Bingo And assuming it's filibustered in the Senate, you use it as leverage for the 2028 Senate cycle bsky.app/profile/isaa...
Bingo And assuming it's filibustered in the Senate, you use it as leverage for the 2028 Senate cycle bsky.app/profile/isaa...
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Dems will easily retake the House. Low-but-nonzero chance they retake the Senate too. bsky.app/profile/erob...
I think the senate is in play.
That GOP Senate primary in Texas is going to be vicious Paxton is insanely petty *and* openly corrupt, and Cornyn has decades of consolidated power and allies Beto got within striking distance of Cruz not that long ago, and if Paxton is the nominee a Dem could take him
Correct If you want to "control the narrative," you have to create a narrative bsky.app/profile/wqsa...
Elections are run by the states. There's nothing Trump can really do, and even in red states their ability to tinker with rules is limited by the reality all elections for every office have to follow the same rules bsky.app/profile/real...
Yeah. Unless I’m mistaken, the American system of localized elections is unique to… America.
(Meaning that all the election-tampering advice Donnie is getting from his autocratic buddies is useless.)
I think people misunderstand how election tampering works outside of full on authoritarian regimes, it's only useful for tinkering at the edges and in tactically important locations, and even then it's iffy if an extra 5% of the population votes it basically doesn't work at all
Yep bsky.app/profile/jarl...
You see the quote-skeet you replied to? Then the screenshot that's being quoted in that quote-skeet? Then the first clause in that screenshot? bsky.app/profile/beau...
👴🏼: "I like waffles." 👤: "Please tell me you understand that uncooked waffles are not edible. Please tell me you understand this. Please." Post less. Read more.
Reading and comprehending are two different things, Greg.
not even uncooked waffles, this is acting like it's absurd you're expressing an opinion on waffles when you don't have waffles *right now* like you couldn't possibly have any thoughts on the subject unless the waffle exists in your field of view.
Honestly that would have been preferable, because it suggests the person at least read the post! But responding to a post about "when Dems take over" with "Dems can't do any of this without taking over" just reflects truly low effort 😔 bsky.app/profile/time...
Psh. I will pull a fuckin Eggo out of the freezer and gnaw on it.
How can you post this while people are dying?! /sarcasm
Why do you hate pancakes, Greg?
Have you considered the possibility that if they read more they would be unable to post their hot takes? Check mate, Doucette!!
Waffle batter is quite delicious
Woah, woah, Greg. Without some form of heat, chefs can't cook a waffle to make it edible. You can't talk about maple syrup if there's not sufficient heat for the waffle. Please tell me you understand!
This reflexive “Don’t blame the DEMMMMMMSSSSS!!!!1!!” is painful even for me, a deeply committed Democratic Party insider.
But they can intimidate voters into not showing up to the polls….
@gregdoucette.bsky.social Still, I hope state law enforcement in the states that are in play are prepared and have gamed out all the possible mischief.
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the trumpy red states cancelling the midterms while the blue and purple states go ahead doesnt exactly *help* trump
They won't cancel elections though because they'd have to cancel all the state and local elections as well
canceling the election makes it too obvious what’s going on — you want low info people to still be able to tell themselves there isn’t a boot on their necks Hitler held (fake) elections throughout Nazi rule
Right, and the GOP is nowhere near the level of control they need for that. It might not even be achievable between social media and the scale of the US
They’re going to try (they already are) and I’d expect it not to work as well as they need it to
It does bother me that not one person ever pointed out that if the 2020 Presidential election was "stolen" then all those Senators and Reps in office aren't legitimate either Nobody went "Senator, does that mean you didn't win your election? You were on those same ballots you claim were altered"
Trump can send iCE into blue cities and harass minorities into not voting.
*cries in "judge Griffith challenges ballots but only for his race and no other race"*
“Messaging bills” can have a lot of utility when used correctly.
Politics is performance! The republicans understand this.
Jesus christ yes please stop defending and start attacking in the media.
I want to believe, but there's another voice in my head telling me, "you still think there's going to be fair elections, you dumb b*tch?"
The election won’t be fair but unfair doesn’t mean unwinnable. The election in WI a few months ago wasn’t fair: regime media lying its ass off, oligarchs openly trying to buy votes, etc, and the opposition candidate won handily There are degrees of unfair
Wish the Dems weren't such cowards or else they might give me hope
here's a question -- can the Senate filibuster a rule-changing the filibuster?
They had the trifecta 4 years ago and did none of the trump proofing that was needed. They did not even try.
They aren’t going to take either chamber. They should be thinking about how to act like a dissenting party now.