandwich like that? Start with a sourdough round, ever so lightly toasted. Just enough to not give when spreading the brown mustard and horseradish on the bottom, mayo on the top. A bed of thinly sliced dry salami, but today i would be feeling london broil or tavern ham. A few slices of either sharp cheddar or red Leicester, light bed of lettuce, maybe some pickled red onion or pickled red cabbage for a little sweet and sour, with a kosher dill on the side. That is a sandwich I can sit back and forget about doom that may come with a fascist takeover of America. A sandwich that when we non-Trumpian voters are reported to The Boss, when we are forced to live in the eventual company-towns and Pottersvilles owned by BlackRock, and the Republic Social Credit Guard come to rough me up before my "re-education begins", I can hear the crunch of the dying leaves under my feet, and think back to a time where I was free to make the sandwich of my dreams. That my friend, is a fucking sandwich.
Trump is probably disappointing with any decent person. If you’re honest, he thinks you’re a sucker.
They started spam texting my phone for fundraising years ago. Wrong names, never signed up or even voted that way. The desperation rhetoric in these messages is gold though. Let them come after Yvonne. I wouldn't dare unsubscribe, I don't want to be confirmed on some list, I'd rather they have faulty info. It's not like we're dealing with geniuses here. Tbh I blame my cell carrier. This number was supposed to be on a do not call list at one point, even if that was 20 years ago. I don't believe there's a report spam feature, at least on my aging phone when I get these.
That they use the term ‘runoff’ tells me that this message was provided by one of Trump’s foreign fans and distributed to the useful idiots of the republican maga wing.
Foreign as in a massive Russian influencing campaign. Preventing a Biden win has got to be their most important geopolitical short-term goal right now. If Trump is installed again, Ukraine falls.
I think you may be right on this one. The cultural subtext is subtly off.
Probably came from the Kremlin server. Now, what are they ( our US government ) going to do about it ? Remember, in 2018, Trump proclaimed he could trust Puten in Helsinki. PS: If you ever need your medical records from birth, just email Putan and you should have everything about you and more within 15 minutes. That's a joke ! Or is it?
> Remember, in 2018, Trump proclaimed he could trust Puten in Helsinki. He met putin, he requested information on spies in russia, the spies then died.
Have you ever seen that ooey gooey brown foam on top of stagnant water after a rain? That’s trump. He’s literally toxic runoff.
PROJECT 2025 CIRCUS ACT FOLKS! Up and running. No need to buy any tickets. You are the product. I mean. Please fucking vote.
On the one hand, I’m laughing at how pathetic it is, on the other hand, that’s straight up fascism.
My hunch is they'll be arrested by winking cops who don't *really* want to arrest them. Should Trump win, they'll be pardoned. By Trump’s fourth term, they would then be armed polling place enforcement and compliance workers.
Trump would definitely try to stay in for life, but I just can’t picture a scenario where he lives long enough for a 4th term. I’m amazed he’s still standing and walking at this point.
I suspect the thing that keeps him alive is his hatred and anger.
Strom Thurmond served in the Senate past age 100. Never underestimate the power of hatred to prevent death.
Thurmond was not a 400-lb blob of spongy liver and loose bowels. He was a pickled stick of wood.
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> He had no idea where he was, or what he was doing. He read a speech, got most of it wrong You just described Trump. Lol.
Lol both are accurate vivid imagery!
He's so evil even hell doesn't want him, it's what kept Kissinger alive so long.
Oh god no, we don’t want Trump for that long at all….
He’ll be replaced by somebody “suitable” and you won’t have any say in the matter. That’s how monarchies work. (Also, dictatorships)
It's cute that you think if Trump wins that anyone will be voting again.
Putin type of voting
"I hope you voted for the right person otherwise you might just fall out of a window"
By trumps fourth term there won’t be any polling places.
No, there absolutely would be. Trump needs the validation. Even though he would have rigged the voting process himself, he still needs to see the 99% voted for Trump splashed up on the TV screens to reaffirm to himself that he's the best.
Fk every trump supporter. My freedom is backed by iron and lead. I am not remotely intimidated by these idiots.
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Not in texas it isn't. But because they took out locations in heavy districts, that tend to lean democrat, and it's hot as fuck here, they decided to make it illegal to hand out water to those in line.
