I am grateful for Mr. Flugrath's post and I hope it helps focus attention on the election interference part of the Republican anti-democracy strategy. I hope the contrarian continues to focus on this piece of the puzzle and most importantly I look forward to hearing what ordinary Americans can do to help combat the Republican assault on free and fair elections.
Thank you, Max, for posting these incredible dirty tricks the Republicans are doing ahead of the 2026 midterms. I read, I believe in the UK’s American edition of The Guardian, of the shenanigans the Texan’s are doing at the request of p47, however there wasn’t any mention of the other states doing the same.
I totally agree with you that the Republicans are losing their people and timed the BBB to go into effect after the 2026 midterms. Should they somehow escape, 2028 will be, figuratively speaking, a bloodbath for Republicans in both chambers and the White House.
Politics can and often is dirty; what the Republicans have become is nothing short of building an authoritarian regime. Let’s hope the Jeffrey Epstein affair wakes up the MAGA crowd to what p47 and band of thieves are truly up to.
The Democratic National Committee has to get into this fight!!! And not just in the courts but in a grass roots movement. I applaud the work of Max Flugrath but the Democrats who hope to win must be very vocal about this issue. I recommend the book 100% Democracy by Miles Rapaport and E.J. Dionne. We need to stand up for civic voting. Although we may not get passage in the states for 100% voting it is a message we need to carry. After all if Republicans are brazenly suppressing the vote why shouldn't Democrats champion the concept of compulsory voting??
The whole thing is disgusting! We just have to get through to those with the anti-democracy ideology. I just don’t understand any of them. Keep fighting as best we can!
Unfortunately, it is too little, too late. America, in my humble opinion, has lost its democracy. We are now an Autocratic, Fascist state and they (the Autocratic, Fascists we elected into office) have no plans to allow to be run out of office anytime soon.
They are now consolidating their power and are ruling with an iron fist.
Doubt it?
Just read or turn on the news. What you see they are doing will horrify you.
It's clear that the GOP is so afraid of losing the next election that they will do anything to win. This is both nauseating and infuriating and goes back to the Supreme Court decision in 2013, which gutted the Voting Rights Act and paved the way for today's Republican shenanigans. When you cannot count on the highest court in the land to protect our democracy, I say fire those six who consistently vote to destroy our democracy ... and while we're at it, let's add term limits and age restrictions!!
You didn't mention Ohio, where the voters shot down a (somewhat) better approach to the redistricting process because the Republicans purposely obfuscated the ballot language to disguise the intent and effect. OH was already very Republican gerrymandered and now it will be worse.
We need A LOT MORE clear-eyed shout-outs like this one. Too many people don’t seem to fully grasp that Trump and his cabal are merchants of hate, cruelty, greed and corruption, nor that they are unlikely to surrender power. Vital discussions of how to convince voters to replace the current GOP regime are plentiful but hopes for the 2026 and 2028 elections may be a mirage. There is a lack of strategizing on how freedom-loving, law-abiding Americans can counter active and potential attempts to end free and fair elections. Seizure of ballot boxes or even martial law may be employed by the regime. We also must recognize that democracy may fail more profoundly for years to come and plan and gird for the long haul.
Reptlicans, yes that is Reptile and Republican combined have been doing this for years in Alabama. It blew up in their faces in 2024 when SCOTUS told them to redraw the congressional map in Alabama to reflect the state’s racial makeup and they defiantly didn’t do it until the court sent their own people in to redraw Alabama’s congressional map. They are still defying the court over this issue. What makes me mad is they still haven’t paid the court costs from the last dust up 🤬
Being that the Republicans have no ideas whatsoever outside of what Trump is ranting about in his latest hissy fit and absolutely nothing to offer the American people, Trump’s approval ratings are sagging on every single issue, and tens of millions of Americans believe that Trump’s corrupt, bastardized Department of Justice may be covering up for pedos I can’t completely blame Trump and Republicans for pulling out all of the stops to rig the 2026 midterm elections in their favor.
But they might want to be careful about what they wish for. Because sometimes voter suppression backfires enormously on elected officials who engage in it, especially when what they are doing in office is not popular with their constituents.
The Republicans may even inadvertently suppress the votes of their own supporters. Wouldn’t that be poetic justice?
"Being that the Republicans have no ideas whatsoever outside of what Trump is ranting about in his latest hissy fit and..."
I disagree. Project 25 will be their playbook even when trump is gone. Enough of the public is (was) behind that agenda to vote the bastard in. Vance seems like he'd be far worse--which is hard to imagine.
However, your points are well taken. Republicans have already cut the throats of their constituents with the reconciliation bill and slowly but surely, they're finding out despite the fact that some of it won't affect them until after the midterms. The sooner they see with clarity that they've been conned, the better IMO. Then they can join the rest of us in fighting for democracy.
What I meant to say is that Republicans in Congress have no ideas outside of what Trump and his fascist regime allow them to have.
Also, some of the Americans who voted for Trump did so in spite of his cruelty as opposed to because of it.
But I agree with you about VPJD. He’s a louse and whoreson with a rotten personality who most people can’t stand. And, as you wrote here, he probably would find a way to be worse than Trump, if given the opportunity.
I am grateful for Mr. Flugrath's post and I hope it helps focus attention on the election interference part of the Republican anti-democracy strategy. I hope the contrarian continues to focus on this piece of the puzzle and most importantly I look forward to hearing what ordinary Americans can do to help combat the Republican assault on free and fair elections.
