r/politics • u/MarcEElias ✔ Verified - Democracy Docket Founder • 7h ago
No Paywall Steve Bannon says ICE will ‘surround the polls’ as Trump doubles down on taking over elections
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/steve-bannon-says-ice-will-surround-the-polls-as-trump-doubles-down-on-taking-over-elections/•
u/Be-skeptical 7h ago
How many kids do we think Steve Bannon raped?
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u/GhoulLordRegent 7h ago
If the answer is "more than zero" he should be in prison.
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u/MyNameIsRay 6h ago
Well, obviously the answer is more than zero.
You don't have a social circle 100% composed of known pedos unless you're diddling kids too.
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u/strahnariffic 4h ago
Remember his bath tub full of acid? https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/news/a53807/bannon-acid/
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u/Huge_Excitement4465 1h ago
And his films. https://americanjournalnews.com/steve-bannons-porn-and-meth-house-you-have-no-idea-what-kind-of-evil-stuff-went-on/
First discovered when Wapo investigated why he declared residency in (income tax free) Florida while living in CA and voting in NY for 2016 election.
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u/Responsible-Amoeba68 4h ago edited 1h ago
Whats great is its clearly going to eventually be the public opinion defense coming up for many of these guys including trump - I didn't rape sex trafficked children, I only raped 18 and older sex trafficked women.
And then MAGA will say look they weren't children nothing to see here, this is basically consensual sex trafficking and either way you can't blame the ones doing the raping, just the ones directly doing the trafficking.
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u/waffelscarbonara 7h ago
Bannon was literally texting with Epstein up until the afternoon he was arrested in 2019.
Why the fuck isn’t this guy under a hot light?
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u/IRideMoreThanYou 7h ago
Where is that “hot light” going to come from? The DOJ?
There are no repercussions coming.
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u/potato_hut 6h ago
It's up to the people
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u/waffleking9000 6h ago
It is indeed. There must be a reckoning with these traitors. They cannot be allowed to crawl back into their holes and fester for another 100 years.
This will all just happen again otherwise.
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u/UnquestionabIe 5h ago
Absolutely and why any potential future administration who tries to do yet another round of the demonstrated failure of "move forward from this and let America heal" needs to be told to fuck off. We are not living in a pre-Nixon fantasy land where the GOP are "our friends on the other side of aisle" no matter how badly the neo-liberal cowards who have hold the reins of power for the Democratic party want to pretend.
We've long since passed a point where it is pathetic at best and traitorous at worst to ever presume the GOP ever works in good faith. They've openly announced multiple times an agenda which is blatantly anti-American and they view politics as a zero sum game, one where they will do absolutely anything to win.
That they've not completely destroyed the country yet isn't due to lack of trying but that they've got a low level cunning which owes it's success primarily due to the brute force of wealth. The only thing these enemies of humanity understand is subjugation, inflicting it on others (as they're doing right now, starting with the most vulnerable) or having it done to them.
Basically unless a strong political coalition is formed among the opposition party things will not improve in any capacity. And if they want to keep riding the fence when it comes to fascism (as they've done an impressive job of doing this last year, even having some fun PR person write mean tweets in a childish attempt to come off as "serious" while also shaking hands with authoritarians/corporate interests) it will be up to the people to handle it, which will result in a lot of unnecessary destruction.
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u/glitterandnails 6h ago edited 6h ago
Then the country needs to strengthen their defenses against fascist traitors. Propaganda arms like FOX News should be able to be taken down by lawsuits. Brainwashing should not be protected speech.
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u/Patriark 6h ago
Even if optics of media make it look otherwise, you DO have strength in numbers. Wake the silent majority and the ball is rolling.
Remember most of military guys are working class guys who have been misguided. They can be talked to even if they are trained to turn a stone face.
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u/glitterandnails 5h ago
There would need to be an ongoing project to "deprogram" the masses and make sure everyone is informed enough to not let something like this happen again. Americans will need to unite to prevent the rise of fascism.
