Rick, the one thing they're NOT telling us they're going to do is exploit their access through the highly partisan ES&S, Liberty Vote, and their various shady contractors to covertly manipulate vote counts, which our lame audit protocols are not adequate to detect or deter.
This is not to say they won't do what they're telling us they'll do. It is to say that we ignore at our peril other vectors -- particularly covert vectors -- that are NOT telegraphed. Indeed, threats like ICE at the polls could wind up serving as misdirection. Same with threats to challenge or nullify unfavorable results post-election. Think about it: Why challenge or nullify what you can rig and win?
The absolute imperative for Trump/MAGA is to retain power -- and all options, or vectors, should be regarded as on the table. They will do literally anything -- and we shouldn't assume that's limited to what they're telling us they're going to do.
Good advice Rick. I’ve been saying the same thing for months on my Substack. You are right we must start preparing now, the police, State Troopers and a Blue State’s NG must not only be prepared but conduct training exercises in full public view demonstrating the power of the local militia: police, state troopers and the National Guard, WHICH CANNOT BE FEDERALIZED for the purpose of interfering with or suppressing the vote). Talk is cheap. Practice the defense in the open. And be prepared for firefights. ESTABLISH THE VEHICLES TO CREATE ROADBLOCKS in advance in case needed to protect election centers. The exercises in advance will deter rash action. But should it not do so, it will be effective. There are over one million local police available nationwide. Trump’s “Army” is already outnumbered. It merely needs organization. Kept up the good work.
So — basically — we’re completely fucked — just like we all knew we would be two years ago when tens of millions of us were screaming at the top of our lungs that under no circumstances could Trump be allowed to win a second term. Well MAGA did in fact win and THEY. WILL. NOT. RELINQUISH. POWER. There is not a goddamn fucking thing any of us can do stop this now because it HAD to be stopped two years ago (we knew that then) and it wasn’t.
OMG please. That will not happen. This isn’t fucking Hungary. It’s 50 states with 50 different ways to administer elections — if Trump even allows voting to proceed. WE. ARE. COMPLETELY. FUCKED.
I've been mean to Rick about this but it's not just Rick. There's a danger when news presenters and political content creators try to become product influencers; YouTube is not Instagram. Incogni might be a great company; I'm all for VPNs. But product placement is paid advocacy.
I get you've got to keep the lights on. The best way to do it might be the way The Bulwark and Harry Litman do it; put the ads in separate clips with the presenters wearing different shirts so we can instantly separate it from the news program and evaluate the ad copy on its own terms. Sarah Longwell, even when doing an ad read within the program, is abundantly clear about this.
The voice of Rick Wilson, who we trust and on whom we hang every precious word, cannot be translated to advocacy for Incogni or Ground News or any other product. Not for people of our generation who were raised on 60s and 70s TV commercials. Watching Rick become the Man From Glad is painful and embarrassing. It doesn't matter how good the argument is at that point for the use of the product. It's being pitched to us by a paid shill, who for that reason, like the Trump DoJ, no longer deserves any presumption of regularity. It's shill-speak to get us to buy something.
The "while I'm the president of Hair Club For Men, I'm also a client" pitch no longer works.
Rick, I work from the end backwards (scenario planning). What is the best outcome, what is the most likely outcome and how do we work from there. I have no doubts this has pieces in place within the current administration, but we have also seen their capacity to plan and follow through. I do not see that same lack of capacity within the trifecta D-led states. I do see this as an issue in the split administration states (Kentucky being the prime example). I believe the flying term is sporty, and this will be sporty in all the most challenging ways.
I was born 10 years after Hitler climbed down into his bunker for the last time. Trump is the most vile and destructive human being of my lifetime. A bloviating, self-aggrandizing, angry, retrograde xenophobe. He’s out there where the buses don’t run, lost and wandering in an ever-thickening haze of dementia and untreated tertiary syphilis. A disordered personality. Mental and emotional instabilities. Sociopathic tendencies. Enraged, embittered, desperate, despondent. Consumed by his grievances. His wits have begun to turn. Losing his mind. He is America’s shadow made flesh, a rotting pumpkin idol proving that when a nation kneels before money, power, and spite, it doesn’t just lose it’s soul-it sh*ts out this bloated obscenity and calls it a leader.
I’m quite certain the federal agents he will deploy are willing to use extreme measures against civil disobedience, no matter how nonviolent that disobedience might be.
This has been my nightmare ever since Trump got re-elected. It was so foreseeable. No doubt Trump will also exercise the Presidential Emergency Action Documents to suppress turnout by intimidating voters. But Rick, you're only touching on the nefarious plans that lead up to Election Day. Don't discount the constitutional crisis that will take place when MAGA leaders in Congress refuse the certify the results because of "irregularities." Trump's been busy sowing doubt for months.
well Mr. Wilson....I've just found out at 8p that the Virginia Democrat Senate leader is NOT willing to go balls to the wall to fight the VA. Supreme CT decision. The Democrats just DO NOT have the testicular fortitude to fight this fascist onslaught. Thoughts?
Thank you, Mr. Wilson. I hope Independent Journalism and podcasts continues to put the pressure on the GOP if one could call it that. I’m sorry to say democrats have kept silent on the issue of the election in November. Although, I live in a basically red state, they are beginning to see their votes for Trump was a nightmare. Since you have been a politician coordinator of thirty five years, I trust what, you have said in this good article.
I hope your friends in high places can help make all of this happen. It’s a good plan!
Rick, the one thing they're NOT telling us they're going to do is exploit their access through the highly partisan ES&S, Liberty Vote, and their various shady contractors to covertly manipulate vote counts, which our lame audit protocols are not adequate to detect or deter.
