I do not want to start a big argument, BUT i feel very uneasy about November. Not sure how to say this, BUT

[bluestarone]

I think that today's RETHUGS are going full boar behind TSF. It just seems way out of character. They seem like they are not one bit worried about Novembers election. I mean people are really upset by what is happening to EVERYTHING today, but these bastards are acting like they are not worried one bit? Do they have some kind of plan that will lock in their victory in November? Look how they act when they are called to testify before congress! Jesus Christ i have never witnessed such behavior before. I'm just saying something STINKS badly, and i'm very concerned about what these monsters have planned. What are your thoughts?

[walkingman]

1. They know their policies are unpopular and they will do everything they can to stay in power.

Removing people from voter rolls, intimidation at polling places, using religious leaders to demonize cultural issues, classifying liberals as "sinners" and using Trump appointed judges to delay or overturn rulings. I suspect they will court the Bible Belt very heavility and buy ranchers/farmers with $$$.

The key for us is stop in the infighting between progressive/moderates and to turn out the vote. ☮

[IrishAfricanAmerican]

24. This absolutely happens in churches! I've seen it first hand.

What they'll do is, the Sunday before Election Day, have a "guest preacher." This guy will preach hellfire and damnation if Democrats win. It's very, very effective with the "evangelical" types.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

54. I cant disagree

[yaesu]

2. It will be a shitshow IHND. Billions of fascist dollars flooding media, foreign attacks given a free pass

red state and federal voter suppression plus the ace in the hole fascist supreme court.

[bluestarone]

3. Yes, we gotta mention that

Ace in the hole! for sure.

[Irish_Dem]

4. Yes it is like they don't care about votes and elections.

I wonder why that might be?

[returnee]

30. I think they will digitally steal it...

…like I think they stole 2024. TSF gave several signs that he didn’t need votes. Nothing is different now.

[annielion]

40. I see a difference now because of the evidence of a stolen election in 2024

The formula used to steal the 2024 election is the same used in Russia. ElectionTruthAlliance.org has a great deal of evidence. Proof will hopefully come before the November election,. SmartElections.us is training people to observe elections in real time. If the 2026 results follow the same formula as used in 2024, the Republican steal is exposed.

[returnee]

48. I heard heard Nikole Hannah Jones...

…of the 1619 Project say it is naive to think they will not attempt to steal the next election.

[themaguffin]

5. They are just too scared to call anything out or separate themselves even though that's what they should do.

not to mention stopping this madness.

[wnylib]

6. I have similar concerns. The R thugs are not concerned because

they intend to "win" the midterms by hook or crook. Exactly what their plan is I can't say for sure. But there are some indications of things they plan to try

There is the redistricting plot, aimed at putting more MAGAs in the House.

One intention is to disenfranchise several voters with the SAVE Act requirements for voter ID, proof of citizenship, and banning mail ballots.

If the SAVE act is passed, it will cause chaos because there is not enough time for states to prepare precincts for it.

If the SAVE Act is not passed, the thugs will have a Plan B. Don't know what exactly it will be. It could be almost anything, from canceling the elections to sending military to several voting sites, to open violence to suppress votes.

The plan might be like the 2020 presidential election, challenging every Dem win in court in order to cast doubt on the results.

But I am certain that, whatever the plan or backup plan is, Trump and his enablers have no intention of allowing a Dem House or completely Dem Congress to exist. They will stop at nothing to prevent it. How will the voters react to whatever the intervention is? I don't know, but I think that there are too many people who are too fed up to take such election interference lying down this time.

[doc03]

13. They were a little too confident Trump would

win in 2024. I just get the feeling Democrats are not going to do as good as they think. This when we take over the House next year seems premature.

[BonnieJW]

42. First time in history a candidate won all the swing states

[EdmondDantes_]

57. This isn't true

If nothing else Reagan did it in 1984. But also that's using the definition of swing states as exactly Nevada, Arizona, Georgia, North Carolina, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. While those particular states have gone back and forth over the last 3 elections, historically they haven't been the case.

