Trump tried to shout and post his policy preferences into existence, then tried to sue them into existence, and now he’s trying to intimidate them into existence.

After crashing headfirst into a series of legal hurdles, President Donald Trump’s long-running effort to restrict voting access ahead of the 2026 midterm elections shifted gears this week.

The White House’s attempts to seize control over elections have suffered a series of courtroom drubbings in recent weeks as judges — including many of his own appointees — have consistently blocked them for violating federal laws or the U.S. Constitution.

So the Trump administration is adopting a new strategy, turning to intimidation and coercion after legal bullying has mostly failed.

Now, the Department of Justice (DOJ) is threatening election officials with jail time over the possibility of a noncitizen voting, and sending federal agents to monitor polls in key Democratic strongholds. Meanwhile, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is trying to leverage an anti-terrorism grant program to force states to overhaul their election operations.

  • Brkdncr
    19·
    2 days ago

    Lmao FEMA was gutted and turned into ICE?

    • CharlesDarwinEnglish
      8·
      2 days ago

      I’m old enough to remember when conservatives would sit there and listen to hate radio and collect and polish their guns and stock up on gold ingots and bullets and MREs and generally feather their bunkers, because Bill Clinton and Janet Reno were building FEMA DEATH CAMPS and were going to turn 'merika into a police state, etc., and these guys were going to fight a TYRANNICAL GOVERNMENT that was out to end their freedumbs.

      LOL, yeah, right. I didn’t believe these asshole conservatives then and I sure as fuck don’t now. They are the cheerleaders and the fluffers for the terrorists in power that want to end this country starting with the right to vote. They do not and never did give a fuck about freedom or democracy or the Constitution…

  • CharlesDarwinEnglish
    9·
    2 days ago

    Remember: conservatives have a long tradition of not really being for democracy at all.

    It’s also true that Donvict is just a petty bitch worried about being investigated by Democrats and that just dovetails with that overall agenda.

    • grue
      2·
      2 days ago

      Or better yet, skip threatening and act against them.