The Morning Rant: Minimalist Edition

President Trump is quite the fan of executive orders, and because Congress has mostly abrogated its responsibilities, it makes sense for him to use that power to begin the shift to a more law-abiding and rational election system. Everything in his elections executive order is reasonable and very obviously long overdue.

Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Protects the Integrity of American Elections

It all sounds nice, and the second a Democrat sits in the Oval Office it will be destroyed with the stroke of a pen.

Congress must act, and use the power giving to it by the United States Constitution. It isn't even complicated. No penumbras and emanations; just a few simple sentences granting Congress the right to regulate state elections for representatives, and senators.

Constitution Of The United States: Article 1, Section 4

The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators.

Regardless, it is up to Congress to act. But they probably won't because the marvelous status quo of the uniparty makes Congress wealthy, and almost entirely insulated from repercussions for their shady, grifting acts. Cleaning up the elections process would jeopardize that, and they won't risk it.

If they do take up the banner of election integrity, it will be very interesting indeed to see who defects to the fascists across the aisle. In the Senate: Collins? Murkowski? McConnell? And in the House: Fitzpatrick? Bacon?

Now is the time to act... there is no guarantee that the 2026 mid-term elections will turn out well for the forces of election integrity, which is shorthand for freedom and American Exceptionalism!

Sure, if President Trump is successful in reorienting the economy toward domestic production and stopping the hemorrhaging of money we don't have to foreign manufacturers, then it is entirely possible that the mid-terms will be a referendum on a new American century! That sounds great! But why risk it. Right now, the Republicans have a bare-minimum majority in both houses, and the tone of the country seems supportive of a coherent election integrity policy that would merely fall into line with the rest of the free world.

So stop dawdling and vote on a comprehensive bill; and call it something cool like The MAGA Voting Rights Act of 2025!

Come on... a fella can dream!

[Crossposted at CutJibNewsletter and X/Twitter] And the Apple and Spotify feeds for CJN's podcast should be working!

posted by CBD at 11:00 AM

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