Georgia voted Democratic in 2 presidential elections since 1984. North Carolina voted for Obama once and the last time before that was 1976. Arizona voted Democratic presidents 2 times since 1948.

In 2008 Obama won all of the states that had been within 5 points for either party in 2004 which to me would classify as winning all the swing states based on the most recent election and a much better metric than taking 7 swing states from this particular election and counting them as always the swing states.

[Fiendish Thingy]

7. You are misreading the signals

They are panicked about the midterms, and aren’t willing to kill the filibuster to pass the SAVE act because they know it will disenfranchise as many, if not more of their voters than Dem voters.

50+ republicans have read the tea leaves and are retiring from congress. Many (Tillis for example) no longer GAF and are opposing Trump on various issues.

Before the cameras, they are cocky and defiant, but aside from the diehard MAGA cultists in the cabinet, most republicans know in their hearts this one undeniable, unavoidable truth:

Nothing can stop the Blue Tsunami in November

Don’t let scripted performances by cultists tickle your amygdala’s imagination into foreseeing doom and defeat in November.

[bluestarone]

10. Just one thing.

I hope you're right.

[Fiendish Thingy]

12. If the fix was in, and the election was already rigged

Why would Trump be demanding they pass the SAVE act?

[bluestarone]

14. True, BUT

My mind thinks it's just a way they choose to cover their ass. I will worry until this election is over. Again, i DO hope your 100% correct!

[Fiendish Thingy]

15. Take your worries over to Vote Save America

Run by former Obama staffers.

They will find something to keep your mind occupied until November

https://votesaveamerica.com/

[popsdenver]

16. Smokescreen

Before the 2024 Election, Trump and Republicans were already talking as if his win was already guaranteed......

Putin wins all his elections by 85+%.....sure he shared how he does that with Trump/Republicans.

Just think about the 2016 elections when Putin Corruptly channeled hundreds of millions from Uber Rich Russians, through the contrived "Russian NRA", and thanks to 2010 Citizens United, laundered it to Trump and all Republicans up and down ballot......

[Fiendish Thingy]

18. Why would 50+ republicans retire if they were confident the election would be rigged in their favor?

Your post makes zero sense, has no cohesive or coherent logic.

Of course, I don’t believe the 2024 elections were rigged, because I don’t need any “forensic statistical analysis” to explain how Trump won, when 9 million fewer voters showed up at the polls,

[EdmondDantes_]

46. Why they aren't using the magic button in all the elections we keep winning?

Why didn't they give themselves bigger majorities in the House and Senate? Why did our down ticket races do well in 2024?

Putin wins elections because he kills or jails any real potential opposition. Trump couldn't even get the guy who threw a ham sandwich indicted much less thrown in a gulag.

[wnylib]

62. I am sure that they will have a Plan B and C, D if necessary.

Just like in 2020 Trump had several plans:

Challenged several states in court to create doubt.

Prematurely claimed a win before counting was complete.

Had false sets of elector votes.

Threatened state officials to come up with needed votes.

Threatened election workers.

Demanded a government official (Pence) declare the election results invalid.

Staged a violent coup attempt.

Dictators do not accept losses. Malignant narcissists do not allow defeat. Too much is at stake for Trump if we get a Dem Congress. He cannot and will not allow that. He will do anything to prevent it. For midterms, he could:

Interfere electronically with vote tallies.

Have thugs intimidating voters and poll workers at the polls.

Declare Dem wins invalid with false claims of voter fraud.

Have Mike Johnson refuse to swear in Dem winners.

Stage violent demonstrations and declare a state of emergency.

The possibilities are limited only by the imagination and determination of Trump's enablers.

They will fight tooth and nail to maintain power.

I believe that we will win back our democracy, but it will be a harder struggle than you seem willing to believe. We have seen on J6 and recently in Minneapolis what they are capable of. So, realistically, it will be a greater fight than just casting our votes.

[Fiendish Thingy]

63. You need to do more research on how things actually work

Interfere electronically with vote tallies.

That is the stuff of Election Denialism, and was false in both 2020 and 2024.

Declare Dem wins invalid with false claims of voter fraud.

And that declaration would mean Jack squat, just like all his previous EO’s on voting have been ignored by the states without consequences.

