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Fiendish Thingy

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6. It wouldn't play out, because it's not going to happen.
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 10:38 AM
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States run elections, they cannot and will not be cancelled.

Elections were held during every war, including the Civil War, and following 9/11.

Nationwide martial law is a physical impossibility, especially now, with our troops otherwise preoccupied.

There aren’t enough ICE agents either, and talk of only needing to send ICE to “strategic” locations is silly, since over the past year, 2024 Trump +20 districts have been swinging 15-30+ points towards the Dems in actual elections - with almost 200,000 polling places in the US, how are they going to choose which ones to disrupt with their meager resources?

Yes, there will be plenty of chicanery and ratfuckery, but nevertheless, nothing will stop the Blue Tsunami in November.

The dystopian fantasies around cancelled/rigged elections never account for the pushback from the states, the courts and the people. Despite acting with lawless impunity on a daily basis, This administration has been stalled, stymied or restrained numerous times.

Never forget this one absolute truth:

Trump is not omnipotent, and the states and the people are not powerless

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