We are all anxiously awaiting the "Major Disaster" for this no good, shit-for-brains, POTUS. It's now long overdue.
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Jaebird0388Mar 25, 2026
+549
Fingers crossed that the compounding interest will be devastating toward him and all of his cult.
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psychrolutMar 25, 2026
+270
Just don’t let them ever forget who and what they voted for
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MountainMan2_Mar 25, 2026
+140
Shame. Remember, they need to feel shame. We need to make sure they know that their choices caused real destruction to their communities, that their economic peril is entirely created by the systems they voted to put in place or keep in place, that the men they decided to follow are the reason for their relationship woes, that they voted to make their own lives considerably worse to protect pedophiles and start a war unprompted. They will respond saying we're 'just as bad'. Don't engage in argument. Simply tell them that you make the choice to try and be better, and you expect them to do better as well by changing their habit of self-destruction.
It's about shame. Exclude them from discussions of politics entirely, and tell them that the choices they made make them unserious and unimportant to add as a perspective to add to the table.
It's about shame. Refuse to engage with their own politics, refuse to argue on grounds that their opinion doesn't matter because it's not their own belief.
It's about shame. Provide them little to no trust in the workforce and in polite society-, with the context that they have proven they will make unsound decisions for the approval of others.
It's about shame. They need to know that they are valuable only for the qualities they have that are completely detached from their politics, and that the qualities in themselves we do not value can only become valuable through a real, internal change in political mindset.
We cannot simply arrest every maga voter. We will never be able to stomp out the flame. But we can make all other ideas more socially valuable than the ones they currently have, and that may make many choose to stay quiet on their beliefs or begin following the politics that are more valuable to them.
That said, as for the system which created the puppeteered masses of MAGA, we need to stomp that thing out yesterday. Republican media control needs to be eliminated, the billionaires need to be held accountable for their actions and systems put in place to keep them so, the economy needs a robust government system, not defined by politics but by mathematics, to ensure external costs are accounted for and monopolies cannot be sustained. The tax structure needs to be cleaned up and future-proofed specifically to reduce and maintain a low centralization of wealth, not just to raise money. Corporations need penalties that are harshly enforced and actually proportional to the size and damage of infractions. Voting rights must be expanded and insured, police need to be held accountable for crimes, corporate lobbies and foreign lobbies better defined and better prosecuted, insider trading needs to be punishable by laws with real consequences and to all classes, not just the lower class, and both the congressional and presidential powers need to be better defined as well as more balanced. No filibuster, no endless wars, no blanket tariffs.
Shame is the first step. Reconstruction, the second. We need to make sure what happened will be completely unfeasible to happen again as far into the future as we possibly can.
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Casual_OCDMar 25, 2026
+29
There's a long-standing plan to deal with shame, healing the nation!
That's why nobody will ever see any consequences for any of this and everyone here will just go along with it when it happens
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walterpeck3Mar 25, 2026
+11
I understand your skepticism entirely, but I truly believe that if there isn't justice meted out by the US Government, justice will be obtained by other means. How? Haha, well, who knows?
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Casual_OCDMar 25, 2026
+9
If it hasn't happened by now, then nothing will motivate the American people.
It's going to have to be the rest of the world and the US is going to fight it
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walterpeck3Mar 25, 2026
+9
> If it hasn't happened by now, then nothing will motivate the American people.
I think you're wrong, but again I don't blame you for thinking so. Guess we'll just have to find out.
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laslo_piniflexMar 25, 2026
+8
It’s going to take an entire generation and lots of work and political bravery to unfuck this thing. I agree with casual_ocd, y’all don’t have the stomach for it. As your neighbours we have seen you fail to deal with this shit for too long and then watched the poison spill across the border into our homes and communities.
Don’t get me wrong, nothing would make me happier but your Democratic Party is not doing a lot to instil confidence that they understand the severity of the problem. They seem to think that they can middle ground everything which is only going to make the problem worse when people lose hope and accept many of these horrific realities as the only way things can be.
8
just-lurking-hereMar 25, 2026
+6
As a home grown this feels like a long tail continuation of the Civil War fallout.
No legal action after J6 of 2021 smells like the end of reconstruction in 1876. Lack of political will to do hard and necessary things.
After watching the Ken Burns documentary and seeing how much 🐂💩 we recycle. It's hard not to be cynical.
6
StarsickleMar 25, 2026
+13
At the very least, I want people to recognize they were wrong and were fooled and won't do it again. I also want compensation for my wasted years.
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aspirationless_photoMar 25, 2026
+7
> my wasted years.
I feel this.
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XurbaxMar 25, 2026
+4
Bold of you to assume that most (any?) of them feel shame.
4
naretoigresMar 25, 2026
+3
truth
3
zeradragonMar 25, 2026
+77
The Big Beautiful Obituary
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TurbomattkMar 25, 2026
+14
The newspaper headline is getting posterized like the moon landing did.
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thesoftblanketMar 25, 2026
+6
Careful. Reddit is temporarily banning people for saying that. Ask me how I know.
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LeezeebubMar 25, 2026
+129
Been waiting for 10+ years now…
Even Biden being elected wasnt enough to be more than a 4 year delay.
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[deleted]Mar 25, 2026
+82
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isaidiredditMar 25, 2026
+25
I don't think those words mean what you think they mean.
