Removing people from voter rolls, intimidation at polling places, using religious leaders to demonize cultural issues, classifying liberals as "sinners" and using Trump appointed judges to delay or overturn rulings. I suspect they will court the Bible Belt very heavility and buy ranchers/farmers with $$$.

The key for us is stop in the infighting between progressive/moderates and to turn out the vote. ☮

What they'll do is, the Sunday before Election Day, have a "guest preacher." This guy will preach hellfire and damnation if Democrats win. It's very, very effective with the "evangelical" types.

red state and federal voter suppression plus the ace in the hole fascist supreme court.

Ace in the hole! for sure.

I wonder why that might be?

…like I think they stole 2024. TSF gave several signs that he didn’t need votes. Nothing is different now.

The formula used to steal the 2024 election is the same used in Russia. ElectionTruthAlliance.org has a great deal of evidence. Proof will hopefully come before the November election,. SmartElections.us is training people to observe elections in real time. If the 2026 results follow the same formula as used in 2024, the Republican steal is exposed.

…of the 1619 Project say it is naive to think they will not attempt to steal the next election.

not to mention stopping this madness.

they intend to "win" the midterms by hook or crook. Exactly what their plan is I can't say for sure. But there are some indications of things they plan to try

There is the redistricting plot, aimed at putting more MAGAs in the House.

One intention is to disenfranchise several voters with the SAVE Act requirements for voter ID, proof of citizenship, and banning mail ballots.

If the SAVE act is passed, it will cause chaos because there is not enough time for states to prepare precincts for it.

If the SAVE Act is not passed, the thugs will have a Plan B. Don't know what exactly it will be. It could be almost anything, from canceling the elections to sending military to several voting sites, to open violence to suppress votes.

The plan might be like the 2020 presidential election, challenging every Dem win in court in order to cast doubt on the results.

But I am certain that, whatever the plan or backup plan is, Trump and his enablers have no intention of allowing a Dem House or completely Dem Congress to exist. They will stop at nothing to prevent it. How will the voters react to whatever the intervention is? I don't know, but I think that there are too many people who are too fed up to take such election interference lying down this time.

win in 2024. I just get the feeling Democrats are not going to do as good as they think. This when we take over the House next year seems premature.

If nothing else Reagan did it in 1984. But also that's using the definition of swing states as exactly Nevada, Arizona, Georgia, North Carolina, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. While those particular states have gone back and forth over the last 3 elections, historically they haven't been the case.

Georgia voted Democratic in 2 presidential elections since 1984. North Carolina voted for Obama once and the last time before that was 1976. Arizona voted Democratic presidents 2 times since 1948.

In 2008 Obama won all of the states that had been within 5 points for either party in 2004 which to me would classify as winning all the swing states based on the most recent election and a much better metric than taking 7 swing states from this particular election and counting them as always the swing states.

They are panicked about the midterms, and aren’t willing to kill the filibuster to pass the SAVE act because they know it will disenfranchise as many, if not more of their voters than Dem voters.

50+ republicans have read the tea leaves and are retiring from congress. Many (Tillis for example) no longer GAF and are opposing Trump on various issues.

Before the cameras, they are cocky and defiant, but aside from the diehard MAGA cultists in the cabinet, most republicans know in their hearts this one undeniable, unavoidable truth:

Nothing can stop the Blue Tsunami in November

Don’t let scripted performances by cultists tickle your amygdala’s imagination into foreseeing doom and defeat in November.

I hope you're right.

Why would Trump be demanding they pass the SAVE act?

My mind thinks it's just a way they choose to cover their ass. I will worry until this election is over. Again, i DO hope your 100% correct!

Run by former Obama staffers.

They will find something to keep your mind occupied until November

https://votesaveamerica.com/

1) support Democracy Docket (Marc Elias)
2) financially contribute to Dems you like with the best chances of winning
3) write Postcards to Voters (there are several sites for this)
4) join a local Indivisible group or local Dems — they organize actions

Before the 2024 Election, Trump and Republicans were already talking as if his win was already guaranteed......

Putin wins all his elections by 85+%.....sure he shared how he does that with Trump/Republicans.

Just think about the 2016 elections when Putin Corruptly channeled hundreds of millions from Uber Rich Russians, through the contrived "Russian NRA", and thanks to 2010 Citizens United, laundered it to Trump and all Republicans up and down ballot......

Your post makes zero sense, has no cohesive or coherent logic.

Of course, I don’t believe the 2024 elections were rigged, because I don’t need any “forensic statistical analysis” to explain how Trump won, when 9 million fewer voters showed up at the polls,

Why didn't they give themselves bigger majorities in the House and Senate? Why did our down ticket races do well in 2024?

Putin wins elections because he kills or jails any real potential opposition. Trump couldn't even get the guy who threw a ham sandwich indicted much less thrown in a gulag.