Have Mike Johnson refuse to swear in Dem winners.

Johnson’s term as speaker ends 12/31/26. On 01/03/27, the members-elect, as certified by their states, select the next speaker, who then swears in the next congress en masse. There is a process for objecting to the seating a member-elect, and there is a reason it hasn’t been used at the beginning of a new congress- because it would cause a domino effect of objections resulting in no member being sworn in that day.

The possibilities are limited only by the imagination and determination of Trump's enablers.

The possibilities are limited by the laws, both federal and state, and the pushback from the states and the people, and most importantly, the laws of physics. (In other words, Nationwide Martial law is a physical impossibility)

Just because you can imagine something and type it on the internet does not make that thing plausible, possible or probable.

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

[Joinfortmill]

34. Let it be so.

[annielion]

41. I think you are correct

[H2O Man]

8. Be here now.

What we do today will determine what happens tomorrow.

It would be an error to take the mid-terms for granted.

Recommended.

[bluestarone]

11. Agree!! We need

EVERY VOTE!! No arguing about not this person orb that person. We vote for who is the nominee NO MATTER what this year!

[Frasier Balzov]

9. Whistling past the graveyard.

Doing their best to ignore the inevitable demise which awaits them.

[multigraincracker]

17. Like never before we have to

Vote, Donate and GOTV for The blue.

[E. Normus]

19. voting IS important!

MORE important though, is how are they being counted!

[annielion]

43. Yes!

Our votes, of course, are totaled in secret on computers. How could that be a problem?

[AncientOfDays]

20. FB awash

FB is inundated with posts supporting the SAVE act. They are desperate to pass it, it is a big part of their plan. Clearly they want to keep Dems from voting.

[bucolic_frolic]

21. My thoughts are they are disconnecting from Trump and will move hard to the center

and run sounding like Democrats while demonizing Democrats as the usual - pinko commie leftist FERners. They are not counting on Trump, they know he's failing, so they plan a different action. Certain they'll wage vigorous campaigns as they have plenty of dough. Trump may even be in on this .... Trump absorbs the crazy while his party tacks to the middle because let's face it, MAGA is tuning Trump out. It's a nightmare squeeze for us.

[bluestarone]

26. It will be a nightmare for us. I'm thinking they will try to do things that will cause

MAJOR court pile ups. So many lawsuits are gonna be filed, and scary part is supreme court involvement.

[Escape]

22. Totally agree, Bluestar...

The Republicans don't seem to have any worries about the upcoming elections.

In a fair election they would lose the House and likely lose the Senate in November. Therefore, "a fair election" is not on their table.

[MaeScott]

23. They've been cooking elections since

Al Gore and haven’t stopped, only gotten more brazen because no pushback. If you think he won all seven swing states, then the sky must be chartreuse or something. No way. Stolen.

[bluestarone]

29. Not that i agree or disagree i don't really want to start argueing about past elections.

I do feel though, that these people will do their best to push lawsuits through all courts and THAT is my fear. They can do so many things because THEY control law enforcement. Remember how ICE was and is still today? We have to have plans for major disruptions. We have too!!

[TBF]

36. Agree 100% - nt

[annielion]

44. Absolutely!

No Republican has won the presidency legally since we started have our votes counted in secret on computers. And of course in 2000 the Supreme Court just had to stop the vote count in Florida, because otherwise GWB wasn't going to win.

[yellow dahlia]

55. Exactly!

[BlueAJ]

25. They will invalidate Democratic wins

They will say that any Democratic wins are invalid due to fraud or not requiring IDs to vote or any number of bullshit excuses and then they will not seat the winners in Congress.

[otchmoson]

27. My communication with my senators tomorrow . . .

Good morning, Senator Pedo Protector,

I see you plan to “work” through the weekend to satisfy the demand of the pedophilic resident of the White House to pass the SAVE Act. You must consider, above all else, voter identification. ID, ID? Drivers’ license, NO. Passport, YES. Student ID, NO. Concealed carry permit, YES. Birth certificate---not unless a judicial affidavit is affixed. Most Americans are not opposed to identification, but if you put demands on what is and is not acceptable, then it becomes the government’s responsibility to provide it. Anything less is a poll tax. So, get those former census-takers (and other job-seeking individuals) up and running, provide them with transportation, per diem expense accounts, digital cameras, portable backdrops, printers, laminators and send them forth into America to create acceptable identification. This should not cost more than the current military supplemental funding request, so it’s certainly do-able. Get it done.