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greggldMar 25, 2026
+20
I think he means he awaits the joy their suffering will bring
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Trail_DogMar 25, 2026
+20
Biden should have been enough. The Dems, once again, failed to take the threat Trump posed seriously. They didn't do enough to prosecute him and his cronies. They just wanted to get back as quickly as possible to business as usual for their capitalist overlords
20
RubyRhodMar 25, 2026
+16
They thought that the threat of Trump was over since the GOP seemed to be aligning behind Desantis. But he was such a wet carpet that even his own Florida voters wanted Trump over him. Biden should have released the Epstein files and gone after Trump over those, while keeping the JAn 6th stuff cooking. Once they got him for Epstein, they could have gone full treason treatment for Jan 6th because he would have been labeled a pedo too.
But Biden, Schumer, Pelosi, and Garland etc are all cowards that just wanted to keep the neolib gravy train going
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Trail_DogMar 25, 2026
+7
The Dems should fire the Donkey as their mascot and use the Ostrich instead.
For the last 30 years we've had Democrats sticking their heads in the sand and not paying attention to the growing threat of extremism in the Republican party and pretending we're still in 1970 when compromise was possible, except every four years they'll pull their head out, squak about how bad the other party is, then promptly put their heads back in their hole until another four years pass.
On second thought maybe an ass is the perfect mascot for them.
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FlowRiderBobMar 25, 2026
+23
Honestly, in retrospect, I kind of wish Trump beat Biden. We would be done with him by now and they wouldn’t have had all that time to prepare Project 2025.
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HBJones1056Mar 25, 2026
+8
Same here. We wouldn’t have unleashed The Revenge Tour at the very least.
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Respectable_AnswerMar 25, 2026
+11
1000% I think about this daily. Trump got an extra 4 years as a shadow president in waiting.
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Onkel24Mar 25, 2026
+15
The crazy thing is that I'm sure he would have won if he just could have acted like an adult around COVID.
Not even any policy changes. Just a little bit of public inclusiveness, "let's come together" bullshitting.
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ParagonFuryMar 25, 2026
+15
Because Biden was just a continuation of the ideas and policies that gave us Trump in the first place. If we want to avoid Trump or his successor we need to abandon the ideas that Biden, Harris, Schumer, Jefferies, Clinton et. al represent and move on to something radically different.
Because as much as we don't like to admit it, Trump being elected is not only a logical but rational conclusion to the state of American society - healthy, functional societies that people are happy with don't elect people like Trump.
Would Harris have been better than Trump? Yes, but she still would've only delayed the problem. Will Newsome or Buttieg be better than whatever trash the GOP puts forward? Yes, but they still would only let the rot continue to fester and grow so that the next dictator that comes in has even more support.
We need AOCs, Mamdanis, Sanders, Prtizkers etc. The kind of people willing to try to do significant and/or radical things in order to prevent the next Trump.
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Alternative-Ad-8205Mar 25, 2026
+37
Lol lmao
Biden, putting aside his disastrous policy on gaza, actually introduced a lot of strong domestic policies. Apparently chips act and loan forgiveness for a start is "the same"? What on earth are you talking about?
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Pet_The_MonkeyMar 25, 2026
+19
There are policy “wins” and then there is systemic reform.
Without systemic reforms what happens to any policy wins after your time in power is up? They just get rolled back (Roe, health care subsidies, etc).
Democrats need to get just as passionate about actual systemic reform (SCOTUS expansion, DC and PR statehood, RCV, Tax reform) as they do about defunding ICE or Israel.
More Dems need to see the big picture and focus on the unsexy, process shit that the GOP/Corporate Dems have continued to run circles around the progressives on.
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Oldman32092Mar 25, 2026
+4
More progressives keep getting elected each cycle. Not fast enough but still a trend. Always go for the most progressive in the primary and for the Democrat in the general. A tipping point will happen where the progressives will be able to vote one of their own in as Speaker. Leader of the Senate. President. I look forward to that day.
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HongDongYongMar 25, 2026
+17
Lol for 10 years there is a headline every single week “this could be the end for Donald trump!”
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greggldMar 25, 2026
+3
So sad and so true.
3
MaelefiqueMar 25, 2026
+3
It keeps ppl placated. "Oh good, he's almost gone, I don't have to do anything but wait now....".
The bad news? Apparently, this strategy works, he's still here.
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eat_my_ass_n_ballsMar 25, 2026
+14
Oh we got the major disaster. It’s just our country and its future.
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rchubotMar 25, 2026
+3
I don't think that a lot of Americans realize how much of a disaster it is. They think as soon as Trump is gone, it will be back to normal. It isn't. Look at governments switching to LibreOffice and Linux, finding other sources of military equip, etc.
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TheChrisCrashMar 25, 2026
+7
AND his enablers. Every. Last. One of them.
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Don_OzwaldMar 25, 2026
+4
The term has been a one major disaster. Stop waiting for a disaster, it is already here. The problem won’t solve itself by itself. Magical thinking is useless.
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dinozombiesaurMar 25, 2026
+3
34 felony convictions got him to a second presidency. The administration pretty much ignores Supreme Court rulings. Now they are saying local jurisdiction are going to have a great impact? The tide is great, but the waves ain’t strong.
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APX919Mar 25, 2026
+4
79y overdue. It's amazing that someone can have so much yet it is never enough, squander what they have been given and then blame everyone else for their shortcomings. To use one of his favorite words: "sad".
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curiousthoughts20Mar 25, 2026
+893
Trump is running this country into the ground. Other than the MAGA fanatics, people have to see it.
By all rights, November's election should have the biggest blue wave in history.
