Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) clarified the urgency of the midterms by pointing out that Trump isn’t waiting to steal the midterm election. He is trying to do it right now.

Because of how Trump reacted and tried to overturn the 2020 election that he lost after the fact, some Americans have made the assumption that the president will approach the 2026 midterm election the same way.

2026 isn’t 2020, and Trump has learned a great deal about how to misuse his power to try to rig an election over the last five-plus years. This time, the president is trying to preemptively rig the election in his favor before a single vote is cast.

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  • ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 day ago

    Locked article, but offered a one-time “Claim my free post.” Tried that, it would not take a disposable email address. “Something’s wrong.” Instead it offered to send me a link so I said sure (same disposable address) and then it sent me a link to INSTALL THEIR APP and nothing else.

    Shame, because it looks like a great article. And apparently people like the headline enough to upvote.

    But I am not installing a data hoover to read it. Getting my data is the sole benefit to Substack of asking me to install an app to serve me content they are already delivering via web page. There is no other.

    This Substack app model is not on you, OP, but it is on you to ensure that when you post content, people can actually read the content. If you want to share content you have to actually test access: go in via a different device or browser where you are not logged in and follow through the entire process you’re asking others to undertake. If they can’t get in through the front door you provide an archive link, or enough of the content where people get the gist (without copying the entire thing). It’s just basic posting courtesy.

    Yeah, I’m kinda salty because Raskin is one of my favorite people in the world, and when he talks, it’s usually well worth hearing. For those of you with a subscription, enjoy whatever he said.

    • ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      1 day ago

      For anyone interested, this is the full Meet the Press interview from today referenced by the locked article, and it’s fire. The election steal discussion starts at 3:20.

      They have plans to steal the election. It’s a bag of dirty tricks. We made a list of over a hundred different ways that they are going to try to undermine the right to vote and try to steal the election.

      He talks about some of these plans. It’s a very brief interview so it’s a superficial discussion, but the people saying “no one is doing anything” are very mistaken, going by what Rep. Raskin has to say.