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Fiendish Thingy

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17. Are there troops on the streets of Chicago?
Sun Nov 2, 2025, 03:21 PM
Nov 2025

Or Portland?

You seem to believe the military, all 1.3 million of them, plus every law enforcement organization in the nation, will commit mass acts of treason based in the whims of one feeble old man.

Do you really believe there will be no resistance to an attempt to seize ballots?

That troops will kill multitudes of civilians?

That no one in law enforcement will respond to protect the ballots?

Reminder: Nationwide martial law is a physical impossibility.

Just because you can imagine something, and type that thing on the internet, doesn’t make that thing plausible, possible or probable.

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It's not all roses. everyonematters Nov 2025 #1
Because a lot of Dems are dissatisfied with their own party. Republicans are sheep. DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2025 #4
In today's Washington Post poll: everyonematters Nov 2025 #9
Neither party looks great. DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2025 #11
The party that can get out of it's own world and connect with the rest of society can become the dominant party. everyonematters Nov 2025 #35
It never asks which party protects vs. attacks social security. GreenWave Nov 2025 #26
your moniker suits you Skittles Nov 2025 #34
Which is should have always been to begin with. W_HAMILTON Nov 2025 #5
That 42 percent is solid. Vance starts off with at least that much. LuvLoogie Nov 2025 #2
Vance has a charisma problem. yellowcanine Nov 2025 #10
Charisma of a turnip mr715 Nov 2025 #14
That 42% has nothing to do with Vance. It's for CONGRESSIONAL elections. Wiz Imp Nov 2025 #32
That margin can only grow over the next year Fiendish Thingy Nov 2025 #3
That's why troops will be confiscating ballots SamuelTheThird Nov 2025 #13
Uh-Oh... Fiendish Thingy Nov 2025 #15
Law enforcement? SamuelTheThird Nov 2025 #16
Are there troops on the streets of Chicago? Fiendish Thingy Nov 2025 #17
You just need ballots confiscated in key areas SamuelTheThird Nov 2025 #19
Your defeatism is noted for the record. Fiendish Thingy Nov 2025 #20
I dont think talking about a plausible threat is 'surrendering' SamuelTheThird Nov 2025 #23
I guess we disagree on what's plausible Fiendish Thingy Nov 2025 #25
Well the Gov of Ill is concerned about it SamuelTheThird Nov 2025 #28
Pritzker is fighting back proactively Fiendish Thingy Nov 2025 #29
Insurrection Act + this Supreme Court SamuelTheThird Nov 2025 #30
Again, you presume there would be no response or resistance. Fiendish Thingy Nov 2025 #31
Really? That's what the "reality based community" is saying now? I remember when Scrivener7 Nov 2025 #24
If only "Generic" would run ThoughtCriminal Nov 2025 #6
But the gatekeepers posted the Democrats were at 20% or something. Kingofalldems Nov 2025 #7
No link... but what about a source? TV? Radio? Newspaper? Who conducted the poll? QueerDuck Nov 2025 #8
NBC News-Hart Research DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2025 #12
I literally found the link in 5 seconds Celerity Nov 2025 #18
Wow. Look at that. You certainly did! Good job! QueerDuck Nov 2025 #22
Recommended. H2O Man Nov 2025 #21
***Breaking *** 42% of Americans are insane. Dave Bowman Nov 2025 #27
This is basically useless information without a link to the source of the data. Wiz Imp Nov 2025 #33
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