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WClandMar 25, 2026
+361
Just the two big economic things: last year he kept yelling about tariffs and sent the economy on a chaotic descent. This year he starts a war that further hurts the economy. No sane person can say the country is doing well.
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_NationalRazorMar 25, 2026
+209
It's doing phenomenally well for billionaires and anyone willing to lick Trump's boots. This is capitalism and cronyism manifest. The GOP has successfully distracted enough of the population with a culture war to abuse the economy to their own end game.
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Monday_MochaMar 25, 2026
+54
Cronyism is just capitalism after you wait a few decades for the guardrails to rot.
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Mr_Wizard91Mar 25, 2026
+5
r/latestagecapitalism
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XytakMar 25, 2026
+17
True, the DOW is at ~~50,000~~ 46,000!!
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Sprig3Mar 25, 2026
+11
Is he doing well for billionaires?
Biden was amazing for billionaires.
2025 saw international stock outperform US domestic stock (dollar weakening). I don't think US billionaires are in general benefitting from Trump.
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shapuMar 25, 2026
+14
Good investors can make money as the economy slides. Knowing when to sell short is a skill and people with money can afford to pay good Wealth Advisors.
Honestly, most of us can, but of course when you have billions of dollars the gains are a lot more than when you have just thousands.
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Gigi_LangostinoMar 25, 2026
+7
And good investors can make MORE money when the market rallies...
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QbertsRubeMar 25, 2026
+54
Unfortunately about 30% of the country is not sane, and seem to believe that they would've definitely been raped by an illegal immigrant and then nuked by Iran by now had Kamala won.
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Comfortably-Numb2026Mar 25, 2026
+16
Deplorables maybe? Where have I heard this … hmm…
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SeniorAd4470Mar 25, 2026
+21
Assholes. Pure and simple. I know half of these folks really aren’t THAT dumb. Just refuse to admit a huge blunder.
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ChapterN7Mar 25, 2026
+19
Those 30% can get fucked as long as the other 70% routinely get off their asses and vote.
Maybe this disaster is the wake up call potential voters needed.
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Capable-Broccoli2179Mar 25, 2026
+8
I still wonder about those dems and independents who sat out last time because Kamala was not tough enough on Israel and Gaza. How they feeling these days???
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ChatterBauxMar 25, 2026
+6
Similar to the people looking for any petty reason to stay home in 2016, most of them who might have regrets will never admit it.
And it's not even to say their cause wasn't just (seeing how public reception of the state of Israel has only soured since then), but that it was incredibly naïve to think they were simply punishing Harris. Especially considering Netanyahu is kinda buddy-buddy with Trump, I'd go as far to say that camp got played.
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FlerD-n-DMar 25, 2026
+9
It's not about sanity. They are completely uneducated and can barely read and write. Combine that with social media algos, and now AI and they are living in a completely different reality.
https://www.nu.edu/blog/49-adult-literacy-statistics-and-facts
>In 2023, 28% of U.S. adults scored at or below Level 1 literacy, indicating significant difficulty with everyday reading tasks.
>In 2023, 29% of U.S. adults scored at Level 2 literacy, showing basic reading proficiency but challenges with complex texts.
>In 2023, 44% of U.S. adults scored at Level 3 literacy or above, indicating strong reading and comprehension skills.
>About 130 million U.S. adults (54% of those aged 16–74) read below a sixth-grade level, according to modeled estimates.
>Approximately 45 million U.S. adults are functionally illiterate, reading below a fifth-grade level.
>21% of U.S. adults are classified as functionally illiterate, unable to complete basic reading tasks.
>The average American reads at a 7th- to 8th-grade level.
>Adults scoring in the lowest literacy levels (Level 1 or below) increased by 9 percentage points between 2017 and 2023.
>U.S. adults’ average literacy scores declined by 12 points from 2017 to 2023, according to the latest PIAAC data.
>In 2023, 46% of U.S. adults had a literacy proficiency at or above Level 3.
When you take this into account, what's going on in the country isn't that hard to figure out.
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QbertsRubeMar 25, 2026
+5
And cognitive dissonance allows them to puff out their chest and smugly proclaim that they "know the *real* truth" and "do their own research" despite barely scraping through high school.
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FlerD-n-DMar 25, 2026
+9
It sounds like such an elitist a****** thing to say, but people of low intellect literally cannot grasp that people have more complex and nuanced view of the world than they do. And that reality is in fact, much more complex than they can wrap their heads around. That's why simple ideas, like Nazism, can spread like a mind-virus (the original use of the term, co-opted by right wing grifters to use as a derogatory descriptor of "wokeness").
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Connect_Debt_8562Mar 25, 2026
+28
I f****** hate that I was right in my conversation to my family. I was like why are y’all voting for him? Response was they were tired of the cost of living going up under Biden. I told them but Trumps plan is tariffs to fix it and I went into detail about how they work, the history of tariffs that worked out and those that didn’t and why, and how it would make everything worse specifically for our families businesses cause our families import so much from outside for their Asian grocery stores. One of them had to close their store cause they couldn’t break even.
So stupid, cause even now they don’t like the “I told you so”. Instead they go with, there was no way to foresee Trump would have inherited a war and that the cities like New York City and Minneapolis were going to be trouble and also that the Democratic Party would make it hard for him to help the economy.
It’s just not worth the attempt to convince anymore, doesn’t matter what proof or evidence you have because they have some other form of media that says otherwise. When I look into the sources and discredit them cause it’s f****** tik tok and short form content posts. They just find another short form content post to counterargue while I’m here pulling out full on articles from multiple news sources. So f****** stupid.
