TheMissingBand

Well, would you accept confirmation from the man you want to be the next state senator from Texas? [Hidden Content] So are me and Ken Paxton correct when we say that we could only find 33 instances from 2024 to investigate? It makes me wonder how many actually voted illegally? All 33? 10? None? We know it won’t be more than 33. One of things need to happen… you need to either apologize for being obstinate and admit that non-citizens voting in Texas elections is a complete lie by the Trump administration, or admit that Ken Paxton is a no-good lying RINO whose hiding millions of illegal voters and promise not to vote for him. Because one of them has to be lying. So which one do you believe. Trump or Paxton? Son, you should thank me for the education I provide to you free of charge, other than some embarrassment to you. But if you ever even have a dream in which you think I’m wrong, you need to apologize to me when you wake up.

I just posted the link. In Texas alone in 2024, 11.3 million people voted. The REPUBLICAN Secretary of State identified 33 potential instances where noncitizens MIGHT have voted. 33 out of 11,300,000. That is what we call statistically non-existent.

Okay… you apparently don’t understand the most basic premise of law. A woman walks into the police station and says “TheMissingBand raped me.” Do the police arrest me and say “ok, Mr Band… prove that you didn’t rape this woman.” The person making the allegation has ALL OF THE RESPONSIBILITY OF PROVING THEIR ALLEGATION. And that’s the problem… Trump made his accusations about fraud, and never proved a single thing. Never provided the first shred of evidence. But the most gullible among us think that it’s up to democrats to “prove that voter fraud didn’t happen.” That’s not how it works. My contention isn’t that fraud occurred, and in 5.5 years Trump just hasn’t finished proving his case. My contention is that fraud didn’t occur, and Trump and his acolytes can’t even come up with the first shred of evidence that widespread fraud occurred. Trump and Gabbard seized the ballots in Georgie and Arizona since he took office. Don’t you think he’d be in front of a camera talking about all of the fraud they found as a reason to pass the SAVE Act? Of course he would … but there’s no fraud to be found, because it was all a lie, which easily fooled the most unsophisticated of my brethren on the right. 11.3 million Texans voted in 2024 The Republican Secretary of State was able to identify 33 people who voted illegally. “Texas officials have been actively looking for any possible noncitizens on the rolls, spurred by political pressure to “secure” elections. In June, Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson (R) announced that her office identified 33 “potential noncitizens” who voted in the 2024 election and referred their names to Attorney General Ken Paxton (R). Roughly 11.3 million Texans voted in 2024. “Noncitizens must not be allowed to influence American elections,” Paxton said in June. Paxton has a history of aggressively pursuing nonvoting allegations, often with little evidence. In 2019, his office backed a purge attempt that falsely flagged nearly 95,000 registered voters — most of them naturalized U.S. citizens. Despite the effort, Paxton’s decades-long campaign to expose voter fraud has produced few convictions, especially in cases involving noncitizens. While the investigation continues, as of late July, no charges have been filed, and officials have offered no public evidence that any of the 33 voters knowingly violated the law.” [Hidden Content] I just proved once and for all to anyone with an IQ above room temperature that illegals voting in our elections is a statistical non issue. 33 out of 11.3 million voters were listed as potentially breaking election laws.

So ICE is changing up their policies and procedures for this deployment? That’s good news, because three Americans were murdered by ICE on their last one. Honestly, though… I did see where Trump asked the MAGA agents to NOT wear their masks at the airport, so that’s a step back towards where they should be.

That’s the difference between a smart person and someone who isn’t very bright. Someone can say “there’s all kinds of voter fraud going on” and the sheep will say “of course there is… there’s no way Joe Biden got more votes than Donald Trump! I have never even seen a Biden hat!” They believe that unsubstantiated claim without hesitation. But when somebody says “there was no fraud,” the response is “proof please.” And that’s the beautiful part of an accusation of wrongdoing. One should be able to prove their accusation of wrongdoing… that’s why the burden of proof exists solely on the prosecutor (the person making the charge of wrongdoing), not the accused. Quite simply put sir, one can’t ever prove that something didn’t happen, but if it did actually occur, it must be proven. Trump should be able to prove his accusations of voter fraud, but he hasn’t, because he can’t… and reasonable people recognize that it’s because the fraud never occurred. That’s the problem with anybody who believes that election fraud exists… they’re always believing in things unseen and unproven, while simultaneously ignoring facts. Like an idiot would do.

