Title taken from one of my favorite songs by Marvin Gaye. Irony being shortly after he wrote “father no need to escalate” things did escalate and his father killed him. His father pleaded no contest and got a 6 year suspended sentence for voluntary manslaughter. REALLY?

    So it’s all about domestic terrorists, sanctuary cities, or violent, poorly trained, anger saturated ICE agents, right?
    Pull the camera back, get the wider view, and the answer is, “NO.”
    If you combine it with, once again, recounts in the 2020 Georgia votes: soon to come to a battleground state in your country, and where ICE is sent: also battleground states/cities and promises to “protect” (HACK and violently HACK at…) the vote, the long term goal is so much bigger and wider than the current protests.
    It’s pretty obvious some things will come to pass in 2026. Blue states and battleground states will see agents: FBI and/or ICE come to “protect the vote.” For a long, long time the right has claimed what amounts to busloads of the undocumented are voting in and skewing elections. NOT ONE IOTA OF PROOF. Expect lots of voters to be pulled out of line, tackled, shot. Voters who they think might not vote the politically correct way according to MAGA. Brown and black skin used as “proof.” They are already doing this when sent to places like Minneapolis.
    The recent raid on Fulton County offers more evidence of their intent. A raid that ignores how many times that heavily black area was recounted again and again. How poll workers were threatened.
    Of course we’ll have tons more purging, many long lines, removal of drop boxes because some guy was seen dropping of a few ballots… claiming he’s stuffing it with fake ballots. He was dropping off ballots for family and friends, because family and friends were afraid they might get attacked by Trump’s goons. Because so many polling places in politically incorrect areas had been eliminated. Mail in ballots shredded: either physically or basically trashed. Mail delayed until too late when it should be sent its way that day or the next. Boxes that were already designed to rip off stamps on mail in size envelopes.
    All these things they were doing before, just expect it to get far worse. So what will be different? What will be worse?
    Do you believe it an accident ICE and border patrol has been sent to many of these cities? That now ballots counted again and again, and again, are being seized from 2020 means nothing? That Trump has been claiming we may not need an election is just a joke? That his threats he might declare martial law mean nothing? That many of these area being problematic for Trump and MAGA just incidental?
    If so, how clueless are you?
    Those with working brains would say, “A HELL OF A LOT.”
    Expect an onslaught similar to Minnesota. Voters dragged out of line because they’re supposedly immigrants. I have no doubt there will be shootings. Polling stations raided and closed down in areas like black areas, where colleges are. Just more steps in Trump war on those who dare disagree, protest, write and not vote his way. Expect the Gestapo swill be asked to go to areas that tend not to vote how MAGA wants. Because, after all, Democrats “cheat” using undocumented immigrants, right?
    No proof need be offered. How dare you? Claims should be good enough!
    The lost election insurrection of 1/6 was just the start. It will be far worse.
    I have argued long and hard with Dems about voter purging etc. They have claimed they’ll NEVER, EVER be able to do enough of that as long as we get out the vote. THEY ALREADY HAVE.
    And with the new, most likely very violent, tactics… how many voters will be scared away?
    They are getting us use to this level of violence so they can do it nationwide election time. It will make Minneapolis seem like a ICE/protester lovefest in comparison.
    Trump has already proven he will do anything to steal an election he lost, and Palast shows how he did it again in 2024.
    If we have an election. I suspect we will. But IF h can stop it I wouldn’t be surprised.
    THAT’S what’s (REALLY) going on.

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