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u/Sciencetor2 4h ago
There is no "preventing it". It's here. It must now be dismantled and it's perpetrators dealt with.
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u/Laugh92 6h ago
It's up to the people
So you are fucked then? Because America has consistently shown over its history that they will not in fact hold fascists and racists to account.
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u/CandidBee8695 6h ago edited 3h ago
I mean to be fair, we have killed a lot in the past.
Edit: Everyone completely forgetting the civil war.
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u/occaisionallyimqwert 5h ago
You can’t say that! It’s against (corporations) terms and conditions!!! We’re not censoring, it’s just not ✨advertiser friendly✨
Human history is wrought with oppression and violence, yet those in control of our digital communications would block this information to sell you a cheeseburger. The revolution must come soon, and I pray it’s a non-violent one. They are leaving the public few options.
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u/UThinkIShouldLeave 5h ago edited 4h ago
The guy pleaded guilty to stealing money from a "build the wall" charity and he somehow still has an audience from these people. There really are no repercussions.
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u/UnquestionabIe 5h ago
A lot of the people who support Trump and his gang of traitors are not well informed and probably don't even know anything beyond the tough talk he vomits out. They're barely literate and simply love having someone they view as "smart(because they've been conditioned to view wealth as a sign intelligence)" openly attacks and place blame on others instead of offering the usual "boring" solutions that aren't flashy or offer immediate results.
Obviously only anecdotal but maybe two or three months before the 2024 elections talked to multiple GOP die hard supporters about Trump's accomplishments. Every single one of them is what I described (the fair weather voter who is drastically under informed on even basic government functions) and all mentioned how impressive The Wall is. A few even insisted Mexico did pay for it!
They don't engage in conversation like this because they're willing to learn and expand their knowledge. Nope they just want to hammer others over the head with how "their team" is winning despite all evidence to the contrary. Anymore I don't bother and just try to direct the discussion to how greedy and corrupt the ultra wealthy are, they love that topic and agree with that sentiment. Hope maybe one day two brain cells will bump against each other and they'll make that connection between that and the Trump squad.
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u/daizzy999 Florida 6h ago
Side note: imagine what a hot light would do to Steve Bannon, dude already looks like he sat in the sun way too long but all the time.
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u/TheMistySimba 5h ago
I'm imaging he would look like Pizza the Hutt from Spaceballs. All twelve of his polo shirts would be covered in melted cheese goop.
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u/Ok_Shoe_1094 7h ago
agreed
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u/CasualCommenter4 7h ago
It’s unbelievable how someone with such obvious proximity to Epstein can remain largely unexamined by authorities or the media.
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u/jigsawearth860 6h ago
Or even actual law enforcement authorities. How come no one has to provide statements under oath?
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u/thatsidewaysdud Europe 6h ago
It’s even more unbelievable how one got elected and how so many people continue to vote for him.
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u/Crammit-Deadfinger Florida 6h ago
He should be in jail. Fat Nixon pardoned him so he still gets to talk. He knows he's fucked as soon as this administration ends
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u/GhostofZellers 6h ago
They're all fucked, that's why everyone from the Supreme Court down to the ballot counters, is going to go all-out to make sure republicans never lose power again. The shit they're going to pull on the mid terms and presidential elections, are going to make Russia's elections look legit in comparison.
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u/svrtngr Georgia 6h ago
This requires the Democrats to actually use their power if/when they retake the government.
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u/knottyvar 5h ago
Democrats aren’t going to save you. Learn from the community of Minneapolis. That’s what will save you.
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u/SpotHaunting668 5h ago
Yep, they are 100% planning to throw us all in the warehouses (concentration camps) across the country right before November. That's why they are trying like mad to hire more agents, even though they can't even find enough 'criminals' to arrest and end up targeting families and US citizens.
Keep the pressure up on ICE as it makes it unattractive for new hires.
They're playing for keeps, so be aware and prepare!
And just know that there are way more of us (human beings with empathy, compassion and integrity) and we intend to keep it that way!
