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William R. Neil's avatar

It was covered Bill, but not focused on, the tariff wars and stock market plunge pushing it out of the way for emphasis. Given the long known historical record of Republicans purging voter registration rolls, going back to Florida but beyond, it is a real threat. And when would we learn of the details: when voters go to vote and found out they have a "new" status, or none at all?

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bill wolfe's avatar

I guess I missed it. Funny, I came across the Executive Order randomly. It was mentioned in an email blast this morning from Greg Palast. Why aren't Democrats and election integrity NGO's up in arms? Or did I miss all that too?

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I think the Right's strategy of overwhelming all D's defenses by the sheer volume and breadth of their attacks on institutions and practices, legal and legislative, worked. It did not come out of a "Magic Hat," and I know you know that the Project 2025 was laying the groundwork for it, and much online fantasizing before that. The intensity and duration of Rush Limbaugh's attack on the Federal Gov't went on for 20 years, no let up., and he had lots of company singing from the same hymnal. The greatest propaganda effort since the Bolsheviks after 1917?

What was harder for D's to grasp, and the average citizen "waiting to see" was the wrecking crew's utter disregard of legislative authorization for much of what happened...the legal opposition is still way behind and the courts have not ruled definitively on many of the major actions...immigration, agency and program dismantling and the wrecking crew does seem to have a strategic plan on picking their legal fights as well.

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