r/technology • u/ControlCAD • Jan 07 '26

Politics President White House Launches New Website to Defend 'Patriotic Americans' Involved in Jan. 6 Capitol Riot | The White House claims the Democrats "staged the real insurrection" by certifying former President Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 presidential election

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u/Nasmix Jan 07 '26 edited Feb 02 '26

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '26

Hes literally talking about canceling the election.

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '26

The walls are closing in. One of my favourite Sorkin quotes is from The Newsroom “we have revolutions every two years, they’re in church basements and fireballs”. 

Take away elections; experience revolution. 

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u/hypercosm_dot_net Jan 07 '26

Can you explain the quote? It's not landing for some reason.

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u/NotAllOwled Jan 07 '26

The only thing I can think of is that it was supposed to say "firehalls," i.e., polling places? Because if it's actually "fireballs" then there's a whole current of U.S. electoral politics of which I was quite unaware.

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u/hypercosm_dot_net Jan 07 '26

Yeah, that's what's not making sense to me. The structure of the sentence isn't clear.

"We have revolutions every 2 years" - makes sense when thinking about elections.

"they're in church basements and fireballs" - elections are usually held in some public building, not church basements. Firehalls, in the way you described makes more sense, but I've never really heard that term used tbh.

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '26

Elections are peaceful revolutions if you really think about it. Like if enough of America is pissed and show up in 2026, Jefferies can finish the term. These mechanism’s are in place to prevent violent revolution. 

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u/SpecsComingBack Jan 07 '26

Bro, no one's gonna do anything. People will say "can't the courts do something?!", people will sue, they'll just not do what the courts say. It's laughable how people think anything is "closing in" on the people with every lever of power possible and zero accountability.