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ChapterN7Mar 25, 2026
+13
Twitter and tik tok has made arguing with family about this shit completely futile. I don't know what switch was flipped that made so many people decide dumb shits with corny patriotic names like "Eagleman McFreedom" were legitimate trusted news sources, but apparently that's where we're at.
Also religious talk radio.
This country is so boned until we can figure out how to reign the bullshit "news" in.
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vismundcygnus34Mar 25, 2026
+16
Most republicans I know seem fine with what's going on. Will everyone else go vote is the question.
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Bugatti_RoyaleMar 25, 2026
+21
but it may not. The senate may not even flip, and even if it does, it is mathematically impossible to achieve the 60 votes to impeach. Lets hope at least in the senate they get the majority, otherwise legislation will be tough to get passed.
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curiousthoughts20Mar 25, 2026
+14
At this point I'm really just hopefully that Dems take the house. That will hopefully end Trump's ability to get legislation passed to enact any of his crazy schemes.
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origional_essevenMar 25, 2026
+22
The thing is minus the Big Bullshit Bill last year he hasn't used legislation to do anything. He's even spending hundreds of billions of dollars without congressional approval at this point and no one is stopping him. If he loses either chamber he'll just find more ways to ignore them and thanks to our stupid system he'll remain unimpeachable unless a dozen or so GOP senators join the Dems and so far 0 have shown any interest in impeaching him. And even if they do impeach him then we just get his sycophantic defender Vance instead and nothing changes.
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ChapterN7Mar 25, 2026
+10
Yeah but he's doing all that because congress is letting him. If the dems were in control, the adults in the room would finally take their inherent power back and tell him no.
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JRockPSUMar 25, 2026
+3
At the very very least, control of the House would allow Dems to spin up endless inquiries and investigations into all kinds of troublesome people. Keep ‘em busy dealing with subpoenas and depositions.
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freeradioforallMar 25, 2026
+7
I predict a barely dem majority in the house, and 50-50 or 51-49 repub in the senate. Sadly ,not much will change, but at least the house can start impeachment
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Prestigious-Bat-574Mar 25, 2026
+4
This.
In the Senate, the majority of seats up for reelection this cycle are safe R seats which still leaves them with a 51 seat majority. There's 4 seats that are a toss-up at this point.
It's entirely possible that Republicans pick up a Senate seat or two. Upsets aren't off the table, but I think best case scenario is 50/50 split, which means that that JD Vance will be the tie-breaker. But this also considers Fetterman a Democrat. Even if the Dems walk away with a 51 seat majority, he's going to be a total a****** and vote with the Republicans most of the time anyway.
The House will most likely have a comfortable Dem lean. I actually expect a number of upsets, in favor of Dems, this year. Short of Trump being on his best behavior through the summer, the Republicans have little to nothing to campaign on.
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JAGERminJensenMar 25, 2026
+3
>November's election should have the biggest blue wave in history.
And if it doesn't, climate change will...
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BeachBradMar 25, 2026
+2
Dont underestimate just how stupid the average american is...
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reddittorbrigadeMar 25, 2026
+988
Donald and Elon are going to cheat this November!
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MannequinWithoutSockMar 25, 2026
+379
*”He really knows those machines.”*
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SnagglespoofMar 25, 2026
+153
"he's good with computers. He can turn it on and off so fast"
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ThrowItOut43Mar 25, 2026
+16
Everything’s computer!
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CaptainDeMar 25, 2026
+7
Stop all the downloading!
G.i. Joe
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Go_Home_JonMar 25, 2026
+193
Don't forget Ellison and Theil. Those billionaires aren't going to let their "investments" go to waste now are they?
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RandyMuscleMar 25, 2026
+118
These guys are much scarier than Elon because they’re not insanely stupid.
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thegoodnamesrgone123Mar 25, 2026
+43
Yeah I honestly don't think Elon is capable of much. Ellison and Theil are dangerous are heavily invested into Trump. They will do everything they can to avoid losing that bet.
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JesusAndTheSpidersMar 25, 2026
+32
Isn’t Theil obsessed with the antichrist? Still scary given the levers he has access to, but there’s definitely a measure of insane stupidity as well.
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BigOs4AllMar 25, 2026
+6
He also runs probably the world's most powerful company on the rise. His technology is essentially SkyNet and he's already signed contracts with most world powers. It's hard to explain just how fucked we are.
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AccomplishedBrain309Mar 25, 2026
+7
As opposed to insanely greedy, and insanely ambitious, and fixated on mars, and robots, and satelites, and ketamine lots of ketamine!¡!
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rsauer1208Mar 25, 2026
+31
New right wing propaganda factory in CBS and now WB... Billionaires shouldn't exist.
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Go_Home_JonMar 25, 2026
+8
Let's not forget you and I need to focus on the Smith family propaganda machine and its grip on district 1 with the head of the hate foundation, who needs to go.
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bloodontherisersMar 25, 2026
+4
They have other investments, if they think the tides are turning against the Republicans they will put forward their paid for Democrats to continue doing their bidding
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BleckiMar 25, 2026
+76
They're going to cheat and it's going to be super duper obvious like on the level of having a press conference where he yells at states that failed to cheat hard enough obvious and probably still lose. The only real question at this point is if the violence simmers until 2028 or he pops it off in November by trying to cancel the mid terms.
