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The Ill @the-ill.bsky.social

You don’t seem to get it. The national guard and actual marines were deployed into cities this summer as a test run for what the midterms will look like. Into blue states. Was very possible. They’ll let the states “administer” the elections while people (who show up) vote at gunpoint.

aug 31, 2025, 7:23 am • 0 0

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Distraction @syyyyyyyyy.bsky.social

Are the national guard going to staff the offices of the secretaries of state? There is actual work involved in administering an election. Unless Trump has a plan to carry that out, the states hold all the power here if only due to administrative entropy.

aug 31, 2025, 7:26 am • 0 0 • view
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The Ill @the-ill.bsky.social

Do you understand how voter turnout works or nah?

aug 31, 2025, 7:30 am • 0 0 • view
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Distraction @syyyyyyyyy.bsky.social

I live in CA. We have default vote by mail here. We don’t have polling places for soldiers to terrorize. What are they going to do, rifle through 40 million mailboxes? It is not *physically* possible for Trump to dictate how American elections are conducted.

aug 31, 2025, 7:33 am • 0 0 • view
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The Ill @the-ill.bsky.social

Watch him do it. Newsom might resist, or he may fold. California doesn’t have enough votes either way.

aug 31, 2025, 7:42 am • 0 0 • view
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Distraction @syyyyyyyyy.bsky.social

Enough votes for what? I am getting a strong sense that you don’t know a lot about how elections work on a high school civics class level. Or, for that matter, how many 40 million of something is.

aug 31, 2025, 7:59 am • 1 0 • view
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The Ill @the-ill.bsky.social

Enough votes to win the house and senate. This is the point of the midterm elections, to win a majority in congress. California doesn’t have enough votes to do it alone. Was there some other point to this discussion? Maybe hold off on insulting people before working on your own comprehension.

aug 31, 2025, 8:10 am • 0 0 • view