New Trump act may lead to total GOP takeover of elections: 'Most important news out there'

[turbinetree]

Last edited Fri Jan 30, 2026, 10:23 AM - Edit history (1)

By David McAfee
Published January 30, 2026 7:55 AM ET

Donald Trump's administration just took an action that "hints" about future ambitions for a total electoral takeover by Republicans, a former federal prosecutor said Thursday.

It was recently reported that the FBI and DNI Secretary Tulsi Gabbard swarmed an election field office in Georgia, purportedly to investigate the 2020 election in which Joe Biden defeated the incumbent Trump. Trump has long held that he won that election, which he says was "rigged" against him despite him being president at the time, so there has been a lot of speculation about what he might hope to accomplish with that raid.

According to ex-prosecutor Joyce Vance, "the Fulton County search warrant and its implications for the 2026 and future elections is the most important news out there right now and not getting the coverage it merits."

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-elections-gop-total-takeover/

WE have now entered the final phase of authoritarian BS from a authoritarian fascists little prick takeover of a country...........men and woman throughout its history fought and died to for this republic............and this country was given the opportunity not once but twice to never have him in office again............and a US Supreme court that is just complacent in this shit show...............

[malaise]

1. Get thee to the greatest page

Very important

[MaineBlueBear]

2. Tulsi Gabbarf is a Russian asset

[OMGWTF]

14. Putin is the Chairman of the Rethuglican party

[Ferrets are Cool]

3. I posted about this yesterday and it scares me very much.

They can grab any results in November that they don't like, manipulated them to their liking and declare a winner. Don't say they wouldn't do this. They have done things just as illegal.

[FakeNoose]

18. Well no, it's not possible to invalidate an election that is already over

That election was done in 2020. All he can do is point to his fake evidence and claim that he really DID win after all. Who would believe him? Not any of us of course, but his MAGA-loons might.

He'll try to use it as evidence to take over and run (or shut down) this year's midterms. But it won't happen because he doesn't have the authority to shutdown any elections.

[popsdenver]

27. Hey FN

If he can provoke violent action by our demonstrators, then he can invoke the Bullshit "Insurrection Act", which then he can invoke Martial Law, and then revoke elections. They have already totally ignored, and breached the "Posse Comatatus Act" which is designed to keep the government from any actions concerning using the U.S. Military against it's citizens...

I don't think that the mass majority of U.S. Citizens have "awakened" in the slightest, to just what is going on in America....including Dems..........
I think the perfect title for a book about the past 46+ years would be: WHILE THE NATION SLEPT

[misanthrope]

31. Bedtime for Bonzo

Put the whole nation to sleep.

[FakeNoose]

32. Yes I agree, this is all an effort to provoke violent reactions

Thank goodness the "militant antifa insurrectionists" are smarter than that. I hope it continues.

[popsdenver]

34. Same here

but they are increasing the pressure for us to retaliate, and now have even gone to outright, un-justified murder of two demonstrators.........

It should be painfully obvious that this group of Fascist "Republicans" being directed by 2025,..... will stop at nothing

I feel sorry for the people of Minnesota that they are focusing/targeting their community.
I full expect they will soon come to many other "BLUE" states and cities..

Here in Denver and Colorado the Republicans have already cut huge amounts of normal federal funding, which is causing the State of Colorado and Denver all kinds of budget problems...........Republicans and Trump have already told Colorado that they will send NO federal assistance to help fight forest fires, (which are inevitable due to our extreme drought....)

I have found that both Republicans I talk to, as well as most Dems, are ignoring what is going on, and just concerned with their personal lives.....They are either all in Denial, or figure: Out of sight, Out of mind........"whatever"
I have never witnessed such apathy........

[Mme. Defarge]

36. Agents provocateurs!

That's the real purpose of ICE.

[Ferrets are Cool]

33. No offense, but that kind of thinking is very naive.

They "can" grab the ballots from any November election and change them to their liking. Just because it's never been done, doesn't mean it can't or wont happen.
Lets see how this plays out. The lawyers better get their biggest guns out.

[CaptainTruth]

23. Just like Maduro. Did they capture him to learn from him?

[KS Toronado]

28. No doubt he will "find" his 11,780 votes

Will MAGAts remember that the State of Georgia looked and looked for them but never found them?
Will the repugs who couldn't "find" them 5 years ago now get death threats?

[yellow dahlia]

37. Yes. They do not consider losing as an option.

They will do whatever it takes.

