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Fiendish Thingy

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4. He's scared of losing the house in the midterms
Sun Oct 12, 2025, 11:47 AM
17 hrs ago

If he loses the house, he know he will be impeached multiple times, along with several cabinet members, and there will be numerous house investigations of his administration, including his grifting and corruption, which are not protected by the Roberts court immunity ruling.

If Trump truly believed he could cancel elections (he can’t), why would he bother with coercing so many red states into gerrymandering out their safe Dem seats?

State run their elections- the feds have no authority or jurisdiction. Trump EO’s on elections, voting by mail, etc. have been ignored by the states not already using their legislatures to suppress voting.

You appear to have bought into a couple of dangerous myths that weaken our ability to resist and fight back.

Here are the truths to counter the myths:

Nationwide martial law is a physical impossibility.

They couldn’t lock down LA with 10,000 troops; troops in DC ended up on litter patrol. Courts have blocked troops in Portland and Chicago. There aren’t enough troops/ICE etc to control 340 million people across the vast 50 states.

Trump has much power, and creates much chaos and destruction, but he has very little actual control outside the executive branch and MAGA faithful.

This proves the other myth-busting truth:

Trump is not omnipotent, and the states and the people are not powerless

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