Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is sending an amphibious assault ship, the USS Tripoli, and its Marine expeditionary unit to the Middle East, a senior U.S. official confirmed to Axios on Friday. Why it matters: The deployment will add thousands of Marines, several warships, and F-35 fighter jets to support those already in the region, the U.S. official said.
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They’re trying to fix that too; don’t worry
in only a couple of months? when the entire republican establishment hates the guy? when his entire cabinet is incompetent cronies selected for loyalty and not expertise? when they can’t even get the save act passed? and get rid of mail in voting? all of which primarily hurt rural voters? when we’re looking at a dummymander in texas because all of trump’s gains with latino voters are long gone now? when republicans in congress are screaming about a “bloodbath” at midterms? when legislators’ terms end jan 20 2027, so even if red states cancel elections, their term as legislators ends and you end up with a bunch of vacancies in congress? when blue states still held elections and suddenly congress is all blue?
what you’re describing would call for a constitutional amendment or a 50 state conspiracy so grand and organized that it would never happen in a million years. republicans can’t even agree on the save act, the house rewrites it and thune says it’s dead in the water. and even if they try to push it through, they’d need to end the filibuster, which thune says he won’t do, which by the way, would only help democrats when they get back in power, just like with the nationwide injunction ruling.
this whole line about elections being rigged is very silly. the way you people talk about it sounds like you want elections to be rigged. trump is a demented orangutan, but somehow capable of a grand conspiracy with only slim margins in congress, when the republican establishment doesn’t even like him, and has consistent dissenters on the republican side. and the courts are functioning pretty much the same as they were under biden. and he wasn’t able to stop the 2025 elections, nor any of the special elections, all of which democrats are gaining by double digit points in every election.
demoralization is a form of anti-democratic propaganda you know.