Thread by @dcpetterson, Here are four recent news stories that show just how desperate Trump [...]

Here are four recent news stories that show just how desperate Trump is, how terrified he is, how certain he is that he will lose.

These stories don& #39;t mean what you think they mean. I& #39;ll get back to that. Don& #39;t listen to the spin. It means we& #39;re winning.

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The first is a story you& #39;ve all heard, how the Trump Reich is screwing with the Post Office in an attempt to 1) slow delivery of ballots, and 2) question the legitimacy of vote-by-mail. You all knew this. Keep it in mind.

2/9 https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/08/democrats-trump-is-screwing-with-the-postal-service-and-democracy">https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020...

Democrats: Trump Is Screwing With the Postal Service—and Democracy

The president may not be able to delay the 2020 election, but Democrats see an effort to delegitimize it. “We have to call out what's really happening here,” says Kamala Harris.

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/08/democrats-trump-is-screwing-with-the-postal-service-and-democracy

The second story: The Trump Reich, with the cooperation of the entire Fascist Party, is recruiting an army of
"poll watchers"--thugs, really--whose purpose is to intimidate voters and feloniously interfere directly with attempts to vote.

3/9 https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/gop-recruits-army-poll-watchers-fight-voter-fraud-no-can-n1217391">https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/...

GOP recruits army of poll watchers to fight voter fraud no one can prove exists

Voting rights advocates worry the effort will target and intimidate minority voters.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/gop-recruits-army-poll-watchers-fight-voter-fraud-no-can-n1217391

The third story: Trump is mounting a legal challenge in an attempt to force federal courts to declare a winner on election night, before all the mailed ballots can be counted. (Many states are counting them already, because they& #39;re already arriving.)

4/9 https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-wants-courts-to-declare-election-day-winner_n_5f67731cc5b6de79b676be27">https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tru...

Trump: 'We're Counting' On Federal Courts To Declare Election Night Winner

Trump's push to have the election called on Nov. 3 would disregard multiple states' rules that allow ballots to be counted after election night.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-wants-courts-to-declare-election-day-winner_n_5f67731cc5b6de79b676be27

And the fourth story: Trump wants state legislatures to pick Electors, bypassing voters completely, in effect nullifying any votes for president cast in those states, whether mailed in or even at the polling sites.

5/9 https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/09/trump-campaign-election-coup-bypass-biden-win">https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020...

The Trump Campaign Is Reportedly Plotting an Election Coup to “Bypass” a Biden Win

How Republican-controlled state legislatures could be used to circumvent the results of the election and ensure a Trump victory.

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/09/trump-campaign-election-coup-bypass-biden-win

On this last matter, the Constitution says State legislatures get to decide how Electors are picked. Every State has opted to let citizens select them by voting. Trump wants to do away with voting, and have legislators pick them.

Yes, Trump wants to end presidential voting.

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All of these are desperate measures. All are fascist measures. All are signs that TrumPublicans know the odds of Trump winning are very, very poor.

There are some pundidiots who want you to panic and wave your arms and run in fear--and just give up.

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No. The meaning of these moves is that Trump Reich, and the Fascist Party, are terrified. They know they& #39;re in deep trouble. They know even the vote suppression efforts they& #39;ve been building for decades won& #39;t stop us from unseating them.

They know our votes will stop them.

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These acts of desperation aren& #39;t going to work. That doesn& #39;t mean we can be complacent. It means we must redouble our commitment to get our ballots cast, and to make fucking sure everyone we know casts a ballot.

#VoteBlue, or fascism wins. It& #39;s that simple.

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