[Joinfortmill]

37. Love it!

[SheltieLover]

28. If all else fails, fleaon will change vote totals again.

[Joinfortmill]

31. I worry about this, too. Come with all needed documents when it's time to vote.

And, don't be surprised if he tries to halt the voting completely. If that happens, we're really in it.

[Keepthesoulalive]

32. With all this doom

Why should we bother to vote. They cheat, we know they cheat so stop listening to the tankies and the Russian bots . If more Americans got up off their feelings and voted we wouldn’t be here. Maybe a depression will clear their heads and make them get their rear ends to the voting booth. It was not stolen last election it was given away by people listening influencers that includes clerics and others who were paid or swayed.

[SergeStorms]

33. I said this last November.....

Republicans have been working toward the goal of total government control for almost 70 years, and they're not about to cede control now, for any reason.
Especially for something as trivial as an election.

[yellow dahlia]

35. No argument here. There is every reason to be uneasy...and more.

[Cherokee100]

38. Can we say

Can we say Putin, Musk (Star link), fake Burke County , Florida. Ohio counties flipped, etc:? Save America Act. SmartTech 'mirror' server, in Chattanooga, Tn. Just get ready for it folks, it already started..

[TBF]

39. No need to argue - keep resisting - don't give up.

We've gotta focus on NOW. What can we do in the next few weeks? We can gather on May 28th for no kings and make it even bigger than it was the last 2 times.

I follow Ruth Ben-Ghiat on substack - she and others talk about resisting fascists based upon historical studies. If we can get at least 3% of the people in this country actively involved in sustained protests we can successfully resist this regime.

The thing is to keep resisting, don't give up.

[Pobeka]

45. I believe we are completely unprepared for how they will unleash AI against DEMs.

Imagine AI bots flooding social media, generating text messages, targeted at the *individual* level.

This isn't a few thousand Russians in a troll farm. It will be like a troll for every voting person in the USA.

And they have no cash problem to pay for it, and a very ignorant electorate to unload all this upon.

[Wiz Imp]

47. "They seem like they are not one bit worried about Novembers election."

In reality, the exact opposite is true.

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/republicans-fear-midterm-losses-trump-b2915687.html
Republicans are secretly convinced they face a bloodbath in midterms thanks to Trump: report

https://newrepublic.com/article/207789/trump-gop-tensions-erupt-2026-panic-grows-im-ringing-alarm
Trump-GOP Tensions Erupt as 2026 Panic Grows: “I’m Ringing the Alarm”

https://www.dscc.org/article/icymi-gop-senators-warn-trump-that-shaky-economy-could-spell-election-disaster-the-hill/
ICYMI: GOP Senators Warn Trump that shaky economy could spell election disaster [The Hill]

https://www.dscc.org/article/icymi-its-a-disaster-republicans-go-into-panic-mode-as-midterm-backlash-builds-over-rising-costs/
ICYMI: “It’s a Disaster” – Republicans Go Into Panic Mode As Midterm Backlash Builds over Rising Costs

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/16/gop-trump-voter-fraud-messaging-midterms-00828317
‘We’re going to have a problem’: Republicans want Trump to move on from 2020

https://www.axios.com/2026/02/06/gop-senate-midterms-2026
GOP's new fear: Losing the Senate in November

https://newrepublic.com/article/207793/transcript-trump-gop-tensions-erupt-gopers-sound-midterm-alarm
Transcript: Trump-GOP Tensions Erupt as GOPers Sound Midterm “Alarm”
As Republicans grow angrier at Trump for making their midterm difficulties worse, a progressive journalist explains why Democratic energy and GOP discord could make the difference this fall.

