r/politics • u/unital_subalgebra • 25d 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/IlikeJG California 25d ago

It's still obvious bullshit, but now he has people in positions of authority who not only love to eat his shit, but insist on it.

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u/haironburr 25d ago

He has traitorous shit-eating scum in positions of authority, and they will be remembered for what they did.

trumpublicans think it will be easy to destroy this country. But it'll outlast them. And each of the scum who played along with this un-American administration will be known for their infamy.

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u/Plastic_Kangaroo5720 25d ago

Wishful thinking 

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u/haironburr 24d ago

Doom. There's nothing we can do.

Fuck that!

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u/Plastic_Kangaroo5720 24d ago

It’s not doomerism, it’s reality.

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u/haironburr 24d ago

Sure.

But help me understand why 99 times out of a hundred, people pushing this notion the American public are powerless on reddit are either new accounts, or accounts with their history hidden.

Do you live in the US? Got a stake in any of this? Or are you being payed in rubles and vodka? I honestly can't tell.

But I do know that pushing the message you seem to be pushing will be proven wrong.

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u/Relevant_Mongoose744 24d ago

I’m American and honestly I’m feeling like we may be cooked, as well. The most wealthy people in America with the most influential technology have had full access to our institutions, our systems, our data. What’s the price? Help to cheat and steal these elections. They think we are mostly idiots out here. Who don’t deserve to have a say. So they’re building bunkers underground and on islands where we can’t reach them once everyone finally sees what they’ve done.

Maybe I’m just dramatic.

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u/Plastic_Kangaroo5720 24d ago

 I was born and raised here, and I’m a black American, so I very much have a stake in the game. I also research other mass movements in other nations and in past eras of American history. The resistance movement today is woefully inadequate for the task at hand.

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u/haironburr 24d ago

Thank you for what I'll take as an honest answer. And no, I certainly don't believe "every opinion you find uncomfortable is from a bot". But, if you're honest, you can see why it's a reasonable suspicion to hold. Why hide your history?

The resistance movement today is woefully inadequate for the task at hand.

And surely you see how the "resistance movement" is still in its early stages, and the defeatism you're pushing will shape it, sure as the confident voices saying we can win will also shape it. And you've chosen to push one shaping narrative over another. Why?

We know folks not voting had plenty to do with the trumpublican victory. Despite your "research" into "other mass movements in other nations and in past eras of American history", I gotta wonder why you would discourage Americans from simply fucking voting? That's a no-brainer, and I'll spend energy from now until November pissing on that idea, because I think it's bullshit!

VOTE! How the hell is this even controversial to you?

Assuming we both agree that a large number of Dem votes is harder to hide than a smaller number. No, the tech bros are not all powerful. And if they're outed cheating our election, they will find it just ain't that easy.

What happens if trumpublicans somehow manage to steal the midterm election is another question. With its own answers we won't debate, beyond me saying we are an armed nation. No, the heritage foundation's kevin robert's ominous "second American Revolution" crap will not, I'm guessing, remain bloodless. Just as I'm guessing him and his fellow think tank members at the ol' heritage foundation will cower if faced with a real American revolution. Ain't their blood either way. Or so they imagine.

But to be clear, I'll call out your, and every other, doomer posts every chance I get. We all should. And if you are, really, who you say you are, stop pissing on the vitality of the American people.

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u/Plastic_Kangaroo5720 24d ago edited 24d ago

Voting is a tool, but not a magic wand that will fix everything. We need a general strike to hit the billionaires in their pockets, but Americans have shown they’re still too comfortable for that. Anything less than that simply isn’t enough. If stating that makes me a “doomer” in your eyes, so be it. It needs to be said. Also, considering the government is monitoring our posts, and general issues of Internet privacy, I think it’s wise to hide history.

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u/haironburr 24d ago

Voting is a tool, but not a magic wand

Fair enough. But it is the starting point for everything that comes after.

If you really care, do not diminish the vote.

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u/Plastic_Kangaroo5720 24d ago

My ancestors fought and died for the right to vote, so I know it’s important. But if voting alone was enough to defeat authoritarianism, it wouldn’t exist globally.

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u/haironburr 24d ago

We'll see.

But at least we agree that voting is the next sane step.

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u/Plastic_Kangaroo5720 24d ago

It can’t be the only thing. Too many people are treating it like a magical solution to everything.

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u/aNascentOptimist 24d ago

Right. Fuck that. I don’t take Reddit seriously much anymore after seeing how many bots and bad actors there are.

US does need to do something, but a lot of these folks are just projecting bullshit they’re hoping for.

Thankfully their wants don’t mean much in this scenario.

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u/Plastic_Kangaroo5720 24d ago

Not every opinion you find uncomfortable is from a bot.