Dozens of interviews with people deeply familiar or involved with the election process point to a clear consensus: Not only could Trump make a second attempt at overturning an election he loses, he and his allies are already laying the groundwork.

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  • SGGeorwell@lemmy.world
    2002·
    26 days ago

    WE KNOOOOWWWW. It’s the worst-kept secret in politics. People in other countries are aware. The birds are aware. It’s part and parcel of the experience of fascism. Never underestimate what pure evil is capable of doing.

      • InverseParallax@lemmy.worldEnglish
        561·
        26 days ago

        Be ready, especially if you’re on the east coast.

        The rednecks are assuming they’re the only ones with balls and nobody else will stand up to them, like all bullies think.

        Prove them wrong.

      • Varyk@sh.itjust.works
        513·
        26 days ago

        at a personal level, contact the governor and ask them how you can be certain as a voter that trump won’t steal the election like he tried in 2020.

        let them know you’re paying attention.

          • Varyk@sh.itjust.works
            211·
            26 days ago

            I bet a few of them are.

            despite the fuckery, many policy decisions are changed by people calling in and emailing in and telling the elected officials that people are watching them and disagree with what they are doing.

            public opinion does make a difference, so on a personal level that’s what we can do.

      • xmunk@sh.itjust.works
        34·
        26 days ago

        Save up so you can buy a bus/train/plane ticket to DC if they try shit. If they do what they’re signaling and the legislature fails us it’ll be down to mass civil disobedience to keep the country from fascism.

        I wish I had a better answer, but they’ve eroded so many of our institutions.

      • Carrolade@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        26 days ago

        Grassroots political activism and civic engagement. A sufficiently large victory would help discredit their methods going into the future. In the shorter term, our own legions of poll watchers will provide additional witnesses to offer witness testimony when things inevitably land in court.