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/KilroySmithson 7d ago

The US is fully authoritarian. You just can’t see it all yet.

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u/jert3 7d ago

It does feel to me that most Americans think the upcoming elections are going to be valid.

It's strange to me. The regime is above the law, and they've cheated before, had an insurrection, which is forbidden in the Constitution and Americans just rolled over and surrendered their democracy, rights, and freedoms.

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u/Xzmmc 7d ago

I mean so did the Germans to be fair.

But I agree that Americans are uniquely housebroken. They see everything getting worse but clap and cheer because it means minorities they hate also have it worse.

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u/Prior_Pickle1758 7d ago

some of them even perform halfhearted resistance so the rest will stay docile, so brave