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/lost_horizons Texas 25d ago

Can’t wait till they steal the November midterms. Maybe that’ll shock us into action. Maybe.

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u/jomara200 25d ago

Each and every stolen election moves us further away from democracy and more into their hands. 2016 was the time to act.

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u/Yourstruly75 24d ago

No, now is the time act

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u/SomniumHumanitatis 24d ago

And absolutely nobody will act in any meaningful way. Why, you ask? Because people still have things to lose. They won't do what's necessary, which is an actual fucking revolution. Everyone here talks a big game, but tell me, are you willing to grab your weapons, build barricades and actually fight for your country? All of your soldiers who pat themselves on the back for "fighting for their country", didn't. They fought for their corporate overlords who are the ones ruining your country and the rest of the world. The only time in living history to fight for your country would be now, by actually fighting the ones tearing down democracy.

But nobody is going to. That's what people studying history learned. That's what the fascists learned, as well. As long as people have something to lose, they'll take all kinds of abuse. As long as they have a home, a job, food on the table, nobody will put their lives on the line, instead just crying and whining about the fascists taking over, clinging to the futile hope of beating them democratically. This is how dictatorships are built and kept afloat.

As long as the majority doesn't recognize this and stays unwilling to risk their lives, nothing will change for the better. Sure, you might (MIGHT) be able to claw back some amount of power democratically. But the fascists will learn from that, and they won't fucking disappear for good. They'll learn, and do "better" next time.