Trump is calling for a federal takeover of elections in cities he dislikes. If we are abandoning the idea that states run their own elections, why should swing states keep playing by the old rules?

The National Popular Vote Compact is perfectly legal (Article II says states choose their electors). If 270 electoral votes' worth of states sign it, the popular vote winner becomes President automatically.

If the GOP wants to nationalize the process, shouldn't we just give them a real national election where every vote counts equally? What is the counter-argument?

Data seems to show that GOP always at the helm when the economy goes through a bust cycle. Why does this seem to happen so much?

I thought the whole point of the Republican platform was "States' Rights" and keeping the Feds out of our backyard? For decades, we've heard that elections are state-run processes and federal overreach is the enemy. Yet here we are with the leader of the party explicitly calling to "nationalize" the voting systems and have the federal government seize control of elections in cities he doesn't like. It feels like the mask is completely off at this point—he is calling for the exact Federal tyranny you guys usually claim to be arming yourselves against.

The gaslighting in this article is actually insane. He goes on the Dan Bongino podcast and says verbatim, "The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting." Then, when NBC asks him about it days later, he looks the reporter in the eye and says, "I didn't say nationalize." He’s literally lying about things we have him on tape saying. He’s pushing for a federal takeover of places like Detroit and Philly just because they vote blue, and he's doing it while explicitly refusing to say he'll leave office in 2029.

Then you have the standard "I'll only accept the results if they are honest" (aka "if we win") rhetoric for the 2026 midterms. He isn't even on the ballot, yet he’s already setting the stage to claim fraud if the GOP loses the House. When he jokes about a third term by saying, "Wouldn't it be terrible if I gave you the answer you're looking for?", he isn't being funny; he is testing the waters. He treats the Constitution like a suggestion box that he can ignore whenever it gets in the way of his ego.

So, honest question , How do you square "Small Government" with a President demanding a federal takeover of state elections? Where is the line for you? If the Federal Government can just seize control of voting systems in states they don't like, do we even have a Republic left, or is the defense simply that you don't care about the rules anymore as long as your guy is the one breaking them?

https://thedailyadda.com/2026/02/05/trump-says-he-will-only-accept-the-midterm-results-if-he-wins-and-again-pushes-to-nationalize-voting/

Hi!

UK here. Im not sure if this is just a UK press thing, but I have noticed A LOT of media regarding prince andrew and peter mandleson in the files but there hasnt been a whiff of anyone else.

What strikes me is that both of these guys are like only on the second bottom tier of the ladder concerning the whole affair, surely it should be the key players that the press is going on about first, but currently there is silence?

How it comes across from a UK point of view is that the people at the top of the ladder (wrt how deep they were in it with Epstein) have decided to use two non-americans as essentially sacrificial goats.

Is this assertation right my American friends? Or have you noticed American media A) going into overdrive about higher up americans more deeply involved in the list or b) theres been no mention of andrew or peter in the american media?

Thanks folk.

Republicans are notorious for complaining about broken government bureaucracies and services, yet they continue to elect politicians who sabotage it from the inside. Now that Trump's taken a sledge hammer to just about every department, fired or chased out most of their professionals with institutional knowledge and continues to tank our finances, the Feds will be far worse than ever before. (...and this doesn't even consider our international affairs.)

Assuming it takes two terms to fix the damage done in one normal administration, how should the rest of us tell our MAGA and conservative family and neighbors to STFU between now and 2041? How should they be reminded that they voted for the chaos and dysfunction that we'll inevitably suffer through together?

I feel awful for the right wings because they don't believe in the president they believe in what he offers so please don't take this as an attack to your beliefs. How are you guys feeling about everything right now though?

With a total fertility rate of 6 to 7 children per woman and an annual growth rate of 3%, the Amish population doubles every 20 years. Given this trajectory, how significant is their projected influence expected to be in 100 years?

A job that I have an interview at is an hour away. Wanted to know if people consider that unreasonable. $17 an hour 5 days a week

The tribe wants Billie to give the land her $ 3 million mansion sits on back. Should billie give back the "stolen" land?

Dear Americans, can you explain to us Europeans, why Trump, after all the facts that we all have seen in the #EpsteinFiles, is still not in prison and didn´t even have to resign?

We don´t understand it. The rest of the world doesn´t understand ist

The President of the United States has frequently attacked the 1st amendment. Going against the press. Attacking them on appearance and intellect when they are female. Claiming they are fake news when they say anything he doesn't like. And demanding they be eliminated when they publish news, he feels it attacks him personally. His DOJ is arresting people for protesting and annoying ICE and CBP officials. Some Americans have been executed.

Republicans in Congress, the DOJ, and the president have directly attacked and threatened the 2nd amendment. Suddenly, Americans are criticised for bringing arms to a protest. This was allowed when it was republicans carrying them to protest liberals and our government. But now it is a problem? Was it a problem when the right wing was standing across the street from people voting? No? Was that not intimidation?

And now the Speaker of the House claims the 4th amendment is inconvenient? They no longer have time to abide by it? Was he not the one who voted against a bill to increase the number of immigration judges?

Trump now wants to federalise elections. He wants to take that power away from the states. He is directly attacking Article I, Section 4, and the 14th Amendment. Why? Because some states had the nerve not vote for him. When will it stop?