Just like in 2020 Trump had several plans:

Challenged several states in court to create doubt.

Prematurely claimed a win before counting was complete.

Had false sets of elector votes.

Threatened state officials to come up with needed votes.

Threatened election workers.

Demanded a government official (Pence) declare the election results invalid.

Staged a violent coup attempt.

Dictators do not accept losses. Malignant narcissists do not allow defeat. Too much is at stake for Trump if we get a Dem Congress. He cannot and will not allow that. He will do anything to prevent it. For midterms, he could:

Interfere electronically with vote tallies.

Have thugs intimidating voters and poll workers at the polls.

Declare Dem wins invalid with false claims of voter fraud.

Have Mike Johnson refuse to swear in Dem winners.

Stage violent demonstrations and declare a state of emergency.

The possibilities are limited only by the imagination and determination of Trump's enablers.

They will fight tooth and nail to maintain power.

I believe that we will win back our democracy, but it will be a harder struggle than you seem willing to believe. We have seen on J6 and recently in Minneapolis what they are capable of. So, realistically, it will be a greater fight than just casting our votes.

the fact that laws mean nothing to Trump. He ignores laws. He has ignored court orders in the past, e.g. gag orders, with no meaningful consequences.

There is way too much at stake for Trump if we elect a Dem Congress -- loss of control, which is intolerable for a malignant narcissist, criminal charges, public disclosure of his pedophile behavior. When feeling desperate enough and cornered, he is capable of anything.

And Trump is only the public face of the fascist movement in the US. There are people backing and handling him who will let him go down only if they want to replace him.

I am not saying that we won't win the battles ahead. I am only saying that it will be much harder and more chaotic than you say. It is worth the fight. I do not want to discourage anyone. If we stand together, we can win.

I remember similar warnings that I gave in DU posts in 2020 and the responses from posters who were certain that Trump was all bluster and no action. They were equally certain that there would be no violence when I warned about that possibility because they said that Trump supporters were all couch potatoes.

You and I are not going to agree on this now, so let's just agree to disagree. You can save this post and bring it up to me after November to remind me of it if I am wrong. I will acknowledge it then. If I am right, I don't care about pointing it out to you or anyone. If I am right, we will have a lot more than posts to concern us.

Despite being the most lawless administration in history, Trump 2.0 has been stalled, stymied or restrained numerous times:

No troops deployed in Chicago or Portland - by court order

Kilmer Garcia free and back on US soil - by court order

Liam Ramos and his father free and back home in Minneapolis- by court order

1000+ VOA employees reinstated in their jobs after being cut by the DOGEbros - by court order

RFKjr’s changes to vaccine protocols blocked - by court order.

And of course, every Executive Order regarding limits on voting rights has been ignored by the states.

These are some of the best known examples, but there are many more.

on some points.

But desperate, determined people will use force if nothing else works.

Outside of the executive branch, they have very little actual physical control of anything.

order the military and National Guard to action. Whether and how much those forces comply is an open question.

But it's true that they can't kill all of us. Not enough .military for every city and village.

But that's a worst case scenario.

Rejects asylum in 96% of cases (vs less than 60% average across all judges). The family is appealing.

ICE is still all over Minneapolis, per many posts on Threads.

Another example supporting your point: DC prosecutor Wine Box has been stymied on nearly every case Trump (or Stephen Miller) demanded that she pursue.

What we do today will determine what happens tomorrow.

It would be an error to take the mid-terms for granted.

Recommended.

EVERY VOTE!! No arguing about not this person orb that person. We vote for who is the nominee NO MATTER what this year!

Doing their best to ignore the inevitable demise which awaits them.

Vote, Donate and GOTV for The blue.

MORE important though, is how are they being counted!

Our votes, of course, are totaled in secret on computers. How could that be a problem?

FB is inundated with posts supporting the SAVE act. They are desperate to pass it, it is a big part of their plan. Clearly they want to keep Dems from voting.

and run sounding like Democrats while demonizing Democrats as the usual - pinko commie leftist FERners. They are not counting on Trump, they know he's failing, so they plan a different action. Certain they'll wage vigorous campaigns as they have plenty of dough. Trump may even be in on this .... Trump absorbs the crazy while his party tacks to the middle because let's face it, MAGA is tuning Trump out. It's a nightmare squeeze for us.

MAJOR court pile ups. So many lawsuits are gonna be filed, and scary part is supreme court involvement.

The Republicans don't seem to have any worries about the upcoming elections.

In a fair election they would lose the House and likely lose the Senate in November. Therefore, "a fair election" is not on their table.

Al Gore and haven’t stopped, only gotten more brazen because no pushback. If you think he won all seven swing states, then the sky must be chartreuse or something. No way. Stolen.