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Grease_GulletMar 25, 2026
+56
I memorized all the houses with MAGA flags hanging outside. I encourage everyone else to do the same in their towns.
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Shadow293Mar 25, 2026
+23
One particular MAGA neighbor of mine had massive Trump signs all over his property ever since 2016. Never thought I’d see the day when they took them all down and it has not gone back up since the Iran war started.
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SwissChzMcGeezMar 25, 2026
+23
The problem with Nazis is they could go home and take off their uniform.
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sebrebcMar 25, 2026
+18
I live in a rural area of South Florida. Very strong Trump supporters area, flags, banners. Full on Trump parades. A few houses on my way home have had a large Trump banner on their fence since 2016. Around March of last year I started seeing them come down. Now I don't even see many bumper stickers at this point.
Really looks like people are hoping everybody forgets how big of a supporter they were.
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nookie-monsterMar 25, 2026
+18
I work and live amongst almost Republicans. Rural area. I don't see much difference in the signage. And scarier, amongst the ones I know well enough to discuss politics, it's the same old drag. "I don't like Donald Trump, but *some ridiculous, vague excuse of why Democrats would be worse*". When you press them on how absurd this is, it's always "I don't want to talk about politics, everyone will just get angry".
There is literally **nothing** that will ever make GOP voters see how wrong they are. Nothing. They'll destroy democracy, the rule of law, the economy, and all of our lives over how much they hate Democrats. It isn't that they want GOP policies as much as it is how much they hate the Democratic party.
And I'm not talking about toothless trailer skunks. Educated, otherwise intelligent people. The decades of propaganda, linking everything they don't like to the Democrats is so effective that nothing will get through to them.
I literally had a person recently say "I wish there was a party in the middle. I'm a moderate." Yes, I had to bite my tongue, the lunacy of voting for Republicans and calling yourself a moderate. I was about to scream "What radicalism do you think exists on the side of the Democratic party that equals destroying Social Security, January 6th, this ludicrous war in Iran, and all the other crazytown shit of the last 46 years?" when the wife said the "I don't wanna' talk about politics" thing.
I have absolutely, positively, not one single pint of faith that anything will ever get better here. I know too many people just like this. The Democrats are the party of gay, black, brown, trans, poor people, or they're the party of bureaucracy or taxes and that's it as far as most Americans think.
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Eyemold_AzzellMar 25, 2026
+17
That is what the Save America Act is for.
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cherry_armoirMar 25, 2026
+16
This is an important point. I think the idea that they can cheat by flipping a switch or messing with "computers" is just not true because of the way or elections are run. That's why they have to resort to pretty transparent voter suppression tactics like the save act or putting ice in polling places.
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aberdejaMar 25, 2026
+54
I think they cheated every election, even the one they lost. That's why they were so mad.
I already saw someone lost while he cheated and he had the same reaction, he admitted that he cheated but said the w***** cheated more because it is impossible to win if you don't cheat.
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Great-Hotel-7820Mar 25, 2026
+5
They absolutely cheated in 2020 and Trump is the kind of person who thinks you can only lose while cheating if the other person cheats more.
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RedofPawMar 25, 2026
+31
Please don't remind me Musk exists. It was a beautiful few days there where he completely left my awareness.
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VoldemortsHorcruxMar 25, 2026
+4
One day this will happen to trump and I won't have to see or hear about his hideous face again
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talondigitalMar 25, 2026
+6
I think they will but the thing about those machines is they can only successfully hide a small percentage of vote changing. It was enough in swing states in november 2024 to get those few point swings in his favor, but Republicans have been losing in massive point gaps. I think an average I saw was 17 point difference on all special elections since his inauguration. I dont think they can get enough machines to swing wide enough without blatant obvious cheating. Especially since elections are run at the state level.
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AccomplishedBrain309Mar 25, 2026
+7
Doge scraped all voter data already. Trump no longer needs Bannon he has the info and billions to spend fixing races.
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lexmMar 25, 2026
+7
Again
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Someguy2189Mar 25, 2026
+4
These kind of takes are baseless and are designed to delude people into thinking the system is rigged so why bother.
Elon just doesn't have that level of access into our electoral system (nor is he actually that good of a programmer).
Ignore blue anon, get out there and vote!
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lost_horizonsMar 25, 2026
+2
He's going to try, in many ways. Stay vigilant and get involved!
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mushpuppyMar 25, 2026
+2
And of course Trump wants ICE to intimidate voters.
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ToadfingerMar 25, 2026
+196
It doesn't take a guru to see that a man that puts kids in cages and mocks hurricane victims is telling constant lies about a serious war that we're in. We're all looking at major disaster if the GOP holds power.
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PockydoMar 25, 2026
+81
The "fun" part is the moral failings of the pedo administration aren't going to be the deciding factor
It'll be because gas is high
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KiwDaWabbit2Mar 25, 2026
+59
“He didn’t r*** *my* kids.” - Americans, probably
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Late_Geologist_235Mar 25, 2026
+21
I wish you weren’t spot on.
21
Beautiful_Spell_4320Mar 25, 2026
+16
The only two selling points he actually had were no new wars and low gas.
He fucked those both up in one move.
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doodle02Mar 25, 2026
+3
we’re in the midst of a major disaster now…
3
CrimsonAntifascistMar 25, 2026
+50
I've been waiting for almost 10 years for said disaster.
Closest we had was when he got covid.