This is not to say they won't do what they're telling us they'll do. It is to say that we ignore at our peril other vectors -- particularly covert vectors -- that are NOT telegraphed. Indeed, threats like ICE at the polls could wind up serving as misdirection. Same with threats to challenge or nullify unfavorable results post-election. Think about it: Why challenge or nullify what you can rig and win?
The absolute imperative for Trump/MAGA is to retain power -- and all options, or vectors, should be regarded as on the table. They will do literally anything -- and we shouldn't assume that's limited to what they're telling us they're going to do.
I should know, but what is a pre filed TRO?
Good advice Rick. I’ve been saying the same thing for months on my Substack. You are right we must start preparing now, the police, State Troopers and a Blue State’s NG must not only be prepared but conduct training exercises in full public view demonstrating the power of the local militia: police, state troopers and the National Guard, WHICH CANNOT BE FEDERALIZED for the purpose of interfering with or suppressing the vote). Talk is cheap. Practice the defense in the open. And be prepared for firefights. ESTABLISH THE VEHICLES TO CREATE ROADBLOCKS in advance in case needed to protect election centers. The exercises in advance will deter rash action. But should it not do so, it will be effective. There are over one million local police available nationwide. Trump’s “Army” is already outnumbered. It merely needs organization. Kept up the good work.
If they try this, and they will, then it’s time for a coup!
Every Democrat with a weapon better show up.
The time for peaceful protests is over!
There should be a huge power outage so that voting machines are useless. Force hand written and hand counted ballots.
So — basically — we’re completely fucked — just like we all knew we would be two years ago when tens of millions of us were screaming at the top of our lungs that under no circumstances could Trump be allowed to win a second term. Well MAGA did in fact win and THEY. WILL. NOT. RELINQUISH. POWER. There is not a goddamn fucking thing any of us can do stop this now because it HAD to be stopped two years ago (we knew that then) and it wasn’t.
The only answer to this is Glenn Kirchner's catch phrase we have to make it too big to rig and too real to steal.
OMG please. That will not happen. This isn’t fucking Hungary. It’s 50 states with 50 different ways to administer elections — if Trump even allows voting to proceed. WE. ARE. COMPLETELY. FUCKED.
Saying that the US "isn't fucking Hungary" is an all-time hysterical statement ;)
I've been mean to Rick about this but it's not just Rick. There's a danger when news presenters and political content creators try to become product influencers; YouTube is not Instagram. Incogni might be a great company; I'm all for VPNs. But product placement is paid advocacy.
I get you've got to keep the lights on. The best way to do it might be the way The Bulwark and Harry Litman do it; put the ads in separate clips with the presenters wearing different shirts so we can instantly separate it from the news program and evaluate the ad copy on its own terms. Sarah Longwell, even when doing an ad read within the program, is abundantly clear about this.
The voice of Rick Wilson, who we trust and on whom we hang every precious word, cannot be translated to advocacy for Incogni or Ground News or any other product. Not for people of our generation who were raised on 60s and 70s TV commercials. Watching Rick become the Man From Glad is painful and embarrassing. It doesn't matter how good the argument is at that point for the use of the product. It's being pitched to us by a paid shill, who for that reason, like the Trump DoJ, no longer deserves any presumption of regularity. It's shill-speak to get us to buy something.
The "while I'm the president of Hair Club For Men, I'm also a client" pitch no longer works.
Rick, I work from the end backwards (scenario planning). What is the best outcome, what is the most likely outcome and how do we work from there. I have no doubts this has pieces in place within the current administration, but we have also seen their capacity to plan and follow through. I do not see that same lack of capacity within the trifecta D-led states. I do see this as an issue in the split administration states (Kentucky being the prime example). I believe the flying term is sporty, and this will be sporty in all the most challenging ways.
I was born 10 years after Hitler climbed down into his bunker for the last time. Trump is the most vile and destructive human being of my lifetime. A bloviating, self-aggrandizing, angry, retrograde xenophobe. He’s out there where the buses don’t run, lost and wandering in an ever-thickening haze of dementia and untreated tertiary syphilis. A disordered personality. Mental and emotional instabilities. Sociopathic tendencies. Enraged, embittered, desperate, despondent. Consumed by his grievances. His wits have begun to turn. Losing his mind. He is America’s shadow made flesh, a rotting pumpkin idol proving that when a nation kneels before money, power, and spite, it doesn’t just lose it’s soul-it sh*ts out this bloated obscenity and calls it a leader.
but 30+% of the people in the US think he's doing a great job.
Great advice and important information.
I’m quite certain the federal agents he will deploy are willing to use extreme measures against civil disobedience, no matter how nonviolent that disobedience might be.
SCOTUS just granted Alabama a shot at new maps too.
This has been my nightmare ever since Trump got re-elected. It was so foreseeable. No doubt Trump will also exercise the Presidential Emergency Action Documents to suppress turnout by intimidating voters. But Rick, you're only touching on the nefarious plans that lead up to Election Day. Don't discount the constitutional crisis that will take place when MAGA leaders in Congress refuse the certify the results because of "irregularities." Trump's been busy sowing doubt for months.
well Mr. Wilson....I've just found out at 8p that the Virginia Democrat Senate leader is NOT willing to go balls to the wall to fight the VA. Supreme CT decision. The Democrats just DO NOT have the testicular fortitude to fight this fascist onslaught. Thoughts?
Thank you, Mr. Wilson. I hope Independent Journalism and podcasts continues to put the pressure on the GOP if one could call it that. I’m sorry to say democrats have kept silent on the issue of the election in November. Although, I live in a basically red state, they are beginning to see their votes for Trump was a nightmare. Since you have been a politician coordinator of thirty five years, I trust what, you have said in this good article.