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Democrats, voting advocates mobilize to stop Trump from sending federal agents to polls — or anywhere near them (www.democracydocket.com)
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Democrats and voting advocates are going on the offensive against the Trump administration’s threats to send armed federal agents to the polls as voters cast their ballots in the 2026 midterm elections.

Federal law bans armed civil or military officers from voting locations, but administration officials have repeatedly suggested they could still be deployed.

With Election Day just over a month away, Democrats and civic groups have filed two lawsuits that aim to bar federal law enforcement at the polls. Meanwhile, Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.) on Wednesday introduced a bill to restrict them from coming within a quarter-mile of voting sites, and some states have advanced their own protections.

The Baldwin measure, in particular — though unlikely to pass into law — suggests Democrats are looking not just to head off any attempt to deploy law enforcement to voting sites themselves, but also to focus attention on what may be an even bigger threat to voting access: potential efforts to snarl traffic and create broader disruptions in urban, Democratic-leaning areas that could make it harder for voters to get to the polls in the first place.

Taken together, the lawsuits and legislation amount to a growing campaign to resist one of the Trump administration’s most alarming threats to the election.

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[–] 10 points 1 month ago* (4 children)

Democrats could have kept trump from ever being in power by releasing all kinds of damning info about him since everyone already knew he was a sex trafficker.

Democrats could have had him removed after impeachment the first term with high crimes and treason. They could have used the 25th amendment too.

Democrats could have used committee positions and procedural tricks like the GOO to stall bills and sabatoage any productive actions.

Democrats could have kept trump from office after January 6th and the fake elector scheme

Democrats could have had him removed for high crimes and treason the second term.

Democrats could have stopped him from illegally destroying the Whitehouse and building a six story bunker with an AI data center and drone airport which will be surrounded by sniper towers.

Democrats could have him removed after the many times that he threatened to nuke a civilization.

Democrats could have removed him when he destroyed the UN and NATO and changed our allies relationships forever.

Democrats could have removed him when he committed warcrimes in Iran and South America and now we are under investigation for warcrimes by the ICC and UN. The first investigator was murdered in broad daylight.

So now, to prep for the midterms,

Hakeem is meeting with Jared Kushner secretly AIPAC Dems are funding aipac Republicans over DSA candidates. (BlUe No MaTtEr WhO) Tammy duckworth is saying that if we win, we shouldn't waste time on impeachment so we can move forward and "compromise" with MAGA

If anyone or anything could stop what's happening, it would have happened by now.

He won't accept the results and there isn't anyone who will enforce the law.

Please post who will enforce the election results if you disagree

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  • [–] [S] 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 child)

    Democrats could have kept trump from ever being in power by releasing all kinds of damning info about him since everyone already knew he was a sex trafficker.

    I don't know if that would have worked or not. The GOP had every opportunity to remove Trump when he basically committed treason by asking for Russia to get Hillary's emails on live TV.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 month ago

    Agreed. I'm just saying that we don't have an opposition party.

    Hakeem Jeffries is funded by a Peter Thiel and just appointed more dem Thiel agents into some AI regulatory committee.

    The Dems want to "compromise"

    I won't ever compromise with fascists. What does that even mean? Are we good with 30000 people in a camp instead of 60000? Will we let pedophiles use "just the tip"?

    How do you compromise with pedophilic fascists? You don't because they CANNOT exist in a normal society

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