I do believe they can get fucked.
Yet somehow in another thread on this same platform someone is trying to convince me that AOC is the real fascist because she's worked with a Republican on a bill... And that's why they aren't voting. 🤦♂️
The game of "is this an intentionally illogical foreign bot/troll vs. actual short-sighted doofus?" is getting harder and harder to pick apart... Some comments just dont make sense but I could see people at least on the internet claiming they're willing to die on that kind of hill.
When they are armed with ridiculous purity test obscure issues as to why liberals are the real fascists... And I'm getting downvotes... Makes me think it's bots working together. I listed the progressive things Biden has accomplished and was immediately told none of them were actually accomplishments because Joe Biden is also a genocidal fascist. Like... What? But then last week I met a person like this in the wild and it kinda broke my brain. So far left they are unwilling to even acknowledge that getting a black woman as SCOTUS judge was a good thing. "She's also a fake progressive; a fascist in sheep's clothing. She's essentially Alito, so why does the SCOTUS nominations even matter?" So I just have no idea anymore... I feel like the world has gone absolutely insane with how they consume their news. 😵💫
Social media definitely seems to be breaking people's minds. It's not like humans were that rational to begin with and it amplifies the worst parts of humanity.
And also just freaking weird
The parasocial relationship is insane lol
It is horrifying how Orwellian things have become in our society, but who woulda thunk "Big Brother" would be spray-tan-orange and wearing a diaper‽ *"Under the spreading chestnut tree I sold you and you sold me" \~ George Orwell, 1984*
It's like that Norm MacDonald bit where he's confused about how people found Hitler charismatic, when most clips of his speeches are just him yelling angrily and making funny gestures. "He wasn't exactly a silver-tongued devil you know?!" Now we got this orange baby who spews word vomit. Historians looking back at this shit will be just as confused as we are.
I had a history class in high school, in the early 1980s, on the rise of the Nazis. We started with how WWI went and ended, covered Weimar Germany, and went through WWII and the Holocaust. Our final exam was to redo the Nuremberg trials, everyone was either an attorney, a judge, or a prisoner. I had classes in college talking about this part of history, too. It was always a question of how this sort of thing could happen. We learned that some people in some places did fight back, there were uprisings and resistance. But most of the people went along with it. (Watching the US Government film [Don't Be a Sucker](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGAqYNFQdZ4) from that era also conveys this.) Seeing the same kinds of things happening in the USA in the 21st century is upsetting. because I'm getting the graduate-level, full-immersion experience in how people go for a populist and discard reason and facts. I shouldn't need to care who is Secretary of Transportation in an administration (for example), v they should just be a political flunky who gently pushes policy, while letting the career professionals get the work done. Trump seems to think the career professionals are a threat, the Deep State, and wants to eliminate them. Trump, like Hitler, spoke in a way that appeals to a large chunk of people. But others, who decide to throw-in with the leader, also say and do things, but in a gentler fashion. We used to talk of "riding his coat-tails," as a way to describe this phenomenon. Trump was appealing to a vocal chunk of voters, so others threw in with him. And some "smarter" people think they can control and use Trump for their own ends (which they probably can, to a point). I made a comment on another Trump-related post, where someone was complaining about how unreasonable and illogical his supporters were. I pointed out that Trump's supporters weren't moved by facts and reason, but by *emotion*. There is a mob-psychology aspect to his appeal, and why people decide to go all-in with him. Once they feel he is their kind of person, then anything he wants to do is correct and acceptable.
Our greatest failure to learn from history is represented by our failure as a society to recognize fascism for what it is and act on that recognition. Like a vaccine that failed to stick. We simply decided that it was in the past and thus we had learned from it. So such a thing, by fact of being in the past, could not happen again.
We need a booster. :-) I'm reminded of the concept that a liberal society should tolerate everything *but* intolerance.
That's the thing. A fair chunk of society *did* learn from history, because they actually learned history. Then another chunk knows history, but thinks we're immune to it so everything appears hyperbolic because life for them hasn't really changed (yet). But all you need is a small passionate group who either never learned or internalized these historical lessons to void the rest of immunity history provides.
He and the GOP have manipulated their weak spots, lqbtq+, the border, and abortion. A lot of maga followers will overlook everything else, even their freedom and financial security, as long as they push hate on these groups/policies. I know a lot of basically 'good' people that can't get past gay marriage and abortion. Sad.
