Familiar Concerning Trends in Georgia 2024 Election Data | Shortform Report
You cannot control numbers that roll in over days, and has the ability to over-turn any efforts to engineer a win. Just look at what happened with Zelensky and Raffensperger calls (him later attempting to force Moduro - following his capture from Venezuela - into falsely-admitting to election interference), the false-slate of electors, the events of J6, the bomb-threats called into Democratic strongholds, the lawsuits that followed, the big lie created by Trump and his sycophants/enablers/handlers/supporters (and Project 2025's plans for destroying democracy and our democratic process), MAGA …
You cannot control numbers that roll in over days, and has the ability to over-turn any efforts to engineer a win. Just look at what happened with Zelensky and Raffensperger calls (him later attempting to force Moduro - following his capture from Venezuela - into falsely-admitting to election interference), the false-slate of electors, the events of J6, the bomb-threats called into Democratic strongholds, the lawsuits that followed, the big lie created by Trump and his sycophants/enablers/handlers/supporters (and Project 2025's plans for destroying democracy and our democratic process), MAGA Mike Johnson's grip on the House, and all the undermining of free-and-fair elections and processes.
Oncemore, what has remained unanswered, was a 2024 - squeeezed out win - Elon's involvement, DOGE exfiltration of US citizens from IRS (likely later leveraged for voter data), not to mention blackmailing states to release their voter rolls, SCOTUS' rather blantantly illegal and complicit corruption (and trampling over state's rights), and all the attempts made to try to force USPS to participate in the act of voter suppression, etc. I know people demand verifiable proof, when a pattern has existed and been doubled-down upon for the past decade plus; which is to say, it's too charitable at this point given the toxic gaslighting and narcissistic patterned abuses to say that Trump truly cares about elections integrity - when in the reality and his ego tell an entirely different story: claim fraud early and frequently, and undermine voter confidence and the elections process and sew chaos and confusion, as much as possible.
That's why it's ever critical for us to leverage our voices, and uphold the rule of law - before it's too late. We can no longer solely rely on the courts to uphold this, between SCOTUS' own undermining of our democratic process, and with the assailing on state rights, and claim of fraud - while quite literally Republicans and Trump hold all the cards and power. That's why it's essential to call out the disparity after we see it... and that is: if people's sentiment and polls tell one story, but the win squeaked out tell another (after 2 years of rampant corruption) - then it's time for we the people to unify and act as the final bastion to seek transparency. If, just like the Epstein files - we're denied it... then it sets a very clear precedent that only further underscores the corruption and self-own/engineered outcome they seek (as the powers that be want to see democracy - and our way of self-governance - driven into the ground, continually undermined, and for the will of the majority trampled upon. Of course, that doesn't even begin to hit on the dangerous economical challenges of this country with a system that has been fixed for the ultra-wealthy top 1% of the top 1%, the lack of justice applied to the Epstein class, and how the top 1% of the top 1% would love to see a third world-war precipitate, as our US government is both literally and morally bankrupt - and the vast wealth and interest provided to these powers if they bankrolled of what potentially, may be the end of the world.
Although I am labeling this as opinion... much like science fiction becomes science fact... patterned abuses often later are exposed as the same factual patterned abuses - even if absent all of the singular "smoking gun" that people demand. We all know what transpired on J6, as Trump/Republicans/MAGA-die-hards seek to rewrite that day and villainize what was then a more impartial 3rd-party role of the DOJ (not under the captured form under Trump's leadership), along with the relentless and continual undermining of the Epstein investigation.
The Supreme Court blocked the Trump administration from imposing new rules on mail-in voting before the November midterm elections. That means nothing has changed for voters — and mail-in voting can …
While some relief can be felt and immediately sensed, following SCOTUS’ 7-2 ruling: prohibiting efforts to implement and enforce federal voter rolls, the battle for democracy and soul of free and fair elections and living within a society that values the self-governance (a government by and for the freedom) and self-ascribed freedoms and rights, enshrined within the constitution - is far from over.
For these 2026-midterms, I now expect the gambit and stratagems will now shift priority over to other means to disenfranchise voters:
Target and threaten state election officials - failure to adher…
While some relief can be felt and immediately sensed, following SCOTUS’ 7-2 ruling: prohibiting efforts to implement and enforce federal voter rolls, the battle for democracy and soul of free and fair elections and living within a society that values the self-governance (a government by and for the freedom) and self-ascribed freedoms and rights, enshrined within the constitution - is far from over.
