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reddittorbrigade Apr 2, 2026 +981

Donald and Elon are planning to cheat massively this November.

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Be-skeptical Apr 2, 2026 +330

Don’t give a pass to republican controlled states. Elon and Trump can’t do this on their own

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pontiacfirebird92 Apr 2, 2026 +96

Mississippi and Florida already passed their version of the SAVE Act.

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IChallengeYouToADuel Apr 2, 2026 +61

Florida's doesn't go into effect before the midterms.

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Moveyourbloominass Apr 2, 2026 +19

That's even if they withstand the lawsuits already filed by Advocacy Voting groups. The bill's fate is unknown as of yesterday and the lawsuits now filed. Yay!!!

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pizzasoup Apr 2, 2026 +11

Bless those folks for taking on the Sisyphusean task of fighting against this bullshit.

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Sea_Action9662 Apr 2, 2026 +1

I imagine they will as there’s a provision in it that mandates your citizenship be put on your drivers license/state issued ID.

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Oleg101 Apr 2, 2026 +12

When does it go into effect when one of their airports gets named after Trump and higher education not being able to have sociology as part of their core curriculum?

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boom929 Apr 2, 2026 +1

Is this a question?

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12-34 Apr 2, 2026 +30

Wait, are you telling me the State with a Confederate flag on its own State flag until f****** 2020 doesn't give a shit about basic rights, rock-level human decency, and common sense? Fetch my fainting couch.

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NJTigers Apr 2, 2026 +8

Don’t let JD near it

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deadheffer Apr 2, 2026

Jettison them from the union

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Pretty-Balance-Sheet Apr 2, 2026 +5

Utah's legislature got smacked down multiple times for gerrymandering. Utah will likely get a Democrat.

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jainyday Apr 2, 2026 +18

Trump manufacturs an excuse to declare martial law, like food riots stemming from the Iran situation. Doesn't need any more help from anyone besides his victims (citizens like us) to react predictably when we're starving so he can send in the military; plan's already in motion.

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TheBalzy Apr 2, 2026 +14

Food is going to be more expensive, but it's not going to raise to "riot" level by the time of the midterms. And y'all give Trump et. al. way too much credit for being far more intelligent than they actually are. This administration couldn't logistically figure out how to raid a pantry, let alone how to rig an election. Just look how well redistricting went for them...(dems gaining NET house seats in the redistricting battle, and Republicans putting more at risk).

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Federal_Drummer7105 Apr 2, 2026 +52

Oh good f****** lord but the sheer doom of you people. **Will** he attempt f*****? Yes. OK - now let's try a thought experiment. How many cities are there? How many voting places? I believe someone did the math and you took every single soldier available, you'd have 3 per polling place. 3. Now imagine 3 soldiers outside a voting area. Hell, suppose they don't even send them to the red states and just the blue states, jack it up to 20. Against hundreds of people mad because they can't vote. People who will start to get even more pissed off. "Oh but he'll declare martial law" - with 20 soldiers per voting area? US soldiers would get creamed and it will only even have a chance if he starts bombing the cities - and how long do you think even red state people will accept it? And look how Trump is managing the war in Iran. You think him and his team of cross dressing Fox news believing idiots will be able to do a good job - or f*** it up like everything else? They couldn't even take over Minnesota and they were overwhelmed with peaceful protesters! There's a difference between fear and fear mongering, between being cautious and watchful and being paranoid. I'm 50, I've seen too much shit, and I can tell you even here in this red state of Idaho people are already mad he's even trying to f*** with elections. Resist, but don't give into fear. Be ready to strike and shut it all down, but don't come at me with "Oh well he'll send in the military and it's all over just roll over like the pleebs you are."

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Andy_Fish_Gill Apr 2, 2026 +13

Flood the polling places and send Republicans back to the Stone Age. This is the USA and we still have the vote!

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lactose_cow Apr 2, 2026 +9

> Oh good f****** lord but the sheer doom of you people. i'd bet my life you were saying this before he got sworn in. "he wont celebrate death, he wont send federal agents to murder citizens, he wont get us into a war, he wont violate the constitution *that* much. the system will protect us!"

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Federal_Drummer7105 Apr 2, 2026 +17

Then you'd be wrong. But I didn't think people would totally roll over. And guess what - some have. Enough law firms did, and now sucks to be them. Enough businesses did and look how they're doing. And we saw people step up, saw judges say "No - that's not the law." Saw people go out and vote. I'll be blunt: if Trump was going to do a massive "martial law I'm taking over" **he'd have done it by now because on election day it makes it harder and worse**. Was I surprised how many people like Tim Cook and Bezos knelt to suck his little orange d***? Sure. Am I proud of the people who have gone out and fought, and keep fighting, and they lose and lose and lose and lose and lose - until they win? F*** yeah I am. And I've gone to those protests and help out the food kitchens and do what little I can, but a little from a lot of people is a lot. What did **you** do other than tell us all it's hopeless?

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theserial Apr 2, 2026 +1

Just to give a little more accurate numbers, in 2022 polling places had dwindled to under 95,000 for the entire USA (down from almost 231,000 in 2018). Active Duty, Reserve, and Guard forces in early 2026 totaled approximately 2,100,000. If targeting all polling places, that's 22 per location. If they decide to just target blue cities in swing states, that's a much larger concentration of forces, potentially hundreds of soldiers at each site.

