I don’t think there is an end game, except in the vaguest and most general of terms. “Make America Great Again” is a fine campaign slogan, but it begs the question, “what is ‘great’ in this context? Can you define further?”
I’m not going to venture there, though I think the “Make American Christian and White” argument has merit. But it seems to me that this administration has been very good at seeing what it considers to be a problem, attacking that problem, and then saying, “Okay, we conquered that problem. As a result, another problem has arisen, and we don’t know what to do. Now what?” In other words, it never thinks beyond an immediate solution, to see what implications that solution might entail.
Yikes! How is the state dealing with the new postmark rules? It will make it extremely difficult to establish whether a ballot was sent in on time. The USPS could simply hold on to ballots until the deadline and postmark them late in blue districts.
All-mail-voting states account for about a fifth of the US population. Somehow I don’t think systemwide deliberate mishandling of tens of millions of ballots is going to be a problem.
Where are all those ballots going? ICE will simply invade the vote counting centers, abduct the election workers and seize the ballots. By the time the courts weigh in, your ballot will be mulch.
I certainly expect the 2026 elections to be subverted. Voter intimidation will occur. Trump’s police may seize and destroy ballot boxes, etc. The outgoing GOP-controlled House will refuse to seat the California delegation, claiming that Prop. 50 was illegal.
But it’s hard to believe the most visible fascists have a coherent plan. Trump, Noem, Patel, Hegseth, Vance are all clowns rather than talented crooks. Most of the billionaires behind Project 2025 are aghast at the clown show, with some looking for an “Off switch.”
IMHO and very ironically, the end game looks exactly like an authoritarian islamic state, such as the Iranian regime. Islam and the extreme christian-nationalism right tend to converge on such limits of freedom such as we see in islamic fundamentalist states. Limits in particular about speaking out against the government, taking political prisoners for those who do, but leaving those who tote the line, well except for women who’s rights will be very much curtailed. Elections in any meaningful sense will be meaningless as it will be a single state party.
How do they plan to get there, Use whatever method possible to secure the win of the midterms, or get it canceled.
Ultimately, this comes down to a question, “How many of the actual workers will support the MAGA election interference?”
It would be easy for MAGA executives to screw with things. Want to slow down the mail? Oh, look, “Austerity” measures, we’ll be halting operations for a week in order to make our budget numbers. Oh, what, that was election week? Our bad.
How many postal workers will defy stop-work orders that week, just to make sure the election happens properly? Will it be enough? Who knows?
That’s ridiculous to the point of parody. If you’re going to initiate full-blown autocracy like that (which is what you’re doing), why bother doing anything with ballots or election workers? You’re already dispensing with the election anyway.
Rather than initiate a real life comedy sketch, they’d just declare the vote invalid and ignore it. That’s faster and more to the point. They aren’t going to bother the election workers or ballots, just say they no longer apply anymore. Once you commit to starting a blatant coup in the light of day you don’t need a pretext anymore.
I would agree. People like Stephen Miller, JD Vance and Kristi Noem are not going anywhere any time soon. The belief some people have that all the white nationalist Christians will fade away when Trump is gone, are deluding themselves. They are working hard to rig the system and are not getting any pushback from the people who should be stopping this from happening.
“Whereas the Constitution of the United States describes a union of co-sovereign states, the president and legislature of which are chosen by the electors thereof,
And whereas the president has abrogated the right of this state to participate in the electoral process,
It is so ordered; this state deems the union described in the Constitution to have been dissolved, and its duties and responsibilities toward the government thereof null and void, and that government’s sovereignty over the territory and citizens of this state likewise.”