So...there are multiple threats to democracy that were discussed tonight on the majority report that I want to report on. The first, Steve Bannon wants there to be ICE watching polling places on election day. There have historically been right wing "poll watchers" at polls and generally speaking which not all poll watching is necessarily bad, a lot of it can have racist implications, like say, the KKK watching a polling place where black people vote. or ICE watching a polling place in 2026. Yeah. They wanna do that. And obviously, the goal is clear: voter intimidation. Sure, they'll say there's fraud and they gotta watch the polls to stop it, but like every attempt at voter suppression that conservatives try to do, they always claim fraud that doesn't exist as an excuse to pass ridiculous measures intended to intimidate and disenfranchise people.
Another red alert discussed in the video is the Save Act, which hasnt passed congress to my knowledge, but the purpose is to make it require a real ID to vote. Again, "we gotta make sure citizens vote", so what's the problem? Well, a lot of underprivileged groups tend to struggle to access the right paperwork. And Real ID's requirements are so hard at times that it's hard for american citizens to get them, especially married women. I mean, Sam mentioned it on his show, and I know people in my life who had had this problem too. So...you wanna prove you're a citizen for a real ID. Okay, show your birth certificate. Oh, but what if you're married and dont have the same name as on the birth certificate any more? Well now you need a marriage certificate. Oh, but it has to be from such and such, and I know with my family we've had to track down a marriage certificate out of a church that no longer exists to prove that a person is in fact a citizen. It's a ridiculous process. It is painful, time consuming, and can take years. Of course, women tend to vote democrat so screw them right? And of course if you're poor and overworked, you likely wont have the right documents, and it's hard for you to acquire them, and if you're working 40+ hours a week just to survive, you're not gonna wanna go through the headaches of getting the ID. So...you wont vote. And then the republicans win. See the problem? Yeah, voter suppression. These guys are doing it.
As i said, they're gonna try to rig 2026 in every way possible. "Watching" the polls, having ridiculous ID requirements to vote. Hell, and this is unconfirmed, but I heard that they're photographing the ICE protesters and putting them in a database so they can wipe them from voter rolls later, claiming they're "domestic terrorists". Yeah. Protesters who are using their rights to protest a tyrannical government and jack booted thugs terrorizing the streets are being considered "domestic terrorists" and they're gonna try to wipe them off the rolls. This one is unconfirmed, but Kyle Kulinski mentioned it several times on his show, although I couldnt verify the claim. I wouldn't doubt it though. Again, they'll do it in every way possible. Trump's long term success comes from the republicans breaking democracy and ensuring that democrats do not retake congress. If Trump can't consolidate power by november, the worst of it is over. And then we take our country back, one institution at a time. And every institution we take, the weaker he becomes until we run the republicans out of office for good.
At which point, it'll be up to the democrats what happens next. it's possible they're so weak they screw it up themselves, but hopefully they'll learn SOMETHING from recent losses and actually get it together and have a long term strategy to hold this administration accountable and ensure, through legal and ethical means of course, that a future fascist administration doesnt happen again.
But again, that's why I feel a need to urgently report on stuff that comes out that seems to be a threat to elections.
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