They have no path to win midterms, and they will run first. Funny thing is that they literally have nowhere to run. 🤣

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    We don’t have 3.5 years, the midterms are all we have left.

    In less than a year, the GOP has normalized complete fealty and disregard of the rule of law to Trump. Complete victory for fascism in the US right now is a matter of “when” and not “if.”

    Which makes the midterms (ugh, once again, I’m getting so tired of this) the most important election of our lifetimes. Assuming we can still get free and fair elections in 2026 before total fascist takeover, re-elevating Congress to an equal branch of the government is literally the only legal move we have left.

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      Honestly the whole budget crisis gives me hope that our institutions are holding up.

      Trump hasn’t “ordered” that the government reopens.

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        He doesn’t want it to open. He’s got more power without all that overview. And his goal is to crash and burn everting, so shutting g down the government help with that.

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      That is if these Nazis haven’t already fully rigged the coming mid-terms, through all the various/nefarious means.

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      If things keep going as they are (and maybe already), there’s no chance for a free and fair midterms election. The last election was the most important one and we blew it.

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        I don’t think we did. Remember when the traitors had their hands on physical voting machines and source code?

        He didn’t win. He wasn’t shot. He’s on the list.

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        I agree we jumped off the cliff. But since I’m not ready to smash against the rocks, I’m holding onto any rational hope, even if it’s akin to fashioning a parachute out of our shirts on the way down.

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          Same. Cognitive dissonance allows me to both acknowledge reality and cling to hope at the same time. You never know if it’s really hopeless until you’ve actually hit the rocks, so let’s go ahead and try to make that parachute.

          I live in a red state but I’ve still always voted so it won’t be that different for me anyway. 🥲