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Trump sued the IRS for $10 billion.

If you pay taxes, Trump is suing you.

04.02.2026 04:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Fewer than one in three U.S. adult citizens voted for Trump in 2024.

About 70% didn't vote or voted for someone else.

04.02.2026 03:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Russiaโ€™s Central Election Commission oversees vote counting and election certification.

It seems to be working out pretty well for Putin.

04.02.2026 02:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

About a year ago, Trump slapped tariffs on an island inhabited only by penguins. We should probably check in on them to make sure theyโ€™re OK.

04.02.2026 00:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Bondi and the DOJ havenโ€™t announced a single criminal investigation into anyone named in the Epstein files, yet they just broke down doors in Georgia to seize ballots

04.02.2026 00:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 28    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Melania is a Movie Star the way Trump is a Nobel Prize Winner

04.02.2026 00:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Democratic norms for thee, not for me

04.02.2026 00:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

They want to protect "their idea" of girls and women

03.02.2026 21:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 39    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The federal government lacks a single, transparent, publicly verifiable system tracking every child in federal custody.

- Children may be held by CBP, ICE, or ORR.
- Each agency keeps separate records.
- Data is often delayed or incomplete.

No single realโ€‘time count of children exists.

03.02.2026 21:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Thatโ€™s coercive compliance...

Even if you donโ€™t expect to be targeted, the possibility is enough to change your behavior.

It's a fear-based system: they donโ€™t need to detain everyone, just enough people that everyone else adjusts.

It's a sign of authoritarianism, not Freedom, not Liberty.

03.02.2026 19:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

When politicians face a groundswell against them, seizing control of the voting process itself is the only sure way to avoid a loss.

03.02.2026 18:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ˜๏ธโ˜๏ธโ˜๏ธ Exactly. Pay attention to what is happening in Georgia.

03.02.2026 15:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Framed by an โ€œemergency,โ€ Congress can delegate electionโ€‘rule power. It may authorize the president to:

- modify timelines and administrative rules
- adjust voting procedures
- set national standards

Like Tariffs, the president has no inherent election authority; all power comes from Congress.

03.02.2026 14:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The most serious threat to our democracy is a president manufacturing an emergency to seize delegated control over state voting systems and silence his opposition.

Tactically that's best done, while a different emergency is manufactured as a distraction.

03.02.2026 14:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A realโ€‘estate mind sees the Constitution like zoning: the rules matter, but the real action is in how power bends them.

03.02.2026 13:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Congress can constitutionally delegate parts of its electionโ€‘rule power to the president, just as it has with tariff authority.

03.02.2026 13:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If the federal government acted as the Jim Crow actor, Congress would use its Elections Clause power to impose restrictive national rules that states couldnโ€™t escape.

Congress would source of the barriers.

03.02.2026 13:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Jim Crow voting laws were harsh tools to block Black political power.

States used poll taxes, literacy tests, grandfather clauses, whitesโ€‘only primaries, and registration traps to shrink the electorate.

These rules let local officials deny ballots almost at will.

03.02.2026 13:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Jim Crow was named after a racist blackface stage character from the 1800s.

The name became shorthand for the segregation laws that followed because the character embodied the same demeaning stereotypes those laws enforced.

03.02.2026 13:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Congressโ€™s power to override state election rules was weaponized during Jim Crow, but in a very specific way.

Congress refused to use that power to stop states from suppressing voters.

03.02.2026 13:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The Constitution lets states run federal elections, but Congress can โ€œmake or alterโ€ those rules.

That override power can be exploited by bad actors to impose restrictive national standards, shorten timelines, limit mail or early voting, tilt oversight, or reshape procedures for partisan gain.

03.02.2026 13:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

A president stepping into criminal investigations to chase a personal grudge doesnโ€™t violate a specific constitutional clause, but it still damages the system of checks and balances meant to stop any president from weaponizing government power.

03.02.2026 03:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Without full access to Epsteinโ€™s financial records, the public canโ€™t trace who funded him, who he paid off, or how his network was sustained.

03.02.2026 01:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Turned out P Diddy wasnโ€™t in the Epstein files, but Trump is.

So Epstein was for the real pros

03.02.2026 01:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

MTG now recognizes that she was exploited by a malignant narcissist who abandoned her once her utility ran outโ€”a textbook cycle sheโ€™d been warned about repeatedly.

She's proven her bad judgement. Leaders steer us around problems, not into them.

02.02.2026 16:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

California should ask Canada to form an economic, healthcare, energy policy, and human rights Cooperation Zone of Canafornadia.

02.02.2026 16:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Social unrest isn't just going happen all by itself...

02.02.2026 12:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

P. Diddy isnโ€™t in the Epstein files, but Trump is.

02.02.2026 12:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Public accusations and lawsuits are used to scare people bound by NDAs into staying silent.

Even if an NDA canโ€™t legally block reporting a crime, the threat of costly litigation and public smearing keeps victims and witnesses from coming forward.

02.02.2026 11:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The Heritage Foundation wanted all this so badly they created a Project to make it happen

02.02.2026 11:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

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