Thank you, Max, for posting these incredible dirty tricks the Republicans are doing ahead of the 2026 midterms. I read, I believe in the UK’s American edition of The Guardian, of the shenanigans the Texan’s are doing at the request of p47, however there wasn’t any mention of the other states doing the same.
I totally agree with you that the Republicans are losing their people and timed the BBB to go into effect after the 2026 midterms. Should they somehow escape, 2028 will be, figuratively speaking, a bloodbath for Republicans in both chambers and the White House.
Politics can and often is dirty; what the Republicans have become is nothing short of building an authoritarian regime. Let’s hope the Jeffrey Epstein affair wakes up the MAGA crowd to what p47 and band of thieves are truly up to.
Thank you Contrarian. Thank you Mr. Flugrath. Sound the alarm. Paul Reveres are needed by the score!!
The Democratic National Committee has to get into this fight!!! And not just in the courts but in a grass roots movement. I applaud the work of Max Flugrath but the Democrats who hope to win must be very vocal about this issue. I recommend the book 100% Democracy by Miles Rapaport and E.J. Dionne. We need to stand up for civic voting. Although we may not get passage in the states for 100% voting it is a message we need to carry. After all if Republicans are brazenly suppressing the vote why shouldn't Democrats champion the concept of compulsory voting??
I am grateful to you. It was enlightening.
The whole thing is disgusting! We just have to get through to those with the anti-democracy ideology. I just don’t understand any of them. Keep fighting as best we can!
Thank you for underscoring what's happening here, Mr. Flugrath!
I'm curious about this statement: "But New York Democrats have shown little appetite to do the same."
This surprises me about NY--why aren't they aggressively stepping up to the plate on this?
I thank you. The article was very astute.
Great article!!
Unfortunately, it is too little, too late. America, in my humble opinion, has lost its democracy. We are now an Autocratic, Fascist state and they (the Autocratic, Fascists we elected into office) have no plans to allow to be run out of office anytime soon.
They are now consolidating their power and are ruling with an iron fist.
Doubt it?
Just read or turn on the news. What you see they are doing will horrify you.
You had a democracy and you lost it, America.
It's clear that the GOP is so afraid of losing the next election that they will do anything to win. This is both nauseating and infuriating and goes back to the Supreme Court decision in 2013, which gutted the Voting Rights Act and paved the way for today's Republican shenanigans. When you cannot count on the highest court in the land to protect our democracy, I say fire those six who consistently vote to destroy our democracy ... and while we're at it, let's add term limits and age restrictions!!
You didn't mention Ohio, where the voters shot down a (somewhat) better approach to the redistricting process because the Republicans purposely obfuscated the ballot language to disguise the intent and effect. OH was already very Republican gerrymandered and now it will be worse.
We need A LOT MORE clear-eyed shout-outs like this one. Too many people don’t seem to fully grasp that Trump and his cabal are merchants of hate, cruelty, greed and corruption, nor that they are unlikely to surrender power. Vital discussions of how to convince voters to replace the current GOP regime are plentiful but hopes for the 2026 and 2028 elections may be a mirage. There is a lack of strategizing on how freedom-loving, law-abiding Americans can counter active and potential attempts to end free and fair elections. Seizure of ballot boxes or even martial law may be employed by the regime. We also must recognize that democracy may fail more profoundly for years to come and plan and gird for the long haul.
Reptlicans, yes that is Reptile and Republican combined have been doing this for years in Alabama. It blew up in their faces in 2024 when SCOTUS told them to redraw the congressional map in Alabama to reflect the state’s racial makeup and they defiantly didn’t do it until the court sent their own people in to redraw Alabama’s congressional map. They are still defying the court over this issue. What makes me mad is they still haven’t paid the court costs from the last dust up 🤬
"Share verified information." What would that look like? Should we just use "Truth and Share" from the Indivisibles site?
Being that the Republicans have no ideas whatsoever outside of what Trump is ranting about in his latest hissy fit and absolutely nothing to offer the American people, Trump’s approval ratings are sagging on every single issue, and tens of millions of Americans believe that Trump’s corrupt, bastardized Department of Justice may be covering up for pedos I can’t completely blame Trump and Republicans for pulling out all of the stops to rig the 2026 midterm elections in their favor.
But they might want to be careful about what they wish for. Because sometimes voter suppression backfires enormously on elected officials who engage in it, especially when what they are doing in office is not popular with their constituents.
The Republicans may even inadvertently suppress the votes of their own supporters. Wouldn’t that be poetic justice?
"Being that the Republicans have no ideas whatsoever outside of what Trump is ranting about in his latest hissy fit and..."
I disagree. Project 25 will be their playbook even when trump is gone. Enough of the public is (was) behind that agenda to vote the bastard in. Vance seems like he'd be far worse--which is hard to imagine.
However, your points are well taken. Republicans have already cut the throats of their constituents with the reconciliation bill and slowly but surely, they're finding out despite the fact that some of it won't affect them until after the midterms. The sooner they see with clarity that they've been conned, the better IMO. Then they can join the rest of us in fighting for democracy.
Kim,
What I meant to say is that Republicans in Congress have no ideas outside of what Trump and his fascist regime allow them to have.
Also, some of the Americans who voted for Trump did so in spite of his cruelty as opposed to because of it.
But I agree with you about VPJD. He’s a louse and whoreson with a rotten personality who most people can’t stand. And, as you wrote here, he probably would find a way to be worse than Trump, if given the opportunity.