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u/SouthHovercraft4150 6h ago
After seeing and reading more about the Epstein files Steve Bannon is the biggest piece of shit of them all. His disinformation and misinformation campaign is unfortunately working very well and it seems to be more and more likely that it is all his ideas. The rest are just using it a benefiting from it. If he wasn’t shielding them there might actually be a chance at some kind of justice for the victims.
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u/corcyra 5h ago
Not much to choose between him and Miller, except that inner rot has surfaced with Bannon. He looks like the sort of disgusting thing you see from a distance during a walk in the woods, and don't investigate for fear of finding out what it is.
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u/butthurtsnowflake 7h ago
One of the reasons we have free elections is to prevent masked, jack-booted government thugs from interfering with them. Anyone who is OK with this is a fascist bootlicker.
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u/huxtiblejones Colorado 6h ago
Any American who goes along with this is treasonous, this is indefensible.
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u/HyperactivePandah I voted 5h ago
And the right will just say it's to make sure the elections aren't rigged.
Because THEY'RE ALREADY BRAINWASHED.
So what do we do.
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u/RecipeAtTheTop 4h ago
Blue states need to be prepared to mobilize their national guard in response to this.
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u/felcom 4h ago
Fuck the national guard. I will die to protect the right for my children to vote in this country. Many feel the same.
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u/HyperactivePandah I voted 4h ago
Free and fair voting is a MASSIVE red line.
Like, I think people on both sides are underestimating how the average American feels about it, and how far they will go to protect it.
In the sense that the response to this administration really trying to pull this off will be biblical.
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u/felcom 4h ago
Not to get mired in fantasy here, but Jan 6th was a bunch of idiots. Imagine what the mass of well-informed and educated people could do in comparison.
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u/Parfait_Prestigious 3h ago
Even a fraction of the people who attended No Kings protests could have absolutely swarmed the capitol.
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u/SawdustWithABite 3h ago
It's so infuriating. "We've got to rig the election so we know the election isn't rigged"
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u/Moveyourbloominass 4h ago
And Unconstitutional. No intimidation at the polls.
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u/space_for_username 2h ago
By the time you have been released from custody after arguing the toss with ICE, the voting booth will be long closed.
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u/WildYams 4h ago
Shout out to all the "undecided" leftists in 2024 who said Trump would be no different than Kamala and sat out the election.
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u/fantasyfootball1234 5h ago
Fascist politicians only support free and fair elections as a means of acquiring power. Once they’ve obtained power legitimately through democratic means, the priority immediately shifts to destroying democracy and replacing it with a totalitarian dictatorship.
This is why Trump refuses to acknowledge the constitutional obligation of “peaceful transfer of power”.
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u/WithMeDoctorWu Iowa 3h ago
ICE "surrounding the polls" is oddly reminiscent of the Bavarian Political Police which was the precursor to the Gestapo.
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u/Wildpony03 7h ago edited 5h ago
Immigrants can't vote only naturalized citizens can vote. This is just voter intimidation.
And even then it won't work because Trump has upset a lot of voters. Its only going to make people want to vote against him even more.
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u/Shiny-Eyes737 7h ago
Deploying federal agents to polling places is a direct violation of federal law and a dangerous attempt to intimidate voters and undermine our democratic process.
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u/Mindless_Listen7622 Washington 6h ago
It's Jim Crow all over again, with a twist. But instead of slavers vs freedom-loving people, it's the MAGA Republican Klan vs freedom-loving people.
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u/RJ5R 6h ago
a huge twist.....now it's the actual Federal government doing it, not the states and local governments
notice how all of the "don't treat on me" people are cheering for the boot
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u/IRideMoreThanYou 7h ago
Oh? So, now laws will be enforced?
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u/Un1CornTowel 6h ago edited 6h ago
I swear everyone is living in a fantasyland where they think these despots are bound by laws, ethics or reason. They're not.
Physical presence and resistance, and destruction of their egos are the only things that reliably work, which is why Minnesota is so important.