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Federal_Drummer7105 Apr 2, 2026 +2

And with all of that - is it feasible? No. Will Trump try something once again beyond his ability and have it do some bad while failing at his goals? My bet is yes - because I’ve seen how people rise to resist. And in the time it will take for him to do it, thousands will be lined up against it from the courts to lawmakers to people in the streets. Let him try. And we’ll make him burn.

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RedactsAttract Apr 2, 2026 +1

Great math. 🙄🙄🙄 They only need to close a few select polling locations. Imagine 8 of them in Philly and Pittsburgh closed- 4 each. Imagine 8 closed in Arizona cities.

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Federal_Drummer7105 Apr 2, 2026 +2

Ok and then what? “Troops at this place guess we go home!” “Hey guys the president gave us an illegal order oh well gotta obey it.” “I’m the governor guess I’m helpless.” F****** pussies around here. Ain’t got no spine and just want to doom and gloom instead of saying “and when it happens we f****** fight.”

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PunksPrettyMuchDead Apr 2, 2026 +1

You don't need every polling place, or every polling place in a solid red or blue state. Why would you bother with this in TX, NY or CA, you'd never suppress the vote there enough to matter. You just need specific polling places in swing states, and that's a much smaller list. They're already acclimating us to ICE being everywhere, you make a habit of disappearing teenagers to El Salvador and people will be afraid to show up.

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SerfTint Apr 3, 2026 +1

There's no way of knowing how successful it will be, but you're making it out as virtually impossible to rig this election, when it's actually quite easy and voter suppression has had a long and storied record of working very well. He doesn't need to surround every polling place, just in a fairly small amount of them, in a small number of states. How many Senate seats (for example) are really, honestly in play? 6? There's a reason that pollsters focus on only a few counties in every competitive state. Also, the majority will likely be won or lost in close elections, since the amount of times that a seat changes hands in a blowout are slim (other than if the district boundaries change). Almost anything can be decisive in a close election. ICE agents, even just a few of them, checking everyone's ID in line will slow down the process, so fewer people will have time during their lunch breaks (etc.) to stay in long lines. And if states pass any variant of the SAVE Act in their state, imagine the length of the line if people are denied a ballot and start to complain to the poll workers. If mail-in ballots are delayed, a lot of people won't be able to vote. If Republicans declare that "the race needs to be called by 10pm on Election Day," that can affect candidates even if they actually did win--now they have to rely on the courts to sort out a giant mess, and that's presuming the votes will still be countable and not seized by the FBI, etc. If Johnson simply refuses to seat Democrats who won their seats, we've already seen that he can stall rightful members for weeks or longer. And I haven't even gotten to the voting machines. This IS an actual concern, even from incompetent people who often bungle their own evil plans. January 6th was one or two remarkable happenstances away from succeeding and letting Trump stay in power. It had a greater likelihood to work than not to work, and it was not organized by people who were too much smarter than the Administration is now.

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fredkreuger Apr 2, 2026 +1

Cool, how many polling places need to be shut down to help this? You already have 1 polling place for hundreds of thousands in some places, and that's just states willingly doing that. People have to be allowed time to vote, but they don't have to be paid. I'm lucky, if needed I could sit my ass in line for 10 hours, but I'm in a drastic minority.

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Federal_Drummer7105 Apr 2, 2026 +3

I'm not an expert - but seriously, think of the logistics. Let's assume Trump goes "VOTING IN CHIcago is corrupt and I am SENDING THE TROOPS thank you for your attention to this matter!" How would the rest of the country act? Congress? Local police? Would it cause chaos? Sure. Would it also mean you'd have thousands across the country freak out? Yes. So what is the realistic path he could take that would have the military just roll over and agree, local **blue state** police and national guard just say "Oh no we can do nothing"? The level of acceptance by a lot of people is required - and based on everything else, I'm not seeing the "He knocks out 20 polling places and he wins." Considering how the special elections have gone, he'd have to hit hundreds of them and hope everything goes perfectly.

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fredkreuger Apr 2, 2026

He has already been sending troops all over blue states, and while there is an outcry, police and national guard are just helping so far, so like, yeah, I can foresee that being the case. There is a mechanism to stop this, but house and Senate Republicans are making money from the chaos, so it goes unabated.

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alabasterskim Apr 2, 2026 +1

Fun fact - Dominion Voting Systems, used by 29 states, was bought by a Republican donor last year.

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Equivalent-Excuse-80 Apr 2, 2026 +8

They don’t really have to. The plan is always going to be the tried and true lying and not accepting the results. Far easier and cheaper than trying to pull off a multi-state election rigging scheme.

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jainyday Apr 2, 2026 +24

We're a few months away from having food riots, planting season is starting and farmers can't get fertilizer because of the Iran/Hormuz situation, which I'm pretty sure is part of the reason WHY Trump did this. My money's on declaring martial law to prevent/screw with the election.

