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Beartracks

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25. Trump's claims of rigged elections aren't so much an accusation as an ANNOUNCEMENT.

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Fri Feb 27, 2026, 10:24 PM

11 hrs ago

I mean, they ARE false accusations against his political opponents, but like so much else with him, it's just a huge confession of his own intent.

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So we all get it. It's another ginned-up emergency [View all] bigtree 23 hrs ago OP

We are witnessing the very reason the founders gave the authority to Gaugamela 22 hrs ago #1

Yes, nail-head meet hammer. pandr32 22 hrs ago #2

Straight out of a tyrant's playbook PatSeg 22 hrs ago #3

Absolutely PatSeg popsdenver 22 hrs ago #4

We tend to just focus on Trump, PatSeg 22 hrs ago #8

You can bet your sweet bippy popsdenver 21 hrs ago #11

Most definitely PatSeg 21 hrs ago #14

Since Trump and his followers and upper 1% backers wnylib 11 hrs ago #24

I wish I could disagree with you PatSeg 1 hr ago #28

Dump and Nosferatu have their own little meth lab where they're cooking up some toxic evil shit Blue Owl 22 hrs ago #5

An emergency declaration is a favorite tool of every dictator. dalton99a 22 hrs ago #6

And the endless popsdenver 21 hrs ago #12

You misspelled "Executive Odors" usonian 19 hrs ago #18

You owe me a new keyboard usonian popsdenver 19 hrs ago #20

Howard Nutlick is next. usonian 18 hrs ago #22

Thought this was leading to his need to bomb Iran... lame54 22 hrs ago #7

Such a move will result in liberalgunwilltravel 21 hrs ago #9

Fully agree! problem as i see it is bluestarone 21 hrs ago #15

We have several major Narcissistic Psychopaths popsdenver 19 hrs ago #21

K&R UTUSN 21 hrs ago #10

Ginned Up Emergencies gfarber 21 hrs ago #13

Can anyone say "Reichstag Fire"? Ray Bruns 21 hrs ago #16

more epstien distractions . AllaN01Bear 20 hrs ago #17

WAG THE DOG usonian 19 hrs ago #19

The only national emergency is joshdawg 12 hrs ago #23

Trump's claims of rigged elections aren't so much an accusation as an ANNOUNCEMENT. Beartracks 11 hrs ago #25

but there WAS and IS "an outbreak of irrepressible crime on American streets"--- Jack Valentino 9 hrs ago #26

Mission accomplished! I've been watching MSNOW and CNN: ... JustABozoOnThisBus 2 hrs ago #27