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Fiendish Thingy

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7. The time to make the system change is NOW, not after the November 2022 election

Reply to wnylib (Reply #5)

Mon Jul 19, 2021, 01:15 PM

Jul 2021

Marc Elias has said that his lawsuits are only meant to buy time to allow congress to act, and cannot protect democracy and the right to vote on their own.

While I agree that there would be “hell to pay” in the form of outrage in the streets, once the GOP seizes control of all three branches of government, regardless of the will of the voters, they won’t give a flying fuck about public outrage, and will simply use it to justify their authoritarian regime.

The fight is NOW- no more Politics As Usual, GOTV is meaningless unless until HR1 is passed.

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Getting Rid of Trumpism Requires Continually Going Back to the Ballot Box [View all] lees1975 Jul 2021 OP

RIGHT! WE MUST ALL VOTE! raging moderate Jul 2021 #1

You are presuming a traditional comfort zone paradigm that no longer exists Fiendish Thingy Jul 2021 #2

The voter suppression laws are being challenged. wnylib Jul 2021 #5

The time to make the system change is NOW, not after the November 2022 election Fiendish Thingy Jul 2021 #7

Of course the time to fight is now, wnylib Jul 2021 #9

There will be no Civil War 2.0 Fiendish Thingy Jul 2021 #11

I vote a straight Democratic ticket and encourage those I know to do the same Rhiannon12866 Jul 2021 #3

Even a massive turnout won't help when legislatures can throw out votes they don't like. Kablooie Jul 2021 #4

And what will happen when people's votes are overturned wnylib Jul 2021 #6

Don't lure others into complacency with traditional paradigms about voting Fiendish Thingy Jul 2021 #8

Of course the fight is now. wnylib Jul 2021 #10