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It's Come To This's avatar

Subpoena her crazy ass and drag it to testify publicly before Congress. The Director of "National Intelligence" has no fucking business skulking around hidden behind a baseball cap around the wall of a state election facility. The only thing missing from that photo was a trench coat and some sunglasses. Who the hell does she think she is?

Sunny's avatar

Thanks Miles for the clarification. Good to know.

Lois W. Halbert's avatar

Thanks for the update

William Lowry's avatar

Thanks Miles. When I saw the feds interest in Fulton County records it raised the hackles on my neck. I had no idea that Gabbard was involved in the raid. Seems to me this is a violation of both ethics and legality and I hope the AG for Georgia is working on her overstepping her bounds, as is the Fed AG. Your message should garner far more attention!!

Martha's avatar

In an era in which endless shit is thrown against the wall - more than most of us can possibly pay attention to - I am hoping you will continue to write about this issue. It alarms me more than anything else, because election fraud in the future (there is nothing in the past that has any merit, despite his demented claims) would destroy our ability to ever get out from underneath fascist rule. My questions include: 1) can Gabbard be impeached? (Hopefully, in a way that brings endless humiliation upon her head.) 2) are there any republicans who have the intelligence and the courage to recognize this for what it is? 3) can the legal people working on this bring a halt to it? 4) would SCOTUS do anything if it reached that level, or would they likely give trump authority to use the federal government to seize state records and manipulate outcomes (since they seem no longer bound to uphold constitutional law).

Ann Kramer's avatar

Miles--it is clear the Trump administration has crossed over the line to total lawlessness. They don't care about any piece of legislation that prevents them from doing what they want--killing citizens in the street--no big deal, stealing GA voter record--it's okay, I need them to prove I won in 2020.

His Christian Nationalist followers think he is a 'god' and can do no wrong and people like you and I are the enemy and need to be removed from their country. I wish you would spend more time focused on the Christian Nationalist cult of which Russell Vought, Hegseth, JD Vance (though he's in the Catholic version called Opus Dei) are all members. Their followers (which is about 10% of the population) have been well-trained to only see life through the eyes of their pastors and their pastors believe Trump is god's chosen and together they are fighting evil--all the rest of us. You can't logic them out of this.

The average American has no idea about this cult. They see the word 'Christian' and go, "Oh, well, if they're Christian we have to respect their right to worship their own way' and people look the other way. But Christian Nationalists have no respect for 'regular' Christians--in fact, they think they are fake Christians.... Truly CN has become the Taliban of America with the same belief that if you don't believe like I believe I can kill you and have god (or Allah's) blessing.

The media has done a very poor job shining the light on this and as a result, Project 2025 is being implemented and it is totally a Christian Nationalist agenda. It is Handmaidens Tale in the making.

Randy S. Eisenberg's avatar

Atwood never explained how the Commanders pulled off their “decapitation strike” without flattening the whole DC area… she is as skilled at what not to include as the work itself. (I would realllly love a prequel, although she is far better than that) But lately my money’s on a hypersonic cruise missile. Very lately.

Ann Kramer's avatar

I would say Russell Vought at OMB is managing the ‘decapitation strike’—quietly, behind the scenes…destroying government departments, instituting Project 2025 without most Americans even being aware. Inserting the Phoenix Declaration to take over our schools and initiate our children into the subservience of Christian Nationalism….

Randy S. Eisenberg's avatar

And so, so many people think getting rid of donald is what has to happen. A great start, but I get the feeling, proportionally, not too many people are at all concerned with or even aware of the long game. Ugly wake up call that’ll be.

Ann Kramer's avatar

Yes, Trump is the puppet—he’s only there to loot the public coffers but has enabled Vought and the Christian Nationalists to have full freedom to do their ‘thing’ which is to destroy democracy, put women back in their place, make it so only white men can vote etc. He’s 79, Vance—also Christian Nationalists (though of the Catholic variety—Opus Dei) and others are just waiting in the wings to continue Project 2025 and turn us into an authoritarian, fascist state.

At this point, I think they like him around because when he does leave—due to death or illness…there will be a fight as to who fills that void and it could be very disruptive. Already you see jockeying going on. But remember, the Congress is also filled with Christian Nationalists…they’ve been waiting 40 years to take over.

The only good thing right now is that they’ve been pulled out of the shadows and people are starting to see it and wake up.

Benita Words's avatar

I wish the Epstein files would come out so #47 will stopped f*ckin’ around with things and clouding one of the most important screw ups. I am wondering how we are going to make it through the next 3years. It’s exhausting.

Benita Words's avatar

I am exhausted with the 2020 election!

Kelly A's avatar

There are no more laws for them - let’s just face it. They have not released the Epstein files and who is left to enforce that? This lawlessness will continue unless by some miracle the whole regime is removed.

Joan MacLeod's avatar

The Trump Regime are going to try to steal the mid-terms. Thank you for the clarification of why this is so wrong.

Cindy Mcdonald's avatar

How do you think it helps them now? Is he going to declare he won (again and again) so he can claim the election was stolen so he should get to run for that term he “sat out”? I pray his bitterness consumes him within the year. But I hate that our tax dollars are being wasted on his pet projects while people are going without healthcare.

