DUers, GRASP THIS! Trump will do anything, ANYTHING, to steal the election.

[Cyrano]

He will eat kittens on TV. He'll shoot a live baby on 5th Ave. And he will totally destroy the U.S. Postal Service if he thinks that will help keep him in power. He will do whatever it takes. He will do anything, ANYTHING at all. And you must understand this impending reality, unless you want to live in a world in which a madman is king and in which his every whim is the law of the land.

He can't allow himself to lose this election. It will mean New York, or someplace else, will prosecute him for his life of crime and that he'll die in some prison. In his own mind, he intends to live out his fantasy of "president for life," and then die in some pedophilia fantasy in a gold plated bed.

Sorry to be so graphic about who and what this monster is. Then again, I guess if you haven't figured it out by now, you never will.

There is no way in the world that he can win this election. So he MUST steal it. And we MUST stop him.

How? Well, we are facing an inhabitant of the White House, and a criminal Republican Party whose members, out of ideology or fear, will go along with "great leader." Our votes, and our ongoing resistance are essential and critical.

So how we stop him is to not accept his theft of this election. Therein lies the fate of the world. If we protest in the streets, he can declare martial law and, perhaps, -- arrest and enslave us all?

Here is my deeply held belief about what must take place if this madman and his enablers steal it. The entire civilized world, Western Europe, Japan, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and so many other sane, democratic countries, must come together and treat us as we treated the threat to world fascism in WWII. We, America under Trumpism, must be treated as a threat to humanity. And they must put an end to it, along with the help of those of us Americans who "get it."

Will they succeed? Beats me. It really depends on the Pentagon ignoring any White House orders to launch nuclear weapons. I believe they will ignore the madman.

But right now, today, we are facing the greatest threat to human decency, freedom and survival/existence on this planet, that has every existed.

[kentuck]

1. Knowing that he will do anything to win...

Nothing can be dismissed.

[Cyrano]

3. Yet, millions of people will never "get it."

Seems there's no cure for those who choose to live in ignorance forever. Or those who are just plain stupid enough to surrender their freedoms to a madman, (or a would-be American fuhrer).

[dubyadiprecession]

2. Catching covid would mellow his dumbass out!

It did for Herman Cain.

[sandensea]

4. And if that won't work, he'll just issue a PEAD

A 3rd world-style state of siege decree to keep himself in power, à la Ferdinand Marcos, regardless of elections.

[Cyrano]

5. Perhaps. But it's time for each of us to find out who we are

We've watched others around the world who are willing to sacrifice it all.

Are you willing to sacrifice it all for the well being of your family and your society?

Hard question to answer, isn't it?

But that's what it may come down to.

Any and all members of the beloved American military may be asked, any day, to lay down their life for their country. That's why we revere them.

But what about the rest of us? Are we willing to get out there, like John Lewis did, and risk getting our heads split open, or even, perhaps getting killed?

We are almost there, people. It's time to ask yourself what you are willing to sacrifice for your freedom and the freedom of your family and a safe, worthwhile world. Your answer will be the true test of your lifelong beliefs. And it will determine who and what you are. You are the only one who will ever know the answer.

[sandensea]

6. Personally, I can only hope and pray

But I trust that those of us whom we do rely on to keep this country safe - our great armed forces - will in the event of a despotic power grab uphold their oath to the Constitution. And not to any one president.

Least of all to Orange Amin.

[Brother Mythos]

7. Even worse, never underestimate the greed of the oligarchs who own the Republican Party.

The oligarchs big tax cuts are at stake if Turd looses the election. And, the oligarchs are much more dangerous and resourceful than Turd alone will ever hope to be.