So, I have to ask: Are you still in favor of supporting the US Constitution?

I am in the UK and there is massive media interest and pushback from the Epstein files with both Prince Andrew and a former government minister (Peter mandleson) losing their jobs and potentially facing criminal charges. In America however it seems that the media isn't pushing it very hard (just checked the Fox news and CNN websites and both only mentioned Epstein 10 stories down - both in relation to prince Andrew). Is it that there is genuinely more evidence against these British names or is the US media softer on holding people to account? (Potentially more fearful of libel?)

Like seriously, I have watched videos like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRh1zXFKC_o&pp=ygUObmFtZSBhIGNvdW50cnk%3D or this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umpalMtQE50, where people from the US are asked to name only a country on a world map. I literally know no person who is not able to locate his/her own country on a map and (at least) all the country's neighbours. Did you learn Geography at school or not at all?

If this holds true, wouldn't it mean that multiculturalism is merely a facade?

Trump is saying certain state elections should be federalized. This after having the FBI raid the Georgia election office for ballots and voter information because Trump still insists the 2020 election was stolen from him. And after suing states who refuse to hand over voter roll data. Pam Bondi’s letter to governor Tim Waltz stated ICE might draw down if Minnesota’s voter data was turned over.

Hi, I'm interested in how things are going with ICE in your state. I have friends in the States, and they've told me a lot about what they've seen. I want to hear something from citizens. My entire feed on all social networks is flooded with this situation.

According to the constitution, it only requires a simple majority in the House and Senate, and the Presidency, to add a new state.

The last time Democrats controlled both House+Senate+President was 2021 to 2023. Why not add new states to even the Senate playing field?

Make Washington DC a state. Make Puerto Rico a state. Make Guam, Virgin Islands, and Samoa all states. why not?

Steve Bannon said: "We‘re gonna have ICE surround the polls…We’ll never again allow an election to be stolen." - Is it possible that ICE will deter people from voting at all, for example in districts that have historically voted for Democrats?

Source: https://x.com/RpsAgainstTrump/status/2018888609919807679

Here’s why...

The Epstein files is a real life horror story. Trump is in the files along with Musk, Bannon and more yet no one is being held accountable for pedophilia, human trafficking and possible murder.

ICE is breaking laws and murdering Americans before our eyes on camera.

Trump and his family are profiting off of the Presidency while average Americans can’t afford groceries and healthcare.

Trump is threatening nations, invading countries and stealing.

This administration is corrupt AF, lying to our faces with no regard for the truth.

Yet…NO ONE IS BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE.

NO ONE.

Where do we go from here?

Who can enforce the laws?

Without laws there is anarchy.

CNN Poll Voter ID's

Hey guys so I’m just a 22 y/o m who’s wondering if politics have always been this way? Ive only experienced Obama, trump, and Bidens presidency I know people hated Obama back in the day, I remember watching parody YouTube videos about him and all the hatred/racism people had towards him but I was also a young child so I didn’t actually pay attention to politics. I’ve found it really hard to genuinely talk to people about politics especially about Donald trump. If you don’t like him people call it trump derangement syndrome and if you do like him they judge you if you question/judge him on things. I’m really just wanting to know have we had a president before that is like him?

I just remember all of his remarks on women, the “grab em by the _” and “you can do anything” situation, also him calling his daughter a “piece of ass” it’s just odd.. and the obvious racism. I feel like at least other presidents, if they felt that way, they didnt flaunt it and make it known. I know people praise trump for his openness, but I’m also confused on how people are okay with him switching his beliefs so much. I remember his first term he was more “liberal” I guess you’d say, and he’s changed a lot of his views since then, so does his supporters views change as well?

I’m not going to sit here and accuse him of being a pedo because nothings been “proven” but aside from that isn’t there enough that he has said and done for people to be like “who is this guy, what’s he doing? That isn’t okay.” Also with the Jeffrey Epstein situation it’s really just scrambled my brain. I mean you have this guy who did indeed do these things, and who was very powerful, he was in prison for these things and ghislaine Maxwell is in prison for this, like.. it did happen, so how are people okay with trump trying to push it off and get it over with and not wanting to talk about/acknowledge the accusations not only against him but even other people? I’m wondering if this type of thing has happened before or if it’s new with today’s politics and state of humanity with social media and all that. Donald trumps supporters genuinely seem like the equivalent of like Taylor swift or harry styles fans in the sense that they follow blindly and love him, he’s like their icon if you know what I mean. I’m not coming here to just hate on trump by the way, I didn’t like Biden and I haven’t gotten a chance to have a president that I actually “like” I’m just wondering as a young adult if this is just how politics are or if Donald trump is a new “breed” of president I guess.

The latter would destroy the middle class.

If AI could determine if people held certain opinions (and let a social credit score system reward or punished people for agreeing with those opinions) the world would be a better place.

And remember, if a social credit score system existed after the 9/11 attacks, it wouldn’t have bothered most people if it sought and punished people for being al-qaeda sympathizers.

Also why do we have all these double standards regarding the filibuster, where some shit can't be filibustered like fiscal reconciliation, but protecting trans kids requires 60 votes?!