The Washington Post reported that activists are working with the White House on an executive order to declare a “national emergency” over America’s elections and pave the way for a power grab.
“Pro-Trump activists who say they are in coordination with the White House are circulating a 17-page draft executive order that claims China interfered in the 2020 election as a basis to declare a national emergency that would unlock extraordinary presidential power over voting,” reported the Post‘s Isaac Arnsdorf. “President Donald Trump has repeatedly previewed a plan to mandate voter ID and ban mail ballots in November’s midterm elections, and the activists expect their draft will figure into Trump’s promised executive order on the issue.”
Peter Ticktin, a MAGA activist in favor of the executive order, told the Post that “we have a situation where the president is aware that there are foreign interests that are interfering in our election processes,” and that “the president has to be able to deal with it,” including by banning mail-in ballots and certain voting machines.
Is Media-Ite a credible source?
so it’s been leaked that they’re “working on” an executive order to declare a national emergency?? for the midterms??? you don’t have to “work on” declaring an emergency!!! it either IS an emergency or it ISN’T.
Dear heaven to think how dumb they think everyone is
wait, everyone might actually BE that dumb
To me that implies their are things in motion to manufacture that sense of emergence…
Sitouts still think they did the right thing in 2024. Theres the answer for you.
Putin must be ecstatic.
Getting control of one of the main oppositions to Russian power in the hands of one of the dumbest, weakest, most narcissistic people ever? He’s probably preparing the celebratory champagne enemas and hookers as we speak.
activists
The Washington Post thinks that traitorous conspiracies on the right are equivalent to protests and demonstrations by other types of “activist?”
The same Washington Post owned by billionaire Jeff Bezos? I’m shocked!
Oh look, the orange bastard is doing exactly what everybody with a brain knew he was going to do! Too bad 36% of Americans don’t have those. Life must be very difficult for them.
Hey, Mr. Stewart. Is it ok to now call it fascism?
His MO has been to use “emergency” as a power grab even when nothing gives him any powers over these issues even if he claims an emergency.
Fuck you, you fucking orange turd. If everything is an emergency, then nothing is.
If everything is an emergency, then nothing is.
If everything is an emergency, then nothing is.
The Constitution is extremely clear that elections are the responsibility of the states, and we just saw the Supreme Court back the Constitution against him.
He tried to use the “Emergency” excuse to justify his tariffs, and SCOTUS didn’t buy it. They aren’t going to buy this emergency either.
3 of them did.
Which proves that he only has three rubber stamps, when he thought he had six.
This was just the first of several direct attacks on clear Constitutional concepts, which he thought he would brute force his way through with bought-and-paid-for operatives on SCOTUS, and it failed badly. That does not bode well for future Constitutional challenges like Birthright Citizenship, State control of Elections, or his future challenge to term limits.
The Supreme Court should not be trusted.
If we’re both putting forth theories then what’s incorrect about assuming the Supreme Court went against him on tariffs so it would seem “fair” when they back him on stealing elections?
After all, they’ve done this exact scenario before.
He also immediately promised new tariffs
Cautiously optimistic nodding to your conclusion
They probably will rule that the “emergency” is unconstitutional, but consider how long Trump got away with unconstitutional tariffs before SCOTUS tossed them out, and how long he would need to get away with fucking with election rules to get the election results he wants.
The election issue is a ticking clock, tariffs weren’t. That makes it top priority for quick action by the courts, emergency injunctions, etc.
I’m sat here in Europe watching Trump and his sycophants systematically dismantle American democracy and I’m honestly shocked that they’re being allowed to do it.
I’m assuming it’s the end if he’s allowed to nullify the midterms as he intends, the final remaining shred of democracy will be well and truly gone.
What a sad way to see the “Land of the free” fall.
Yeah, we’ll see IF he does this AND it stands IF people will let it happen. I’m not sure that they (we) will. But it could. But I’ve had so little hope since 2016, and it just got worse in 2024. Still fighting as best as I can, and hoping others will.
And none of that actually gives him any power to do anything like that.
He is not the States.
Counting down until he’s lying in state.
Even if it were true that China stole the election, how is “something happened 6 years ago” an emergency? He won in 2024, so it can’t be that effective anymore.
