re: Steve Bannon, "We're gonna have ICE surround the polls...We'll never again allow an election to be stolen."
I'm very confused -- what are these "polls" he keeps ranting about? We here in OR & WA don't have anything like that -- we've voted 100% by (pre-franked!) mail for over 20 years now.
Is he going to assign an ICE agent to guard each mailbox?
I think the targets will be polls in urban areas of swing states, particularly those with lots of folks who don't look like white Europeans. As they've repeatedly demonstrated, they can detain anyone they want as long as necessary. That threat will absolutely keep some folks from showing up to vote and the overwhelming majority of ballots cast are in-person:
Going to vote at the polls is a social fun time for me! The chit-chat gets me caught up on the juicy-schmuicy dirt floating around! Plus I get to flash my MINI-GOVERMINT I.D. Everyone gets a LARGE CHARGE at my smirking face!
Okay, ask yourself what’s more likely: that all those who’ve always voted at their local polling station will jump through whatever hoops are necessary for them to vote by mail, or the authoritarians who are currently in power, and who’ve been doing all the preliminary work they need to do to subvert fair elections, will go ahead with what they’ve been planning for the past five years? I’d say the latter is more likely by at least 5 to 1.
Also, remember who is in charge of the U.S.P.S. and the recent changes they’ve made that may delay when a ballot is postmarked. If it’s dropped off in time but doesn’t get postmarked in time, it’s not counted.
It's a very fair point that nothing can insure that such a plan would work, and there are definitely some counter-measures in place.
However, in 2020, as noted above, 43% of votes were done by mail, and we don't need everyone to do this, just those who plan to vote Dem, and not even all of THEM -- I'm confident that many (most) blue states won't allow this shit, so we're maybe talking about Dems in swing House districts (and states with very close Senate races). They are now warned and have about 9 months to get their VBM in place.
As to blue states disallowing it, if they had tried it here in OR back in the day (we're 100% VBM now), I'd expect an immediate local law requiring all law enforcement to stay 1,000 ft from any polling place, and local cops detailed to insure that feds complied. Cities like Austin can do that, too (although their House representation has been gerrymandered to Hell -- looks like a sliced pizza).
I am willing to remain hopeful that good people will do what’s necessary to preserve our democracy, but given what I’ve observed over the past year, I won’t be the least bit surprised if things go horribly wrong. The good news is that more and more people are waking up to the danger.
A-fucking-men to all of that ... except that I WOULD be surprised if it all goes horribly wrong. A year ago, I would not have been -- I went to bed for a week after the election, in the sure knowledge that all of THIS (waves hands) would happen.
But recently, with all of the news (and even non-news sites, like social groups for games and hobbies, etc.) constantly talking about how horrible it all is and all of the terrible things that are being done IN OUR NAMES (as Americans), and the massive resistance we've seen arising just in the past 2 months or so, and the increasingly aggressive stance by district court judges, I've become much more optimistic about the midterms.
Yes, obviously, they will flood the zone with all of the terrible things they can think of, and they have a lot of resources, but we vastly out-number them and their numbers are shrinking quickly as federal workers bail out all over. With judges now requiring judicial warrants and there being nowhere near enough immigration judges or DOJ lawyers to do that required due process, their pace will necessarily slow down, which will enrage Stephen Miller and make them commit even more own-goals as the midterms approach.
I'm hoping for such a huge blowout Blue Tsunami that all of their AI BS won't save them (we should also expect all sorts of insane AI propaganda videos on social media in the last few weeks of the election campaign), but in addition to telling everyone who plans to vote D to do so by mail, we also need to remind them not to fall for any last-minute propaganda.
Just those two simple things should pretty much insure success ... as much as anything can be assured these days ...
"Hey, you guys, did the child rapist pedophile cabal literally invent the QAnon conspiracy about child rape pedo cabals to distract from the very real child rape pedophile cabal-ing they were themselves doing?"
Well, sure. How else are they going to enjoy the thrill of talking about their favorite memories in public while they lie about who they are? Isn't it just DELICIOUS to "do it in public" and not get noticed? That right there is just another form of maturation. I'm gonna go throw up. Again.
I hope you feel better soon. Tincture of echinacea root, two half-droppers of the regular size jar in a couple oz of water helps with anything cold or fluish.