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Jops817Mar 25, 2026
+33
There was also that one weekend where they just couldn't find him, no tweets, everyone was so much happier.
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WestCoastBestCoast01Mar 25, 2026
+22
Was that the secret stroke weekend?
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Jops817Mar 25, 2026
+5
Yep that as the one.
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TurbomattkMar 25, 2026
+2
There was that kid in Pennsylvania with a bad aim
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panic_talkingMar 25, 2026
+46
No kings protest this Saturday all over the US. Go if you can!!
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Inner-Conclusion2977Mar 25, 2026
+15
Going to my first one ever on Saturday. Hopefully we get the 3.5%
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MentalSky_Mar 25, 2026
+108
This is why they are rigging the midterm
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Fun-Durian-1892Mar 25, 2026
+53
This MF’er is about to kill more of our kids in his ego war, why tf hasn’t his blood clot dislodged yet? When is that “disaster” gonna happen?
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jojackmcgurkMar 25, 2026
+50
I would go over Mar-a-lago with a fine toothed comb.
I would inspect EVERYTHING. Every license, every support structure, every pipe, every roofing tile, every tax return.
If I found anything out of place, I would close it down.
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Observer2594Mar 25, 2026
+31
Dig up the golf course to find where all the bodies are buried
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jojackmcgurkMar 25, 2026
+11
Turn the whole resort into low-income housing
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Goliath_DMar 25, 2026
+9
Wouldn't matter. Even if you found something, the FL legislature would immediately pass a law creating a carve-out for Trump and his properties. They'd call it the "Protecting Trump from Evil Libs Act" and it would be written, passed through both chambers, and signed by Ronnie the Rat within a few days.
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CumGoblin67Mar 25, 2026
+9
Naw. They like their acronyms. They’d name it something like Protection from Evil Democrats Operation.
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Goliath_DMar 25, 2026
+3
True. I couldn't think of a good acronym, but that's perfect
3
jojackmcgurkMar 25, 2026
+4
A few days of his resort being shut down because of an OSHA violation would be worth it.
4
FallouttgrrlMar 25, 2026
+131
Well if a CNN data guru says that, you can take it to the bank!
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e3thompsMar 25, 2026
+11
I miss the days of Harry Enten on the 538 podcast
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Ok_Employer7837Mar 25, 2026
+55
I hear ya, but I do feel like Trump's been flailing more than his usual for the last few weeks. The Iran operation is really not going the way he expected it to go, and he's finding it difficult to do his usual "declare a win and walk away".
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Acceptable-Bus-2017Mar 25, 2026
+52
Are you kidding? They gave him a really expensive present. Some might call it a prize. And with it comes peace, so it's basically a peace prize. But you can't see it and he won't say it's a peace prize, but it was definitely a peace prize.
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DawnSignalsMar 25, 2026
+11
it was also an extremely large peace prize
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JoeChioMar 25, 2026
+10
Go watch the video where Trump throws Hegseth and Stephen Miller under the bus for the Iran operation. Watch their faces. They aren't happy being fall guys.
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escapefromelbaMar 25, 2026
+3
How do you get that title I wonder
3
PiratePilotMar 25, 2026
+3
Harry Enten is pretty good but also sigh
3
lexmMar 25, 2026
+8
Don’t believe anything the data gurus say and go vote.
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ElderSmackJackMar 25, 2026
+11
God I hate this take so much. We follow politics. That’s watching data. “Go vote” — it isn’t Election Day.
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ghostcatMar 25, 2026
+2
…and then toss it from that bank into the river, where it will be carried out into the sea, never to be seen again.
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-CoachMcGuirk-Mar 25, 2026
+26
is there a way to block Reddit posts with DailyBeast clickbait titles?
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uuhsonMar 25, 2026
+5
I'm having a hard time believing the mods here aren't on TDB payroll, this c*** should have been banned so long ago
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-CoachMcGuirk-Mar 25, 2026
+3
Seriously. You’re exactly right. Every other article is from TDB. F-that outlet.
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uuhsonMar 25, 2026
+3
Not only are the articles dumb, but there's a paywall too I think. Just absurd
3
Prince_MarfMar 25, 2026
+7
I almost think we should keep this "midterms will be a bloodbath" rhetoric on this down low. Right now the MAGA base is still in lala land thinking that Trump is doing a great job and there is no need to be closely engaged in politics.
If we start counting our chickens for the midterms early then the spite that motivates Trump voters will activate and they will be motivated to go to the polls.
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2Peenis2WeenisMar 25, 2026
+5
Trump being on the ballot is the only thing that activates them, so we're good
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anhonestpuck13Mar 25, 2026
+6
I have nothing but contempt at this point for any news media "predicting" anything. They might as well be reading chicken entrails.
That said, this headline evokes an image of a bunch of people banding together to physically flip Mar-a-Lago into the ocean, which is a fun thought.
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atticusfinch1973Mar 25, 2026
+7
The rest of the world is ashamed and astounded you re-elected him. Make sure it's not even close this time so there's no question about it. Unless the Democrats turn dozens of seats, they will claim it's cheating like they did the last time.
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S3bamanMar 25, 2026
+6
The rest of the world is not ashamed - we are pissed, frustrated, and dumbfounded.
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FlowRiderBobMar 25, 2026
+2
Oh, they will claim cheating regardless.
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MagicGritMar 25, 2026
+6
I’ve been hearing this shit for 10 years. He wasn’t lying when he said he could shoot someone and not lose any voters. I’ll believe it when I see it
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LibKanMar 25, 2026
+10
Like here's the thing...at this point the GOP's only hope is to rig the elections, that's why Trump is throwing a fit to get SAVE passed because this the only way to do without looking like they're doing it.