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stubobarker Apr 2, 2026 +22

You’re assuming he had a strategy thought out in advance

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radicalelation Apr 2, 2026 +11

Not him. The Heritage Foundation has been at this for decades and most of their pieces are in place. Basically they're wanting the US to collapse to then rebuild it in their wealth and racial supremacist image. It's no coincidence Heritage was real close to Russia post-Soviet Union, with an office in Moscow and regular meetings by founder Ed Fulener with reformer leadership, including Russia's then-PM. Russia was the prototype.

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pontiacfirebird92 Apr 2, 2026 +12

Stephen Miller might have. Trump just signs whatever is put in front of him. He puts on a show while his minions work in the background to f*** over America and grift.

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CSAtWitsEnd Apr 2, 2026 +2

There's a tendency for people to think everything exists in the grand scheme of a larger narrative. That all things that happen are happening by design - EVEN IF that design is by an evil man, because that's somewhat comforting to believe - at least someone is "in control". Trump has never shown any indication of being a "5D chess player" or whatever - evil or otherwise. It seems clear to me that he has a general framework of things he wants to happen and it's mostly "Trump and the friends get rich, do racist things to get applause from racists, and be vindictive towards people who *owe* respect". But anything beyond that is basically reaction to various things coming across his desk, not intentional plans.

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TheShipEliza Apr 2, 2026 +3

we import 18% of our nitrogen fertilizer in the US. food prices will go up but we will be nowhere close to foot riots.

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haarp1 Apr 2, 2026 +1

not in the US, but India will have a problem in a couple of months if they don't come to an agreement with China.

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whatlineisitanyway Apr 2, 2026 +2

If the GOP doesn't get decimated I hope a majority of the country will recognize that the results aren't legitimate.

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HopelessBearsFan Apr 2, 2026 +2

Let us not forget that half of voting machines are owned by a MAGA Oligarch https://dissentinbloom.substack.com/p/half-of-americas-voting-machines

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Y0___0Y Apr 2, 2026 +3

Not in any way that will work. Pisses me off to see the left now also embrace this fake shit Trump made up about elections not being secure and being easy to steal. They are secure. And they are nnear impossible to steal.

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colondollarcolon Apr 2, 2026 +1

We are all right to be fearful of this.

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Lumpy_Machine5538 Apr 3, 2026 +1

Again.

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smersh101 Apr 3, 2026 +1

But won't be able to cheat effectively enough to make a difference.

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Suds_McGruff Apr 2, 2026

>Donald and Elon are planning to cheat massively this November. Again.

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Significant_Cup_238 Apr 2, 2026 +328

Mid-term massacre, followed by the near certainty of losing in 2028, all while knowing fully well the voters will hand them the keys again in 2030 so they can destroy the modicum of progress we make in 29 and 30.

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Esfahen Apr 2, 2026 +165

Abolish the presidency, embrace parliamentary democracy.

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meltdown_popcorn Apr 2, 2026 +92

I always thought parliamentary governments seemed quaint. Now I get it.

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heroic_cat Apr 2, 2026 +120

I like the idea that if a budget is not accepted, that's an automatic vote of no confidence, the government is dissolved, and a snap general election is triggered.

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DogtasticLife Apr 2, 2026 +43

Yep that’s how we managed to get rid of the travesty that was Liz Truss

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embryonicengineer Apr 2, 2026 +49

Not be locked into a single person for 4 years seems like a great idea given the last decade.

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GoBSAGo Apr 2, 2026 +18

W also should have gotten the boot.

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haarp1 Apr 2, 2026 +3

also the pres is only a ceremonial position you can also replace the govt every year like Italy has almost for the last couple of decades.

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pontiacfirebird92 Apr 2, 2026 +4

That would take a political weapon away from both sides. Which is why we will see even worse government shutdowns here forward. They won't get rid of something they can use.

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st8ic88 Apr 2, 2026 -2

Doesn't really work in a two-party system like the US. The budget would pass 100% of the time because the party with the plurality also has a majority.

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heroic_cat Apr 2, 2026 +8

What do you think a "government shutdown" is?

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heroic_cat Apr 2, 2026 +2

That is not how it pans out in de facto (UK, Canada, Australia) or de jure two party parliamentary systems.

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rookie-mistake Apr 2, 2026 +3

Canada isn't really a de facto two-party system when it comes to the specific topic of confidence votes. If they were, the ruling party would always have a majority and be able to push through. The Bloc and NDP have each played a pretty important role in the balance of power in Parliament

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heroic_cat Apr 2, 2026 +2

What I mean by de facto two party system is... name a Canadian PM that was not Liberal or Conservative (or their antecedents) in the last hundred years. Yeah you have ruling coalitions but one of the two parties dominates it.

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MoonlitInstrumental Apr 2, 2026 +12

abolish religious right wing zealotry and money driven politics

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Significant_Cup_238 Apr 2, 2026 +6

While I'm not against such a switch, I don't see how that helps the US with it's problem. Yes, the office of the presidency can be abused, but I see our problem as a whole party, one that typically controls congress. If we were in a parliamentary system right now without significant structural reforms to our legislative branch, we'd have a Prime Minister Trump right now running roughshod over our constitutional norms.

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postmodest Apr 2, 2026 +1

Return to the constitutional mode of one rep per 30,000 people, give us a 10,000 House members.

