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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums20 Republican Senate seats are up for re-election in 26
Not sure how many we can successfully flip but it will be our first opportunity to stop some of the pain.
Think. Again.
(19,375 posts)Quiet Em
(1,276 posts)I don't know. I can't just concede everything and not even try.
Think. Again.
(19,375 posts)Being realistic about what we'll be allowed to try is even better.
JustAnotherGen
(33,887 posts)Yep - it needs to come from within.
Think. Again.
(19,375 posts)JustAnotherGen
(33,887 posts)Have a midterm. They will probably declare martial law for some reason.
Ace Rothstein
(3,302 posts)I don't see us winning any Senate seats in red states for the foreseeable future. The Senate is going to be difficult to win back for a while.
MayReasonRule
(1,943 posts)John Adams Signed a Law to Authorize Deportations and Jail Critics
The 1798 Alien and Sedition Acts called for deportation of people from 'hostile' nations and made it a crime to criticize the government.
This fascist motherfucker fully intends to invoke the Alien Insurrection Act of 1798.
The Naturalization Act raised the residency requirement for U.S. citizenship from 5 years to 14 years
The Alien Friends Act empowered the president to deport any non-citizen suspected of treasonable or secret machinations against the government
The Alien Enemies Act said that in time of war, the president had the power to deport all natives, citizens, denizens, or subjects of the hostile nation
The Sedition Act made it a federal crime to publish or utter false, scandalous and malicious
writings against the government of the United States
or to aid, encourage or abet any hostile designs of any foreign nation against the United States.
Just criticizing the government under this act is enough to deport you or stick you in a Federal Penitentiary until the fascists are done with you.
There are other statutes and laws and well as executive actions that he's likely to take...
Which is why I say...
If we get to vote...