For our upcoming #elections ( #Scotland) please be very aware of the potential #fakes, #frauds, #charlatans, #lies ( #misinformation/ #disinformation) especially from the rightwing supporting #techbro 'services'. The full might of #unionist and #Reform will be using #LLMs (so called #AI) to generate this. Fact check everything!
https://www.theferret.scot/could-ai-misinformation-sway-the-scottish-election/
For our upcoming #elections ( #Scotland) please be very aware of the potential #fakes, #frauds, #charlatans, #lies ( #misinformation/ #disinformation) especially from the rightwing supporting #techbro 'services'. The full might of #unionist and #Reform will be using #LLMs (so called #AI) to generate this. Fact check everything!
https://www.theferret.scot/could-ai-misinformation-sway-the-scottish-election/
The Guardian: Grind the country to a halt’: Democrat urges national strike if Trump meddles in midterms
In wake of Donald Trump’s call for Republicans to ‘take over’ voting, senator Ruben Gallego urges citizens to take a stand and give the ‘ultimate response’
The Guardian: Grind the country to a halt’: Democrat urges national strike if Trump meddles in midterms
In wake of Donald Trump’s call for Republicans to ‘take over’ voting, senator Ruben Gallego urges citizens to take a stand and give the ‘ultimate response’
Oh boy.
AOC making sure #newJersey knows what's up
#Trump, in an Escalation, Calls for #Republicans to “Take Over” #Elections
The comments, made on a conservative podcast, follow a string of moves from his admin to try to exert more control over #US elections.
Trump called in a new interview for the #GOP to “nationalize” voting in the US, an aggressive step that was likely to raise new worries about his admin’s efforts to involve itself in #election matters.
#law #ElectionLaw #midterms #democracy #Constitution #states
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/us/politics/trump-nationalize-elections.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
Jake Broe’s dire warning to #europe
If we elect far-right parties like #NationalFront in France, #Reform in the UK, #AfD in Germany, there’s a good chance they will emulate what Trump has done and go ahead and claim the #elections where they get voted out as fraudulent.
These parties are tied to both #MAGA & Russian oligarch funding, and also would have no problem of requesting military support from USA to help them overthrow any election result they don’t like!
The Supreme Court is considering a case challenging Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act — and it’s expected to overturn it, a change that legal historians say would make it easier to dilute Black voting power and roll back decades of political gains.
https://theconversation.com/the-supreme-court-may-soon-diminish-black-political-power-undoing-generations-of-gains-274179
#USPolitics
🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 #ALERT
Read the post above
#Racism #AntiBlackRacism #NaziUSA #farright #MAGA #VoterSuppression #Elections #VotingRightsAct
The final countdown toward dictatorship:
"President Trump called in a new interview for the Republican Party to “nationalize” voting in the United States, an aggressive rhetorical step that was likely to raise new worries about his administration’s efforts to involve itself in election matters as he and his allies continue to make false claims about his 2020 defeat.
During an extended monologue about immigration on a podcast released on Monday by Dan Bongino, his former deputy F.B.I. director, Mr. Trump called for Republican officials to “take over” voting procedures in 15 states, though he did not name them.
“The Republicans should say, ‘We want to take over,’” he said. “We should take over the voting, the voting in at least many — 15 places. The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting.”
Under the Constitution, American elections are governed primarily by state law, leading to a decentralized process in which voting is administered by county and municipal officials in thousands of precincts across the country. Mr. Trump, however, has long been fixated on the false claims that U.S. elections are rife with fraud and that Democrats are perpetrating a vast conspiracy to have undocumented immigrants vote and lift the party’s turnout.
Mr. Trump’s remarkable call for a political party to seize the mechanisms of voting follows a string of moves from his administration to try to exert more control over American elections."
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/us/politics/trump-nationalize-elections.html
The final countdown toward dictatorship:
"President Trump called in a new interview for the Republican Party to “nationalize” voting in the United States, an aggressive rhetorical step that was likely to raise new worries about his administration’s efforts to involve itself in election matters as he and his allies continue to make false claims about his 2020 defeat.
During an extended monologue about immigration on a podcast released on Monday by Dan Bongino, his former deputy F.B.I. director, Mr. Trump called for Republican officials to “take over” voting procedures in 15 states, though he did not name them.
