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permanence is always rushed

[cjstova @cjkovalic]

@anneapplebaum @Susan_Hennessey I was having a nightmare after hearing this on the news... Imagined a world with only trump news. Never ever feared this before! #DemocracyDiesInDarkness
#GroupSpeak #TruthMatters #IndependentMedia

[Lauren @cabsav456]

I can't even deal with this.

For years — as long as I've been alive — conservatives (myself included) have resisted nearly every major voting rights or election administration bill Democrats have proposed, on the grounds that elections should not be federalized or centralized in any way.

Here are some direct quotes that speak for themselves:

Mitch McConnell:
- "We're talking about fundamentally the same bill… the plan to forcibly rewrite large portions of the 50 states' respective election laws… This is a massive federal power grab."

Ted Cruz (he has LOTS):
- "This is a power grab by Democrats in Washington to federalize elections and to take over elections in all 50 states. It is profoundly unconstitutional."
- "What Democrats are trying to do is seize control of elections from the states and put it in the hands of politicians in Washington. That is exactly what the Constitution was written to prevent."
- "This bill is about rigging the rules of the game. It is about Washington politicians deciding how Texans vote, how Floridians vote, how Americans vote."
- "The so-called For the People Act is really a federal takeover of elections. It strips states of their authority and centralizes power in Washington."

John Thune:
- "This legislation… attempts to federalize elections and rewrite election laws in all 50 states… This is nothing more than an attempted power-grab from the left."

Heritage Foundation:
- "The proposal that the federal government set new 'minimum' standards for state voter registration systems is a bad idea… another step toward the federal takeover of the administration of elections."

Federalist Society:
- "Election administration has always been primarily a state responsibility, and federalizing it threatens the balance of our constitutional system."

The SAVE Act would require states to use federal databases to verify citizenship and maintain voter rolls — effectively creating national oversight of voter data.

So can someone explain to me, on principle: when did federal overreach become okay with you, and why? Why are so many conservatives now supporting exactly what we have consistently argued against for decades?

This is simply not consistent with conservative principles, so it's really hard to see this as anything other than a power grab.

[cjstova @cjkovalic]

@WxWilliams @CatoInstitute @stephen_richer https://t.co/7PYooyICm7

[cjstova @cjkovalic]

@spetry_mi @CatoInstitute @stephen_richer Broader data from Reuters and the Heritage Foundation's database document just 24 prosecuted non-citizen voting cases nationwide from 2003 to 2023, underscoring the rarity despite partisan concerns over fraud detection systems.

[Jessica Riedl 🧀 🇺🇦 @JessicaBRiedl]

My long-standing conservative/libertarian political views that now get me called a "radical leftist":

- Pro-free trade, free markets, & deficit reduction.
- Pro-voter ID with drivers' license (not passport or birth certificate).
- Against Washington taking over election vote-counting.
- Against jackbooted feds shooting protestors for legally carrying a gun, or kicking down doors without a warrant.
- Against invading NATO allies (Greenland) and Russian expansionism.
- Against price controls on medicine or credit cards.
- Pro-legal immigration.
- Pro-Federal Reserve independence.
- Against handing our public health system over to anti-vaxxers with worm-eaten brains who do cocaine off toilet seats.
- Against nanny state attempts to regulate what we eat.
- Against pardoning corrupt Members of Congress.
- Against electing politicians who fail to exhibit ethical, moral, and honest behavior.
- Against using elected office to get rich.
- Against assaulting Capitol Police and trying to overturn elections.
- Against disrespecting, deporting, or trying to eliminate the pensions of veterans who have honorably served.
- Against firing a Coast Guard pilot for misplacing a cabinet secretary's blanket.
- Against starting a mid-decade redistricting war (and crying when the other side fights back).
- Against all-power executives trampling Congress, courts, states' rights, and rule of law.
- Against protecting and pardoning child predators.
- Against declaring the Declaration of Independence, and Constitution outdated relics that ignore "what time it is."
- Against cult-like worship of individual politicians, even at the expense of the Constitution and rule of law.
- Against cancel culture mobs, even for those who do not express sufficient worship of Charlie Kirk.
- Against whining, victimology, identity politics, and antisemitism.

