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Steve Bannon, formerly incarcerated for contempt of congress, calls for immigration agents at polling sites during midterms (www.theguardian.com)
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Bannon has no formal power, but is an influential figure on the far right and is closely tied with the Trump administration.

Donald Trump this week again suggested that the federal government “should take over the voting” and federalize elections, which are run by local and state jurisdictions, as part of his ongoing false claims that Democrats have stolen elections. He also reiterated lies that undocumented people are brought to the US to vote and their participation led to

Repeating false claims that undocumented people vote in large numbers in US elections, Bannon said on his War Room show on Tuesday: “You’re damn right we’re gonna have ICE surround the polls come November.”

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[–] 19 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Bannon did the same thing telegraphing Project 2025 around the 2024 election. Even if Trump hadn't inadvertently leaked the plan, I would still believe Bannon's trial balloon here.

Importantly, this isn't going to require more ICE personnel than they already have. Trump talked about "taking over" 12 "places." In all likelihood, these are not even references to states, just specific counties in swing states that absolutely can change the outcome of the election, given the concentration of democratic voters in cities.

So now that we have their confirmation that this is the plan, each one of these states should be passing laws clarifying any ambiguity in their voter intimidation criminal laws. Beyond that, they'll need to somehow convince the local PD to protect those lines, which may be delusional anyway because so much of every PD will be sympathetic to the fascists.

This is going to be rooouuugghh year.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    What stops citizens showing up en masse and armed to help protect these 12 places?

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Best believe my ass is showing up with conceiled arms.

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  • [–] 0 points 9 months ago

    Best bet, don't conceil. First, that makes it easier for them to blame you, acting as if you were planning something nefarious by hiding it until they shot you. Second, how are they going to be made afraid of doing something wrong if they don't know you're armed? Be proud of it, and ideally have a bigger stick than they do. Make sure they're aware of the potential consequences of breaking the law.

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