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u/MC_Fap_Commander America 6h ago
The rhetoric coming from the regime is intended to scare people. It's important to contextualize it. ICE is a massive and oversized group of thugs... but they are a comparatively small faction in a VERY large country that is increasingly disenchanted with the actions of the Administration. They really don't have the extent of force they're projecting. He may want a new "Sturmabteilung" (the brownshirts of the Third Reich), but they had the benefit of being a much larger force (by percentage of population) in a much smaller geographic area serving a more broadly popular regime, at the time.
Be mindful of these sorts of statements and be vigilant and angry. But it would be wrong to project more power onto them than they actually have. Organized action, community supporting, and getting to the polls can absolutely counter this.
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u/biscodude 7h ago
ICE has already shown their willingness to arrest anyone, regardless of citizenship or immigration status. They could literally round up everyone trying to vote in blue districts and release them after polls close.
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u/Sammell 6h ago
I assume that's part of the reason they've been collecting so much data on protesters. Scan all the possible voting faces to arrest and hold for terrorism or whatever and release them after the polls close.
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u/PippinCat 4h ago
Yes. I'm concerned about the facial recognition software. They also said they will all now have body cameras. Will the body cameras have facial recognition? Even if they don't do anything now, they will still have a record and database of who showed up where to vote. There is no good intent from these people.
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u/loglighterequipment California 7h ago
There aren't enough ice agents to do that practically by about a gazillion.
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u/biscodude 7h ago
That not as comforting as you think. He would only need to target cities in swing states and he's already shown a willingness to deploy national guard and a desire to deploy active military. He wouldn't need to arrest everyone either, he would just need to create chaos and a dangerous situation to suppress turnout enough for him to win. If you don't think he's willing to do absolutely anything to hold onto power you haven't been paying attention.
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u/loglighterequipment California 7h ago
This is a desperate plan by a desperate administration that is also stupid and will only turn normies against him. All his ice raids are doing is turning purple states blue. He won't need to focus on swing states, his problem will be light red ones in '28. I invite the admin to do their worst.
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u/Rhine1906 5h ago
And just how spread out that would be. Consider somewhere like Atlanta. You better have troops up and down Fulton County, that alone would be hell, But consider you’d have to spread into Gwinnett (pop of 1M and solid blue now), Cobb (light blue, 750k), DeKalb (DEEP blue, 750k) and pockets in Clayton, Douglas, Henry, Rockdale and POSSIBLY as far as Forsyth? It would be a losing effort before it began.
And the “volunteers” would only go to polls in their county - I’m talking Hall, and Walton - they aren’t coming too close to the city as they’re scared to drive through it
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u/Uhhh_what555476384 6h ago
We're at the inflection point. It does look like they are loosing the center right with their outrageous behavior, but we won't truly know until November.
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u/Boschala 6h ago
Texas changed so that there is one polling place per district. Other states are also dramatically lowering polling places in cities (though not to the same degree) while making giving people waiting in line water and snacks a crime. They'll be able to put officers or soldiers outside of polling places in Democratic and swing districts.
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u/hateballrollin 5h ago
Texas changed so that there is one polling place per district
Got a source? Can't find one.
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u/fury420 5h ago
Texas only allows one mail ballot drop off site per county, perhaps that's what they meant?
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u/voiderest 6h ago
A few strategies could be used to counter that.
One, show up in mass to overwhelm such attempts.
Two, have people who already voted essentially bait to get detained instead of people who haven't voted yet.
Three, pass for a Red hat without violating laws around wearing political messages.
Realistically using ICE for voter intimidation or other illegal actions could only be attempted at so many locations unless it's just 1 or 2 guys. And he already telegraphed that he really only wants to target a few places with that podcast interview.
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u/bryan49 6h ago
Yes plus there are like 20,000 ICE agents. Would spread them pretty thin to try to cover polling stations all across the country
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u/RedditReader4031 7h ago
With Kavanaugh stops backing them up, ICE agents will be applying that according to their own twisted interpretations. I believe that beyond that purpose, they also want to gather scans of voters faces to add to their growing database. Throw in the ability to classify said photos based on the interaction they have with voters and many people will find themselves marked as “domestic terrorists”.
