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Ferrets are Cool

(22,576 posts)
Thu Jan 29, 2026, 11:16 AM Thursday

Someone please talk me off this ledge...aka midterms...

The FBI going in and "collecting" ALL the voting information from the 2020 elections is the prelude for stealing the 2026 midterms.
All the Asshole in Chief has to do is send in the FBI to gather all the voting information, change it to his liking and declare a winner.
This "judge" who signed these warrents in GA should be disbarred. That may be hyperbolic, but that's how I feel atm.
Please explain how I am wrong.

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Someone please talk me off this ledge...aka midterms... (Original Post) Ferrets are Cool Thursday OP
I'm right there with you. Coventina Thursday #1
I'm on the same ledge with you. gab13by13 Thursday #2
I think it's actually worse leftstreet Thursday #3
+1 dalton99a Thursday #4
Don't ascribe any particular competence to Tulsi Gabbard mr715 Thursday #10
I met her briefly back when she was a Dem. progressoid Thursday #11
And dalmatian puppy collector. mr715 Thursday #12
LOL true. She's just there for DNI presence leftstreet Thursday #13
The Trump crime syndicate is corrupt to the core. We will NOT (IMO) have CousinIT Thursday #5
2026 Elections rso Thursday #6
All this will happen before January. Ferrets are Cool Thursday #9
Damn MSNOW had the live Fulton County press conference on & the question as to legal strategy hlthe2b Thursday #7
trump is no longer playing by any rules whatsoever Blue Owl Thursday #8
GOPs just KNOW that most of the people vioting Democratic are in graveyards Warpy Thursday #14
" it's not a Democratic victory, it's a huge rout for the GOP" Ferrets are Cool 16 hrs ago #18
States run elections. He can't stop. Yes, there will be fuckery, but this is why he was hellbent on gerrymandering themaguffin Thursday #15
No, he can't stop the elections, but that is not what is going on here. Ferrets are Cool 16 hrs ago #17
well, then that will be scorched Earth. He already had to back peddle in MN. Fuckery will continue, but it.. themaguffin 16 hrs ago #19
Then why isn't it scorched earth now? We haven't even been able to see the warrant that was issued. Ferrets are Cool 16 hrs ago #20
It is, but if shit happened across the country it's still massively bigger. It's not negating the seriousness of themaguffin 16 hrs ago #22
Assume the worst...the WORST...from this administration and you'll be closer to reality than giving them wiggs Thursday #16
Dems didn't bother to investigate anomalies in the 2024 elections MaeScott 16 hrs ago #21

gab13by13

(31,526 posts)
2. I'm on the same ledge with you.
Thu Jan 29, 2026, 11:19 AM
Thursday

I posted yesterday that this wasn't about the 2020 election, the FBI stole the voter data.

leftstreet

(39,332 posts)
3. I think it's actually worse
Thu Jan 29, 2026, 11:30 AM
Thursday

Why did Gabbard, the Director of National Intelligence show up at the Fulton Co GA elections office raid?
Senator Mark Warner has some questions

Mark Warner @MarkWarner
·12h
Replying to
@MarkWarner
Either Director Gabbard believes there was a legitimate foreign intelligence nexus – in which case she is in clear violation of her obligation under the law to keep the intelligence committees ‘fully and currently informed’ of relevant national security concerns – or she is once again demonstrating her utter lack of fitness for the office that she holds by injecting the nonpartisan intelligence community she is supposed to be leading into a domestic political stunt designed to legitimize conspiracy theories that undermine our democracy.



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mr715

(3,133 posts)
10. Don't ascribe any particular competence to Tulsi Gabbard
Thu Jan 29, 2026, 01:30 PM
Thursday

She's crazy and bad at her job. If she is involved, whatever she tries will fail because she is both an idiot and a useful idiot.

progressoid

(52,735 posts)
11. I met her briefly back when she was a Dem.
Thu Jan 29, 2026, 02:13 PM
Thursday

"useful idiot" is a good description of her. I'd add "opportunist."

leftstreet

(39,332 posts)
13. LOL true. She's just there for DNI presence
Thu Jan 29, 2026, 02:19 PM
Thursday

All of Trump's useful idiots are just there as agency entry points

Interesting to me that they're always women. Bondi, Noem, Leavitt, Gabbard...President Steffan Miller hiding behind their skirts

CousinIT

(12,343 posts)
5. The Trump crime syndicate is corrupt to the core. We will NOT (IMO) have
Thu Jan 29, 2026, 11:33 AM
Thursday

free and fair elections in 2026 or 2028. We will have elections, but they will be deeply tampered with by Trump, Bondi, DoJ, and FBI, who will scream "FRAUD!" at every Democratic win in every state.

Elections will not be certified. Elected Dems will not be seated.