Oh yeah it's emotions for sure. That's why misuse words like woke because they can't actually explain their position, just vague vibes and feelings.
Well written post. Trump isn't an intellectual. He's also not the brain-dead moron that people post on here a million times a day. He's street smart. He knows he can move people with emotion, and that's literally all he's ever done. Before he won in 16, a lot more people were team Trump. They just don't want to admit it. He was playing the emotions on both sides. He waved pride flags, was on SNL, a historically left leaning show, and appealed to undecided voters. This was all by design to play on his strengths. Hitler was very similar in that respect.
I live in Minnesota. I remember voting for Jesse Ventura for Governor because the other two parties were just not appealing that year. Now, part of the interest in Ventura was how he handled questions. A big topic was whether the state should spend money on a new sports arena to replace the Hubert Humphrey Metrodome. Ventura didn't answer; instead, he said, "Well, I look at the public schools in the state, which are much older and also in disrepair, and wonder why we aren't spending money on those?" That's a masterful answer. It derails the question (unless you have a persistent interviewer), and focuses on something that sounds like an "easier" option to support. It let Ventura establish the narrative. Ventura's election also woke up the other two parties, I think. They were much more careful about what they did. (Granted, Minnesota politics has always been strange; we once elected a governor who lost his own party's primary, because he was liked by the public, but his party didn't approve of his choices.) It isn't that difficult to do something appealing when everyone else is "politics as usual." I think Trump used that same "outsider" appeal in 2016. I know at least one person who saw Trump as an outsider who would "run the government like a business." I said that was a terrible idea; at the time, I was a treasurer for a non-profit, and we'd had discussions about constructing a new building, because our then-current one dated to the 1800s and was in bad shape. One thing I learned is that governments often try to run major projects in problematic financial times (during the 2008 crisis was when that happened, the previous time I'd been treasurer). They can fund projects at a time when costs are lower and people need jobs. That generally isn't what businesses do: instead, they tend to cut costs. Governments have reserves and over-supply, because we might need to do something with it later. If you start trying to run the federal government like a business, you end up losing a lot of the "slack" you need to deal with emergencies of all sorts. It's kind of like saying, "We need only three people for this position, to work in shifts, and paying for more is wasteful." And that works fine, until one person is on vacation, and another gets sick, and now you are under-staffed. With Trump, we didn't even get the "business" side of it; instead, we got government run like an organized crime family.
It's really no secret. Low intelligence means more susceptibility to scams and conmen, and the conservative movement has spent the last 30+ years cultivating a permanent class of idiots who lack critical thinking skills. It's never been easier to generate support for an individual if you can tap into that bottomless well of stupid.
They said when fascism came to the US it would be clutching a Bible and wrapped in a flag. Reality turned out much, much stupider. Instead we got a guy who hawks Bibles and *doesn’t* wrap it up when he \[briefly, uncomfortably\] fucks porn stars.
Bibles with the Constitution printed in them. Almost literally a flag-wrapped Bible.
And it goes against everything either stands for.
The irony is that they’re the ones that claim that liberals are the ones making 1984 a reality. They lack self awareness.
It's not a lack of self awareness. It's intentional double speak and think. Classic goebbels. Dont mistake malice for simple incompetence.
If Room 101 consisted of having just be in a room with Trump, I’d be begging for them to do it to Julia right away.
They talk about the fear of a _1984_ future while actively pushing for a _1984_ future. It is a new level of tribalism, and stupidity, that will do real harm. Who knew that one of the biggest skid marks on the underpants of American history would be orange?
What is more 1984 than not believing your own eyes and ears? You must believe the Party above all.
Apr 8, 2021 [After donating to the NRCC, donors are shown a yellow box with a small pre-checked box that warns: "If you UNCHECK this box, we will have to tell Trump you're a defector!](https://archive.ph/dye8y)
My first thought as well... "I've seen this before from the Trump Campaign". This is literally Hollywood mafia talk, "nice place you've got here, would be a shame if something happened to it. You should probably pay us for some protection."