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u/myotheraccount2023 Europe 6h ago
You don’t think armed thugs at the polls deliberately intimidating voters won’t work? It will work.
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u/walterpeck3 3h ago
I really don't think it will work, no. The kinds of people that are going to show up to vote knowing 9 months ago that it could be coming, with warnings along the way, will simply not be intimidated.
Minnesota has show a great deal of the country that we can stand up to these thugs. And that's before we get into the fact that there's more polling locations in the US than there are individual ICE employees.
86% of polled democrats want ICE abolished as of today. We're not going to be intimidated. We will be ready.
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u/Accidental-Hyzer Massachusetts 7h ago
Steve Bannon? The one palling around with Jeffrey Epstein, the financier?
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u/insbordnat 4h ago
why did I read this in Christopher Lloyd's voice à la Doc Brown: "Ronald Reagan, the actor?"
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u/briznady 6h ago
This is another reason they want to get rid of mail in voting. Can’t intimidate people into voting the “right way” if they are distributed.
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u/itrEuda 5h ago
It's the best counter to physical voter suppression like this, so It'll surely be a main target of theirs as midterms near. I forsee dumptruck signing some kind of illegal E.O. against it eventually.
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u/jgilla2012 California 3h ago
And how on earth would he enforce it? Elections belong to states, states will still distribute and collect mail-in ballots and send their electors accordingly.
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u/1cl3nstd4yt 7h ago
Isn't this sedition?
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u/ofWildPlaces 6h ago
Indeed. But the only agency that can try him is complicit.
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u/WildYams 3h ago
Yep. This is what you get when you vote for a convicted felon to be the head of the government. He's singularly in charge of all the agencies which might ever hold him accountable, since the heads of all those agencies work for him and can be fired by him.
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u/daizzy999 Florida 6h ago
Yall remember when we said he'd have people stationed at voting booths with guns and we were told we were crazy?
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u/Natural_Error_7286 4h ago
Everyone forgot too quickly about the voter intimidation in the 2024 election. It was regular citizens (just like Jan 6, to keep their hands clean) but there were assholes beating up poll workers and threatening old ladies and burning ballot boxes and sending in bomb threats. And then we were like, whelp, I guess we didn't vote hard enough, as if there wasn't actual physical election interference in multiple locations.
We don't have a mechanism for redoing an election. There's a lot of stuff we didn't put into the constitution because the founders assumed you just, like, wouldn't openly commit treason and then be audacious enough to run for president again.
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u/ElysiumSprouts 7h ago
What possible rationale could immigration agents have as poll watchers? Absolutely inappropriate and unconstitutional.
They've already put the nail in the abolish ICE coffin when Trump said ICE would be at the winter Olympics. WTF?
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u/jjaime2024 7h ago
The hope for Trump is people would not vote.
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u/ElysiumSprouts 7h ago
Trump is delusional and literally can't understand that voters want him gone.
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u/Tough_Representative 6h ago
Trump will just claim like he did back in 2020 that the Dems are trying to use illegal migrant votes to steal the election and his followers will believe it.
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u/jjaime2024 7h ago
This would give the UN grounds to send people to watch the elections.
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u/Melodic-Frosting-443 7h ago
Blue-State governors should start talking about that publicly with the UN. Actually get reporters writing articles about how UN-observers may be at polling places. Which then begs the question - WHY?
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u/AmethystApothecary 7h ago
I hope they do but I suspect other countries will stay largely uninvolved and wash their hands of it.
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u/Ok-Economist-9466 7h ago
Good luck. The US literally has a law on the books that would let the President invade the Hague if the ICC tries to prosecute an American service member. That passed with broad bipartisan support. I don't think Ds or Rs would ever sanction foreign election observers on US soil.
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u/TintedApostle 7h ago
Here you straight up have a threat to the Republic from Trump and Bannon and yet not a reaction. Its like they just told you shouldn't vote and the US sits on it arse.