“The Republicans should say, ‘We want to take over,’” he said. “We should take over the voting, the voting in at least many — 15 places. The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting.”
Under the Constitution, American elections are governed primarily by state law, leading to a decentralized process in which voting is administered by county and municipal officials in thousands of precincts across the country. Mr. Trump, however, has long been fixated on the false claims that U.S. elections are rife with fraud and that Democrats are perpetrating a vast conspiracy to have undocumented immigrants vote and lift the party’s turnout.
Mr. Trump’s remarkable call for a political party to seize the mechanisms of voting follows a string of moves from his administration to try to exert more control over American elections."
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/us/politics/trump-nationalize-elections.html
#Trump, in an Escalation, Calls for #Republicans to “Take Over” #Elections
The comments, made on a conservative podcast, follow a string of moves from his admin to try to exert more control over #US elections.
Trump called in a new interview for the #GOP to “nationalize” voting in the US, an aggressive step that was likely to raise new worries about his admin’s efforts to involve itself in #election matters.
#law #ElectionLaw #midterms #democracy #Constitution #states
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/us/politics/trump-nationalize-elections.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
I've been shushing people who say there won't be free #elections in the #USA anymore
#Cynicism leads to #prematureCapitulation: "if the #vote is corrupt, why vote"
Americans are lazy about voting as it is. Weak whiny "the sky is falling!" statements just because malicious intent exists is enough to make some give up
Besides, elections are controlled by the states
On that note (they won't succeed):
" #Trump urges #Republicans to 'take over' and 'nationalize' voting"
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-urges-republicans-nationalize-voting/story?id=129793658
Featured story: The last time #Democrats won statewide office in #Texas was 1994. That year coincides closely with an important index of organizational power: peak union density in the state.
Featured story: The last time #Democrats won statewide office in #Texas was 1994. That year coincides closely with an important index of organizational power: peak union density in the state.
"And we risk going back to a point where this technology keeps governments in power, rather than undermining their ability to control their citizens."
#NicCheeseman, political scientist, 2025
https://www.ppfideas.com/episodes/fixing-democracy%3A-how-to-stop-election-rigging
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"We already have an offence of knowingly publishing false statements with the intention to influence voters. Currently it’s an offence in the two days leading up to voting and on election day, however around 70 per cent of New Zealanders are voting ahead of polling day."
#DeborahHart, Chair, Independent Electoral Review Panel, 2023
So the other 1093 days of election cycles, politicians can knowingly publish false statements to influence voters.
#FBI search in #Georgia shows Trump’s willingness to use…federal #law enforcement to intervene in #election matters in the lead-up to the critical 2026 #midterms, which will determine the extent of his authority for the remainder of his 2nd term.
…Democrats & election security experts say its primary purpose is to #intimidate #Trump opponents while empowering supporters seeking an excuse to take control of the #elections office…& to undermine confidence in the process.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/us/politics/georgia-trump-election.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
#FBI search in #Georgia shows Trump’s willingness to use…federal #law enforcement to intervene in #election matters in the lead-up to the critical 2026 #midterms, which will determine the extent of his authority for the remainder of his 2nd term.
…Democrats & election security experts say its primary purpose is to #intimidate #Trump opponents while empowering supporters seeking an excuse to take control of the #elections office…& to undermine confidence in the process.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/us/politics/georgia-trump-election.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
@Diana_european I still think most likely there will be elections. Because the alternative is civil war, and I do not think Captain Bonespurs has the same appetite for war as Hitler had. Nor does he have the skills to lead a war or the support from the military.
@randahl @Diana_european @bitchboss
For me, the question is not whether there will be elections in the USA in November. Most likely there will be.
For me, the question will be whether there will be accessible elections:
1) Will people be disenfranchised?
(not be able to vote while they are entitled to).
2) Will there be enough voting stations and capacity?
(during the last elections, some lines were three hours long. Unheard of in the Western democratic world)
FBI raid in U.S. state of Georgia highlights Trump’s 2020 election obsession and hints at possible future actions.
@AssociatedPress reports: "On Wednesday, the FBI served a search warrant at the election headquarters of Fulton County, Georgia, which includes most of Atlanta, seeking ballots from the 2020 election."