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Domestic war is what many of Trump's GOP wants. See: Trump won't need to cancel the midterms if this GOP plot succeeds

James Carville isn’t a man prone to panic, but when he says, “I would not put it at all past [Trump] to try to call martial law or declare that there’s some kind of national emergency,” around next year’s elections, it’s time to sit up straight.

Speaking to NewsNation’s Chris Cuomo, Carville warned that as Donald Trump sees a political shellacking coming in the 2026 midterms — particularly in states like New Jersey and Virginia — he may try something extreme to hold onto power.

“The hoof prints are coming,” Carville said, and he’s not wrong.

This isn’t hyperbole. This is history — the history of nations that have lost their democracies like Hungary and Russia — threatening to repeat itself.

Trump has already laid the psychological and structural groundwork to undermine or suspend elections; he just may not need to declare martial law if his fixers pull off what’s happening already this year.
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If that wasn’t enough, Republicans have introduced the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, which would force every newly registered or updated voter to present proof of citizenship in person. And if the name on your birth certificate is different from your passport or driver’s license, you can’t register or vote.

According to Michael Waldman of the Brennan Center, over 21 million Americans don’t have those documents readily available. And 69 million women don’t have their married name on their birth certificate. Many Americans don’t know where their passport or birth certificate is, especially those living in poverty, moving frequently, or serving overseas.

And let’s be clear about the excuse for this law: A racist myth. The Heritage Foundation, pushing the SAVE Act, claims millions of undocumented immigrants vote. But even Kris Kobach, the Kansas Secretary of State who made it his mission to arrest illegal voters, found exactly zero in court. In fact, his law blocked 36,000 legal Kansas voters and was thrown out for being unconstitutional.

And now they’re bragging that they just purged 5 million new names so far this year, according to Judicial Watch.
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And if that doesn’t work? Now that Congress has funded ICE to become the largest (secret, masked) police agency in America with a network of concentration camps across the country, answerable only to Donald Trump, pretty much anything is possible.

Carville may sound alarmist when he talks about martial law, but let’s remember: Trump tried to overturn the 2020 election, summoned a mob to the Capitol, and flirted with using the Insurrection Act to deploy the military against protestors, who he had asked his generals to “shoot in the legs.”

He’s mused to his followers, “You won’t have to vote anymore, my beautiful Christians.” That’s not subtle. That’s a warning.

And while right-wing pundits like Bill O’Reilly chuckle and offer “18 muffalettas” in mockery, the groundwork for a democratic backslide is already laid, through legal loopholes, voter suppression, intimidation of Republican legislators like we saw yesterday, misinformation, and judicial capture.

Martial law may not arrive with tanks. It may come in the form of a national emergency declaration, a manufactured riot, or the pretense of mass fraud. Trump doesn’t have to cancel the election; he just has to delegitimize it enough to override it.

So what do we do?

As Palast warns: don’t despair. “They can’t steal all the votes all of the time.”...

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And -- Trump Just Hijacked California’s National Guard. I’m a Lawyer, and I’m Telling You—This Is a Full-Blown Constitutional Crisis.
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Trump’s Power Grab Has No Legal Ground

There was no emergency. No crisis. No breakdown of local control. Despite that, Trump ordered 2,000 National Guard troops into federal service, without the Governor’s sign-off and with no coordination with local law enforcement. That’s not how it works. Not legally. Not constitutionally. Not in the United States of America.

Under the law, the president can’t take over a state’s militia unless certain conditions are met. There must be an actual rebellion or an invasion. Not a protest. Not public outcry. Not community outrage at unjust ICE raids. But that’s exactly what was happening in Los Angeles: people were standing up and speaking out, peacefully for the most part, after aggressive, unannounced federal raids tore through their neighborhoods.

Instead of respecting that process, or better yet, backing off, Trump decided to escalate. He triggered military involvement that wasn’t needed, wasn’t asked for, and wasn’t authorized.

What Happened in L.A. Was and is Chaos Trump Created—Then Used as a Pretext

Let’s be clear about who lit the match.

On June 6, ICE started sweeping through Los Angeles like it was a war zone. They made arrests with zero local coordination. Children were detained. Families were torn apart. The raids sparked protests, just as any community would respond to overreach and cruelty. These protests weren’t riots. They were the sound of democracy, people demanding answers and accountability.
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