https://time.com/article/2026/03/10/ioil-prices-iran-republicans-lose-house-hakeem-jeffries/
Here's How Badly Oil Prices Could Hurt Republicans in the Midterms

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/fox-co-hosts-agree-republicans-233817188.html
Fox Co-Hosts Agree Republicans’ Midterm Hopes Are ‘In Danger’

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/2/19/2369332/-Republicans-midterm-panic-hits-this-red-state
Republicans' midterm panic hits this red state

https://www.elpasoinc.com/lifestyle/entertainment/fox-news-greg-gutfeld-kayleigh-mcenany-say-republicans-midterm-hopes-are-in-danger/article_28fb9c23-2e47-5772-8b65-fa8f6d521f3e.html
Fox News’ Greg Gutfeld & Kayleigh McEnany Say Republicans’ Midterm Hopes Are in ‘Danger’

https://www.thedailybeast.com/republicans-secretly-fuming-with-trump-as-midterm-disaster-looms/
Republicans Secretly Fuming With Trump as Midterm Disaster Looms

[bluestarone]

50. Won't argue on what the news is saying, BUT i always say

Actions speak louder than words. When i see them start VOTING against TSF, then i'll believe it. Maybe the month before they might do something. We'll see.

[Wiz Imp]

53. Republicans are breaking with Trump this year at a rate far higher than ever before.

Most won't though because it gets them nowhere unless possibly they are in a true swing district. Even then, when the winds are as strong in favor of the democrats as they seem to be, a few random "moderate" votes will not save those Republicans who have voted with Trump 99% of the time before now and they know it.
https://www.ms.now/news/house-republicans-midterms-majority-2026

Another House Republican, who represents a swing district, dinged leadership’s overall control of the conference’s midterm strategy, questioning its understanding of the congressional map and how to run in tough races.

“Johnson doesn’t live in a swing district, has never represented a swing district and doesn’t know what it’s like to manage a swing district,” the lawmaker told MS NOW. “Any member in a tough district should never be looking to leadership to save them from the race, because leadership doesn’t know how to run races, because they’re all in R+30 or D+30 districts.”

“They don’t have races,” the lawmaker said. “They don’t run competitive districts.”

[JustKay]

49. I share your dread.

The truth is, if that "Blue wave" doesn't show up in November, then Democracy in the US is dead.

[bluestarone]

51. Yes, it better be one hell of a blue wave.

It is our last chance to save our country.(without a fight that is)

[wiggs]

52. Agree. They haven't acted like they are worried about the election or about voters. If there are midterm

elections...IF...then unlikely the elections will be free and fair.

This is a decades-old, expensive, global plan to concentrate wealth and power. They will do what they have to...and won't leave their fates and fortunes in the hands of quaint fair elections. Power and money have overtaken democracy, fairness, morality, empathy.

TPTB found a useful tool, useful fool...to help.

[Blue Full Moon]

56. Trump promised his good Christians they would never have to vote again.

[kacekwl]

58. I don't want to think about it.

Hopefully people in the know are doing something about it because I have no idea how to prevent it and who to trust.

[thought crime]

59. Trump's conduct in the current manufactured crisis resembles his COVID behavior

I think the worst possible thing people can see is Trump trying to handle and actual crisis, whether it's of his own making or not. His poor decision making, ignorance and cruelty are plain to see. His incompetence and the clownish performance of his administration are on full display, while lives are being lost and the rest of the world watches in astonishment.

I would think the political fallout will be similar to the election after COVID, too, especially if the US goes into recession with very high gas prices, etc. And they know this. They're trying everything they can think of to calm markets and prevent runaway oil prices, but Trump knows quitting now is losing so he keeps marching deeper into the Big Muddy.

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[ecstatic]

60. I think they stole 2024 but they are hoping to win it a different way

this fall to avoid getting caught. That's where the save act comes in. However, if the save act isn't passed, they'll just do what they did last time combined with martial law here and there. 😩

The voter suppression tactics will mainly take place in blue areas. Getting out of this mess will be heavily dependent on what magats do.

[Catherine Vincent]

61. Same here

I thought of them somehow rigging or suppressing.