I've worked in high-level politics and policy for three decades. For most of this career, these views left me comfortably working within the conservative/ libertarian movement.

If some people with no political memory before Trump now want to call these beliefs "radical leftist," knock yourselves out. I'm focused on eternal truths and policy realities, not the partisan flavor of the month. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[cjstova @cjkovalic]

@foxmike90 Saw you on Amanpour & Co tonight. I'd just read this article from Sept. The SCOTUS shamefully ruled that profiling was okay for immigration "roving patrols." And ICE is still doing it. Can and will this come before SCOTUS again?
https://t.co/0WqMCVTnpB

[cjstova @cjkovalic]

@FLOTUS https://t.co/TtFDdJXYYk

[cjstova @cjkovalic]

@RoguePOTUSStaff They were letting them speak for themselves. No digging needed. Their abhorrent beliefs are right on the surface.

[cjstova @cjkovalic]

@MindShift2018 Nietzsche linked slave morality to Judaism and Christianity and democracy and socialism, saying that it was a way for the weak to exert power over the strong. Ultimately he thought slave morality devalued human life and stifled potential resulting in mediocrity.

[cjstova @cjkovalic]

@MindShift2018 Slave morality traits: altruism sympathy humility
Master morality traits: power strength pride leadership
He reasoned that since the weak resented the strong, they used their slave morality to devalue the strong and feel like they were morally superior to the strong.

[cjstova @cjkovalic]

@MindShift2018 So important to hear this now. Thank you.

Do you think you'll cover the connections to dominionism and the New Apolstolic Reformation that seem to be coming to light for Vance Boelter the suspect in the murder/attempted murder of the Minnesota lawmakers last weekend?

[cjstova @cjkovalic]

@HeatherEHeying This is how trump's republican party "protects" women?

https://t.co/c8b8Qt6Z4L

[cjstova @cjkovalic]

@HeatherEHeying Are you even LISTENING to yourself?

[cjstova @cjkovalic]

@HeatherEHeying If this is the reason you cite for trump being better for women then you are grasping. This transgender thing will sort itself out naturally. We dont need a misogynist like trump in the WH. #smh

[AConflictofValues @ConflictOfValue]

@HeatherEHeying A vote for Trump is a vote to have more reactionary Justices on the Supreme Court.
A vote for Trump is a vote to criminalize all abortions.
A vote for Trump is a vote to criminalize birth control.
A vote for Trump is a vote to criminalize lesbian relationships.
Trump hates women.

[cjstova @cjkovalic]

@HeatherEHeying My husband and i have been coming up with responses to this:
#dumbfounded
#flabbergasted
#dismayed
#embarassed
#dumbstruck
#appalled
#bewildered
You're so smart i guess you can convince yourself of anything no matter how WRONG.

Not saying Kamala is the answer. #trumpNOT

[cjstova @cjkovalic]

@VP
I dont know how the US allows this to continue. #Jabalia

https://t.co/ljTwRKCRSk

[cjstova @cjkovalic]

@TulsiGabbard https://t.co/TUQr1q9Bwr

[Jonathan Martin @jmart]

it would be amusing were it not so shattering about what the hell has happened to the country

https://t.co/VkJ5Ya1ZnE

[cjstova @cjkovalic]

@TulsiGabbard Trump refused to give California wildfire aid until told how many people there voted for him, ex-aide says.
https://t.co/rDKVbQaqE4

[cjstova @cjkovalic]

@TulsiGabbard Plus FEMA has and always has had a process for applying for aid after a disaster. That is nothing new. What also isnt new is Trump playing politics in the aftermath of disaster:
https://t.co/nFH1odnZV7