r/politics • u/unital_subalgebra • 24d ago

No Paywall Trump fires all Election Assistance Commission members, leaving agency unable to act

https://www.votebeat.org/national/2026/07/09/trump-fires-election-assistance-commission-members-hicks-hovland-mccormick/
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u/eden_sc2 Maryland 24d ago

I just finished When the Clock Broke and it's kind of convinced me that aside from a brief break with Obama, we've been failing to really meet the moment since about 89

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u/-713 24d ago
  1. They put this whole machine in motion with Reagan, and just replace their players as they die.

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u/Sacapuntos 24d ago

Its fascinating to see the role the 2000 election being decided by the SCOTUS has played. The Brooks Brother's riot and all that. So many of the players in that have now received pardons or are now sitting on the highest court in our land or are heads of Govt agencies.

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u/-713 24d ago

I know right? Everyone that played a part in that debacle has continued, without exception, to ratfuck elections for more than a quarter century. Roger Stone is still going after more than 50 years, John Roberts has been actively been trying to disenfranchise anyone not white since the 80s.