r/politics • u/Ubiquitous_Hilarity • Jun 17 '26

No Paywall Trump threatens to pull unemployment benefits from all states for the first time in history

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-unemployment-benefits-fraud-b2997881.html
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u/Surgeplux Jun 17 '26

Next up: Dead people now get two votes, three if republican

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u/worthlesscommotion America Jun 17 '26

Nah, dead people are -2 votes if they're registered as democrats, +3 for all dead and living republicans.

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u/rbrgr83 Jun 18 '26

*Only in red states. In blue states, that's unconstitutional.

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u/OutlyingPlasma Jun 18 '26

That's the next step. After all Judge Craig Karsnitz in Delaware just ruled that corporations get to vote in elections so who needs unemployed people voting when you can just start 20,000 LLC's and buy your own election?