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ScootyMcTrainhat Apr 3, 2026 +1

You think Washington is gridlocked now...

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WesIsaLeo Apr 3, 2026 +1

This. 100%.

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Nasty_Goblin Apr 2, 2026

The presidency is fine. It’s the two party system, and nutless congress that are the problem. They could stop this shit at any time. But Republicans are too chickenshit to call out, or vote against their own even when they know it’s wrong.

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eskimospy212 Apr 2, 2026 +13

The presidency is not fine. There's a good piece written on this called 'the perils of presidentialism' and basically presidential systems are uniquely vulnerable to an authoritarian takeover as seen throughout history. For a very long time the US was held up as the quintessential counter-example but, well... look at us now. The basic problem is split sovereignty between the legislature and the executive that leads to gridlock. In the face of gridlock the executive usually takes more and more power to themselves to keep the country running. Eventually they take enough power that the legislature is an afterthought.

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CanvasSolaris Apr 2, 2026 +1

"The 18th Brumaire of Louis Napoleon" was written by Marx over 150 years ago about a president overthrowing his parliament. All so he could live like his more famous uncle

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AManHasNoShame Apr 2, 2026 +32

The presidency is not fine. The abuse of executive orders are proof of that. Look at our system of checks and balances fail us in real time.

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civil_politician Apr 2, 2026 +8

It’s the antiquated senate and the capped house

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Happy-Evening-Sun Apr 2, 2026 +7

and the supreme court

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Ven18 Apr 2, 2026 +8

It’s almost like having a government whose core structure has not adapted since the 1800 makes it wildly outdated by the 21st century.

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Happy-Evening-Sun Apr 2, 2026

Happy cakeday

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wzzm13weatherball Apr 2, 2026 +8

The senate is just DEI for crappy MAGA states.

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CSAtWitsEnd Apr 2, 2026 +1

I have said for a while that imo the House of Representatives and the Senate should be merged into a single body called the "House of Representatives". (And also representation should be proportional and selected with ranked choice voting)

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SuperKato1K Apr 2, 2026 +2

The idea of a Presidency is valid. The Presidency as it exists (Imperial, overwhelming power and the authority to do *almost* anything without consequence) is not something this country can stand and still have a future as a democracy.

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Nasty_Goblin Apr 2, 2026 +2

He doesn’t have overwhelming power. It only seems like it because congress isn’t doing their f****** job. They are the ‘checks and balances’ and refusing to do so.

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SuperKato1K Apr 2, 2026 +4

Those checks and balances have been weakened over the past decades to the point we DO have an Imperial Presidency, even if yes... Congress is making it exponentially worse. It's not just Congress that needs to grow a spine, it's the Office of the Presidency itself which ALSO needs to be whittled back down into something appropriately sized, with appropriately managed powers.

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primetimerobus Apr 2, 2026 +1

The problem is partisan voters and gerrymandering. In the past representative and senators had to actually do something for their voters whether it was pork or projects or at least listen. Now they can sit in Washington do nothing and 80% have zero fear of losing because too many voters just vote the party.

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MaterialImprovement1 Apr 2, 2026 +30

bingo. I've been saying it for a while. Republicans have slowly made things worse and with each iteration, they know the public has a memory of a gold-fish. Doesn't matter how bad Trump is. Doesn't matter how shitty its been generally economy wise with Republicans in Power over the last 4 decades. Republicans / independents will forget about it in 2 years. Yeah, this cycle they may be fucked. But they know all they have to do is wait and they'll be back in full power before they know it. They actually have a MUCH easier time gerrymandering wise to hold seats / get full congress than Democrats do. If Republicans in Congress murdered some voters families, i'm so cynical these days that these same voters would rather forget their families names gold-fish style then not vote Republican. Hell they probably would believe it if they were told it was actually the Democrats fault. THAT is how bad i think it is.

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Burning___Earth Apr 2, 2026 +21

This is the typical democrat-republican economic cycle. - Democrats get into office, fix a bunch of stuff that the last republican broke. Because the economy takes years to reflect these fixes, they get voted out because the economy sucks under them. - Republican gets into office after all the democrat fixes are in place. Those fixes bring prices down and juice the economy. The republican takes credit for this and puts in dumbass policies which are bad for the economy but won't be felt for 4-7 years. - Democrat gets back in and the cycle repeats. Millions of idiots think conservatives are good at the economy because of this cycle.

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cubixy2k Apr 2, 2026 +4

Their dumbass policies are being felt already.

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Oleg101 Apr 2, 2026 +6

Part of the [Two Santa’s Strategy](http://www.milwaukeeindependent.com/thom-hartmann/two-santas-strategy-gop-used-economic-scam-manipulate-americans-40-years/) that voters keep falling for. Republicans are great at taking advantage of the *many* low-info voters in this country.

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SniffDsNutz Apr 2, 2026 +8

The Republicans don’t want to win 2028 and 2030 lol. Like, what, they’re going to take responsibility for the economy going to shit when they’ve been the only ones in power? It’s the age old playbook from them.

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acceptmeasiam Apr 2, 2026 +7

Its exhausting isnt it?

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one_pound_of_flesh Apr 2, 2026 +3

It sucks, but we do make progress one funeral at a time.