QUESTION: WHAT ARE DEMOCRATS AND THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY DOING ABOUT THIS?

Anything?

rso

(2,645 posts)
6. 2026 Elections
Thu Jan 29, 2026, 12:33 PM
Thursday

The 119th Congress ends no matter what on 1/3/2027, meaning that Johnson no longer has the gavel as of that day. The 120th. Congress starts afresh on that day, Johnson and the republicans have zero constitutional authority at that point to refuse to seat the winners .

hlthe2b

(113,104 posts)
7. Damn MSNOW had the live Fulton County press conference on & the question as to legal strategy
Thu Jan 29, 2026, 12:57 PM
Thursday

came up and was just about to be turned to the County Attorney to answer and they F...king tune out and back to Anna Cabrara. I was screaming so loudly, I was afraid the UPS guy might have heard me! LOL

Well, I hope they have ... something.

Blue Owl

(58,492 posts)
8. trump is no longer playing by any rules whatsoever
Thu Jan 29, 2026, 01:06 PM
Thursday

We need some drastic action to reign this unhinged, demented criminal in.

Warpy

(114,467 posts)
14. GOPs just KNOW that most of the people vioting Democratic are in graveyards
Thu Jan 29, 2026, 03:05 PM
Thursday

because no person who's alive and paying attention would never vote against their Lard & Savior.. It's a fishing expedition and when those have happened in state, the fraud they have found fraud that is vanishingly small and mostly GOP. That happened herre in NM during his first term and they found 4 cases of fraud (yes, FOUR) and all were GOP, 3 of them Texans who had voted there and then crossed the border to vote here at their vacation property. They were never prosecuted, of course, but their NM registration was pulled.

However, thiss bunch might use Re-publican fraud as a pretext to toss out the state's results, something that would triugger a true constitutional crisis, but I find that unlikely. I also find it highly unlikely that a blue state will simply turn over such information to the Feds without a compelling reason to do so and extortion isn't a compelling reason.

Now you can talk me off my own "worst that can happen" ledge, that the election goes off without a hitch and this administration has pissed off as many people as we think they have and it's not a Democratic victory, it's a huge rout for the GOP. I can se Fatso blowing a fit and trying to shut down Congress invoking the Insurrection Act and declaring martial law. I don't see hm getting very farwith that, but it will mean a few months of total chaos while the 6 constitution haters on the bench are forced to rule against him if they want to keep their own cash flow positive. The chaos will most likely involve citizen violence as well as military volence against us. The worst that can happen? The military takes over. That's the long shot part. Fatso's fit will happen. Chaos after he overreacts might happen. The military takeover is a long shot but well within the realm of the possible.

Ferrets are Cool

(22,576 posts)
18. " it's not a Democratic victory, it's a huge rout for the GOP"
Fri Jan 30, 2026, 09:14 AM
16 hrs ago

Why would he throw a fit in this instance?

themaguffin

(4,985 posts)
15. States run elections. He can't stop. Yes, there will be fuckery, but this is why he was hellbent on gerrymandering
Thu Jan 29, 2026, 03:53 PM
Thursday

Ferrets are Cool

(22,576 posts)
17. No, he can't stop the elections, but that is not what is going on here.
Fri Jan 30, 2026, 09:10 AM
16 hrs ago

His regime has confiscated ALL the votes. Every bit of data. Just imagine them doing this after the midterms in each House race in which they lose. He could then manipulate the votes and declare HIS OWN WINNER.
That is the scary part.

themaguffin

(4,985 posts)
19. well, then that will be scorched Earth. He already had to back peddle in MN. Fuckery will continue, but it..
Fri Jan 30, 2026, 09:30 AM
16 hrs ago

...I refuse to doom about it. It's not that simple.

Ferrets are Cool

(22,576 posts)
20. Then why isn't it scorched earth now? We haven't even been able to see the warrant that was issued.
Fri Jan 30, 2026, 09:32 AM
16 hrs ago

Why isn't it front page news on every broadcast? We know the answer to that.

themaguffin

(4,985 posts)
22. It is, but if shit happened across the country it's still massively bigger. It's not negating the seriousness of
Fri Jan 30, 2026, 09:35 AM
16 hrs ago

what's happening now.

wiggs

(8,718 posts)
16. Assume the worst...the WORST...from this administration and you'll be closer to reality than giving them
Thu Jan 29, 2026, 04:02 PM
Thursday

the benefit of the doubt. More times than not.

MaeScott

(952 posts)
21. Dems didn't bother to investigate anomalies in the 2024 elections
Fri Jan 30, 2026, 09:33 AM
16 hrs ago

..and here we are. Dancing to His Tune of “ stolen election “
Opposite is always the truth with them.

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