Bad Bunny and Green Day count down!!!!! I don’t care about football, but usually watch the half time show. Kendrick Lamar absolutely rocked last year. It was the highest watched Half-time show in history. Jay Z knows what he’s doing; he’s making the Football corporations $$$$, and recruiting future generations of customers. They are gonna be around when Trump’s gone, Trump is pissing off the future customers and this is a business.
My family established a Saturday call during the Pandemic for the family to get together and we still have them several times a month. When we were planning our Superbowl party, I mentioned that Green Day was playing the preshow and one of my brothers had not heard of the band (hip hop fan). I sang a bit of American Idiot to him and another brother explained that the album dated from the Bush II admin. So they will be introduced to new fans, not just young ones.
Wonkitty and a superb owl playing ball. Your hed gif info: https://martiniambassador.substack.com/p/a-superb-match
And your meme chat: https://open.substack.com/chat/posts/ff4de158-6a73-4164-9651-f0d0bd399193?utm_source=share
If it rains, he'll be a moist owlet
Superb owl!
I get it!
That's why the owl theme all week in Tabs.
Oh you guys.
You can't spell catch without cat. Apparently you can't with cat, as well.
Good catch, Me!
Looking forward to Puppy Bowel w/ the Kitteh Halftime Show!
was that Cover 2 or Man defence?
MVP gif for sure!
Owls and Wonkitties and pigskins, Oh My!
Superb Owl and Wonkitty for the win!
This is the long lost verse from ‘The Owl and the Pussycat’.
SUPERB OWL Week here in Wonkette-istan. Excellent.🦉🦉
Damn. I could not watch that tabs gif because it's too far away.
And people will boo at me.
Meet Shitty! 💩
I TOL YA, I TOL YA yesterday! HOMAN was undeploying 700 TRUMP MONKEYS!
𝘖𝘯𝘭𝘺 25 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘊𝘌 𝘮𝘶𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘭𝘦𝘹 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪.
I find it a little discouraging that one out of every four Americans I encounter is a brain-dead moron.
Hopefully the tripping ICE agent didn't not get hurt.
As an old, I'm officially against people falling. He looked okay when he got up so I imagine the most severe injury was to his ego.
re: Steve Bannon, "We're gonna have ICE surround the polls...We'll never again allow an election to be stolen."
I'm very confused -- what are these "polls" he keeps ranting about? We here in OR & WA don't have anything like that -- we've voted 100% by (pre-franked!) mail for over 20 years now.
Is he going to assign an ICE agent to guard each mailbox?
Can I get mine to walk the dog if I'm busy?
I think the targets will be polls in urban areas of swing states, particularly those with lots of folks who don't look like white Europeans. As they've repeatedly demonstrated, they can detain anyone they want as long as necessary. That threat will absolutely keep some folks from showing up to vote and the overwhelming majority of ballots cast are in-person:
𝘈𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘫𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, "𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘭 𝘷𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 30.3% 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 2024 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯," 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 2020 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘭 𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 43% 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘵.
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/01/nx-s1-5452536/mail-in-ballot-early-in-person-voting-2024-election
7 states ONLY use vote-by-mail: https://www.lgbtmap.org/democracy-maps/absentee_and_mail_voting_policies
Only 14 (3/4 of them very red) require an excuse to get a mail ballot, and no state disallows vote-by-mail.
The cure for this threat is for everyone who can to vote by mail.
Going to vote at the polls is a social fun time for me! The chit-chat gets me caught up on the juicy-schmuicy dirt floating around! Plus I get to flash my MINI-GOVERMINT I.D. Everyone gets a LARGE CHARGE at my smirking face!
Okay, ask yourself what’s more likely: that all those who’ve always voted at their local polling station will jump through whatever hoops are necessary for them to vote by mail, or the authoritarians who are currently in power, and who’ve been doing all the preliminary work they need to do to subvert fair elections, will go ahead with what they’ve been planning for the past five years? I’d say the latter is more likely by at least 5 to 1.
Also, remember who is in charge of the U.S.P.S. and the recent changes they’ve made that may delay when a ballot is postmarked. If it’s dropped off in time but doesn’t get postmarked in time, it’s not counted.
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/when-a-postmark-no-longer-tracks-mailing/
It's a very fair point that nothing can insure that such a plan would work, and there are definitely some counter-measures in place.