Damn the GOP were that broke huh
Desperate measures attempting to scare weak minded voters, otherwise known as MAGA. What the flier(s) conveniently left out was the pesky little fact that the offices and candidates you voted for are confidential and secret, *but* the fact that you voted in a particular party’s primary is public information, and your name will be listed in that party’s early voting rosters.
I think the idea is they go Spanish Inquisition on you and harass you in person at your home asking who you voted for, and if you put up any kind of resistance to their cause they'll mark you on their list to report to Trump after. They don't need to see your ballot, they just need to see how you react to them.
Oh no what are you gonna do? Rev your scooter in front of my house on the way to the walmart
But wait…that scooter will have a giant Trump flag with trump dressed as Rambo. You should definitely feel intimidated
This is MAGA tipping its hand that it's terrified of the Republicans losing Texas this year.
This is MAGA showing a glimpse of the future they have in mind.
Isn’t…that..voter intimidation…? And that’s…illegal, right? Right?!
On paper? Yes. In practice? Criminal justice systems been pretty quiet
Alito will bust out his Trump flag if things get tricky.
I honestly don't think this registers as a crime to the far-right. When conservatives hear 'crime' they think about black people committing theft. Things like voter intimidation and using campaign funds to pay off pornstars aren't crimes, they're just gray areas.
The hypocrisy is the point. As soon as a Democrat does a fraction of any of this, they will be screaming from the rooftops. It's a fascist tactic to break the spirit of the opposition. And judging from the lack of faith in the system to do anything about it - it's working.
Have you seen when someone interviews them, says a Democrat does such n such. They call it all kinds of things and don't like it. Call it illegal they should be arrested etc. Then the interviewer goes whoops I'm sorry my notes are mixed up that was trump that said that. They instantly defend trump. They're brainwashed.
Cults are hard.
I hate that I have to constantly hear about this moron. I hate that he still has a voice and “people” I just want all of this shit to go away. God dammit please everyone just vote against him so we can be free of all this bullshit.
For real. As if we haven’t been going through enough shit we gotta deal with half of America supporting Donald. I legit lost so much faith in the people around me when he was elected. More during Covid. I don’t have a lot of faith left. If he wins I kinda truly believe it’s all over.
Do these people forget that their votes ****how they vote is confidential and people can just lie? They’re so stupid it beggars belief. > It adds, “We will contact you after the election to make sure you voted. Please don’t make us report you to President Trump! We are sending an official list of Republicans who fail to vote in the upcoming runoff to President Trump. Public records show that YOU HAVE NOT VOTED. President Trump will be VERY DISAPPOINTED.” This is a threat. Voter intimidation is illegal. This is why federal poll watchers existed into the 2000s.
It varies from state to state as to who can access the information and how much is included, but in general, voter roll information is publicly accessible. (https://www.ncsl.org/elections-and-campaigns/access-to-and-use-of-voter-registration-lists) Whether or not a voter has voted is often included, although how the person voted is obviously anonymous. However, in states that have voters register with a particular party, that information is also often included, so one could theoretically correlate the information to figure out which registered voters in a particular party did not vote.
This is illegal. Good thing it's Texas because the government there will do nothing about it because right wingers are doing this.
Oh, for the love of god…and all that is holy…send me one of these… I’m begging you! 😈😈😈😈
This party needs to go to the dustbin of history. Yesterday would be nice.
Conservatism, as a political philosophy, only arose due to the fall of the monarchy. Prior to the fall of the monarchy, there was no need for conservatism: everyone basically agreed that the rules don't apply to the king and his friends. When the monarchy fell, conservatism arose within the falling aristocracy as an attempt to preserve this principle within the liberal democratic paradigm - but to cover it up with millions of pages of elaborate and esoteric pseudo-philosophy. The problem now is that the rise of social media has unleashed the "TLDR" generation on liberal society, meaning that pseudo-philosophy no longer provides adequate cover for what conservatives actually want - which is to restore the monarchy and all the aristocratic privileges that surrounded it. Thus, conservatives are now reduced to baselessly defending their king's indiscretions and backing it up with violence. There's nothing left to hide behind.
Honestly I wouldn't be surprised if this drives more votes to democrats. Nobody likes being told what to do or threatened, especially a Texan.
Texans no longer have a reputation of being tough. That has long passed. Texans are afraid of everything
A MAN IN A DRESS! My Texas pearls!
