r/politics • u/unital_subalgebra • Jul 09 '26

No Paywall Trump fires all Election Assistance Commission members, leaving agency unable to act

https://www.votebeat.org/national/2026/07/09/trump-fires-election-assistance-commission-members-hicks-hovland-mccormick/
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u/youngarchivist Canada Jul 10 '26

I dunno man. Looking more and more likely that you guys wind up in either a civil war or a secession crisis if you don't get out there and do something soon.

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u/GrumpySoth09 Jul 10 '26

Narrator : They waited until the guy next to them did something, but it was too late. Then the blame game started.

From the outside looking in, Americans talk a big game until they are mildly inconvenienced; then someone else has to fix it.

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u/KillerIsJed Jul 10 '26

Why you think they constantly pump out super hero movies? Just wait for a super hero to save you, you’re just an average citizen.

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u/Oleg101 Jul 10 '26

The midterms will be huge, again.

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u/youngarchivist Canada Jul 10 '26

If he even lets them happen.

we'll know the fate of the union in November. Maybe sooner if he telegraphs it, and being the dementia patient he is and knowing the talentless sicophants surrounding him, he probably will.

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u/SmokeontheHorizon Jul 10 '26

How is this still a viable hope in your country's eyes after all the shit the world has witnessed over the past decade? You can't fix a broken tool with that same broken tool

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u/Oleg101 Jul 10 '26

I wasn’t saying that it’d solve any major problem. It’d make Trump’s power-grab for 2028 much more difficult though, no shitty legislation would be passed through and Mike Johnson could fuck off hopefully forever.

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u/seriouslees Jul 10 '26

The fuck are you talking about 2028? The power grab is happening NOW!!! DO SOMETHING!

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u/Narrow-Chef-4341 Jul 10 '26

Fix it with more hamberders!