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Martin Eden

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8. Stoking fear with culture wars and religion is how

Reply to Miles Archer (Reply #7)

Mon Mar 30, 2026, 09:56 AM

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They get people to vote against their own interests.

Now, even their fearmongering and racist dog whistles aren't enough. In order to hold onto power they have to go to great measures to suppress the vote -- or even send ICE to polling places to intimidate and possibly sieze ballots when a Republican apparatchik alleges fraud.

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