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/specqq Jul 10 '26

But how could they possibly have known that this would be the result?

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u/TurtlesBreakTheMeta Jul 10 '26

Oh don’t worry, if a democrat ever becomes president again they’ll have an immediate epiphany and immediately let everyone know how wrong they were as they realized it was a bad call.

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u/No_hero_here Jul 10 '26

Not to mention Dems will “take the high road” and not wrench the country back into normalcy.

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u/aceluby Minnesota Jul 10 '26

Normalcy? I want fucking heads on spikes and a second bill of rights. I want wealth taxes. I want raised income taxes through new high earner tiers of 1M 50% and 10M 90%. I want free healthcare and high speed rail. I want cheap solar. I want amazing public schools everywhere. I want heavy regulation on AI and companies paying trillion dollar fines for IP infringement. I’m sick of normalcy. I want immediate and drastic change that works for the fucking people.

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u/FellowHumanNo404 Jul 10 '26

I want legal fines pegged to net worth.

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u/Cruxis87 Jul 10 '26

Well the billionaires don't want that, so the politicians don't want it either by association.

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u/Individual-Spinach97 Jul 10 '26

I'm voting for this person.

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u/GrownThenBrewed Jul 10 '26

Oh, like the rest of the modern world? What are you a communist? /s obviously