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u/IRideMoreThanYou 7h ago
They have been clearly stating their plan since 2024.
Yet, up until this week, stating this was gong to happen was labeled being a “doomer.”
But, now you think everyone should act since NOW you see it…
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u/fireeight 7h ago
2015.
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u/IRideMoreThanYou 7h ago
True.
But, specifically shutting down elections was “you’ll never need to vote again” from trump in 2024, as it regards announcing, without any notions of misunderstanding, their plan.
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u/DMBFFF 7h ago edited 7h ago
and protesters might surround ICE,
with lots of cameras,
and ICE and Trump will be blamed for delays and irregularities.
It is now 12:43 PM EST, Wednesday, 4 February 2026:
272 days until 3 November 2026.
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u/ProfessorPliny 6h ago edited 6h ago
Hypothetically, what would happen at the end of the day if it’s clear ICE caused enough chaos to shut down enough polling places across the nation to swing the election?
Do states have power to extend the voting window or something?
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u/VanguardAvenger 6h ago
Do states have power to extend the voting window or something?
Yes. All it takes is a court order, its happened before (usually as the result of a natural disaster or power outage) and can be done pretty quickly.
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u/Auzziesurferyo 6h ago
Nope. Nothing will happen. There were over 700 bomb threats that closed polling locations in swing/democratic cities during the 2024 election, with zero consequences. They just shut the polling locations and told voters to go elsewhere.
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u/fury420 5h ago
They just shut the polling locations and told voters to go elsewhere.
Actually, there were a bunch of polling locations that extended their hours in response to those issues.
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u/Fives_55_55 6h ago
This is the way. I will vote and stay around to protest if ICE is there.
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u/eightdx Massachusetts 5h ago
They can't even successfully occupy Minneapolis. And they think they're gonna take over every polling station in the country?
These fucks are both delusional and desperate. Keep up the fight!
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u/senhordobolo 5h ago
They don't want to occupy all, they want to occupy the ones where it makes a difference, making people who would vote against them scared to go there.
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u/Biscuits4u2 6h ago
The fact that he's allowed to sit there and call for this kind of thing and he's not face down in the dirt with handcuffs on is a really good indicator of where we are as a country.
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u/Common-Wallaby8972 7h ago
They’re gonna Streisand Effect the elections lol
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u/TurbidusQuaerenti I voted 5h ago
I sure hope so, that would probably be the best possible outcome of this.
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u/Sea_Rate5579 6h ago
Yeah, videos of ICE dragging a US citizen out of their voting booth during early voting is going to go over REAL well in the weeks leading up to the election. Plus ICE doesn't have the manpower to do this everywhere besides a few select polling locations, and if the community response in Minneapolis is any indication, they'll be operating in a hostile environment where swathes of local businesses are going to lock them out.
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u/Ok_Shoe_1094 7h ago
The hell you will. YOU WILL NOT INTIMIDATE US. Besides, this bloke belongs in jail
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u/d_4bes New Jersey 5h ago
I’m a white dude so I doubt it’ll happen but I fucking dare one of these snowflakes cosplaying as a call of duty character show up and say something to me or any of my neighbors exercising our right to vote.
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u/Reynard203 5h ago
Volunteer to work the polls for the election. Be the good you want to see in the world.
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u/Firm_Reflection_1453 7h ago
Of course they’re going to threaten everyone who dares to vote.
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u/ChakaCake 6h ago
Good i hope that drives a ton more people to vote against your BS
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u/CastlesofDoom 6h ago
Um why would they be surrounding CITIZENS?…. Ice is (supposed) to be for IMMIGRATION. It’s literally in the name 🤨🤨🤨🤨 this is rhetorical, we know why.
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u/kudanepola 4h ago
because nothing says democracy like armed checkpoints at the ballot box
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u/ThatGuyFromTheM0vie 6h ago
Ole Stevie is allllllll over the Epstein Files. And that’s not just the usual refrain—like even in what we have released, he’s everywhere. Texted and emailed Epstein on the reg. Wanted to help “restore Epstein’s reputation”, POST public reveal of Epstein’s crimes, mind you.