However, in 2020, as noted above, 43% of votes were done by mail, and we don't need everyone to do this, just those who plan to vote Dem, and not even all of THEM -- I'm confident that many (most) blue states won't allow this shit, so we're maybe talking about Dems in swing House districts (and states with very close Senate races). They are now warned and have about 9 months to get their VBM in place.
As to blue states disallowing it, if they had tried it here in OR back in the day (we're 100% VBM now), I'd expect an immediate local law requiring all law enforcement to stay 1,000 ft from any polling place, and local cops detailed to insure that feds complied. Cities like Austin can do that, too (although their House representation has been gerrymandered to Hell -- looks like a sliced pizza).
I am willing to remain hopeful that good people will do what’s necessary to preserve our democracy, but given what I’ve observed over the past year, I won’t be the least bit surprised if things go horribly wrong. The good news is that more and more people are waking up to the danger.
A-fucking-men to all of that ... except that I WOULD be surprised if it all goes horribly wrong. A year ago, I would not have been -- I went to bed for a week after the election, in the sure knowledge that all of THIS (waves hands) would happen.
But recently, with all of the news (and even non-news sites, like social groups for games and hobbies, etc.) constantly talking about how horrible it all is and all of the terrible things that are being done IN OUR NAMES (as Americans), and the massive resistance we've seen arising just in the past 2 months or so, and the increasingly aggressive stance by district court judges, I've become much more optimistic about the midterms.
Yes, obviously, they will flood the zone with all of the terrible things they can think of, and they have a lot of resources, but we vastly out-number them and their numbers are shrinking quickly as federal workers bail out all over. With judges now requiring judicial warrants and there being nowhere near enough immigration judges or DOJ lawyers to do that required due process, their pace will necessarily slow down, which will enrage Stephen Miller and make them commit even more own-goals as the midterms approach.
I'm hoping for such a huge blowout Blue Tsunami that all of their AI BS won't save them (we should also expect all sorts of insane AI propaganda videos on social media in the last few weeks of the election campaign), but in addition to telling everyone who plans to vote D to do so by mail, we also need to remind them not to fall for any last-minute propaganda.
Just those two simple things should pretty much insure success ... as much as anything can be assured these days ...
"Hey, you guys, did the child rapist pedophile cabal literally invent the QAnon conspiracy about child rape pedo cabals to distract from the very real child rape pedophile cabal-ing they were themselves doing?"
Well, sure. How else are they going to enjoy the thrill of talking about their favorite memories in public while they lie about who they are? Isn't it just DELICIOUS to "do it in public" and not get noticed? That right there is just another form of maturation. I'm gonna go throw up. Again.
MASTURBATION, not maturation.
I love how none of the other ICE assholes don't even try to stop and help the dumb bastard up.
https://bsky.app/profile/tom.medsky.social/post/3mdf22bpdz225
Downfall Bovino Edition
Please gawd, say it ain't so! Coalie? Are you fucking kidding me?
Notice the guy at the end of the Ice-trips video, raising his gun to do what? Shoot random protestors who are giggling?
You ever notice how "Coalie" looks like the emoji for "shit," only dressed up?
Er... Steve... I don't think ICE has enough personnel to surround all the polling places in Minnesota, let alone the other 49+ states.
They don't need to surround all of them...
Bannon looks like a half dead mascot for liver failure.
I hope you feel better soon. Tincture of echinacea root, two half-droppers of the regular size jar in a couple oz of water helps with anything cold or fluish.
Bad Bunny and Green Day count down!!!!! I don’t care about football, but usually watch the half time show. Kendrick Lamar absolutely rocked last year. It was the highest watched Half-time show in history. Jay Z knows what he’s doing; he’s making the Football corporations $$$$, and recruiting future generations of customers. They are gonna be around when Trump’s gone, Trump is pissing off the future customers and this is a business.
My family established a Saturday call during the Pandemic for the family to get together and we still have them several times a month. When we were planning our Superbowl party, I mentioned that Green Day was playing the preshow and one of my brothers had not heard of the band (hip hop fan). I sang a bit of American Idiot to him and another brother explained that the album dated from the Bush II admin. So they will be introduced to new fans, not just young ones.