“Gravity still works—if somewhat unreliably," writes Eliot Cohen. "Politicians who overinterpret narrow wins in a divided country get pulled back to Earth, usually by the midterms."
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Newton's first law: An object at rest remains at rest, or if in motion, remains in motion at a constant velocity unless acted on by a net external force.
That's provided the mango mussolini allows them. He's replacing career Officers with loyalists & his minions in congress have introduced a Constitutional amendment (unlikely to pass) to give him a 3rd term. The orange turd will either not allow mid terms, or he will rig them like he did in 2024.
What he'll be allowed to get away with remains to be seen, but I don't think there's any question that as he screws up the country over the next couple of years and his favorability wanes, he'll try to find some excuse to call off the election.
I hope so, my fear is that the other half (or nearly half) the American voters are too stupid to vote for their best interests instead of doing what that bloviating mad man is telling them to do.
Maybe declare a national emergency based on a lie. Who will stop him? He's stacking the government with loyalists. Billionaires and the media have kissed the ring. Democrats have been fairly meek. And the Supreme Court is owned by the Heritage Foundation. I'm taking nothing for granted at this point
What about all the candidates that are running in 2026, you think that they all would just be like okay with it (even the Dem. candidates) if Trump abolishes the 2026 midterms?
Not saying everyone would just accept it, but if he controls the levers of power… 🤷🏻♂️
In the likely event he screws up the economy, he'll be facing a blue wave in 2026, and with it the possibility of impeachment and/or removal. Never underestimate a cornered narcissist. May not work but he may try.
Maybe not this time. Trump and MAGA went far beyond acceptable behaviour even laws. It had no effect. Zealots, cultists and the brainwashed do not recognise gravity
You are assuming this last election was free and fair. It was not. Elon and Trump hacked it. Trump has repeatedly admitted it; along with a plethora of other evidence to support my position. Midterms no longer mean anything. What's your Plan B?
And, tragically, Biden et al. did nothing to investigate this. He didn't even say one word about the focused bomb threats to polling places, let alone look into a recount of cheetolini's miraculous and narrow win in every swing state.
This is assuming politics pre-Trump. When you dismantle our government and the law, you’re pretty much guaranteed there’s not going to be any midterms. And even if they are they’ll be considered illegitimate wins if it’s not a Trump loyalist
Two things can be true at the same time - Cohen’s statement and the one that asserts Trump and his administration will do immense damage to our govt and our economy and our standing in the world.
How do you believe that Trump will abolish the 2026 midterms successfully? Also, why do you believe that if he does so, no one will do a thing about it?
We're at an inflection point where either Eliot Cohen is right, Or the entire American project succumbs to the Blitzkreig of inside/outside forces intent on destroying us with our own people.
Buddy, our government handed the reins to a psychopathic dictator's regime with a quiet whimper, not a shot fired. Midterms will be russian-style fiction, if they happen at all.
Unless gravity has been neutralized by the midterms. I am doing everything I can to help folks win in the coming midterms but I recognize we may find we have 'Russian Election' type midterms where every race has the "right" candidate winning by a large majority and the "wrong" candidate in fear.
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We're the same age, general. I think we can outlive him. Once Trump checks out, that's half the problem gone right there.
In the likely event he screws up the economy, he'll be facing a blue wave in 2026, and with it the possibility of impeachment and/or removal. Never underestimate a cornered narcissist. May not work but he may try.
Awaiting OPM directive to turn it off...
Serve the veterans. Give medical care to those in need.
Politicans and people have to move now if they want to avoid crippling damage to democracy and the economy broadly.
Thanks for nothing, Joe.
Hitler, Franco, Mussolini, Pinochet, Perón, etc...did you think this was the first time this had ever happened?