For these 2026-midterms, I now expect the gambit and stratagems will now shift priority over to other means to disenfranchise voters:
Target and threaten state election officials - failure to adhere to their established “voter lists” and if even one illegal/illegitimate vote is cast, they will be federally prosecuted. While chances are that no single elections official - within their respective state - has any wayward/outward priority to cheat, or provide any undue influence - this regime’s goals are functionally the same (even if they way they go about enforcing it relies on an after-the-fact mechanism - rather than proactive mechanisms when having challenged issuance and delivery of ballots via USPS undermining elections integrity, trust and voting fairness).
I likewise, do expect, that Trump/regime/allies/supporters/sycophants, and the-powers-that-be, that are continually seeking to co-op efforts, weaponize independent governing bodies, and deny individual states their autonomy and self-agency of statehood with permitting the time, place and means in which voting takes place: that without a doubt, we are going to see surgically engineered attacks to delegitimize the process, engineer claims of widespread voter fraud on polling places, mid Nov 3rd voting day.
We’ve already seen the efforts made to engage in: unprecedented mid-decade redistricting (outside of once per decade’s national census); unfounded claims in blue stronghold districts, districts that have flipped blue in these run-off elections, and strategic efforts to vie for dominance (Trump forcing an oath to “cheat like hell” - at all costs); ongoing efforts to declare a national emergency and cancel the current and future elections (presumably why Iran has remained on the table, for later existential use, or to permit negative global sentiment of the USA’s unprovoked and aggressive imperialistic might, fester - and potentially culminate into an existential global crisis (whether that be an oil/energy crisis, destabilizing of the global economy/destabilizing geopolitical tensions and ramping up unprovoked/unwarranted “excursions”, or even the threats posed by potentially weaponization of AI, and or drones/bioweapons).
Trump potentially demanding all vote casting/counting cease, amid Nov 3rd Election Day. Claims of en-masse and “rampant and wide-spread voting fraud”, ramping/ratcheting-up up corruption/lies of Democrats and instructing his J6 mob and loyalists to engage in acts of domestic/emotional-terrorism and abuse. I expect on Election Day the usual past gambits of false/engineered bomb threats, existential threats being called into voting strongholds, potentially engineered violence and/or “fraud” - with zero evidence to back up these claims. This weaponized-DOJ calling for 1,000 election monitors (just you wait where they show up, it won’t be to Democratic and Republican strongholds alike - but likely disproportionately target Democrat/flipped districts.
By the same token, I expect that continued and ongoing efforts will be made to interfere with the delivery and pickup of ballots, whether this be by: delivery of mail-in-ballots to voters (clandestinely), USPS picking up filled out ballots for delivery to vote counting locations, or even seizure of ballots from the ballot boxes - or amid en route to vote counting locations.
Following their loss, to explore suing individual states, in attempts to invalidate the votes and intimidation of elections officials, unless they bend to their demands for an engineered results. This may include efforts to blackmail and gaslight outcomes, similar to the now infamous Raffensperger/Zelenskyy phone calls.
Efforts to challenge the results of these 2026-midterms, and appeal and escalate to SCOTUS to intervene and undermine results.
Potential abuse of power, declaring of other national emergencies, and declaration of Martial Law - on day of election day, Nov 3rd 2026. Again, efforts to create an existential crisis and events that compete for the public’s attention.
A timely resurfacing of the weaponized-SOJ’s efforts to seize the 2020 elections ballots. 4/5 states already capitulated and complied (and expect that additional southern state belt of red states, have already complied; as they were already on board to engage in illegal and unprecedented gerrymandering). Trump and his enablers will then claim that mass fraud was found in the 2020 ballots, even though the chain-of-custody had been breached through their own weaponization. Nevertheless, would then argue similar is currently unfolding.
Of course, I expect Trump to claim that China had interfered in our elections, spanning back to 2016 (potentially even implicating our allies): with an overall refusal to ever pin such accusations (founded, or unfounded) on Russia.
Then of course the Jan 3rd gambit and MAGA Mike Johnson’s refusal to allow the swearing in of newly elected and ready-to-serve constituent Democrats.
Then of course, in 2028:
I would expect to see that Vance (unlike Pence) would be willing to refuse to certify a newly elected Democratic president. This this brings us entirely full-circle, back to the events of Jan 6th 2021 - except this time without guard-railsm.