Precisely why we can’t fight our way out of fascism at the ballot box. If elections were fair, we’d stand a chance. But they’re not.

This list of corruption is massive, overwhelming, and depressing. Let it be the fire that ignites you. Let it be your “red line.”

Sleeping now, counting on voting later, ain’t it.

(Hat tip: @blogdiva)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_efforts_to_disrupt_voting_after_the_2024_United_States_presidential_election

#Fascism #Voting #VotingRights #Resist #Antifascism

Highly suspect indeed: “The president’s judgment on what constitutes an ‘honest’ election is highly suspect, as he has repeatedly peddled falsehoods and debunked conspiracy theories about the results of recent elections.”

#Politics #USPolitics #Election2026 #Election2026Concerns #ElectionInterference #Voting #VotingRights #TrumpElectionManipulation #TrumpElectionLies

https://truthout.org/articles/trump-says-hell-only-accept-2026-midterms-if-he-deems-them-honest/

Precisely why we can’t fight our way out of fascism at the ballot box. If elections were fair, we’d stand a chance. But they’re not.

This list of corruption is massive, overwhelming, and depressing. Let it be the fire that ignites you. Let it be your “red line.”

Sleeping now, counting on voting later, ain’t it.

(Hat tip: @blogdiva)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_efforts_to_disrupt_voting_after_the_2024_United_States_presidential_election

#Fascism #Voting #VotingRights #Resist #Antifascism

Highly suspect indeed: “The president’s judgment on what constitutes an ‘honest’ election is highly suspect, as he has repeatedly peddled falsehoods and debunked conspiracy theories about the results of recent elections.”

#Politics #USPolitics #Election2026 #Election2026Concerns #ElectionInterference #Voting #VotingRights #TrumpElectionManipulation #TrumpElectionLies

https://truthout.org/articles/trump-says-hell-only-accept-2026-midterms-if-he-deems-them-honest/

“The MAGA furor over undocumented voting reflects something different than a genuine concern that undocumented immigrants are flooding into U.S. polling booths. It shows that MAGA leaders realize that the white nationalism they use to turn out their supporters is increasingly unpopular across the nation and that the only way to stay in power is to define those who vote for the other party as illegitimate voters.”

#Politics #USPolitics #Voting #LettersFromAnAmerican

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/february-4-2026

#DemocracyNow - “No Means No”: #AZ Secretary of State Calls for #Resistance as #Trump Pushes to “ #Nationalize” #Voting

February 04, 2026

"As President Trump suggests the federal government should 'nationalize' and take over the elections process from the states, we speak with #Arizona Secretary of State #AdrianFontes. He is the former county recorder for Maricopa County, Arizona, and oversaw elections there in 2020. The #JusticeDepartment has sued Arizona and over 20 other states [includng #Maine] for their full #VoterRegistration lists. 'No means no,' Fontes says in response to the Trump administration’s encroachment on state authority. 'We should not be handing over any of our personal identifying information to the president. Not only should we not be doing it, but it’s against the law for me to fulfill the request from the Department of Justice.' "

Read more / listen / watch:
https://www.democracynow.org/2026/2/4/arizona_election

#USPol #Elections #USElections #Elections2026 #TrumpSucks #VotingRights #StatesRights #VoterDisenfranchisement #Authoritarianism #Fascism

@grammasaurus @jaykuo

The SAVE Act Would Disenfranchise Millions of Citizens
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-save-act-would-disenfranchise-millions-of-citizens/

"the legislation would require the vast majority of #Americans to rely on a passport or birth certificate to prove their citizenship.... more than 140 million #American citizens do not possess a passport and as many as 69 million #women who have taken their spouse’s name do not have a birth certificate matching their legal name."

#Women #Voting #Elections #Politics #News #US #USA

People always get Texas politics wrong.

Texas isn’t red. It’s deeply gerrymandered. It’s a voter suppression state.

Texas is purple as hell 🌈

That’s why Republicans spent $2.2 billion more to lose to Rehmet by 32 points in this weeks special election.

It’s also why they raid Latino voting rights offices and play every white supremacist trick in the book to stop voters from voting. The Bad Old Boys are so afraid of voting.