[Clouds Passing]

4. How did anyone think he would not do that??

[durablend]

5. Some people here are still in denial

I guess they sleep better at night or something

[popsdenver]

29. Agreed

or feel ignorance is bliss...........and go on in ignorance of what is happening, just like they have for the last 45+ years..........

[yellow dahlia]

38. They've been convinced that questioning a stolen election makes them look bad.

[MLWR]

6. What happens if it is discovered that the applicants for the warrant lied on their affidavits?

[rubbersole]

25. Oopsie.

Considering all the government officials involved in this swore an oath to the Constitution when they took their jobs...seems corruption has a blind eye (or two). Theyll refer this to Pam Bondi for further action.

[littlemissmartypants]

7. 📣😟THIS SHOULD BE A DAILY MONITORED CONCERN!!!

https://www.commoncause.org/articles/democracy-in-2026-what-you-should-be-watching/

As of January 15, the DOJ has sued 23 states for refusing to turn over unredacted voter rolls. These rolls contain highly sensitive data including names, addresses, dates of birth, driver’s license numbers, and partial Social Security numbers.

The goal? Build an unauthorized national voter database. The risk? Mass voter purges, privacy violations, potential hacking, and federal overreach.

https://www.commoncause.org/articles/quid-pro-quo-trump-is-trading-ice-for-your-data/

Quid Pro Quo: Trump is Trading ICE for Your Data
Published: Jan 27, 2026

Sending ICE into our communities was never about public safety. It was about intimidation and control.

Thanks for the discussion, turbinetree. ❤️

[Joinfortmill]

8. Excellent! A must read, people!

[turbinetree]

12. Your welcome....feel that I have to go into my Vietnam War days protest......to take down a criminal yet again......

we are in trouble serious trouble...........the maga republican party in that state are looking at ..................

"An obscure rule in the state's 2020 election overhaul gave officials on the State Elections Board the power to replace "underperforming" county boards.
https://www.rawstory.com/fulton-county-republican-takeover/

[Joinfortmill]

13. Scary times. It's another Reich.

[turbinetree]

15. I am trying to defend what my parents went thru during WWII, they had friends that never came back,

that sacrificed to defeat a dictator /fascists..........and everyone in my generation had family members that lived thru that period...........and I just wonder if they asked there parents what it was like..............I sure as hell did.........

[Six117]

9. It's time to become ungovernable

Long past actually...

[leftstreet]

16. +1

[littlemissmartypants]

10. Now this!!!

SCOOP: 404 Media is publishing a version of the user guide for ELITE, a tool Palantir made for ICE which brings up dossiers on individual people and provides a “confidence score” of their address.

The full user guide here:

— 404 Media (@404media.co) 2026-01-30T14:50:46.096Z

[yellow dahlia]

39. Gee - I wonder where they got all that info?

And we know the answer.
What did they get from the IRS? They were given the ability to violate the Privacy Act of 1974. They pilfered from Social Security. Some of us will never have the privacy we should...ever again.

[Emile]

11. Not good! I fear we lost our Democratic Republic

to a fascist dictatorship.

[popsdenver]

30. Yup

WHILE THE NATION SLEPT..........

[markodochartaigh]

17. "...and

a US Supreme court that is just complacent in this shit show.."

I think that you mean complicit.
Of course your post is 100% on point, and probably the corruption of the electoral system is the most important news in a country which wants to be a democracy. I absolutely see this as a poop or get off the pot issue for the 5% of Republican politicians who might stand up to Trump and the 5% of Democratic politicians who want to "work with Republicans to bring the country together", and more to the point, any of our oligarchs who care about keeping any real semblance of democracy in the US.

[PatrickforB]

19. Seems like the old election denial strategy is paying off for Trump, doesn't it? Someone on another thread had the

temerity, when I pointed out that it stretches credulity a bit too far to think Trump carried all six swing states. I then expressed frustration with Democrats on not fighting harder against this nazi administration.

This person talked down to me and said election denial is a poor strategy.

Well it seemed to work out GREAT for Trump didn't it? Again because of wishy-washyness by institutionalist democrats. Now Don Lemon has been arrested and in spite of the temporary victory in MN because of egregious ICE actions resulting in the murder of two people exercising their constitutional rights...

News flash: We don't HAVE constitutional rights under this administration which is IGNORING any attempts to rein them in. None.

We are well on the road to becoming a fascist (oligarchy + white nationalism) government.

And you know what? Greed will NEVER HAVE ENOUGH. The billionaires, Wall Street and publicly traded corporations will NEVER police themselves because they have no moral compass. No compassion. No empathy. No sense of balance. Just raw, grasping greed and unchecked lust for more. More money, more power. That's them.

