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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSo we all get it. It's another ginned-up emergency

Joyce Alene @JoyceWhiteVance
Congress and the courts are refusing to give Trump what he wants, so hes concocting a new plan to seize control of the election. Heres what you need to know:
The reality is that the president lacks constitutional authority to control elections. The Constitution gives that authority to the states. Even if Trump declared another national emergency, there is no basis for the assertion it would permit him to seize control of the elections. All this plot shows is that Trump lacks confidence in his partys ability to win the midterm elections.
Pro-voter lawyers will go to court if Trump tries to implement this kind of desperate attempt to rig the election. And they will win
read more: https://joycevance.substack.com/p/the-save-act-is-dead-fulton-county
Gaugamela
(3,441 posts)conduct elections to the states. It was precisely so that no yahoo charlatan like Trump could rig them for himself.
pandr32
(14,107 posts)We are under a regime controlled by a psychopath who has been getting away with lying and doing whatever the hell he wants his entire life.
We are living the reality of his dark personality and character.
PatSeg
(52,873 posts)and it can get much, much worse.
popsdenver
(2,070 posts)I have been saying for years.......WE AIN'T SEEN NOTHING YET......and it is getting increasingly so every day that passes.....
He makes a phony crisis emergency, then announces HE is the only one smart enough to solve this emergency /??????????
Perfect symptom of a Psychopath at work, along with gaslighting the blame to everyone except himself.....
Once again, the Reality is that we have to quit just saying Trump this and Trump that........He couldn't have survived a week into his first term, if it weren't for the backing and enabling of: The Republicans in the House and Senate, The Republican Main Stream Media, The Republican Corporations, and especially the Republican Supreme Court Justices........
And with all of those entities continuing to back him 100%, he will get worse and worse, until THEY all do something about him.
Of course, the next politcian(s)they corruptly install, could actually be worse. Then they can act from the shadows, behind smoke and mirrors with out Trump bragging to the public what they are doing, as well as Trump going off the rails with his own personal tangents.......
There is soooo much impending shit about to descend on us, that hasn't even been realized yet.........
PatSeg
(52,873 posts)Last edited Fri Feb 27, 2026, 12:45 PM - Edit history (1)
but often forget those in the shadows, many who have been planning and lurking for years.
I was just reading about how Putin increased his power with a series of horrific bombings of apartment buildings that killed hundreds of residents. People were terrified and wanted a strong leader to protect them. Putin blamed the bombings on Chechnya.
The same tactic has been used throughout history by tyrannical leaders playing on people's fears.
popsdenver
(2,070 posts)That Putin has been blackmailing Trump, countless other Politicians, Many of the U.S. Uber Rich, and interfering with the elections since 2015. Putin also went out of his way to continue all of his gathering of scut on these individuals as far back as the early 90's.......And now we are finding that Elon was working with Putin, along with Epstein and Trump, to make it happen........
I can only think, that the reason for Trump/Republicans dragging their feet on the Epstein information, is that Trump has a list of everyone on the Epstein Documents, and is using that information for his greatest grift of all, and is personally blackmailing all those individuals himself.............Not unlike the Mafia's "Protection Money" scams............
PatSeg
(52,873 posts)It has been obvious for a good many years that Putin and/or Trump have been blackmailing and bribing a lot of people in DC. It took a long time to set all this into motion and the Russians with their KGB history are extremely good at what they do. They know how to play the long game. The Russian Mafia is terrifying and they are everywhere worldwide.
I think we all figured out that was what was going on with Lindsey Graham for the last ten years. He couldn't be any more obvious.
wnylib
(25,540 posts)will be perfectly willing to defy courts to maintain their power, I fear that only physical force would stop them.
It is not just Trump. During the campaign, when Project 2025 was brought up, Peter Thiel (Vance's mentor) said that Project 2025 would bring a revolution in US governance. He said that the revolution would be bloodless only if the left accepted it. If we opposed it, it would not be bloodless.
If Trump declares an emergency to take over elections, there will be massive protests. The response to such protests would be violent. Trump would call upon his ICE army, militias and the National Guard to squash the protests.
Would members of the Guard and regular Army refuse illegal orders or comply with killing civilian protesters? Would they split apart into opposing factions?
I feel like that kind of confrontation could happen.
Blue Owl
(58,816 posts)All for the benefit of a few top-level assholes while the rest of us suffer....
dalton99a
(93,358 posts)popsdenver
(2,070 posts)"Executive Orders" another favorite tool of wanna be dictator's political party.............
usonian
(24,502 posts)Blame spell-checking.
popsdenver
(2,070 posts)you should post a warning in your title: "Stop eating or drinking anything before reading"
Good one......caught me off guard.....LOL
usonian
(24,502 posts)I have a spare keyboard or two, by the way.
lame54
(39,446 posts)Which he is lying about
liberalgunwilltravel
(1,159 posts)A hot civil war. And since Krasnov and Whiskey Pete have fired all the competent and honorable military leaders, its likely to turn out very differently than they think it will.
bluestarone
(21,918 posts)That what they want? ( I think that is possible as well) When a animal ( TSF) is cornered,(EPSTEIN FILES) expect ANYTHING!
popsdenver
(2,070 posts)with enough Atomic Weapons to destroy the planet earth one thousand times over.
Putin, NKorea, Trump, Netanyahu...............
If any of them are going down, they are ALL of the personality type of ......."I'll Show YOU.........I Go, You GO.
gfarber
(244 posts)There once was a faction so stern,
Who cried, Its Chinas turn to adjourn!
Declare an emergency, quick
Pull a constitutional trick
And grab powers we didnt earn.
Theyd mandate new IDs at the gate,
Ban ballots that travel by freight,
Swap machines in the fall,
Just in time for it all
How tidy when law wont cooperate!
Uh oh! they would solemnly shout,
An emergencys breaking out!
With a flourish and pen,
Theyd try once again
To wrap extra powers about.
But the parchment theyre eager to bend
Lets the states on elections depend;
The Constitution is clear,
Despite bluster and fear
Thats a power it does not lend.
If such a decree should appear,
Pro-voter attorneys will cheer:
Theyll race to the court,
File suit in short order
And win, as the limits are clear.
© 2026 Glen Farber. All Rights Reserved.
Ray Bruns
(6,183 posts)AllaN01Bear
(29,139 posts)usonian
(24,502 posts)He's reading the script.

joshdawg
(2,944 posts)that conglomeration of bullshit between trump's ears.
The man is obviously insane and needs to be treated as such.
And the republicans sit on their hands and do nothing.
Beartracks
(14,505 posts)I mean, they ARE false accusations against his political opponents, but like so much else with him, it's just a huge confession of his own intent.
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Jack Valentino
(4,797 posts)being COMMITTED by Federal agents who claim to be 'protecting' us !!!!!! (ICE)
but TRUMP and his executive branch IS the only 'national emergency'!
Clearly we are well past '25th Amendment time',
and scuttlebutt says that even many members of the cabinet
are now growing tired of him....
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