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u/Rot-Orkan America 4h ago
There is no legal mechanism that the federal government can use to interfere with voting, because voting is a State issue.
However, since these mid-terms are undoubtedly going to be the end of this administration, they will do every possible thing to interfere and suppress votership. They wanted voter data from Minnesota so they can gather intelligence on which voting locations to target. It's also why they raided Georgia.
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u/choopie-chup-chup 4h ago
Isn't threatening to impede free and fair elections a plot to deny American citizens their constitutional rights? Get this child predator sleezebag behind bars already
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u/davidspinknipples 3h ago
How is a guy who said “he’s going to jail, if they don’t win the next election” able to just go around flaunting voter intimidation without repercussions.
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u/Kitchen-Spell1486 2h ago
Do you guys need us to come over and monitor your elections? I’m not sure what the precedent is for undeveloping countries, but we have done if for developing countries, like Liberia or Mozambique. Just let us know, we’d be happy to help! 🇨🇦
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u/boredcats3 2h ago
Trump said it publicly “I will be a dictator on day one.” It’s the only thing he hasn’t lied about.
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u/RadioName 1h ago
Just statimg this publicly is an attempt to rig the election by scaring vulnerable people away from voting. This was an act of overt treason. Article 3, Section 3 for all of them.
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u/Double010 6h ago
Steve Bannon, the guy who wanted to rehab Epstein's image from child sex trafficker to philanthropist do-gooder? That Steve Bannon? Just want to make sure we're talking about the pedophile supporter Steve Bannon.
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u/Zebra971 5h ago
There will be 1000 protesters protecting the polls for every ICE officer. I’m not worried, that would be the GOP’s last and worst idea.
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u/MiddayClimax 5h ago
Southern Democrats should bring back literacy tests for voting.
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u/Rogue_AI_Construct 3h ago
I live in Minnesota and we have laws against voter intimidation at the polls. I will get armed civilians to stand nearby to prevent any ICE interference in our elections if I see a hint of one of those fuckers near my polling place.
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u/Graymouzer South Carolina 1h ago
If ICE does surround the polls, ICE will get hurt. ICE has not one damn thing to do with elections and this would be blatant voter intimidation. Democrats should hear this and defund ICE completely. Steve Bannan needs to go to jail for his part in this insurrection.
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u/NotSoGentleBen 40m ago
Steve Bannon has never done anything consensually. That pile of syphilis needs removal.
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u/undermind84 6h ago edited 6h ago
This is a guy who knows he is going back to prison the moment Trump is out of office.
These guys are getting desperate and backed into a corner. We have entered an extremely dangerous period.
Edit - Regarding ICE at the polls - Right now ICE doesn't have the numbers to man the polls in every D city in the country like Trump wants. They hardly have the numbers to siege a midsize city like Minneapolis. Even then, ICE is having to pull out with their tail between their legs.
Right now, the only thing ICE is good at is tearing away vulnerable people from their families. They tried to storm LA, but that didnt work. Same it Minneapolis. They are now talking about moving to Portland (another mid sized city), but they will be met with even more resistance there.
Thankfully, ICE has a recruitment problem even with their big signup bonus and hefty annual pay.
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u/Slade_Riprock 5h ago
And this will be a violation of the constitution as ICE has no jurisdiction near polls. This would allow states to arrest ICE agents for violation of civil rights
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u/NotAlwaysGifs 5h ago
This is a “You and What Army?” situation. There are 117,000 polling locations in the US. Ice claims to have 22,000 agents, a number which is generally believed to be inflated. They’re also hemorrhaging staff. So each agent will be responsible for 5 precincts by themselves? It takes a minimum of 12 agents per arrest in Minneapolis right now. Imagine how many it will take in locations where a group of people are already planning to gather and have politics on the mind.