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Burning___Earth Apr 2, 2026 +3

Crazy to think a bunch of 18th century slave owners didn't actually come up with the best system of governance of all time, eh?

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Be-skeptical Apr 2, 2026 +1

We have to go after these right wing media propagandists like Fox News. Not to mention these companies buying up our media companies. Look at how much damage AM and Fox News has done. Sinclair, nexstar, and the like are as dangerous or more and we’ll see that in the years to come

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wiggmaster666 Apr 2, 2026 +1

Anyone thinking there will be (fair) midterms, is an idiot.

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socialistForDE Apr 2, 2026 -1

Maybe if we didn't elect moderate Democrats but instead politicians who actually made people's lives better. We need a thousand zohrans

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TransiTorri Apr 2, 2026 +97

The fact that the media just assumes the House is a lock and has moved to how much the Senate is in play is a sign of just how bad those poll numbers look.

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Dr_Insano_MD Apr 2, 2026 +21

Yeah but it's not over 'til it's over. The only poll that matters is the one in November.

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IronyElSupremo Apr 2, 2026 +17

It’s a given the party in power will take losses in the US midterm election. Trump has tried more than any other President to avoid this, tho no way an impeachment would be confirmed in the Senate without the GOP joining the ‘27-‘28 Democrats … as 2/3ds are needed. Probably because Trump wants to be the big boss and not want serious negotiations with a likely Speaker Jeffries (D) as opposed to the present Speaker Toady aka Johnson (R).

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Equivalent_Working73 Apr 2, 2026 +112

The DNC needs to go all in on the midterms. We need a supermajority in both chambers to impeach, then convict, the m***********.

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LangyMD Apr 2, 2026 +54

Is it even possible to get a supermajority in the Senate, even if every single election goes to the Democrats? Not every Senate seat is up for election every cycle.

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bobcatgoldthwait Apr 2, 2026 +36

There are 22 seats with Republicans due up for re-election in 2026, but only a few of them are considered competitive. I guess if Trump becomes *deeply* unpopular by then, who knows, but as of right now even a simple majority isn't guaranteed.

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rainman_104 Apr 2, 2026 +20

Not to mention the polls don't seem all that bad for them. 47% think the economy has improved under the orange guy. That is just a false narrative at this point. And 40% still approve of him. It's insane.

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Stang1776 Apr 2, 2026 +6

Good news is that we still have a few more months of him destroying the economy. The bad news is that we still have a few more of him destroying the economy. With that being said, the economy is getting destroyed either way so I say just raze it to the ground. The worse it gets, the worse the GOP assbeating will be.

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rainman_104 Apr 2, 2026 +2

The problem is that just below half the population is oblivious and say it's better. Propaganda is wild eh ?

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anaboogiewoogie Apr 2, 2026

What polls? Source? I personally do not believe any polls right now. Most are polling biased groups or asking questions that don’t align with the actual poll.

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rainman_104 Apr 3, 2026 +1

I usually look at the poll aggregators. The economist has a good one. https://www.economist.com/interactive/trump-approval-tracker He's slipped to 36% and I think his floor is 30%.

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Excellent-Estimate21 Apr 2, 2026 +4

What if the price for a gallon of gas doubles within the next few months?

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blaqsupaman Apr 2, 2026 +3

If that happens it'll be apocalyptic for the GOP. Like, it would be their worst election results since 1932.

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Darko33 Apr 2, 2026 +2

I read an article today with an economist being quoted as saying $5 gas during Memorial Day weekend is pretty much a guaranteed national death sentence for midterms I don't see how gas will be any cheaper than that in eight weeks

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NoKids__3Money Apr 2, 2026 +1

It will just be Joe Biden’s fault. The only way out of this is to immediately and massively improve K-12 education, and then wait 50 years for the current cohort of complete morons to die off. So in other words, we will be fighting with these stupid idiots for the rest of our lives. Get used to it.

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Equivalent_Working73 Apr 2, 2026 +8

There are 20 GOP seats up for grabs.

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DekoGG Apr 2, 2026 +12

The absolute insanely .00001% chance of the best best best case scenario happens gets us to 55. Genuinely impossible to get 60 this cycle or frankly ever

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Kana515 Apr 2, 2026 +7

That's the deal with the senate, only about ⅓ of seats up for grabs. I guess the idea is to make sure any big changes are from consistent things rather than one big event, unfortunately with how things really go, republicans could nuke half the planet and the pendulum would swing a bit against them... then 2 or 4 years later people forget or think "Surely they learned their lesson" and it swings back.

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mikerichh Apr 2, 2026 +4

I hope we had a point where in Republicans have to let go of him because he’ll hurt their chances for current and future elections, but that remains to be seen

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TheHistorian2 Apr 2, 2026 +3

Mathematically, yes. Realistically, no.

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GreenAnder Apr 2, 2026 +2

It’s unlikely but not impossible, but just controlling the chamber is enough to start proceedings

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RockThePond Apr 2, 2026 +3

If they impeach him again and he gets acquitted by the Senate again, why do we think things will end differently than last time? I think you need to investigate and bring stuff to light to let even more people turn on him and whoever he chooses to succeed him. Another failed impeachment attempt will only give him more ammo and fire up his base again. Have we learned nothing?