What are the Democrats going to do now about US???? The middle class. The aging people trapped in big houses when they need to downsize because Wall Street has been buying up homes for investing, NOTHING has been done about the huge inflation - my healthcare premiums went up by 19.2% on top of increases every single year of the Biden administration. This year and instead of doing anything to RELIEVE US OF THIS WALL STREET SQUEEZE, Trump has unleashed a giant secret police organization, is raiding polling centers and arresting journalists. And Democrats don't seem to be doing much to fight that.

I am being taxed without representation because my government, whichever party has been in power has been ignoring my needs. Healthcare, childcare, good k-20 PUBLIC education, strong Social Security. Those are the things I want my tax dollars to support. Programs that help the middle class at their kitchen table. I'm fucking tired. Fucking tired. I had more purchasing power back in the 1990s than I do now. What the hell? This is nothing but a big unchecked robbing of the treasury by the oligarchs while the Nazi-Klux wing of the GOP works to end all further elections.

So, yes, I do not think Trump actually won in 2024. I am 100% sure Musk and Thiel used their tech to hack the machines and cheat Trump into the White House. The Dems didn't even say anything about all the irregularities. Nothing. They just seem to be issuing strong statements. I call my US senators daily and nothing. No calls for general strike, nothing.

I'll be clear:
- I do NOT support a trillion dollar war budget.
- I do not support massive federal investment of MY tax dollars in AI that is not nearly as good as claimed.
- I do not support the formation of a huge secret police and setting up concentration camps.

WHEN will Democrats step up? Because - news flash - this FBI raid on Fulton County, gerrymandering is designed to keep us from EVEN HAVING mid-term elections. You think that isn't the plan????

So, I'd say the election denial strategy worked GREAT for Trump. Biden appointed a limp noodle as Attorney General and he did NOT ENOUGH and went TOO SLOW. And now we're fucked.

These guys won't leave, you know. Fascists, once they get in power, NEVER EVER leave. And their policies lead inevatably to war. Is that our children's heritage? Our grandchildren's? Are they going to have to live through a greed-hate cataclysm like the world did in the Second World War? Starting to look like it...

[EuterpeThelo]

40. I wish

I could rec your post 100,000 times.

[yellow dahlia]

41. "I do not think Trump actually won in 2024. I am 100% sure Musk and Thiel used their tech to hack the machines

and cheat Trump into the White House."

This is an illegitimate government take over.

It has been obvious to me since November of 2024. I was one of those jumping up and down and wondering where the paper ballot hand recounts were.

The refusal to question the supposed "results" and the avoidance of demanding recounts are born of what I call reverse psy-ops. Throw out BS questioning of elections so much, that others are afraid to engage in legit questioning.

[Tumbulu]

42. The fact that recounts were not demanded

smacks of a smugness that is one reason that salt of the earth folk claim to despise liberals in general.

Why do they collect all these moneys in donations, but cannot spring for a recount here and or there?

The writing was on the wall when the Brooks Bro mob and the Supreme Court stole the presidency for Bush.

We have been on an obvious trajectory since.

Thank goodness for DU. But, I sincerely think that we need to be planning on how to govern when we are simply a federation of states. Because I see no future (other than disaster) in being ground into oblivion by these hateful creeps.

The Democratic Party continues to underestimate the strength and will that these people have to take down the federal system and to use whatever is left of it to cudgel liberals of any and all kinds. Why everyone cannot see this obvious goal, I just do not get.

[yellow dahlia]

43. Hear! Hear!

When the take over and destruction were first unleashed, the leadership of the Dems seemed to think they could be on the sidelines and let the plan backfire. I think they thought they could pick up the pieces and reap the award in the midterms.

They didn't stand up and stand strong for us. I get criticized on this forum for saying these things. However, I believe we need to expect more of them. They are our representatives. Represent us!

And now WE THE PEOPLE are doing most of the work.

[live love laugh]

20. The swarming is the most troubling tactic. They have no way to preserve their records.

[Kablooie]

21. Of course.

Trump has to take over the election machinery or else Democrats could win a majority. He must eliminate that possibility completely.
Once this is achieved he can ‘run’ for president again in 2028 and ‘win’.

[rubbersole]

26. I'd be surprised if he's prez by Easter.

I thought this last January, so my record here is meaningless. But, to be kind, donnie looks like shit warmed over. Just sayin'.

[bagimin]

22. Recommended

[bdamomma]

24. Oh

I feel like doing this and this

[SergeStorms]

35. Our final free and fair election.....

may already be behind us. If they get their way - and no one has slowed them down, let alone stop them - it will be.