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NO SURPRISE: TRUMP THREATENS TO DELAY ELECTION
Anyone who is surprised by Trump’s threat to delay the election needs to wake up from a long slumber.
Trump has never been planning for a free and fair election. He left that idea behind a long time ago.
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NO SURPRISE: TRUMP THREATENS TO DELAY ELECTION
Anyone who is surprised by Trump’s threat to delay the election needs to wake up from a long slumber.
Trump has never been planning for a free and fair election. He left that idea behind a long time ago.
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In the end, he may or may not delay the election. But let it be known: he will undermine the election in one way or another.
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Trump does not care about elections.
Trump does not care about laws.
Trump does not care about investigations.
Trump does not care about courts.
He does not care about any of the institutions that will be used to try to prevent him from interfering with the election.
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Trump does not care about laws.
Trump does not care about investigations.
Trump does not care about courts.
He does not care about any of the institutions that will be used to try to prevent him from interfering with the election.
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In fact, his goal is to actively destroy our electoral process.
He does not want elections to credibly vest power in our leaders any longer. He wants power to be vested through other means.
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He does not want elections to credibly vest power in our leaders any longer. He wants power to be vested through other means.
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Meanwhile, the Democrats and other resistance leaders appear to have done little to date to prepare for relatively likely worst-case scenarios.
It is disturbing how reminiscent 2020 has felt of 2016, with outsized confidence that we will easily knock Trump out of office.
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It is disturbing how reminiscent 2020 has felt of 2016, with outsized confidence that we will easily knock Trump out of office.
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In addition, don’t be surprised if Trump attempts to arrest Biden or Obama or H.R. Clinton around October or November. He has repeatedly talked about alleged crimes that they have committed.
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Trump is only following a classic authoritarian playbook. It is not complicated.
And he is telling us exactly what he wants to do.
The latest development should be screaming headline news in all major media outlets.
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And he is telling us exactly what he wants to do.
The latest development should be screaming headline news in all major media outlets.
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But the very fact that many citizens believe that the United States is immune to the ugly side of humanity makes an authoritarian coup more likely.
Wake up, America!
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Wake up, America!
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We are experiencing an unparalleled, existential assault on our constitution and our system of government.
When freedom is not cherished, freedom is easily lost.
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When freedom is not cherished, freedom is easily lost.
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For more discussion of strategies to respond to this assault—such as an unprecedented mass people’s movement and an unprecedented public awareness campaign—please see this thread.
Resistance leaders must pursue these strategies urgently.
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Resistance leaders must pursue these strategies urgently.
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