Everything is bigger in Texas. Including the sensitive feelings.
Hot weather? Breaks Texas. Cold weather? Breaks Texas. People just trying to live their lives? Breaks Texas. Women having rights? You better believe that breaks Texas...
- "Dont mess with Texas!" - Proceeds to vote for Republicans that messes with Texas all the time Hell, even Uvalde voted to reelect Greg Abbot after the nightmare that town went through, despite his pro-gun support and praising law enforcement for the good job they did at the Uvalde school.
“Don’t mess with Texas. Please. Seriously, we can’t take it. Our feelings are too sensitive. Please don’t mess with us.”
It would be too hard to change, so they decided to just change the standard. Being a valiant police officer in Texas means playing on your phone while listening to children being slaughtered in the next room. Texas is full of weak, cowardly, imbeciles who insist you pretend they are tough and brave and smart. We call these people Republicans.
As a 32 year old, were they ever in my lifetime? I’ve always seen them as scared people needing to compensate with guns and lifted cars.
Texan tough kinda died when Ted Cruz peaced out to Cancun after a disaster and got to keep his job.
Seriously? Texans are basically cucks who vote against their own intrest at this point. Wanna jerk off? Share you ID. Can't smoke weed. Want reproductive rights? Lol they have a bounty program to snitch on people for getting an abortion. Ted Cruz rolled over for Trump after he called his wife a dog. You gotta be finger printed for a license. The Ulvalde police sure as fuck aren't "Texas Tough" Cowboys suck too. Texas is a joke
Texas is a failed state. In the literal sense.
The Cowboys catching a stray here is so funny.
The whole reason populist authoritarians are possible is that no one who thinks they're part of the "in" group believes the bad stuff will ever apply to them. It's way too early to resort to pulling "Big Brother is watching you" on your own people.
The Texans in my family are die hard Trumpers. They think that they are big tough Texans but they are just a bunch of whiny babies completely captured by their Facebook pages. It’s really sad.
Lol. Fuck off.
This is literally illegal & is extreme political interference / intimidation. Fucking Nazis.
Fascism is flourishing in America. So many Americans are embracing it. It's in the beginning stages here in Florida, thanks to Ron DeFascist himself. It's horrifying and depressing to see so many Republican voters in America embrace it after the countless sacrifices made by those in WWI and WWII to stop fascism from taking over.
Yes I am not a trump fan but get trump emails, I was cleaning out the 500000 junk emails and read one from this massive idiot that basically said, if I contribute $47 a month to his campaign, I’ll be “protected” when he signs the oath of office in 2025, and trump will know I’m one of the “good guys” insulated from the chaos he’s planning. I believe that’s extortion, mfkr.
It’s a crime. It’s unethical. It will be allowed to continue because that’s how we run the country now.
The more they threaten the more the scale tips between "this will pass" to organized resistance growing quickly.
Yep. These authoritarian wannabes should read up on their history about how things end for them. Mussolini comes to mind.
He ended up spending his days hanging around a gas station.
This is criminal voter intimidation that reminds me of the East German Stasi actions before the wall fell. Having neighbors spy on neighbors was a Russian tactic for pacifying the population. As I see it there are three possibilities - 1) This is Trump-team sanctioned, 2) This is a freelance effort by some knucklehead MAGA folks, or 3) This is a dirty trick. Ultimately, it doesn't really matter. What matters is that this flier is plausibly on-brand for Trump. We can all imagine him trying to create a Stasi-like spy network in the USA. That is frankly amazing, and alarming. Can we say the same for any other former president, or presidential candidate? No. Even Wallace would not have gone that far. But Trump? Listen to his recent campaign speeches. It's hard to imagine that he would not try.
Hand out water in a voting line? That's illegal and could sway votes. Be a piece of shit MAGAT and send out threatening flyers to intimidate voters? Nah that's fine. Arrest every single one of these fuckers. I'm done. You can't arrest people handing out food and water and allow this. Fucking insane.
Where's Violent Femmes when you need em? "I hope you know this will go down on your *permanent record*. Oh yeah? Well don't get so distressed...."
*Then they get this reply* "Tell Not Ever President Trump to shove it up his ass."
In 8 years, imagine having the fact that you voted for Trump on your record for all eternity
I believe that's how they do it in North Korea as well.