How to end the threat of Trump 2024. Have mandatory voting as done in Australia. The rant, by Trump about having Clinton staffers executed shows why
Trump went on a bender for the ages, demanding that members of Clinton's 2016 team be EXECUTED. No he really did that. See the below: Its one of the things D.J. Trump would do in a reign of terror for the ages, if he somehow got "elected" by the GOP in 2024. Trump would only be able to be "elected" if say over 20% of the US voters were disfranchised which is in line with current GOP vote suppression initiatives
See this about the latest terroristic Trump threat. Yes he really did this one
https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-2656646993/
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February 12, 2022
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Former president Donald Trump issued a statement Saturday suggesting that unnamed members of Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign staff should be put to death.
"The latest pleading from Special Counsel Robert Durham provides indisputable evidence that my campaign and presidency were spied on by operatives paid by the Hillary Clinton Campaign in an effort to develop a completely fabricated connection to Russia," Trump said in the statement from his Save America PAC. "This is a scandal far greater in scope and magnitude than Watergate and those who were involved in and knew about this spying operation should be subject to criminal prosecution. In a stronger period of time in our country, this crime would have been punishable by death. In addition, reparations should be paid to those in our country who have been damaged by this."
Trump was responding to allegations put forth by Durham in a court filing this week.
"Lawyers for the Clinton campaign paid a technology company to 'infiltrate' servers belonging to Trump Tower, and later the White House, in order to establish an 'inference' and "narrative' to bring to government agencies linking Donald Trump to Russia, a filing from Special Counsel John Durham says,"?Fox News?reported Saturday. "Durham filed a motion on Feb. 11 focused on potential conflicts of interest related to the representation of former Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussman, who has been charged with making a false statement to a federal agent. Sussman has pleaded not guilty."
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Here is the atrocity in living color.
You think this is in any way acceptable? I call this political terrorism.
How to stop it ? Trump thrives only if there is mass disenfranchisement of voters and this is what his minions have been pushing in baseless "voter fraud" initiatives in over 44 states. Again, the cure for this terrorism is genius. It is using the Australian system of mandatory voting
Here it is
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/22/world/australia/compulsory-voting.html
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How Compulsory Voting Works: Australians Explain
Our readers from Australia shared their thoughts about being required to vote and helped explain the ins and outs of the process.
Election Day in Australia is a community event that everyone is legally required to participate in and usually features a barbecue at the polling place.
Oct. 22, 2018
This story was updated on Nov. 5, 2018.
The dirty work of democracy is often compared to the making of sausages, but Australians almost take that maxim literally — turning Election Day into a countrywide barbecue, in which the grilling of hot dogs is optional but voting is compulsory.
More than 96 percent of eligible Australians are enrolled to vote. Of those, more than 90 percent typically turn out to cast ballots for a federal election, far more than the 55 percent of eligible Americans who participated in the 2016 presidential election.
Australians are induced to vote with both sticks and carrots. Shirkers can be fined up to nearly 80 Australian dollars if they fail to show at the polls. But voting, which always takes place on a Saturday, is also made easy and efficient, and is often accompanied by a community barbecue that includes eating what locals affectionately call “democracy sausages.”
As Americans prepare to vote in the midterm elections on Nov. 6, we asked our readers in Australia to share their experiences and feelings about compulsory voting and explain the ins and outs of the process.
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‘Voting in Australia is like a party’
Since 1924, Australian citizens over the age of 18 have been required to vote in federal elections, by-elections and referendums. (It was only in 1984, however, that voting became compulsory for Indigenous Australians.) In the decades since, overall voter turnout has never dipped below 90 percent, although there has been a slight downward trend in recent years.
“Voting in Australia is like a party. There’s a BBQ at the local school. Everyone turns up. Everyone votes. There’s a sense that: We’re all in this together. We’re all affected by the decision we make today.” — Neil Ennis, Lawnton, Queensland
Other countries that require citizens to vote include Argentina, Egypt, Singapore, Switzerland (in one canton only) and Turkey.
Election Day is on a weekend
Unlike in the United States, where voters must cram in a trip to the polls on a workday, federal elections and by-elections in Australia are always held on a Saturday.
There are also plenty of ways to vote if you cannot make it to your polling place, including postal ballots and overseas embassies.
“The voting centers are organized by a independent commission, so they are everywhere and well staffed, which means that it’s uncommon to wait more than a few minutes. There’s even voting teams that visit prisons, hospitals, and nursing homes so that everyone who is entitled to get their vote.” — Damien Hurrell,?Bendigo,?Victoria
Not voting comes with a penalty
Voting is a legal requirement and failure to do so comes with a penalty.
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Fines range from 20 Australian dollars for missing a federal election, up to 79 Australian dollars for skipping a state poll.
Voters, however, are allowed to appeal a fine and explain why they failed to participate.
“I once accidentally missed a local election. I was sent a letter asking me what I didn’t vote. I wrote back, explaining I was commuting out of town for work and missed the local ads, and they didn’t fine me.” — Heather Pate from Perth, Western Australia
‘Donkey voting’
Some Americans view a refusal to participate in the polls as a protest and therefore a kind of vote in itself.
Australian critics of compulsory voting argue that as free citizens they should be allowed to choose whether to participate. Others argue that forcing apathetic or uneducated citizens to vote steers the nation’s political destiny toward populism.
But according to political scientists, the opposite is more likely true: Forcing people to engage in the process increases their knowledge of the issues and candidates.
Voters are compelled to appear at the polls, but they can cast a blank or marred ballot as a protest, which doesn’t count. Some apathetic voters simply number the boxes in the order the candidates appear, which does count and is known as a “donkey vote.”
“I was 18 and feeling very anti-government, didn’t want to cast a vote for either major party, so wrote some anarchist song lyrics on my ballot instead. Looking back I feel ashamed of doing it, because I should have informed myself enough to vote for minor parties and also should have realized that voting in a democracy is a privilege that not everyone has so I shouldn’t take it for granted.” — Hayley Palumbo, Melbourne, Victoria
O.K., I voted. Can I eat now?
Many of the Australian readers who responded to our questions professed their love for a tradition that goes hand in hand with voting: democracy sausages.
Local community groups often raise money by setting up a grill at polling places to sell sausages wrapped in a slice of bread.
One voter, Sophie Kunze from Penrith, New South Wales, shared her biggest gripe with the Australian system: “More vegetarian options at the sausage sizzles,” she wrote. “Democracy sausages are for everyone.”
Marie Tae McDermott contributed research.
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Tacey Rychter is the audience growth editor in Sydney, Australia.?@taceyrychter
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We would if we do this see an END to the Donald Trump phenomena, and of the terroristic threats so contained above. And this would be a simple silver bullet end to the fascist initiatives started by the GOP to support Trump in 2024. While this sounds radical, having a would be presidential candidate, in 2024 give DEATH THREATS, as D.J. Trump is doing NOW, requires an over whelming response.
Mandatory voting, would be just what the doctor ordered.
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