conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026catastrophic threat that only executive power can tame. Slotkin pointed to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s infamous phantom pipeline crisis right before an election as the prime example. 17623
conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026 It’s an old autocrat trick: invent the dragon, wave the sword, and present yourself as the only knight in town while your lackeys walk off with the ballot boxes. The troubling part isn't that this strategy exists; it's that we’ve already watched the trial runs. 37726
R.U. Fucking Serious @orbitalent.bsky.social · 01/10/2026It’s a very old trick we ALL recognize at this stage so… 000
No More Mr Nice Guy @peyosez.bsky.social · 01/10/2026It should be obvious by now that this is the plan. There will be soldiers at some polling stations, there will be a manufactured "crisis," and the Republicans will refuse for as long as possible to swear in their newly elected opposition. We already know this is an authoritarian regime of traitors. 030
conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This isn't hypothetical paranoia. We aren't waiting for a dress rehearsal—the administration has been road-testing the infrastructure of domestic intimidation for the past two years. We watched militarized federal surges roll into 16618