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GreenAnder Apr 2, 2026 +5

I dunno man I just want him to be miserable

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markekt Apr 2, 2026 +12

If a supermajority were possible the situation in this country would be so bad we’d probably be eating each other come November.

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wiggmaster666 Apr 2, 2026 +1

Anyone thinking there will be (fair) midterms, is an idiot.

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Nighthawk700 Apr 2, 2026 +1

Obviously, but understand that falling short of that is expected. Thinking this is a reasonably possible outcome is how you get people mad at Dems because they didn't fix every problem in Biden's 100 days with a VP tie breaking majority in the house and 3 turncoats. The truth is, the country has been completely gerrymandered to the point where Republicans easily win despite getting fewer overall votes nearly all of the time. We can blame Dems (really, disengaged Dem voters since we get the government we ask for) for allowing that and ignoring state and local elections, but that's a conversation for after the bleeding has stopped.

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violent_unicorn Apr 2, 2026 +1

MotherfuckerS. Plural. It's not one guy. The only thing this whole dog and pony show has exposed is if any change is to be expected, all are to be held to blame first and foremost. Impeachment has happened. Conviction has happened. And here we are. Nothing matters till the oligarchy and theocracy have had their connections severed from the roots.

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ProgrammerOk1400 Apr 2, 2026 -2

Not going to happen with Chuck at the helm.

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gringledoom Apr 2, 2026 -5

Tell me you don’t understand what the DNC or Chuck Schumer’s roles actually are without telling me, lol.

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ProgrammerOk1400 Apr 2, 2026 +1

Tell me how naive you are without telling me lol

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gringledoom Apr 2, 2026 +2

The funny thing is that the people who most loathe the institutional Democratic Party could pretty easily take it over and make changes, if they ever bothered to learn how literally anything works.

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newsweek Apr 2, 2026 +25

By Jesus Mesa — Politics Reporter | In American politics, there is a rule as old as the republic itself: The incumbent president's party will likely lose ground in the midterms. Even popular presidents have not avoided it. It happened under Barack Obama. It happened under Bill Clinton. It happened under Ronald Reagan. After regaining the White House in 2024, President Donald Trump declared victory. His approval numbers climbed. Republicans controlled Congress. The opposition was fractured and adrift. For a season, Trump looked invincible. But the midterms are still seven months away, and in that time, everything has shifted. The gains have evaporated. Republicans are now bracing for what comes next—a reckoning that suggests the old rule will hold once more. Trump's approval rating sits at 41.3 percent, with 56.3 percent disapproval, according to RealClearPolitics averages. More troubling for Republicans, polling now suggests they could lose not just the House but the Senate as well—a scenario that seemed implausible just months ago. About 39 House seats are deemed competitive. As of today, Democrats need a net gain of only three to regain control of the House. On the Senate side, states once written off as safely Republican—like Texas, Iowa and Ohio—are now in play. Prediction markets reflect the shift. Kalshi, one of the largest prediction markets, prices a Democratic flip of the House at 84 percent. For the Senate, Republicans lead at 51 percent to retain the upper chamber, though Democrats have recently yet briefly surpassed the 50 percent threshold. "I've never seen the fundamentals of an election cycle as bad for an incumbent party as I am right now," said Mike Madrid, a Republican strategist with 35 years in the business. Read more: [https://www.newsweek.com/republicans-brace-for-midterms-massacre-11771849?utm\_source=listnook&utm\_campaign=listnook\_main](https://www.newsweek.com/republicans-brace-for-midterms-massacre-11771849?utm_source=listnook&utm_campaign=listnook_main)

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ProfessorDerp22 Apr 2, 2026 +27

Imagine being handed a surging domestic stock market with a recovering economy equipped with job growth and descending inflation, only to shit it all away.

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grptrt Apr 2, 2026 +7

In under 15 months. Speed run.

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FastFingersDude Apr 2, 2026 +4

It’s really mindblowing. Awful.

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BeKindBabies Apr 2, 2026 +1

Tariffs are pro-inflation and so is any war significantly impacting crude. I’m not sure there’s any piece on the board that increases inflation more quickly than tariffs, and they were completely unnecessary. He’s an idiot of the highest order and so are those who voted for him.

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TobioOkuma1 Apr 2, 2026 +24

The fact that Alaska and Texas are in play shows how awful they are

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Wolfspirit4W Apr 2, 2026 +14

Candidate quality in Texas is a non-trivial factor.

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ninjapro98 Apr 2, 2026 +13

I’ve been hearing Texas is in play for democrats my entire life, I’ll believe it when I see it though

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TobioOkuma1 Apr 2, 2026 +5

Most polls show tallarico outright leading

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ninjapro98 Apr 2, 2026 +3

That’s amazing! But polls have been really rough the last decade and I don’t want to get my hopes up about something I’ve been hearing my whole life

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Mistravels Apr 2, 2026 +20

November feels like a million f****** miles away. This is worse than thinking Christmas is an impossible time away as a kid. Maddening, exhausting, infuriating, disenchanting, demotivating, etc etc etc

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9-1-Holyshit Apr 2, 2026 +3

I have completely lost my sense of time honestly. I can barely believe it’s only been a little over a year since Cheeto man has been in office. I feel like I’ve aged 20 years since last Jan.