Al Keim's avatar

Well if Trump can "prove" that the 2020 election was stolen - then by the power vested in him by the silent supreme court he will be able to keep republicans and himself in power so that he can exact his revenge.

Ana warner's avatar

This regime has been doing whatever it pleases and daring anyone to stop them since the beginning. Congress is castrated and has zero power. Scrotus gave the felon immunity so this crime, along w his many others will not make him accountable . He knows that and doesn’t care what anyone thinks as long as he gets his jollies.

Congress can hold hearings til the cows come home but unless they grow spines nothing will come of it but verbal diarrhea. I’m sick of watching this felon and his minions commit crimes with impunity and there be zero consequences.

Talk is cheap.

Valerie Hodgson's avatar

I feel like we’re doomed in the midterms. These people do whatever they want whenever they want and there’s no one to stop them. This is so discouraging.

Wynn's avatar

Thanks Miles for bringing this matter to our attention. The fact she’s trying to disguise herself is that she knows it’s unlawful. She needs to be subpoenaed and dragged into to Congress to testify. At least Senator Warner and others have noticed and they need to take action immediately.

Urban Hermit's avatar

So many are worried that Trump may invoke the Insurrection Act to disrupt the midterms, seize voting machines or ballots, or somehow call of or postpone elections, the hidden threat is more subtle. Election Truth Alliance has uncovered convincing statistical anomalies that Trump and his operatives may have corrupted election software to be able to tweak the ballot count in close races to favor the desired candidate. Election Truth Alliance has filed lawsuits in three Pennsylvania counties to demand hand recounts. If the hand counts differ from the electronic counts they will demand a forensic line by line examination of election software code to determine whether it has been corrupted by malware. We've been taught since grade school that American elections are unquestionably "free and fair" and "safe and secure" because they are locally run and thus too distributed to corrupt. While this may have mostly been true before computers, election software is centrally written and controlled and can be infected by malware to change votes without detection as hackers have demonstrated many times. Trump operatives stole election software from three locations after the 2020 election and have had years to write and inject malware. Unfortunately we are running out of time to correct any problems before the midterms. Trump must corrupt the midterms to keep Republicans in control of the House and Senate to complete his authoritarian takeover and protect himself and his cronies. We already know he has no ethics or morals and will do anything, legal or illegal, to achieve his goals. We may be in far greater danger than most realize

Barb K's avatar

The current regime keeps focusing on the 2020 election, which they have already brought 60+ lawsuits against to challenge its legitimacy, without any success.

The focus on 2020 distracts from needed investigation about the 2024 ELECTION, which used secretly re-programmed voting machines to corruptly elect a president (for example: counting millions of votes in a state from a county that does not exist in that state). Thanks, Urban Hermit, for sharing that the Election Truth Alliance is fighting the 2024 results in PA. Substack’s THIS WILL HOLD has also done much analysis on statistical anomalies in the vote in other states. But time is running out to challenge the corrupt results by manually recounting the votes, as the paper votes will only be retained for a few more months.

Urban Hermit's avatar

I think that story about a non-existent Florida county has been debunked. Turns out it was some quirk in election coverage on an alternative news channel. However, Trump's constant whining about the stolen 2020 election makes those of us with legitimate concerns about midterms election integrity look like a bunch of tinfoil hat wearing conspiracy theorists, which may be his goal.

Barb K's avatar

Agree 💯. A dreaded nightmare:

“I keep thinking about what it will be like on Nov. 4th when everyone finds that despite unanimous polls indicating a Democratic landslide, Republicans have miraculously maintained majority control of both houses…”

Counting votes by hand may be required in 2026.

Barb K's avatar

Well said, Urban Hermit. Apologies if I spread debunked info about non-existent counties. It’s hard to keep up with the flow of news.

I remain very concerned about vote counting machines manipulated before the 2024 election, and the impact on election integrity if those machines are used to count 2026 and 2028 elections.

Urban Hermit's avatar

Be cautious about accepting everything This Will Hold writes. While 90-95% of what she writes seems well substantiated and credible, she's published a couple of things that seem dubious. I agree that the unseen threat to the midterms, based on the numerous statistical anomalies discovered by Election Truth Alliance in the 2024 election, is the possible corruption of the election software. It boggles my mind that no legacy media and few independent journalists cover this. Equally mind-boggling is that not one election authority in any of the 50 states or the over 3,100 counties and independent cities shows any curiosity over the possibility that the election software in their scanners and tabulators may be infected with malware. I keep thinking about what it will be like on Nov. 4th when everyone finds that despite unanimous polls indicating a Democratic landslide, Republicans have miraculously maintained majority control of both houses much like all the hand wringing when Harris unexplainably lost the 2024 election.

Marc Panaye's avatar

The orange faced guy, who's third cheated upon wife appears in a junk documentary sponsored by baldy bezos, is preparing the cancellation of the midterms.

Ray Zielinski's avatar

Sounds like, unfortunately, something Congress or the courts will have to put an end to. The Republican controlled Congress will do nothing, the Administration ignores lower court orders and SCOTUS moves with glacial speed (and a majority appears to be bought and paid for). I’m not optimistic about the outcome of this.