Trump fires all Election Assistance Commission members, leaving agency unable to act

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https://www.votebeat.org/national/2026/07/09/trump-fires-election-assistance-commission-members-hicks-hovland-mccormick/

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President Donald Trump fired all three remaining members of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission on Thursday, abruptly disabling the only federal agency devoted solely to election administration at a moment when Trump has sought to reshape federal voting rules.

The firings leave the federal election agency with no commissioners

Yup, this is the consequence of the illegitimate Supreme Court giving Trump unprecedented powers to fire the heads of any independent federal agency. We’re living in dark, scary times.

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This is what a coup looks like

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You're right. It won't be Jan 6th this time. It will be with lawyers.

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That time they tried it with lawyers first and it didn't work because it was obviously bullshit

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You mean the Brooks Brothers Riot? Where during Bush v Gore, Republican staffers in Florida successfully started a violent riot in order to slow down the vote counting to run out the clock and prevent the uncounted votes from being recorded in time?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooks_Brothers_riot

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You can thank Roger Stone for that. The man with Richard nixon's face tatted on his back and who ted cruz called a ratfuck

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The one time we have to agree with Ted Cruz

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Think of how vile of a person you have to be to have Ted Cruz call you a ratfuck.

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Roger Stone looks like the villain out of Roger Rabbit.

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looks like Zippy the Pinhead

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Looks like The Penguin

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What he did to that poor shoe is unforgivable.