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dmp2you Apr 2, 2026 +8

Ya think ? Trump says it's 'not possible' for the U.S. to pay for Medicaid, Medicare and daycare: 'We’re fighting wars'

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thetall0ne1 Apr 2, 2026 +7

Republicans ruin economy, dems get voted in, save economy, people get bored and vote republicans again, who crash the economy… rinse and repeat. 3 times I’ve seen this cycle play out in my lifetime starting with Reagan.

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futuriztic Apr 2, 2026 +17

I’ll vote for anyone that vows to prosecute maga treason

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grptrt Apr 2, 2026 +1

poLiTicaL pErsECutiOn!!

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dispelhope Apr 2, 2026 +4

A good look at what the state of the Republican Party is you have no further to look than the interview of Thom Tillis (Senator R-North Carolina-not seeking reelection) Kara Swisher's podcast...the man is an insufferable twit, a water carrier for Trump, and is incapable of escaping the cult programming that is the Republican Party. And here is the worst part-He's probably the most sane of the elected Republicans...so...yeah, I fully expect the Republicans to be replaced as they have collectively and corporately lost their damn minds.

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go_beavs Apr 2, 2026 +3

fingers crossed they can stop trump and musk from another stolen election

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Drusgar Apr 2, 2026 +4

Don't believe it, people. Vote like your country depends on it!

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wiggmaster666 Apr 2, 2026

Yeah, just sit tight till November, what can happen till then? Anyone thinking there will be (fair) midterms, is an idiot.

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flexiblefine Apr 2, 2026 +4

The only poll that matters is the one in November. Vote, vote, vote.

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wiggmaster666 Apr 2, 2026 +1

Yeah, just sit tight till November, what can happen till then? Anyone thinking there will be (fair) midterms, is an idiot.

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mvallas1073 Apr 3, 2026 +1

Remember: Republicans in the senate/House can fix all this TOMORROW if they wanted to. They won’t. They’re complicit. Never forget that they can remove Trump by tomorrow if they chose to. They’re choosing not to

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Valarhem Apr 2, 2026 +3

Sure. Like every presidential election? You guys STILL do not understand the reality of what has been happening?

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lasers42 Apr 2, 2026 +3

“When \[the billionaire class\] sends its people, they’re not sending their best. \[…\] They’re sending people that have lots of problems, and they’re bringing those problems with us. They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people”

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ChicagoAuPair Apr 3, 2026 +1

It a absolutely *needs* to be the biggest electoral bloodbath in our history. Anything short of that is the final nail in the coffin.

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PrefersEarlGrey Apr 2, 2026 +5

Instead of trying to have popular policies that Americans want Trump is signing executive orders to stop mail in voting. Tells you everything you need to know. Don't get complacent, vote!

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westtownie Apr 2, 2026 +2

In the words of Pete Kegsbreath: "We're going to send them back to the Stone Age"

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BlooDoge Apr 2, 2026 +2

I only wish this were literal, and not figurative.

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Historical_Bend_2629 Apr 2, 2026 +2

Well deserved. They are enabling an absolute shitshow.

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wiggmaster666 Apr 2, 2026 +1

Anyone thinking there will be (fair) midterms, is an idiot.

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Angreek Apr 2, 2026 +2

They’ll find a way

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wiggmaster666 Apr 2, 2026 +2

Reps will break the midterms, so don’t act surprised.

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BroAbernathy Apr 2, 2026 +2

Does a functioning society switch leadership that Stonewalls who is in power every 2 years and every 4 years? Im not sure how much longer we can do this dog and pony show while costs continue to skyrocket and the job market is the way it is and wages dont keep up with inflation and social services continue to get gutted. Im not saying this as a defense of Trump because hes indefensible but this whole constant power swap thing has had the government at a standstill going on decades now.

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Jacksharkben Apr 2, 2026 +2

Don't stop go vote

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dkyguy1995 Apr 2, 2026 +2

The wording here is too ominous

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I_Died_Once Apr 2, 2026 +2

Can we go back to strange women in ponds distributing swords?

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shoobe01 Apr 2, 2026 +2

Bracing by confronting their plans to intimidate and otherwise cheat, and accelerating their destruction of the government and the country.

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BoomMcFuggins Apr 3, 2026 +1

It will not get there. He will place people in power to remove all the worthy Democrats. This is his window to go full autocrat.

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hylo23 Apr 3, 2026 +1

F*** these guys.

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PIPIN3D1 Apr 2, 2026 +2

One can only hope.

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speckledlobster Apr 2, 2026 +3

After all their manipulation and cheating that has been so rampant over the past year, does anyone believe they are really just sitting and waiting for this to happen? They ABSOLUTELY have a plan to stay in power. Dems are playing like it's business as normal and the next election will fix things. Republicans fall in line because they know how the strings are being pulled and what will happen if they piss of the deep state.

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wiggmaster666 Apr 2, 2026 +1

Indeed, anyone thinking there will be (fair) midterms, is an idiot.

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ehowardhunt Apr 2, 2026 +4

Stop getting our hopes up. Too much shit can happen between now and then, and even rigging on the day-of. I’m refraining from optimism.

