Voter ID

[The Barbarian]

Donald Trump was sentenced to an "unconditional discharge" on January 10, 2025, after being convicted of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records related to hush money payments. This sentence allowed him to avoid prison time, fines, or probation, making him the first U.S. president with a felony conviction.

The judge seemed to think the historic disgrace was sufficient punishment. There may worse things to be exposed in the next few years, but this is sufficient.

 

[The Barbarian]

All fake felonies.

A jury disagrees.

 

[The Barbarian]

Or, it suggests that people are getting away with illegal votes without getting caught.

Things have a way of catching up with them. They just caught Elon Musk's fraudulent vote attempts:

Did Elon musk really commit voter fraud​

Researched on February 25, 2026
The simplest answer: yes — a political committee tied to Elon Musk, America PAC, was formally reprimanded by the Georgia State Election Board for sending pre-filled absentee ballot applications, conduct the board treated as a violation of state election law [1] and that finding has been repeatedly reported as evidence of voter-related wrongdoing tied to Musk’s operation [2] [3]. At the same time, calling this a criminal conviction for “Elon Musk” is imprecise: the public record shows an administrative reprimand and multiple allegations and related lawsuits across states, not a criminal conviction of Musk personally in the sources provided

 

[The Barbarian]

Only liberals believe that Trump is actually a felon. No one else does.

Well, that's a testable assumption...
The latest YouGov survey found out when Americans think Trump committed the crimes, 61% respondents believed he had committed crimes before he became president in 2017, and 54% think he did in his first term as president. While, almost half, 52% of the respondents, said that Trump committed crimes between his first and second terms as president, and 49% say the same about his second term as president so far, according to the report.

MSN

Seems like a lot of liberals, doesn't it?

 

[Tuur]

Starting in his first term, I’ve suspected that future generations will think the term “trumped-up” originated in the full court press to discredit and to conduct lawfare against Donald Trump.

 

[The Barbarian]

Starting in his first term, I’ve suspected that future generations will think the term “trumped-up” originated in the full court press to discredit and to conduct lawfare against Donald Trump.

The history so far would lead them to think "trumped up" would be Trump's lawfare against Americans:

Timeline: Politicization and Weaponization of Justice Department in Second Trump Administration​

What follows is a timeline of actions that highlight the alarming level of politicization and weaponization of the Department of Justice under the second Trump administration. Politicization includes the misuse of the Department’s powers for political purposes rather than the independent and impartial enforcement of the laws. Weaponization includes a deliberate and systematic misuse of the Department’s powers for political or personal purposes and in defiance of the rule of law. ​

The chronological list below includes the most clear-cut cases that raise such concerns – examples include potential as well as actual abuses of the power of the Justice Department. The compilation does not include more ambiguous examples – for instance, when information on internal decision-making is lacking – such as the Justice Department’s decision to drop cases against SpaceX (civil lawsuit), Congressman Andy Ogles (R-Tennessee) (criminal investigation), and former Congressman Jeff Fortenberry (R-Nebraska) (criminal prosecution).

Timeline: Politicization and Weaponization of Justice Department in Second Trump Administration

A detailed timeline of apparent efforts to politicize and weaponize the Department of Justice under the second Trump administration.

www.justsecurity.org

It's a long list. And getting longer each day.

 

[The Barbarian]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Election-year legislation to impose strict new proof-of-citizenship requirements on voting appears stalled in the Senate, for now, despite President Donald Trump’s call in his State of the Union speech that Republicans in Congress pass the bill “before anything else.”

Trump’s push for the bill, backed by House conservatives and his most loyal supporters ahead of the midterm elections, has put new pressure on Senate Majority Leader John Thune as he tries to navigate an effort from inside and outside Congress to bypass normal Senate procedure. Thune has said he supports the legislation and that his GOP conference is still discussing how to pass it.

Republican voter ID bill stalls in Senate despite Trump demands

Election-year legislation to impose strict new proof-of-citizenship requirements on voting appears stalled in the Senate, for now, despite President Donald Trump’s call in his State of the Union speech that Republicans in Congress pass the bill “before anything else.”

apnews.com

It's critical for Trump, who has said that if republicans lose mid-term elections, he'll be impeached. His problem is that while almost all republicans would have considered that to be a disaster one year ago, fewer of them see it that way now.

If all qualified citizens are able to vote in this election, it's very bad news for Donald Trump.