Between rising prices and gilded ballrooms, Trump has practically giftwrapped oppo ads for Democrats.

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    They aren’t worried about elections because they believe the fix is in. Free and fair elections are over. Disenfranchisement, intimidation, backdoor access to vote tabulators, and straight up claiming fraud and refusing to swear in Dems that win are all part of the plan.

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    Donald Trump thinks he can shoot someone in the middle of 5th Avenue, and still not lose the midterms.

    Which means he’s going to cheat.

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    Many people are underestimating how much red and purple states are going to suppress blue votes. This is without the SAVE act suppressing an unprecedented net amount of democratic votes.

    Previously we were looking at a base 3 point advantage for republicans…people got used to that. It’s estimated Trumpism expanded that to about 5% the last election…going forward it could be 8 or above. The Democrats will never will again if the save act passes. It’s just numbers.

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      The SAVE act is too much of a wild card variable to accurately predict, too wide reaching with too much general fuckery. Most Republican fuckery requires precision so as to prevent back firing, slow well tested and generally easy to control. This is the equivalent of calling an arty bombardment on yourself, sure you may just kill your enemies or you just blow yourself up.

      Wouldn’t factor too much of it before it passes, which I suspect it never will simply because the Republicans with brain cells probably want it to stay in limbo. It’s basically a no lose situation for them if it stays just a bill they support openly even if backrooms deals have effectively killed it.

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      I’ve heard a lot of people talking about how the SAVE Act may actually hurt more Republican voters, as they’re significantly less likely to have a passport vs Democratic voters

      This absolutely does not make it ok

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    You’d think running against a Russian agent, pedophile, rapist, insurrectionist and an unapologetic fascist would be easy, but the Democrats will “Go High” and fuck it up anyway.

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    Does Trump plan on leaving the White House at the end of his term?

    Remember, last time he said no.

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      Remember when all the “Never Trump” Republicans broke rank and joined Democrats to certify the election results in 2021? People forget about the MAGA Republican insurrection attempt, maybe because it was right before the MAGA Chud insurrection attempt.

      So… about former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, and the rest of the neocon Republicans… where are they now? I understand they’re not exactly in a position to uphold our democracy, now.

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    Yeah, I think he is. I think he’s doing the most outrageous things possible to rile people up, so when they react he he can then declare Martial Law and cancel the election.

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      What is the GOP going to do about the record amount of retirements and empty seats if they cancel the elections?

      They need the elections as much as the Dems. It’s a matter of how free the elections will be. They will happen, but will they be predetermined like in Russia, or will they be the US standard level of BS?

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        If he goes full authoritarian (which he’s trying to) he won’t need the elections. He or his stooges would just place sycophants into those empty spots. Given the way he’s angling to rig the elections, and the lack of resistance to that so far, he definitely doesn’t need the elections as we know them now.

        That’s the thing some people aren’t getting: we keep thinking he needs to operate within the checks and balances of the current system. But he doesn’t need to if nobody has the will or the ability to enforce them. At that point the constraints of the current system mean nothing.

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          I didn’t say he operates within the checks and balances of the system. Those seats will be filled one way or another, meaning that there will likely be elections of some sort. It’s just predetermined, like Russia. That is more plausible than fully cancelling the elections under martial law. Why do that when you can keep up the ruse of ““elections””? Why would you forcibly cancel them, making it so people directly see that you’re doing so, and give them the chance to rise up against you?

          Similarly, why bother with voter suppression bills like the SAVE act if you’re going to throw it all in the trash anyway?

          This is exactly why Russia and countries like it still hold ““elections””. It’s easier to control the population when they feel like they still have a say.

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    The midterms won’t change a thing. Trump will try and sabotage them, but let’s not pretend he has anything to fear from the feckless Democrats.

    He might get impeached again. Oh well.

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    The Democrats look more and more like a controlled opposition party every day. Likely he has nothing to fear from them, win or lose.

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      Fetterman, Chuck and Nancy sure but AOC, Sanders, Porter and Warren seem legit

      I there’s a pac money graphic for this somewhere

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        Warren threw the election to biden. There is not a single white populist in the democratic party, there is no hope.

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    They are betting on there being no midterms, or provoking a 9/11 type attack and rallying support before then.

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      For any attack against the US, the Donvict is at the top of my list of suspects responsible at this point. It’s the new meaning of ‘America First.’

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    He believes that he will be able to control Iran just as he controls Venezuela. Controlling Iran means controlling its oil and price.

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    Sometimes I think his goal is to figure out what in the hell he has to do to finally get someone to stop him

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      I shall ascend my funeral pile triumphantly and exult in the agony of the torturing flames.

      Or maybe he is actually Ozymandias all along, giving the world a villian to rally around.

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    Probably bored of unlimited power and is tired of being around the other miserable fucks in his cabinet.

    I cant imagine a hell worse than the personal life trump has created for himself.

    Shitting yourself through a presidency you are completely incapable of managing. Surrounding yourself with the most evil people on the planet. Everyone hating your guts and the people who dont hate you are mentally challenged. Then living with the fact that the thin veneer of your legacy is all undone the second the world sees the mandated documents you signed the law to release.

    Trump might nuke us all to hell but only because he lives his own personal hell every time he looks in the mirror to slop orange gook on his face like the fucking clown he is.

    But yeah, when hes not using his fortune to fuck kids he gets to eat big macs on air force one.

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      That would require a level of self-awareness greater than any that Trump has ever shown.

      I’d put my money on incompetence, dementia and hubris.

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      Yeah and the sad/hilarious thing about it is that he doesn’t even enjoy rich guy shit . He doesn’t appreciate good food, which is why he eats McDs instead of $1000/oz caviar. He’s traveled but I’m sure he just sits in hotels–can you imagine him appreciating being in a new place and just taking in the surroundings, or enjoying nature somewhere? He’s not having amazing new experiences skiing in the Alps or skydiving or anything.

      Other than covering everything he can with gold and I guess being a guest on some luxury yachts, he could have had everything he’s ever cared about on a working stiff’s salary. The only real thing his wealth ever did for him was allow him to put up buildings with his name on it. Was that worth never having a real relationship or someone loving you (other than maybe with Epstein), never having a single accomplishment, and having everyone except delusional cultists detest your entire existence?

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        The only thing that makes him happy when he travels is when he sees hotels, golf courses, etc. all emblazoned with the name Trump. He’s such a narcissist that he simply can’t enjoy something that doesn’t shout “Trump” in the most garish way possible.

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      I like that someone edited this manga to later post on 4chan only for you to eventually upload it here. Maga really can’t stop winning can they? Like we told them what would happen but their hatred said otherwise. Now we are forced to deal with the consequences.