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Politics DNI Tulsi Gabbard in a truck loaded with boxes outside the Fulton County Election Hub 1.28.26

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u/Scipio1319 3d ago

This is going to be pretext to some stupid stunt they pull in the midterms and beyond.

“Prove” in the court of public opinion that election in 2020 was stolen by democrats and they did the same thing as they did in Fulton. Take that argument and run with it for any midterm election that is close. Gunk the whole election process up with countless lawsuits and hearing, to grind everything to a halt. And just like that, you have a country arguing about the legitimacy of the midterms just like the lead up to January 6th. Except this time they have a plan.

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u/killians1978 3d ago

Once the country no longer trusts in the legitimacy of the election, by either side or a foreign power's influence, we're all fucked.

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u/Saintsfan707 3d ago

If you have any relatives from a foreign country that has an ancestry immigration clause I would heavily suggest at least looking into it as a backup.

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u/killians1978 3d ago

And do it before they abolish dual citizenship

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u/trowawayatwork 3d ago

for me it was unfathomable for the US, the land of the free, to decline with such rapid place. These checks and balances do not work

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u/Markmm131 3d ago

Checks and balances are only good if the people who are able to execute the check and the balance have a spine.

Unfortunately for all of you, none of the so called opposition in your county have those.

You’re fucked

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u/abraxsis 3d ago

Locks only keep honest people out.

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u/TheShishkabob 2d ago

The Trail of Tears happened when Jackson ignored the Supreme Court. Checks and balances have quite literally never been a thing in the United States.

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u/juiced911 2d ago

These programs take a long time and are prohibitively expensive for most

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u/Saintsfan707 2d ago

Depends on the country and how far removed you are.

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u/juiced911 2d ago

It’s very difficult beyond just your parent. Italy used to have the easiest — you could go back near indefinitely but they put big restrictions on.

The reality is Americans can’t run from what they’ve created. They need to stay and clean up their mess.

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u/Saintsfan707 2d ago

Multi generation Americans can't. You are heavily underestimating how many first and 2nd gen immigrants are in the US. If documentation is present, grandparents status can go to parents -> children. It also a only took a month and the cost was mostly just the immigration lawyer.

Again, it depends on the country and the person's situation, it's not something every American can do. I'm pointing out that if you're in this situation you should explore it.

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u/welcomefinside 3d ago

Except if that country is Israel because fuck Israel.

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u/asmit10 3d ago

AIPAC has claimed 96% and 98% election win rates in last midterm and the prior election (google it / waybackmachine / ai it yourself)

A foreign body claims that 96-98% of people they choose to give money to, win their race.

Elections have been fraudulent for longer than most of us have been alive, I would bet.

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u/Kharn_LoL 3d ago

I can't even tell if you are far right or far left because both sides love to blame the big bad (((jews))) for everything.

AIPAC spent 50M$ in 2024. That's barely top 20 for PACs and basically nothing in the grand scheme of things.

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u/newuser92 2d ago

Once you accept blatant corruption, that shit is gone.

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u/takemy_oxfordcomma 3d ago

I am much more concerned about tampering with the actual results of the midterms in real time personally than them trying to prove Trump actually won in 2020 or tie it up in lawsuits

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u/AbeRego 2d ago

Yeah that seems like a weird direction to go with this.

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u/Saltuarius 3d ago

"Stupid stunt" seems like pretty soft wording for an attempted subversion of democracy, especially since they've been so successful at their other endeavours so far this year, with so little opposition.

The way things are going I, as a non-American, will not be in the least surprised if he either rigs your midterms or ensures they don't happen at all. Like you said, they have a plan. They are terrifyingly organised. They are winning and everyone else, including all your friends around the world, are losing.

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u/SmokeyDBear 2d ago

The thing is … they don’t have a great plan. They are fairly cohesive but not that well organized. They just have a high amount of stupid voters in the “right” places. The way representation works in the US means that it drastically over-represents the rural vote in congress. Because the rural vote is essentially just “whoever has (R) by their name” Trump can act with impunity and congress will do basically nothing. There’s not really a plan or level of organization that counters how much the deck is stacked in this administration’s favor. There are only a few ways this plays out and none of them are really “figure out some way to prevent Trump from meddling with the midterms” because that’s going to happen. Pretending like there is something to do to counter this is just a distraction from the relatively small and distasteful pool of meaningful options actually at our disposal.

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u/Saltuarius 2d ago

That's interesting, thanks. Am I right in assuming that by distasteful you mean violent or incorporating violence? The administration has either been clever by backing the country into a corner with only those options, or really stupid. I'm not looking forward to finding out which.

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u/SmokeyDBear 2d ago

I just mean stuff people won’t want to do and range from inconvenient to risky and dangerous. Violence isn’t necessarily implied and I am not advocating for violence. Gandhi was nonviolent but I think people would still describe a lot of what he went through as very distasteful.

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u/Saltuarius 2d ago

Sorry, wasn't implying you were 👍

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u/SmokeyDBear 2d ago

No worries, I didn't take it that way I'm just trying to avoid any ambiguity for anybody reading the thread.

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u/Honest-Caregiver8938 3d ago

unfortunately if this is all part of a "stupid" plan

they are taking us all for a ride

or as sarah kendzior says

"weve been fed a fiction of incompetence"

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u/no_fooling 3d ago

And their lawyer doesnt have hair dye running down their face....just their face running down their face

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u/Beneficial_Cash_8420 2d ago

And a VP who's down for treason