I do feel though, that these people will do their best to push lawsuits through all courts and THAT is my fear. They can do so many things because THEY control law enforcement. Remember how ICE was and is still today? We have to have plans for major disruptions. We have too!!

No Republican has won the presidency legally since we started have our votes counted in secret on computers. And of course in 2000 the Supreme Court just had to stop the vote count in Florida, because otherwise GWB wasn't going to win.

They will say that any Democratic wins are invalid due to fraud or not requiring IDs to vote or any number of bullshit excuses and then they will not seat the winners in Congress.

Good morning, Senator Pedo Protector,

I see you plan to “work” through the weekend to satisfy the demand of the pedophilic resident of the White House to pass the SAVE Act. You must consider, above all else, voter identification. ID, ID? Drivers’ license, NO. Passport, YES. Student ID, NO. Concealed carry permit, YES. Birth certificate---not unless a judicial affidavit is affixed. Most Americans are not opposed to identification, but if you put demands on what is and is not acceptable, then it becomes the government’s responsibility to provide it. Anything less is a poll tax. So, get those former census-takers (and other job-seeking individuals) up and running, provide them with transportation, per diem expense accounts, digital cameras, portable backdrops, printers, laminators and send them forth into America to create acceptable identification. This should not cost more than the current military supplemental funding request, so it’s certainly do-able. Get it done.

And, don't be surprised if he tries to halt the voting completely. If that happens, we're really in it.

Why should we bother to vote. They cheat, we know they cheat so stop listening to the tankies and the Russian bots . If more Americans got up off their feelings and voted we wouldn’t be here. Maybe a depression will clear their heads and make them get their rear ends to the voting booth. It was not stolen last election it was given away by people listening influencers that includes clerics and others who were paid or swayed.

...and the resulting cynicism about Democrats which they deliberately spread to seemingly willing Dems who sat on their hands refusing to vote for our excellent presidential nominee.

That, after driving our incumbent president who presided over historic progressive legislative accomplishments out of the race.

So many Dem voters have been conned into attacking their own party instead of republicans, forgetting that our differences are best fought out in a majority, not out in the cold as so many seem to want our party to suffer indefinitely while they argue about what they can fit on the head of a pin.

Somali clerics were telling their people black folks didn’t know who their fathers were therefore we should not vote for a black/asian woman because we are all moral degenerates.

Republicans have been working toward the goal of total government control for almost 70 years, and they're not about to cede control now, for any reason.
Especially for something as trivial as an election.

Can we say Putin, Musk (Star link), fake Burke County , Florida. Ohio counties flipped, etc:? Save America Act. SmartTech 'mirror' server, in Chattanooga, Tn. Just get ready for it folks, it already started..

We've gotta focus on NOW. What can we do in the next few weeks? We can gather on May 28th for no kings and make it even bigger than it was the last 2 times.

I follow Ruth Ben-Ghiat on substack - she and others talk about resisting fascists based upon historical studies. If we can get at least 3% of the people in this country actively involved in sustained protests we can successfully resist this regime.

The thing is to keep resisting, don't give up.

Imagine AI bots flooding social media, generating text messages, targeted at the *individual* level.

This isn't a few thousand Russians in a troll farm. It will be like a troll for every voting person in the USA.

And they have no cash problem to pay for it, and a very ignorant electorate to unload all this upon.

In reality, the exact opposite is true.

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/republicans-fear-midterm-losses-trump-b2915687.html
Republicans are secretly convinced they face a bloodbath in midterms thanks to Trump: report

https://newrepublic.com/article/207789/trump-gop-tensions-erupt-2026-panic-grows-im-ringing-alarm
Trump-GOP Tensions Erupt as 2026 Panic Grows: “I’m Ringing the Alarm”

https://www.dscc.org/article/icymi-gop-senators-warn-trump-that-shaky-economy-could-spell-election-disaster-the-hill/
ICYMI: GOP Senators Warn Trump that shaky economy could spell election disaster [The Hill]

https://www.dscc.org/article/icymi-its-a-disaster-republicans-go-into-panic-mode-as-midterm-backlash-builds-over-rising-costs/
ICYMI: “It’s a Disaster” – Republicans Go Into Panic Mode As Midterm Backlash Builds over Rising Costs

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/16/gop-trump-voter-fraud-messaging-midterms-00828317
‘We’re going to have a problem’: Republicans want Trump to move on from 2020

https://www.axios.com/2026/02/06/gop-senate-midterms-2026
GOP's new fear: Losing the Senate in November

https://newrepublic.com/article/207793/transcript-trump-gop-tensions-erupt-gopers-sound-midterm-alarm
Transcript: Trump-GOP Tensions Erupt as GOPers Sound Midterm “Alarm”
As Republicans grow angrier at Trump for making their midterm difficulties worse, a progressive journalist explains why Democratic energy and GOP discord could make the difference this fall.

