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Is the Electoral Fix Already In?
Racket News ^ | 1/26/24 | Matt Taibbi

Posted on 01/26/2024 9:33:31 AM PST by CFW

The fix is in. To “protect democracy,” democracy is already being canceled. We just haven’t admitted the implications of this to ourselves yet.

On Sunday, January 14th, NBC News ran an eye-catching story: “Fears grow that Trump will use the military in ‘dictatorial ways’ if he returns to the White House.” It described “a loose-knit network of public interest groups and lawmakers” that is “quietly” making plans to “foil any efforts to expand presidential power” on the part of Donald Trump.

The piece quoted an array of former high-ranking officials, all insisting Trump will misuse the Department of Defense to execute civilian political aims. Since Joe Biden’s team “leaked” a strategy memo in late December listing “Trump is an existential threat to democracy” as Campaign 2024’s central talking point, surrogates have worked overtime to insert existential or democracy in quotes. This was no different:

“We’re about 30 seconds away from the Armageddon clock when it comes to democracy,” said Bill Clinton’s Secretary of Defense, William Cohen, adding that Trump is “a clear and present danger to our democracy.” Skye Perryman of Democracy Forward, one of the advocacy groups organizing the “loose” coalition, said, “We believe this is an existential moment for American democracy.” Declared former CIA and defense chief Leon Panetta: “Like any good dictator, he’s going to try to use the military to basically perform his will.”

Former Acting Assistant Attorney General for National Security at the U.S. Department of Justice and current visiting Georgetown law professor Mary McCord was one of the few coalition participants quoted by name. She said:

We’re already starting to put together a team to think through the most damaging types of things that he [Trump] might do so that we’re ready to bring lawsuits if we have to.

(Excerpt) Read more at racket.news ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2020election; deepstate; electoral; electoralfix; fix; mccord; trump
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Taibbi makes some good points.

Also, in every one of the plots against President Trump over the past eight years, you will find Mary McCord somewhere in the middle of it.

1 posted on 01/26/2024 9:33:31 AM PST by CFW
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To: CFW

Fantastic what you can do if your party has full media supremacy.

Just get the MSM to declare your opponent an “enemy of Democracy,” and get his whole campaign canceled. Beautiful.

Next step: go full Rwanda.


2 posted on 01/26/2024 9:40:19 AM PST by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: Steely Tom

“Just get the MSM to declare your opponent an “enemy of Democracy,” and get his whole campaign canceled. Beautiful.”


It’s a pretty bold plan and it is amazing they see no need to hide it.


3 posted on 01/26/2024 9:42:18 AM PST by CFW (I will not comply!)
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To: CFW
Trump was president for four years. If he’s such a “danger to democracy”, why didn’t he do any of these things when he had the chance?

Their true fear is that Trump will expose all of them, and that he will actually drain the damn Swamp.

4 posted on 01/26/2024 9:45:58 AM PST by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell>)
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To: CFW

The elephant in the room is election fraud.

This might be the main reason Big Mike looks so good.

If they cheat with Biden, people will question it but anyone who questions Big Mike’s totals will be a sexist, racist homophobe...


5 posted on 01/26/2024 9:48:52 AM PST by ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton (Dems: We cheated fair and square!!!)
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To: CFW

With what’s going in Texas, and the other 25 states, there might not even be an election. CWII might be I. full swing.


6 posted on 01/26/2024 9:50:52 AM PST by Road Warrior ‘04 (BOYCOTT Anheuser Busch, the NFL, MLB, NBA, NASCAR & Faux Snooze! Molon Labe! Oathkeeper! )
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To: CFW

There are many excellent details in this article...Taibbi has an in depth understanding of the Swamp.


7 posted on 01/26/2024 9:53:31 AM PST by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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“...a loose-knit network of public interest groups and lawmakers...”

They will be the first taken out. They know it, we know it. In 12 months, pain, retribution and punishment is coming for the Deep State globohomos.


8 posted on 01/26/2024 9:54:05 AM PST by Flavious_Maximus (Tony Fauci will be put on death row and die of COVID!)
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To: CFW

“It’s a pretty bold plan and it is amazing they see no need to hide it.”

It’s just the usual leftist arrogance in full display. We have observed it for decades and now they are shock-sure they’ve won.

They always over-estimate their own abilities and underestimate their opponents. I like that about leftists. In fact... that is the ‘only’ thing I like about leftists.


9 posted on 01/26/2024 9:54:13 AM PST by Danie_2023
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To: CFW

Martial Law. Suspend Elections. Bring in UN. Blame Texas.


