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hookaleft

(1,452 posts)
Tue Jun 30, 2026, 05:24 PM Tuesday

He is not going to let us vote.

He will not give up power. His victory on campaign finance can't save him. The country is enraged. He has no choice but to stop or interfere with the midterms.

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He is not going to let us vote. (Original Post) hookaleft Tuesday OP
He will do neither. GOTV. TheProle Tuesday #1
He's certainly trying. Bobstandard Tuesday #37
That's what I'm afraid of. dhol82 Tuesday #2
Yes he will, many are still underestimating his willingess to do anything. CoopersDad Tuesday #3
Walk us through how that would happen Fiendish Thingy Tuesday #22
Well i guess we're all cooked. Doomed. BannonsLiver Tuesday #4
Who is going to stop him? hookaleft Tuesday #5
No one. We're absolutely screwn. BannonsLiver Tuesday #6
What shall you be doing for our daily grieving? mr715 Tuesday #9
Don't forget the ashes on the head! Coventina Tuesday #12
Ashes! mr715 Tuesday #16
No way I can top that. BannonsLiver Tuesday #13
Kudos on "screwn" Coventina Tuesday #10
I think someone started one years ago. Not sure what ever happened to it. madinmaryland Tuesday #17
We the People. We fought and won against the most powerful nation 250 years ago. We know how to do it Deuxcents Tuesday #11
You, for one, when you vote. mr715 Tuesday #18
Stop. mr715 Tuesday #7
I hope you are right hookaleft Tuesday #8
Listen -- mr715 Tuesday #15
Can't say that he'd succeed, but B.See Tuesday #14
Nope. The states will shut that down. MineralMan Tuesday #19
Your defeatist doomerism is duly noted. Fiendish Thingy Tuesday #20
+1 onenote Tuesday #29
I'm voting. We are voting. themaguffin Tuesday #21
it's not 'his' (one-single person enabled by many ass-lickers) decision/right to make for me or you RT Atlanta Tuesday #23
No. He's a stupid, ineffective moron who isn't gonna do anything of the sort PCIntern Tuesday #24
When we do that, can we do one more thing, please? hamsterjill Tuesday #28
I've been saying this for years PCIntern Tuesday #30
It's not like he's an Insurrectionist. Kid Berwyn Tuesday #25
Should've been easy to move the DOJ on him. Oh. Wait. I mean wait. Then wait. mr715 Tuesday #26
Aided by fellow traitors in government. Kid Berwyn Tuesday #27
I actually think he will D_Master81 Tuesday #31
We out-number his thugs and they will be unhappily surprised with the results struggle4progress Tuesday #32
Here is the thing about Rump Bluestocking Tuesday #33
No one Manatee Tuesday #34
I can't wait for his term to be over. Baitball Blogger Tuesday #35
There are likely multiple levels of this scheme. Snarkoleptic Tuesday #36
Sounds serious Torchlight Tuesday #38
Oh well in that case, MarineCombatEngineer Tuesday #39
When I receive my ballot in Oregon, I will vote MerryBlooms Tuesday #40

Bobstandard

(2,448 posts)
37. He's certainly trying.
Tue Jun 30, 2026, 08:06 PM
Tuesday

And he’s making a lot of headway. The barriers to voting will get bigger as we get closer to the event.

We need to GOTV like crazy. And we need everyone to be ready to deal whatever Trump through at us. Fight to vote!

CoopersDad

(3,425 posts)
3. Yes he will, many are still underestimating his willingess to do anything.
Tue Jun 30, 2026, 05:31 PM
Tuesday

He outdoes himself almost daily.

Fiendish Thingy

(24,623 posts)
22. Walk us through how that would happen
Tue Jun 30, 2026, 06:02 PM
Tuesday

Reminder: so far, all the states have ignored his election related EO’s without consequences.

mr715

(4,980 posts)
9. What shall you be doing for our daily grieving?
Tue Jun 30, 2026, 05:41 PM
Tuesday

I'm thinking about gnashing my teeth and rending my garments as normal, but perhaps I shall kneel on rice this time while calling out to the sky in a plaintive wail, "At least I don't have to vote!!"

mr715

(4,980 posts)
16. Ashes!
Tue Jun 30, 2026, 05:50 PM
Tuesday

I can't believe I forgot.

And such a truly classic, Roman mortification of the flesh.

Obviously I shall dust myself and look like a wraith before sundown.

Coventina

(30,100 posts)
10. Kudos on "screwn"
Tue Jun 30, 2026, 05:41 PM
Tuesday

I didn’t know if anyone here was still using that!!

Did we ever make that freeper dictionary?

Deuxcents

(28,404 posts)
11. We the People. We fought and won against the most powerful nation 250 years ago. We know how to do it
Tue Jun 30, 2026, 05:43 PM
Tuesday

Hungry just defeated Viktor Orban. It’s very disappointing hearing the defeated comments on this thread and we would still be under a king if we let this attitude prevail.

mr715

(4,980 posts)
7. Stop.
Tue Jun 30, 2026, 05:38 PM
Tuesday

You mentioned in another post you are having an understandably difficult time coping with politics and current events.

Donald Trump is not the immortal God-King of America. He is a petty, thin skinned, DUMB man served by venal, small-minded, avaricious C-team enablers.

He does not have the power to cancel elections.

He does not have ultimate control over your life. All he can do to defeat you is convince you that you are powerless, you should give up because you've already been defeated, and that he, Trump, is more powerful than he actually is.

Stop.

He will not and cannot cancel elections. If he even made a concerted gesture in that direction, he'd lose a lot more than the top of his ear.

Stop.

Breathe.

