The notion that any aspect of a presidential election can be regulated through executive orders by the current sitting president would be laughed out of the room in any halfway functional democracy.
Might as well do away with the charade and call them royal decrees
The actual details are bonkers
According to the Daily Caller, the executive order would require the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security to compile a list of verified U.S. citizens in each state who are eligible to vote. DHS would undertake the effort with the Social Security Administration, the Daily Caller wrote, citing a White House fact sheet.
The U.S. Postal Service would then be required under the order to only send mail-in ballots to voters who appear on the list, according to the Daily Caller. Election authorities in each state typically send out mail ballots to voters, not the Postal Service.
Aside from being blatantly illegal, I bet if you dig into this you will find that the contracts have been given to all of Musk’s friends, using all the SSA data they stole
Oops a “technical glitch” accidentally removed all Democrats. Can’t redo the election though, sorry. We’ll do better Next Time™©®
“Get absolutely fucked”
-the good people of Oregon
Though highly contested, a Supreme Court ruling sidesteps the electoral process, disqualifying popular presidential candidates from several states.
100% this is all Musk/Russia
Isn’t USPS set to collapse very soon? I was surprised when I got a flyer in the mail they were hiring. I live in a state that ONLY does mail in voting too so I’m double confused/worried about this
The USPS financial situation is complicated. It has a legal monopoly on first-class letter delivery, but that is less and less valuable every year as more simple communications move to the Internet. And it is also the only government agency that not only has to fund its own retirement benefits for its employees, but has to plan to put money away now to help cover retirement needs over the next 75 years.
Take away that retirement funding mandate, which no other agency has, and the USPS is profitable most years.
Making things worse is that the USPS has its own debt limit, separate from the Federal debt limit, which it is right up against right now.
So yes, they lose money, but mainly due to constraints set by Congress, that no other agency has.
Analysis here: https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-us-postal-services-fiscal-crisis/
My local usps has had a broken front window for about 6 months. It’s covered with plywood with no signs of planned repair.
The building was broken into about 2 months ago and a number of PO Boxes were severely damaged.
They want to kill off everything except police enforcement.
Bitch, YOU just voted by mail!
To be fair, Trump voting at all is super sketchy.
He’s a felon, but they allow felons to vote in Florida.
What? Felons should be allowed to vote, they are still citizens …
I agree in every case except Donald Trump.
Yeah theres probably more pressing things he should be deprived of though …
The red-looking pump in his chest, for instance.
They do, after an onerous and capricious process that can end in an “I don’t feel like giving you that right back”.
And his excuse was because work was important. Which is exactly why everyone else wants this.
I wish golf was my work.
Not really.
Kinda makes you just want to beat the ever hating snott out of a fat overgrown adult oompa loompa, doesn’t it?
Now for legal reasons, I’m NOT advocating for violence against the president.
Buuuuuut, hypothetically, just hypothetically, I imagine the fist to face ratio would deliver a very satisfying crunch on your knuckles, if you WERE to punch a 34x convicted felon. Hypothetically, you’d likely have an orange fist after the sun tan wipes off on your hand. Hypothetically, this unnamed 34x felon with bizarely orange suntan, would likely make a satisfying crumple onto the ground. But it’s ok, because this unidentified unnamed hypothetical example is ALSO a pedophile, with pending sexual assault charges pending, involving minors. Hypothetically, this is a man who destroyed childrens innocence, took their childhood from them, and then was forced daily to see their abuser on tv facing no consequences. At times even bragging about their crimes. Hypothetically. So punching this hypothetical monster of a “human” would not only be justified, it would be a god damn patriotic thing to do, to confront someone who raped American children. So hypothetically, if you broke their nose while punching their face, I imagine you would instantly become a national hero and icon.
…guys! I want to punch trump in his stupid face.
I thought his excuse was “I am the President so fuck you”
And his wife, and his son, and probably his entire family…
Unfortunately, he doesn’t even need to literally vote anymore.
He needs his throat slit
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If everybody is on the list, nobody is on the list.
Well at least its not the epstein list.
It’s times like these I’m glad I’m not on Reddit anymore.
Yeah they’d be modded and banned for sure. That’s how I found this place! Here people can express their true opinions. I’m definitely on some lists myself haha. But seriously, it’s an opinion. He’s not actively calling for violence or anyone to actually do it, but I also agree he deserves to have his throat slit. He’s caused much more pain and suffering needlessly upon an innumerable amount of people. Those Epstein files, fucking disgusting. Throat slitting is the least of which he deserves. His crimes are beyond atrocious and treasonous.
I still hold the belief that prion disease (like CJD) is the best way for him to go. It has several advantages over getting his throat slit:
- Someone with a slit throat will die on the spot. Someone with CJD will experience a slow and painful death over several months as they lose control of their body.
- Trump no doubt has so much security that someone going for the throat is impossible. Prions can appear for anybody; it doesn’t matter how careful you are.
- Related to the above, Trump would spend his last months doing everything in his power to cure himself of prion disease. But literally nothing would be able to save him.
- And when Trump dies of prion disease, his brain could be donated to science, so that scientists can research more on how prions work. I’m sure Trump would hate that.
Trump no doubt has so much security that someone going for the throat is impossible.
Unless it’s the security who does it…
when Trump dies of prion disease, his brain could be donated to science, so that scientists can research more on how prions work. I’m sure Trump would hate that.
Couldn’t be donated without his consent, so no.
Oh, you never know. I can see a conservatorship donating his brain.