Otherwise the House Majority? Gone. It's already barely there.
Senate majority? A bigger battle but firmly in the realm of possibility.
And keep in mind this is with the DNC doing nothing. They're aren't exactly out there pushing narratives, propping up a lot of candidates. If the DNC was actually out there? Doing the obvious and pointing out that all three branches of the government in under Trump's control and this is what you get?
It would be too big to rig.
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rettributionMar 25, 2026
+4
For 8 years I've been waiting. I gave up.
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Rambaz_69Mar 25, 2026
+4
One thing is certain: the overwhelming majority of Europeans—with the exception of Viktor Orbán and various far-right parties and their supporters—are rooting for the Americans. This trend should and must continue.
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rapaxMar 25, 2026
+4
They got Al Capone on tax violations. Maybe they can take down Trump on zoning issues.
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KB_SezMar 25, 2026
+16
The problem is too many people are focusing on the midterms, by then the damage done by the regime will be catastrophic - we need people fighting today.
Schumer and Jeffries are writing letters and doing nothing.
Any Dem not fighting daily needs to be primaried and replaced
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iplaybassok89Mar 25, 2026
+14
What do you want them to do? What does fighting look like to you
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telecomando_3Mar 25, 2026
+19
Right? Yes I am disappointed in them too but, there is literally nothing they can do. R's hold the majority in the house and the senate and we are still a democracy - as in Majority rules. The narrative is not why are Democrats letting this happen it is WHY ARE REPUBLICANS LETTING THIS HAPPEN! It would take 3 R's in the house and 4 in the senate to side with the D's and slow this chaos - it would take 17 of them to flip and impeach and remove. You're blaming THE WRONG SIDE. The question is WHY ARE REPUBLICANS LETTING THIS HAPPEN!!!
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silasgreenfrontMar 25, 2026
+3
I'd say preventing passage of the SAVE act has been a good example of the kind of fighting I want to see from them. Something meaningful instead of just performative. They don't really have a lot of power to reign in Trump right now and preventing SAVE is a sensible and effective way of using what little juice they have.
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Dazzling-Jaguar-4674Mar 25, 2026
+6
Didn't Trump say that he will nationalize the US elections? He wants the GOP to nationalize the elections.
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Wolverine9779Mar 25, 2026
+2
That is the whole fight over the "SAVE America act". They tie it to funding the govt, of course, but buried in the bill is the bit where elections come under federal control.
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Scuttling_BillionairMar 25, 2026
+8
Trump shat the bed on Iran, so he will have to do something extreme like delaying elections because of some national security emergency. Musk will upload software updates into marginal electoral sites and have Starlink generate new counts.
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ISwallowedALegoMar 25, 2026
+3
SAVE Act seems DOA so he's going to get more and more desperate
3
KabbooooooomMar 25, 2026
+3
Oh, this is fun, can I join? I’m a doctor and I think the odds are in our favor for a “major disaster” for Trump because you don’t order an MRA (Magnetic Resonance Angiography) for a geriatric, obese man without a very good reason. And no, this isn’t a “routine test” as a part of a “physical”.
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GenericMacAndCheeseMar 25, 2026
+3
Don't just vote. Sign up to work the polls, please! Many states pay poll workers.
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cloudsmilesMar 25, 2026
+3
But did anyone ask Grok?
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thistimelineisweirdMar 25, 2026
+3
Oh man what if Champagne Day coincided with midterm election night results?
3
Fartenstein65Mar 25, 2026
+3
Let’s stop with all of the predictions and see this happen. Trump and friends will do anything and everything they can to win. Also if the Dems win do we all really trust that they will go on a justice spree or will the establishment Dems push the “we must heal the nation” bs again and do nothing while everyone who voted for them pokes them with a stick.
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wrxninjaMar 25, 2026
+3
Nothing will beat when there's a breaking news Trump shit his pants, fell asleep, and never woke up.
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Important-Design-169Mar 25, 2026
+3
If the democrats get in and heads don't start to roll, I'm going to flip my shit and all other shit in the adjoining area.
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Competitive-Ad-9404Mar 25, 2026
+3
Trump, who doesn't know anything about history or the constitution, will do EVERYTHING he can imagine to cheat or cancel the elections. His MAGA cult will cheer him on saying how brave he is to do away with Democracy. Fox News will say AOC would have created communism anyway. The Supreme Court will let it happen.
3
Impervious_RexMar 25, 2026
+3
CNN Data guru still thinks there won’t be massive election fuckery
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theBigDaddioMar 25, 2026
+3
I don’t think you need to be a data guru to make this prediction
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Human_ThinkerMar 25, 2026
+3
It’s a good thing he wears diapers for all the thins that would supposedly scare the c*** out of him
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TailsupPennyMar 25, 2026
+2
He won’t make it til the midterms. He is already a Jim Henson stile muppet. Vance cant carry the torch. I wonder if you can make a bet…
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ophausMar 25, 2026
+2
He's somehow survived every poll. Statistics are worth the paper they're printed on, and most aren't printed.
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kevendoMar 25, 2026
+2
It's ok though because they plan to suppress the vote!
In case you didn't notice, they are no longer even trying to win by don't the Will of The People™.
Cheating is all they have left, they know that, and it absolutely might work.
