Is the Bully Trump administration going to try to strongarm the electors to change their vote?

Asking for everyone I know.

In Debt and Desperate Trump Tries Duping the Devoted Yet Again

His official "Election Defense Fund" is only a cover to get the gullible to fork up more campaign money. Is anyone shocked that they spent it all and didn't pay the bills?
The fine print states that 60% of the election defense fund money will go to pay off campaign debt.
My guess is the other 40% will go for overhead. Is Ivanka managing that part?


https://www.businessinsider.com/donations-trump-legal-fund-spent-on-paying-off-campaign-debt-2020-11

Is it possible elections will be called when all is in place to stop civil unrest?

Maybe everyone needs to be in place first due to the unpredictable nature of tRump's potentially violent devotees.

From The Military Times:
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At least 4,700 National Guard troops in 18 states have been activated as of Tuesday afternoon to support the Nov. 3 general election in several capacities. The missions range from assisting with cyber defense, working the polls, and standing-by in case of post-election civil unrest.

All of the troops currently activated are on state orders and are under the control of their respective governors.
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/election-2020/2020/11/03/national-guard-election-day-update-more-than-4700-troops-active-in-18-states/

From the NY Times: Not all National Guard Troops will be wearing uniforms.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/02/us/national-guard-election.html

Just woke up. Looked at a video from last night. tRump claims fraud & victory.

Here's the video. He claims fraud at 7:08 and says he wants to stop the count.
wtf?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-claims-we-did-win-this-election-in-white-house-remarks/vi-BB1aG8YV?ocid=msedgdhp

Internal Documents Reveal COVID-19 Hospitalization Data The Government Keeps Hidden - NPR

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"About 24% of U.S. hospitals are using more than 80% of their ICU capacity, based on reporting from nearly 5,000 "priority facilities," and more hospitals have joined their ranks in recent weeks."

The above is information that is shared only with a select few insiders.

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"The documents show that detailed information hospitals report to HHS every day is reviewed and analyzed — but circulation seems to be limited to a few dozen government staffers from HHS and its agencies, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Institutes of Health, according to distribution lists reviewed by NPR. Only one member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, Adm. Brett Giroir, appears to receive the documents directly."

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/10/30/929239481/internal-documents-reveal-covid-19-hospitalization-data-the-government-keeps-hid?utm_source=npr_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20201030&utm_term=4929639&utm_campaign=breaking-news&utm_id=27861420&orgid=95

What do you think? Pragmatic preparedness or fear mongering?

This article from newsletter "Waging nonviolence" raises some questions and offers solutions.
I'm interested to hear DUer's thoughts on this.

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"As coup prevention has gained mainstream attention, here’s a series of tactics with a plan to defend our democracy.
It’s Nov. 4. Votes are still being counted in dozens of states and election results are not final. But Trump tweets that he won while claiming massive fraud from mail-in ballots. Trump loyalists prepare to ignore election results. What do folks do next?"

Before talking tactics, it’s worth asking: Is a coup really possible?

"Recall the Bush-Gore election in 2000. While election officials began a recount, a group of Republican operatives were ordered to “stop them.” They attempted to bully their way into a Florida election office, trampling and punching people. This became known as the “Brooks Brothers riots,” with unusual protesters who were “50-year-old white lawyers with cell phones and Hermès ties.

The bourgeois riot’s pressure on the election officials — which included both an inside strategy of lawsuits and the outside strategy of protests — resulted in them ceasing the recount and changed the course of the national outcome.

The Brooks Brothers riots worked in large part because there was no meaningful counter-narrative of street protests. We’re already neutering that by being in the streets, even if we don’t end up confronting every regressive action to support a coup."

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"If a coup doesn’t happen, is the preparation worth it?

Absolutely. I’ve been part of efforts where our preparation alone kept the opposition from mobilizing against us.

Further, we’re teaching how power works. Trump’s tweets don’t determine the outcome of the election. People do. Our job isn’t over when the election is over — we need to understand how power works to make change for the future. Because the fight to save our country and the planet is just beginning."

Full article:
https://wagingnonviolence.org/2020/10/7-tactics-to-stop-a-coup/

I can see the memes already.

Pence presiding over the Senate vote as the Grim Reaper.

I wonder if he'll be attending the Rose Garden party, too.

Trump and his enablers are equal opportunity haters. They hate all of us, not just the Democrats.

They hold us in disdain. Each of us. They hate us for being dumb enough to vote for him or they hate us because we didn't.

They hate us for being gullible enough to believe their lies and they hate us for calling them out.

They hate us for dying of Covid19. They hate us for mentioning the failed policies that caused it.

Nearly a quarter million of our friends, families, co-workers and neighbors, dead. Millions of us out of work. Millions of us don't know how we'll pay our bills, buy food or how long we'll have a place to live.

He disdains those he cannot dominate, those who take a knee. He has no respect for the crowds that cheer him. They are too easily duped by the spraying lies. Contaminated droplets hover in propaganda charged venues. Frenzied shouts of "Lock her up" fill the space. He stands at the podium and grins as the crowd inhales the sickness and chants it out again.

Enough now. No more hate. No more lies. No more corruption. No more threats to our healthcare our Social Security and Medicare. No more threats to states that don't share his views. No more threats to our public lands. No more destroying the environment. No more babies in cages.
Enough. Enough. Vote.

Trump-"We have the best testing in the world by far. That's why we have so many cases."

Iran trying to meddle in U.S. election, Russia has obtained American voter info, officials say

Source: CNBC

"Iran is taking steps to interfere in the U.S. presidential election, and Russia has obtained American voter information, national security officials announced Wednesday night.
Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe Iran has been sending “spoof emails designed to intimdate voters, incite unrest and damage President” Donald Trump."


Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/21/fbi-to-make-an-announcement-on-a-major-election-security-issue.html