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jmhumr Apr 2, 2026 -2

Yep, the Dems are as incompetent as Trump is evil, and we already know who wins that matchup. Besides, you know Trump is gonna roll out fake tax cuts, fake stimulus checks, and ramp up his pandering to the Christian fascinalists.

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FalstaffsGhost Apr 2, 2026 +2

Good. Vote and be vigilant. I know it’s a longshot, but I wish we could flip the Senate and just put full brakes on Trump’s terrible nonsense

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wiggmaster666 Apr 2, 2026 +1

Yeah, just sit tight till November, what can happen till then? Anyone thinking there will be (fair) midterms, is an idiot.

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PureCauliflower6758 Apr 2, 2026 +2

Don’t click the Newsweek link.

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Fellwuckly Apr 2, 2026 +1

Let them eat cake

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InsideMyScars Apr 2, 2026 +1

Massacre should be the kindest thing that could happen to them

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JaRuleTheDamaja Apr 2, 2026 +1

I can’t wait to be disappointed by Democrats.

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Sea-Vegetable-6252 Apr 2, 2026 +1

It’ll be worse than that

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Onemandrinkinggamess Apr 2, 2026 +1

Only if their fascist tactics fail. We gotta make sure they do and educate those around us how to bypass them.

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boolol Apr 2, 2026 +1

As they should but if you think republicans and Trump are going to just let themselves lose then people are in for a show. They are going to rig the shit out of every election they can to try and win. Don't be surprised if they keep majority. What will democrats do? Whine on TV and demand republicans play fair for once and then that's it. They'll move on to another issue. Spineless.

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Massive-Original-658 Apr 2, 2026 +1

The cheating only works if it’s close. Need overwhelming numbers which I believe is coming. Time to take back control of this country and start to repair the damage.

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bookon Apr 2, 2026 +1

He is cleaning house now and replacing cabinet secretaries since he doesn't expect to control the Senate next year.

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To-Far-Away-Times Apr 2, 2026 +1

As they should. They should be reduced to obscurity and lifelong shame. There are very few people in human history that could be considered below those that support Trump or his War on Iran.

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whatagooddaytoday Apr 2, 2026 +1

Dude I f****** hope so everything is terrible right now and it's pretty much all their fault.

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wiggmaster666 Apr 2, 2026 +2

Yeah, just sit tight till November, what can happen till then? Anyone thinking there will be (fair) midterms, is an idiot.

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rasa2013 Apr 2, 2026 +1

And none of them are sorry for their awful positions or enabling a grifting tyrant and f****** up the country. They're only upset to be losing their lucrative jobs.

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harrisofpeoria Apr 2, 2026 +1

Who f cares? The problems in this country are cultural, not just political. Any progress made wil simply be undone by the next Republican administration.

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xXBassHero99Xx Apr 2, 2026 +1

Let's vote in so many Democrats that they have no excuse for why they can't enact progressive legislation like legislating publicly funded elections & banning super pacs. Get all this money out and the rest would get easier.

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Unco_Slam Apr 2, 2026 +1

Brace? How does one brace for accountability? Move your money to offshore accounts?

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colondollarcolon Apr 2, 2026 +1

I fear for every ballot in every precinct in the USA and I fear for every polling location in the USA.

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Tommy__want__wingy Apr 2, 2026 +1

Nope. Won’t believe it until I see it. I have no hope for my state’s gubernatorial election.

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ebob421 Apr 3, 2026 +1

Democrats have not lost a single race since he took office

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M00nch1ld3 Apr 3, 2026 +1

It's not the general election we have to worry about, it's the primaries. If we get more Schumer and the like approved Dems in the primaries, we're sunk, even if they win.

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GPointeMountaineer Apr 2, 2026 +1

39 competitive house seats means a ton not competitive. I believe the repubs will lose upwards of 80 seats. Non competitive baseline will be re written Next year house should put forth legislation to fix gerrymandering for good and earnestly raise the voting into 90 percent participation ranges nationally.

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default_admin_2 Apr 2, 2026 +1

I think maga will lose a lot even if they dont switch to dem but stay republican but more anti trump republican.

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Joebranflakes Apr 2, 2026 +1

I’m guessing he will declare martial law and/or do “immigration enforcement” on voting lines. Or will try to cancel the election while it’s going on to create chaos and uncertainty while his goons fix things behind the scenes.

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whatsupeveryone34 Apr 2, 2026 -2

Does anyone actually still think they will have elections?!

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Beautiful_Cause4228 Apr 2, 2026

Lol well just fake it like they do in russia. Leftists will never get to power again and we will get you all

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JoEdGus Apr 2, 2026 -1

I don't believe the shit I read on Listnook any more. We all know what's right, but it tends to be a bit of an echo chamber. "Hillary will win by a landslide", "Harris has an edge".. yeah, OK. We need to just make sure EVERYONE is able to get to the polls in November this year, and again in two years. Dems have to put on their grown-up pants and fight if this seems sketchy. Sure did in a few districts in NY during the 2024 election where Harris got **literally** zero votes. Not saying it was rigged, but also not saying it was smart to just concede without a proper investigation. They'd do it, why shouldn't the dems?

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