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LootthatbodyMar 25, 2026
+2
I’d like to point out that a lot of these flips are in ‘Red’ areas, and are being won by insanely thin margins.
That means 2 things:
1. we still need to vote! Don’t think that just because a dem won a (formerly) red county by 4 votes that your lifelong blue county can’t flip by 4 votes! Vote yourself, get your friends and family to vote, and get them to get THEIR friends and family to vote. That is how you energize and mobilize, locally, not by having Beyoncé or Taylor swift tell people at concerts.
2. Places that have been considered ‘solid’ Red or Blue are ALWAYS up for grabs. Any county, any city, any state. We know there are tens of millions of people not voting, and on a local level it often wouldn’t take much to flip these places. Don’t lose hope or get bogged down.
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SidratFlushMar 25, 2026
+2
Can it now be zoned and taxed properly?
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Old-Current6989Mar 25, 2026
+2
Let's just focus. Pay attention, vote, don't assume ANYTHING. We've seen this before.
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Icy-Tooth-9167Mar 25, 2026
+2
I mean Trump is doing a terrible job so.
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[deleted]Mar 25, 2026
+2
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damnthistrafficjamMar 25, 2026
+2
Or at least increasing their taxes “Like nobody’s seen before!”
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25point4cmMar 25, 2026
+2
Don’t read this shit and don’t listen to polls.
Get out and vote. Clear and simple.
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jsc1429Mar 25, 2026
+2
Don’t let these wins and headlines make you become complacent! Everyone needs to get out and vote this November as the GOP will be doing everything they can to keep you away from the booths!
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Jurango34Mar 25, 2026
+2
Trump has already declared democrats as a more potent threat to America than Iran. I think he’s gearing up for something drastic.
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SlappinPickleMar 25, 2026
+2
I'm not holding my breath
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ChiefStrongbonesMar 25, 2026
+2
"CNN Data Guru" lol. Especially one arguing that the outcome of a low-turnout special election for a legislative seat is a bellwether event.
Republicans are likely to lose a lot in November, but this inconsequential Florida special election is not strong indicator of that. For all we know, voters in the district just preferred the white woman to the black man.
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Fluid_Lingonberry467Mar 25, 2026
+2
Just like how all the polls before the election said the democrats would win……
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JBoOzMar 25, 2026
+2
I live in a small town (granted in a blue state) but they usually lean red. This past November EVERY thing that was on the line swung blue. It was kind of shocking because there is usually a good mix.
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seanathon99Mar 25, 2026
+2
Vote.
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espinaustinMar 25, 2026
+2
Maggats are planning to claim fraud and reject the outcome. Pretty obvious.
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tom21gMar 25, 2026
+2
Have to have a free election first. Does anyone believe the supreme perfect leader is going to risk losing Congress?
And don’t count on Republicans to be true to America.\
The deal to them will be: you can play fair and lose your seat, or we can steal the election and you stay in power.\
What do you think Republicans will do?
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gknight702Mar 25, 2026
+2
I have heard daily for 10 years of his impending end. I cannot consume the cope anymore.
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ReactionJifsMar 25, 2026
+2
incredibly ballsy to "predict" something that's already happening 🏌️♂️⛳
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snoopingforpoopingMar 25, 2026
+2
Trump won 49% of total vote. It wasn’t a MAGA mandate and Trump has overplayed his hand.
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newtdawg44Mar 25, 2026
+2
He incited an insurrection and got re-elected.
I’ll believe Americans finally have learned their lesson about this clown if in November both chambers flip by substantial numbers.
The USA has had five chances to overwhelmingly reject this a****** and his corrupt enablers and we have yet to see it.
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hivernageprofondMar 25, 2026
+2
What major disaster? I want to know what the dems will really do if we finally get control back? How will they stop any future president or administration from doing all the things this one has done? Obviously our laws mean nothing if this administration is allowed to be the biggest crime organization in the country. The shear amount of illegal shit him and his administration have done, the unconstitutional stuff.... And there is no enforcement of any laws against it...none. He should have already been in prison long ago. I want to have hope for me and my children's future but thinking America turns blue in a blue wave is going to mean the disaster is righted...I'm sadly not convinced. But if we do win the majority I really do hope the new administration doesn't FAFO...because they already FAFO'd and doing it again...means we will never have a chance. We need a Project 2026 of our own, and a Project 2028. Trials for all of them, all the way down the line of all the republicans and dems that voted against America's rights and in every state. I'm looking at you DeSatan.
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WaitUntilTheHighwayMar 25, 2026
+2
I could see the insanely blatant stock market manipulation being something that actually slips into the minds of some MAGA, when everything else hasn't. I dunno, the idea of slimy rich fucks blatantly stealing your money seems broadly despised.
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HumanChalletMar 25, 2026
+2
Not if they can interfere enough with the election to avert the disaster
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Biohacker_EllieMar 25, 2026
+2
I love how the media still assumes there’s going to be a free and fair election in November
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Sweddy-BowlsMar 26, 2026
+2
Never underestimate the ability of the DNC to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory and totally bungle easy slow pitch softball elections.
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GoodGoodGoodyMar 26, 2026
+1
The midterms, if actually conducted, will be bad, maybe even lose both houses of congress bad, but rest assured three things will happen in 2028
- Republicans will vote red for every candidate
- 1/3 of eligible Americans will either be too lazy to vote or will moronically actively boycott (looking at you Palestinian-Americans)
- Women will find another reason to vote against their basic rights interests but also blame men.
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