https://time.com/article/2026/03/10/ioil-prices-iran-republicans-lose-house-hakeem-jeffries/
Here's How Badly Oil Prices Could Hurt Republicans in the Midterms

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/fox-co-hosts-agree-republicans-233817188.html
Fox Co-Hosts Agree Republicans’ Midterm Hopes Are ‘In Danger’

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/2/19/2369332/-Republicans-midterm-panic-hits-this-red-state
Republicans' midterm panic hits this red state

https://www.elpasoinc.com/lifestyle/entertainment/fox-news-greg-gutfeld-kayleigh-mcenany-say-republicans-midterm-hopes-are-in-danger/article_28fb9c23-2e47-5772-8b65-fa8f6d521f3e.html
Fox News’ Greg Gutfeld & Kayleigh McEnany Say Republicans’ Midterm Hopes Are in ‘Danger’

https://www.thedailybeast.com/republicans-secretly-fuming-with-trump-as-midterm-disaster-looms/
Republicans Secretly Fuming With Trump as Midterm Disaster Looms

Actions speak louder than words. When i see them start VOTING against TSF, then i'll believe it. Maybe the month before they might do something. We'll see.

Most won't though because it gets them nowhere unless possibly they are in a true swing district. Even then, when the winds are as strong in favor of the democrats as they seem to be, a few random "moderate" votes will not save those Republicans who have voted with Trump 99% of the time before now and they know it.
https://www.ms.now/news/house-republicans-midterms-majority-2026

The truth is, if that "Blue wave" doesn't show up in November, then Democracy in the US is dead.

It is our last chance to save our country.(without a fight that is)

elections...IF...then unlikely the elections will be free and fair.

This is a decades-old, expensive, global plan to concentrate wealth and power. They will do what they have to...and won't leave their fates and fortunes in the hands of quaint fair elections. Power and money have overtaken democracy, fairness, morality, empathy.

TPTB found a useful tool, useful fool...to help.

Hopefully people in the know are doing something about it because I have no idea how to prevent it and who to trust.

I think the worst possible thing people can see is Trump trying to handle and actual crisis, whether it's of his own making or not. His poor decision making, ignorance and cruelty are plain to see. His incompetence and the clownish performance of his administration are on full display, while lives are being lost and the rest of the world watches in astonishment.

I would think the political fallout will be similar to the election after COVID, too, especially if the US goes into recession with very high gas prices, etc. And they know this. They're trying everything they can think of to calm markets and prevent runaway oil prices, but Trump knows quitting now is losing so he keeps marching deeper into the Big Muddy.

this fall to avoid getting caught. That's where the save act comes in. However, if the save act isn't passed, they'll just do what they did last time combined with martial law here and there. 😩

The voter suppression tactics will mainly take place in blue areas. Getting out of this mess will be heavily dependent on what magats do.

I thought of them somehow rigging or suppressing.

I been uneasy since.

...focus on expoliting that, and refrain from doing the same to our own party, and we should be fine.

"Just say the election was corrupt and leave the rest to me"

That's what the con told the DOJ in 2020 after he lost the election. But the DOJ has no authority over elections. That power lies with the States. The con filed 63 lawsuits in his attempts to overturn the results. All of them failed.

The SAVE act though would give unprecedented power to the DHS. DHS would have access and authority over every State's voter rolls. So if the con doesn't like any election result he could instruct DHS to say the election was corrupt.

In January, it was reported that DOGE members were working with advocacy groups whose stated aim was to find evidence of voter fraud and to overturn election results in certain States.

Problem for us. (it will affect RETHUGS as well) but i feel it will affect US more.

But it truly is far more sinister than just showing ID like many claim.

Even with the low approval for Trump, when you look at the details, Trump still has well over 50 percent among Republicans.

If they are most concerned with staying in office, they need to win both the primary and general election. They may consider, if their district or state is red enough, that have a better chance winning the general election if they stick together than winning the primary if they dissent from Trump.

Sadly, there are few profiles in courage willing to possibly lose by doing what they think right.

campaign, get out the vote, and just VOTE!

Oh, and if there's a vote on the redistricting plan in your state, vote for the Democrats, either FOR if the plan favors us, or AGAINST if it doesn't.

If they restrict the voting and suppress it, you fight it in court and reverse it as best we can. Whatever the rules, we turn out and vote en mass regardless of what the environment is. Vote even if they decree it illegal. Mobilize everybody like our life depends on it (because it very well may). If they try to throw out the results, confiscate ballots, cancel the election? We keep turning out in numbers. Daily protests, class action lawsuits, complaints tonlocal state and federal agencies, etc. Putting pressure until it is reversed. The pressure continues to increase until January 6 or the democratic will is granted. We dont stop doing everything that is possible within our legal and constitutional framework until this is over.