Not until after the midterms
No, right this second. Every delay is another life lost.
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How 'bout them states rights? And small government? Lol
Good thing the constitution leaves it the states to conduct elections, not the federal government.
Ah yes, the constitution has such a good track record stopping Trump.
Yeah. That’s not how Executive Orders work.
Hasn’t stopped agencies from enforcing or following them, states from following them, or law enforcement from adhering to them.
He is given the power the other branches of the government and states give him, and they all give him everything.
Lots of the executive orders have no legal standing, where he has no authority over what they change. Yet here we are.
It’s comforting in some ways to see Trump make these desperate moves. It really shows the pressure is taking a toll on him and Republicans know it too.
desperate moves
These aren’t “desperate moves.” These are just… the moves. Like, this was the plan. This was always the plan. It’s not out of desperation, it’s out of design.
His desperation makes me wonder if he’ll do a big family annihilator thing before he’s removed from power.
“I won the 2028 election! It was ME! But those Radical Left judges in the SCOTUS said I’m ineligible! Therefore, I’m going to do what I was planning for my next term in only the next few months! Every living thing in Iran will be DEAD before the week is out! Same with the Radical Left cities like Chicago and Los Angeles! No survivors, no prisoners! Thank you for your attention to this matter!”
The ballot drop boxes are not affected and can be used instead.
Sure, but also fuck this noise:
the executive order would require the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security to compile a list of verified U.S. citizens in each state who are eligible to vote.
And The Orange King just voted by mail himself.
Makes a person wonder what they really intend to do with that list…
Oh yeah, I didn’t mean to imply that it was good… but states could just have drop boxes instead and not give that info at all.
An EO that’s worth less, legally, than the paper it’s written on. If the states fight it.
Whoops delay delay delay delay, would you look at that it’s already midterms! Can’t go change it now!
-Courts
Struck down by a court in 5… 4… 3…
Mark my words: this will go to SCOTUS just slowly enough that they’ll use it as an excuse to decide it after the election, or at least that it’ll be “too close” to the election for the ruling to apply.
If it goes to SCOTUS then there would be a stay issued preventing enforcement until a ruling is made.
You really think so? This court has had a bad habit of not staying pro-Trump appellate court rulings while it deliberates. I’m not some sort of judiciary wonk so I can’t think of that many examples off the top of my head, but one big one is how they let the regime keep collecting Trump’s autocratic “emergency” tariffs right up until they released the ruling against them.
I think that, unless there isn’t a single fascist judge in the entire appeal chain and every ruling maintains a stay against the executive order, USPS etc. will proceed as if it’s valid until SCOTUS issues a final ruling otherwise and the elections will be fucked.
Can someone explain to me what this means for USA? (I’m not from USA and am not familiar with the system) To me, USA has a guide-only vote because the actual vote it’s not by the people but by Electoral College which means the people don’t actually vote. They vote for someone hoping that the elector will vote like them in turn, it’s a trust me bro kind of situation.
We can’t make it that easy, so here’s the shorthand version:
The Electoral College is ONLY for the Presidential election (every 4 years), which is in 2028, so it’s not relevant for this election. 2026 is called a Midterm Election, and it’s for all the members of the House of Representatives (every 2 years) and some members of the Senate (every 6 years), and then a bunch of state and local races for governor, mayor, dog catcher, etc.
House of Representatives Reps, represent 400+ districts around the country, which is why they can’t just rig the election like last time. There is a LOT of controversy about how these district boundary lines are drawn, called Gerrymandering, which allows for a lot of manipulation, and can be responsible for crazy election results. Trump has been demanding that states draw new district boundaries that would favor him, but most of them have been rejected by the states, the voters, or the courts.
Gerrymandering is a very complex and confusing science, far too much too discuss here. So while the House doesn’t have to deal with the Electoral College, they have their own weird system to navigate.
There are 50 senators, 2 per state, and they are chosen by a pure popular vote of each state. They are probably the most fair election in our Federal system.
There are some anomalies in state and local elections, but they tend to be straight popular votes.
Ok, I think I get it.
The USA president is elected every 4 years by the Electoral College.
The Midterm Elections are for everyone else basically that are supporting the president in the first 2 years and then hopefully the elections are good enought so he can get support for another 2 years. And writing this, it seems that if he get suppport for another 2 years after the midterms, there is an increased chance of the next president to be of the same party.? Weird
You’re getting there, but I caution you to not go too deep down the rabbit hole, it will make you crazy.
There’s a weird thing that happens with Midterms. When a new president takes over, the opposing party often gets motivated late, and goes on the attack in the Midterms, often resulting in the President losing control of the House, causing massive headaches for the next 2 years, and threatening his reelection.
This was big after Obama’s win, with Republicans (the Tea Party, proto-MAGAs) flipping the House in a big way. In 2022, Trump expected a Republican landslide due only to history alone, and was really pissed when the historical trend didn’t pan out.
So here we are in the classic situation - a very unpopular president going into the Midterm with every reason to believe he’s facing bloodbath. It is very likely that the House will flip, and perhaps even the Senate, which was thought to be safe a few months ago, but is now facing a legitimate threat.
Trump could lose BOTH Legislative Chambers, who both have investigative committees with subpoena and arrest powers. He will certainly have no chance of passing any legislation that allows him to stick around for another term.
Right, that’s why there’s so much emphasis on middterms. Fingers crossed he gets arrested. Haven’t seen so much corruption out of Africa and South America since the early 90’s.
Next level shit.
Take that, states rights!
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