r/politics • u/Nyktophilias • 11h ago

Possible Paywall Whistle-Blower Says Trump Officials Are Defying Court Orders on Voting by Mail

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/us/politics/whistle-blower-voting-by-mail.html?unlocked_article_code=1.91A.taLS.WoZ9faaQGFsY&smid=nytcore-ios-share
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u/PlsSuckMyToes 10h ago

Almost like they know nothing will happen to them and the elections will just happen even if no ballots get sent out. Nothing like this admin has happened before and our democracy is being tested

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u/pariah1981 9h ago

I think this is the last check before the civil war that’s been slowly building goes hot. This seems to me to be the last sanity check for the “by the book” large majority of people that are not happy with the way the country is going. I’m legitimately scared about what happens next.

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u/DrillPress1 9h ago

Who would fight a civil war? Democrats for the most part don’t even own guns.

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u/thrashster 8h ago

What a stupid thing to say.

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u/20lbpickle 8h ago

That is comically untrue. They just tend to not make it their sole identity.

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u/Inside-Cod1550 7h ago

You're so wrong

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u/Ken808 Hawaii 7h ago

I own more firearms than most of my conservative friends. You’ve no idea what you’re talking about.