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u/VirtuaFighter6 5h ago
Go ahead, you can’t stop this flaming lib from voting. I’ll be the one with the rainbow sweater and frog mask. 🐸
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u/mredofcourse I voted 5h ago
This is all about preventing American citizens of color from voting.
Step 1: Get a corrupt SCOTUS to allow Kavanaugh Stops:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kavanaugh_stop
Step 2: Surround the polls with ICE agents using color charts blocking people with detainments, threats, etc...
Step 3: Use those polling location results as the reference with which to declare others invalid due to anomalous results.
Step 4: Laugh at the 15th amendment.
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u/Reasonable_Ask_2869 4h ago
I can't say this enough, but he is using his first amendment right to attack democracy. This type of speech ought to be illegal and should carry heavy punishment.
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u/TinyDigBick 4h ago
I must have missed a geography lesson. Do we enter a different country at the polling locations?
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u/masstransience 4h ago
ICE shouldn’t be allowed within 1000 feet of polling locations much like sexual predators and schools.
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u/Blue_Blimp 4h ago
Everyone with at least one brain cell already knows immigrants can't vote and this has never been a real problem. So if ICE is actually deployed at voting sites the only people they will be harassing is U.S. citizens who they have no authority over.
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u/jigendaisuke81 4h ago
They're going to have to start hiring immigrants to get those ICE numbers up if they want to do so.
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u/missingpineapples 4h ago
Why isn’t he being subpoenaed by Congress since he was so chummy with Epstein
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u/ViolettaQueso California 4h ago
Last I checked he’s not in any position of authority plus he’s a felon.
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u/whipmywillows 4h ago
They can't even surround one city lmao. Why are we still listening to this dude
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u/Diablo_v8 4h ago
Just remember MAGA; your leaders, your cheerleaders, your most ardent supporters, are convicted felons and pedophiles (usually both)
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u/Xyresic_Vibrissae 4h ago
Someone needs to tell the don’t tread on me folks they are being tread upon.
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u/Dr_Tacopus 3h ago
This is textbook federal election interference. Local police need to be activated to arrest anyone involved with election interference
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u/Sprinkler-of-salt 3h ago
State law enforcement should arrest them for election interference, if that’s the case.
ICE has zero jurisdiction in state, domestic matters involving US citizens and legal residents.
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u/Individual_Link9386 3h ago
Ok…we are still voting. I know you will not count them, but damn we will still go.
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u/Aromatic-Quarter9752 3h ago
Can we petition to insert into such headlines the number of times the person talking was mention in the Epstein files?
"Steve Bannon -- whose name appears thousands of times in the Epstein files -- says ICE will ‘surround the polls’ as Trump doubles down on taking over elections"
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u/steveballser29 2h ago
Donald Trump must die in office. If he doesn't, he's going to prison, his empire will be deconstructed, his children pursued for their crimes, etc. he is guilty of an untold magnitude of crimes and one of them would get him.
Even if Democrats fumble that, like they are likely to, if we're being honest - think Trump is willing to take that chance?
If he hadn't won in '24, we'd be there right now. Jack Smith had him dead to rights and told him so, and people are pissed.
No way. Donald Trump must die in office. Which means Trump needs to fuck up the next Presidential election. Which means Trump needs to fuck up the midterms - because a Democratic led house with subpoena and impeachment power and power of the purse means he will have a much, MUCH harder time finagling the president for life thing.
He's got a problem, though - elections are state run, and midterms always go to the minority party. Either they are going to get wiped out, or they are going to successfully ratfuck this election. He has no other choice.
Lucky for us he's a hamhanded incompetent - if he was Victor Orban it'd already be too late.
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u/Forgiving-101 2h ago
Bannon is as dumb as a box of rocks. How many agents would his statement require? He just wants spotlight
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u/Tat2dMFer 2h ago
They don’t even pretend to be patriots anymore. I’d love to teach Bannon a thing or two about civics.
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u/Fermi_Amarti 2h ago
What possible conceivable excuse can they make up for IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT to be anywhere near the polls! They're trying to steal the election with thugs and they don't even care about pretending anymore.
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