It’s an emergency because if he leaves it alone Republicans are going to tank hard in the midterms which will mean he loses power and might even be held accountable for his crimes.
might even be held accountable for his crimes.
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Ughh… I hate that the thought of aliens coming directly to my house, handing me a winning lotto ticket, while they simultaneously get struck by lightning twice in a row and get bitten by a shark seems 1000000x more likely to happen than for Trump to ever face consequences for his actions.
If anyone even started that process “judge” Aileen Cannon would jump from the top rope and bodyslam the case shut with a “Trump is immune because I say so” ruling like she’s been doing this entire time.
:(
So just as a bit of hopium. Bitch Cannon could be impeached by congress, if it’s a bad enough wipeout for the Republicans in the midterms I could see some of them turning on Trump and cutting his little network up to make themselves look better. Assuming they don’t decide to go scorched earth and impeach, convict, and execute Trump.
Though more likely they’ll lose the Senate and it gridlocks. Which would still fuck over Trump since then he would basically be locked from passing any laws.
Not that he’s passing many laws now. The 119th congress has been the least productive congress maybe ever. Most of the shit he’s doing is just illegally pretending he has the authority to do the shit, then waiting until someone proves he can’t.
Yep which Congress if flipped could respond to in any number of ways. Anything from refusing to fund fuck all to something as actively malicious as dissolving presidential security. Really my point was moreso that if Congress is retaken Cannon wouldn’t be able to do fuck all, hell if I’m not mistaken she could even be impeached by congress if they were able to scrounge up the required votes.
He will just never get over the fact that he lost in 2020. And he’s willing to make all of America suffer for his butthurt.
He cheated in 16, he cheated in '20 and still lost. Him being a man who has never competed fairly in his life assumed the Dems cheated harder. Turns out the high number of mail in ballots threw off his scheme and he lost. The time to declare a national emergency over voting was in 2016 after he won. The silent majority doesn’t exist. The polls are accurate. He’s a fucking loser who aligned himself with adversaries to steal democracy and fuck this country supremely and make the wealth divide even worse. The fact that the Dems went along with him winning in '24 and didn’t contest it at all despite the statistical anomalies in swing states is just fucking unbelievable. This ass clown is supposed to be in a cell, but he’s the fucking president because Joe and Kamala were fucking spineless. Trump did not win all 7 swing states, and once they nationalize voting, it will be forever rigged, and in Trump’s own words, “you’ll never have to vote again”.
Yeah the guy who cheats against kids in golf is not playing a clean game in a national election. Mean the dude lies like a sidewalk and aome people wonder why he doesn’t do what he promised. Cause he’s a fucking con man, grifter. He’s the guy they’d tar and feather back in the day if he stuck around long enough.
It hurt hurt his feelings bigly. And if anyone, anywhere has ever hurt Donny’s feelings then it is a national emergency.
If America is overhauled or replaced, I would like the new Constitution to have rules about emergency powers. Namely, the president has a 10 day grace period for Congress to accept the emergency. If they don’t acknowledge it, the president and vice president is either executed or imprisoned, the latter method requiring a vote from Congress. Citizens may freely carry out the execution or arrest after 20 days, if Congress fails to implement their decision.
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He’s already declared like 30 emergencies.
Because “emergencies” are the Wild cards given to the Executive Branch by Congress and SCOTUS. There’s no clear definition and no boundaries until he’s challenged in court or Congress overrules him.
And if he waits six months before declaring an emergency, there would not be time for the court to annul it
Those are just called sharts.
He’s the boy who cried wolf of presidents.
Man he’s really got this civil war speedrun record locked in.
Speed run it all the way to the guillotines plz
Can we stop with this? This is a ridiculous fantasy that just makes you look immature.
It’s too boring. Now, woodchippers on the other hand…
No clipping and straight to the end, please.
No clipping
I’d be fine with a BLJ into the guillotine.
The French didn’t exactly speed run it themselves.
I’m currently listening to old episodes of the Revolutions podcast, and am midway through the French and it bares no resemblance to what’s going on now. Which, when it gets to the reign of terror, might be a good thing… But that’s the one part of it that I could see happening again.
A lot of the terror was fueled by a murderous little shit with a bootleg newspaper. There’s a reason why lible and slander laws are so powerful in that part of Europe.
Yeah, took like 50 years.
Without the war, and the civility.
Without the war
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