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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Mon Feb 16, 2026, 04:36 PM Monday

What if we took Collective Action to Stop Trump? [View all]

By Tom Corddry
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Checking Donald Trump’s drive toward authoritarian control of the US Government depends ultimately on Democrats winning a majority of seats in the House of Representatives in the November 2026 election, and then actually seating that majority in January 2027, a year from now.

These are two separate things, and in 2020 Trump focused on disrupting the latter, the actual transfer of power. He appears to be focused on the same strategy for 2026/27, with more time and resources to set up pretexts.

A Democratic majority in the Senate as well would be fantastic, but more difficult to achieve. Nevertheless, it should be pursued since seats gained in 2026 improve the odds of achieving a majority in 2028.

Trump understands the stakes, and is pursuing his agenda at full speed, looking for ways to corrupt and discredit the November election, purging career Federal employees in favor of loyalists, standing up a violent domestic paramilitary force answering to him rather than the Constitution, and demanding control of elections, contra the Constitution.

https://www.postalley.org/2026/02/12/what-if-we-took-collective-action-to-stop-trump/?mc_cid=7a6bfaa2ff&mc_eid=a0c4847065

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