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5716988-democrats-score-upset-texas/

#RootedNews #texas #voting #uspol

@aaron.rupar

The SAVE Act Would Disenfranchise Millions of Citizens
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-save-act-would-disenfranchise-millions-of-citizens/

"the legislation would require the vast majority of #Americans to rely on a passport or birth certificate to prove their citizenship.... more than 140 million #American citizens do not possess a passport and as many as 69 million #women who have taken their spouse’s name do not have a birth certificate matching their legal name."

#Women #Voting #Elections #Politics #News #US #USA

#DemocracyNow - “No Means No”: #AZ Secretary of State Calls for #Resistance as #Trump Pushes to “ #Nationalize” #Voting

February 04, 2026

"As President Trump suggests the federal government should 'nationalize' and take over the elections process from the states, we speak with #Arizona Secretary of State #AdrianFontes. He is the former county recorder for Maricopa County, Arizona, and oversaw elections there in 2020. The #JusticeDepartment has sued Arizona and over 20 other states [includng #Maine] for their full #VoterRegistration lists. 'No means no,' Fontes says in response to the Trump administration’s encroachment on state authority. 'We should not be handing over any of our personal identifying information to the president. Not only should we not be doing it, but it’s against the law for me to fulfill the request from the Department of Justice.' "

Read more / listen / watch:
https://www.democracynow.org/2026/2/4/arizona_election

#USPol #Elections #USElections #Elections2026 #TrumpSucks #VotingRights #StatesRights #VoterDisenfranchisement #Authoritarianism #Fascism

People always get Texas politics wrong.

Texas isn’t red. It’s deeply gerrymandered. It’s a voter suppression state.

Texas is purple as hell 🌈

That’s why Republicans spent $2.2 billion more to lose to Rehmet by 32 points in this weeks special election.

It’s also why they raid Latino voting rights offices and play every white supremacist trick in the book to stop voters from voting. The Bad Old Boys are so afraid of voting.

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5716988-democrats-score-upset-texas/

#RootedNews #texas #voting #uspol

"Trump is now calling for 'nationalizing' the midterms, meaning to put voting and the counting of votes under his administration’s control. He can’t do that, but his demand is a clear sign that he will not accept the public’ s verdict in November.

So it’s just being realistic to say that MAGA will try, somehow, to prevent voters from having their say."

~ Paul Krugman

#Trump #Republicans #elections #voting
/2

https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/american-democracy-will-not-die-in

@aaron.rupar

The SAVE Act Would Disenfranchise Millions of Citizens
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-save-act-would-disenfranchise-millions-of-citizens/

"the legislation would require the vast majority of #Americans to rely on a passport or birth certificate to prove their citizenship.... more than 140 million #American citizens do not possess a passport and as many as 69 million #women who have taken their spouse’s name do not have a birth certificate matching their legal name."

#Women #Voting #Elections #Politics #News #US #USA

"Could Trump really 'take over' the midterm elections? The short answer is no, but he will try. Here's his strategy. ...

Think a many-pronged strategy involving Justice, FBI, CIA, and also Homeland Security and possibly the Department of Defense."

~ Robert Reich

#Trump #Republicans #elections #voting
/22

https://robertreich.substack.com/p/could-trump-really-take-over-the

"No, we cannot have one party controlling the elections. No, as the Constitution defines, it's not the federal government's responsibility to run elections, but states and counties and municipalities. This is critical to a federal system in which power is spread among the states rather than permitting the federal government or one man total power.

~ Steven Beschloss

#Trump #Republicans #elections #voting #BigLie #ConspiracyTheories
/21

https://www.americaamerica.news/p/nationalize-our-elections-no-no-no

@aaron.rupar

The SAVE Act Would Disenfranchise Millions of Citizens
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-save-act-would-disenfranchise-millions-of-citizens/

"the legislation would require the vast majority of #Americans to rely on a passport or birth certificate to prove their citizenship.... more than 140 million #American citizens do not possess a passport and as many as 69 million #women who have taken their spouse’s name do not have a birth certificate matching their legal name."

#Voting #Elections #Politics #USPol #News #US #USA #America

"Could Trump really 'take over' the midterm elections? The short answer is no, but he will try. Here's his strategy. ...

Think a many-pronged strategy involving Justice, FBI, CIA, and also Homeland Security and possibly the Department of Defense."

~ Robert Reich

#Trump #Republicans #elections #voting
/22

https://robertreich.substack.com/p/could-trump-really-take-over-the