Touch grass.

mr715

(4,980 posts)
15. Listen --
Tue Jun 30, 2026, 05:48 PM
Tuesday

He's going to die.

It is going to happen. It might be happening right now!

He is going to be found in his own shit and piss and he'll be dead and gone.

The billionaires aren't much smarter than he. Peter Thiel? He'll die in a botched infusion of stem cells. Elon Musk can't piss without exploding a rocket. Mark Zuckerberg is so damaged and weak that I can't even think of a biting comment for him.

One day, you are going to wake up and Donald Trump will be like a bad dream. Yeah, you'll need to wash your sheets because of the cold sweat. But just as Trump erased the legacy of Biden, we will erase Trump. He will be reduced to the aberration he always was - a symptom of an uncorrected social media addiction and a data environment where information moves faster than education.

The GOP will be left with JD Vance, a man utterly without conviction. A man who couldn't will himself out of a paper bag unless there was a participation trophy nearby.

So, enough.

He isn't cancelling elections. Anyone saying so is feeling into your anxiety either because they want to profit from your attention or because they are as anxious as you are.

You are in control of yourself and your mind. In about 6 months, we are going to control the House of Representatives and we will win seats in the Senate.

It will be better then than it is today.

It will be better in 2029 than it would be then.

B.See

(9,081 posts)
14. Can't say that he'd succeed, but
Tue Jun 30, 2026, 05:47 PM
Tuesday

he will definitely TRY. Of that I have NO doubt. Which, I think, for some of us, doesn't inspire dispair. Only ANGER.

DON'T dispair. Don't get 'chilled.' Get MAD.

VOTE.

Fiendish Thingy

(24,623 posts)
20. Your defeatist doomerism is duly noted.
Tue Jun 30, 2026, 06:01 PM
Tuesday

For everyone else, never forget this one absolute truth:

Trump is not omnipotent, and the states and the people are not powerless

RT Atlanta

(2,884 posts)
23. it's not 'his' (one-single person enabled by many ass-lickers) decision/right to make for me or you
Tue Jun 30, 2026, 06:02 PM
Tuesday

may god damn them all but one, and for that one, baptize him in shit

PCIntern

(28,844 posts)
24. No. He's a stupid, ineffective moron who isn't gonna do anything of the sort
Tue Jun 30, 2026, 06:09 PM
Tuesday

We are all going to vote and we are going to oust these motherfuckers.

hamsterjill

(18,017 posts)
28. When we do that, can we do one more thing, please?
Tue Jun 30, 2026, 06:24 PM
Tuesday

Can we do whatever is necessary to make it where this shit can't ever happen again? I think about that a lot. It will greatly influence my votes for Dems in primaries, etc. I want representatives who will take steps to stop this crap from ever being able to happen again - whatever those steps may be.

I am much less interested in any "coming together" than I am getting some things done and accomplished. I want Roe v Wade to be codified - or whatever else is needed to give women bodily autonomy. I want people to be able to live and love as they choose, and I do not want religion taught in public schools. I want Social Security and Medicare to be untouchable so that seniors don't have to worry. Universal healthcare to be a reality.

We are going to need STRONG candidates, and not necessarily the same kind as in periods past.

Kid Berwyn

(25,619 posts)
27. Aided by fellow traitors in government.
Tue Jun 30, 2026, 06:21 PM
Tuesday

Epstein and his wingman go back to the October Surprise and Iran-Contra.

D_Master81

(2,759 posts)
31. I actually think he will
Tue Jun 30, 2026, 06:49 PM
Tuesday

I don’t think he has enough pull to cancel any elections. He will just raise doubt about the results every day and try to nullify the results.

struggle4progress

(127,330 posts)
32. We out-number his thugs and they will be unhappily surprised with the results
Tue Jun 30, 2026, 06:51 PM
Tuesday

if they try to stop us from voting

Bluestocking

(913 posts)
33. Here is the thing about Rump
Tue Jun 30, 2026, 07:13 PM
Tuesday

The Republicans have allowed him to do anything he wants. As a result he has broken so many laws that no court will be able to protect him and his family and his cohorts. It may take 2 years until the Republicans are out of power but when they are. Oh boy. We will not have a repeat of the slow prosecutions of the Biden administration. It will be swift and painful for the criminal Republicans.

When you are feeling down, just remember what I have said.

Baitball Blogger

(52,947 posts)
35. I can't wait for his term to be over.
Tue Jun 30, 2026, 07:16 PM
Tuesday

If he's still alive, there will be huge money for him if he writes a confessional, like telling us just how far he was willing to go to take over this country by force, and what happened that stopped him. It would be his deathbed confessional and his children will make millions from the proceeds.

Snarkoleptic

(6,252 posts)
36. There are likely multiple levels of this scheme.
Tue Jun 30, 2026, 07:50 PM
Tuesday

Laws forbidding distribution of water and food at polling places, many of which are deliberately unequipped for expected volume of votes.
I imagine there are several election officials who will refuse to certify results of any election won by Dems.
That plus vandals burning ballot drop boxes with thermite (happened in Seattle and Portland in 2024).
Federal agents with long guns lurking around polling places in Democratic strongholds.
Caging voters, challenging individuals on election day.
Bomb threats called in to polling places.
Stealing mail from left-leaning areas.
Tampering with voting machines.

All of the above and other reich-wing mischief.

Confirm your registration now and ensure your vote will count!

MerryBlooms

(12,637 posts)
40. When I receive my ballot in Oregon, I will vote
Tue Jun 30, 2026, 08:51 PM
Tuesday

You're all over the map in your post.
Get some rest.
If you're diabetic, check the blood sugar

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