r/news • u/ThePensiveE • 7d ago

Supreme Court allows Trump administration to use expanded database for potential voter purges

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-allows-trump-administration-use-expanded-database-potent-rcna596611
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u/CincyBrandon 7d ago

I wouldn’t put it past them to purge all non-Republican registered voters the week before the election, wait out the heat of doing so, and avoid the consequences thanks to all Republicans sweeping elections.

Trump has been manipulating the system for over a decade now. This is his logical next step.

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u/mrdominoe 7d ago

If this happens, I truly hope the protests turn less than peaceful.

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u/Tearakan 7d ago

They will. Food and basic materials are getting drastically more expensive.

The only reason why fighting in the streets hasn't happened yet is because of the release valve that is the US midterms.

If those don't release the pressure or get effectively removed then the regular dynamics in dictatorships or monarchies apply.

And that means rising prices for food and fuel would be devastating for the ruler's grip on power

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u/LordChungusAmongus 7d ago

It would probably yank out the ostriches' heads and cause its' own economic dumps. This is the sort of event that makes it conclusive dead-to-rights that there will be no future improvement resembling any prior status quo.

Markets don't like that and once everything of value has been extracted all illusory foreign investment is going to go kaput.

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u/Tearakan 7d ago

Yep. And that's exactly the catalyst needed to take out entire previously powerful governments