10 posted on 01/26/2024 9:55:16 AM PST by Semper Vigilantis ('Legal' and 'Right' are not synonyms)
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To: ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton

Yup.

It’s about plausibility.

Is it plausible that Biden could beat Trump in 2024? I don’t think so. People would protest. It’s ridiculous.

Is it plausible that Michelle could beat Trump? People might shrug. “Golly. I sure am surprised, but I guess people were excited to have a black female tranny as president. What can you do?”


11 posted on 01/26/2024 9:55:45 AM PST by ClearCase_guy
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To: ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton

I think you are missing the big picture.

We are talking about organized crime here.

Does it matter if the boss is Al Capone or Frank Nitti?

Goodfellas had the explanation:

“If anyone complained twice, they got hit so bad they never complained again.”


12 posted on 01/26/2024 9:56:16 AM PST by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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To: ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton

“The elephant in the room is election fraud.

This might be the main reason Big Mike looks so good.

If they cheat with Biden, people will question it but anyone who questions Big Mike’s totals will be a sexist, racist homophobe...”

You have a valid point. Especially since the rabid left always has to have a “gimmick” going for them. Hence, running Moochelle instead of Biden.


13 posted on 01/26/2024 9:56:23 AM PST by Danie_2023
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To: Road Warrior ‘04
Trump may not be an American Stalin, but Biden may be the American Gorbachev. A lot depends on his actions against Texas and the reaction of Texas and the red states. I don't see a 21st Century Henry Clay on the horizon.
14 posted on 01/26/2024 9:57:39 AM PST by Wallace T. ( )
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To: CFW

Pretty bizarre in that Trump avoided war completely and Biden has us sending billions to Ukraine for a useless war, the Middle East is hot again and now he’s created a situation where we could have an actual civil war.

At this point anyone supporting Biden doesn’t deserve to talk about “our democracy”.


15 posted on 01/26/2024 9:57:48 AM PST by Aria
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To: CFW

Biden has said that Trump won’t be allowed to become President again. The lawfare approach may not be able to produce a conviction before November and Trump could win even if they put him in prison. So the real danger is that they will have him killed.


16 posted on 01/26/2024 9:57:53 AM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: CFW

These people are absolutely freakin’ insane, and the sad part is a lot of morons buy into it. Check out the website MSN.com where they congregate and read the comments, its a complete insane asylum

These are some comments on this article about Trump being the nominee......

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/republican-national-committee-pulls-resolution-declaring-trump-as-the-presumptive-2024-nominee/ar-BB1hgXhF?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=2b5a6e40c74a466bb6c1f724e283669e&ei=8#comments

A*******
17h

I can’t imagine anyone votiing for Trump, especially women. He’s a proven sexual assaulter.

Steve Smith
16h
It should create concern for Americans that the Republican National Committee is attempting to influence the election of the President of the United States. Republicans like to point fingers at the left but the committee wants to inflict their will upon the Americans people’s right to elect the President of the United States. The Republican National Committee is becoming a very radical group.

Sue Watson
17h
I have never loathed anyone as much as him in my life. Complete scum.
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go Bo
18h
shame for republicans. Sorry for the choice

Thanks But Nos
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Sad times for the Republican Party. Our founding fathers are rolling over in their graves

We The People

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They are so eager to crown their insurrectinist king! What a disgrace the GQP have become, bowing down on their knees to worship the Orange 🤡, do they have no shame at all?

M*******

Why not appointment him king and dictator of your mindless spineless party.


17 posted on 01/26/2024 9:58:34 AM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary Clinton remains free, the USA will never have equal justice under the law)
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To: CFW

Orange Man will be a fantastic president..he loves America and he loves The People....who love him.

So these clingers to power, these leftist hand wringers know that their poisoning of Akerica is about t9 end. They will say and do anything to keep out of office, including assassination.

So we are talking about treason here and racketeering. These who are bringing this need to have various red states place them on a public watch list for racketeering and election espionage at the State level. Its time for all red states to do this.


18 posted on 01/26/2024 10:00:03 AM PST by Candor7 (Ask not for whom Trum p Trolls,He trolls for thee!),<img src="" width=500</img><a href="">tag</a>)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Why does the mass media engage in endless propaganda and brainwashing?

Because it works—on at least a significant portion of the population.


19 posted on 01/26/2024 10:00:25 AM PST by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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To: CFW
"Sometimes we have to destroy Democracy in order to save it."

-Deep State

20 posted on 01/26/2024 10:01:22 AM PST by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
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