And exactly none of them voted.

This is America in 2025… a sheriff from California is running for governor as a Republican. He seized 650,000 ballots because he believes that there was fraud. Are y’all cool with that? “Depends… does he support Trump?” [Hidden Content]

No, it doesn’t. It’s reality. When the President has declared: 1. The Dems can’t win a single election without cheating. 2. The federal government should seize control of elections. 3 Election security is the biggest problem in America today. 4 He will not recognize the results of this election unless he agrees with them 5 Plus he tried to stop the peaceful transfer of power after he lost in 2020 6 continues to express belief if the debunked “election fraud” lies of 2020 7 his political party is facing an almost certain defeat in this political cycle, which would derail his agenda and almost certainly lead to impeachment proceedings in Congress I’m sure that he’s just pushing this issue for the good of the country. Question for you… the Rs won bigly in 2024. Why the sudden need to make over the election process? Why fix what isn’t broken? Because he’s about to lose, sir.

I think Ol Dawg just covered it. Your Texas ID as a citizen is identical to that of a non-citizen. And unless there’s a reason to re-register, like… the state purging thousands of names from the roll in Texas, like they did this fall, or you move, or change your name… you shouldn’t need to re-register. My gut feeling is that with the save act and a federal takeover of federal elections, Trump would immediately order that all democrats must re-register. If you think about it, we’ve all said that your situation shouldn’t trigger a need to re-register… but the same would be true of the millions and millions of (imaginary) people committing widespread voter fraud… they’d be grandfathered in like you are. The headaches of re-registering (cost, time, aggravation, and potentially losing the right to vote) would land solely on the Dems, hopefully securing an illegitimate win for the Rs. Why else would he be pushing so hard? The Rs won both chambers of congress and the presidency less than two years ago… but now fixing voting is more important that any other issue in America, according to Trump? It’s a move towards authoritarianism, in my opinion.

“While your REAL ID would count as a photo ID when voting, in only a few states would it be considered proof of citizenship. Only five states — Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Vermont and Washington — offer the type of enhanced REAL IDs that explicitly indicate U.S. citizenship.” Go look at your shiny new license and see where it stipulates that you’re an American citizen…. It doesn’t. The problem is that your ID looks exactly like the ones that the state of Texas issues to non-citizens. You can use it as photo ID on Election Day, but you can’t use it to register or re-register to vote.

…. And that “Real” license is inadequate to prove citizenship as required in the SAVE Act. I can explain it to you, but I can’t understand it for you.

I can’t imagine… You and your family will be in my prayers.

For the record I’ll say this… there are lots of differing opinions here, some of which I can’t stand. But I do not wish ill upon you, your families, or anything of the sort… and I would be greatly dismayed to learn of any of your passings. We aren’t our political beliefs… we’re human beings, Americans, and neighbors. Im going to put my phone down and go enjoy this beautiful day.

I’ve got a serious question. I doubt anybody responds. What’s your red line with Trump? What could he do that would make you say “hold on… that’s too far and I can’t support this guy.” I think that there are a lot of people here who have no such line. There’s nothing that they can imagine that would ever cause them to stop supporting Trump unequivocally.

No, sir… most people were appalled at what happened Charlie Kirk, and disgusted by the way that those on the left celebrated his passing. But every time someone on the left passes, decent people are also saddened, but definitely don’t celebrate anyone’s death. The problem is that the President of the United States keeps taking to social media to celebrate every time someone on the left dies… and his supporters still can’t say “that’s wrong.” They say “well, we didn’t elect him to be PC. That’s just Trump being Trump. Do you blame him after they investigated him?” It’s one thing for some liberal fruitcake college kid to celebrate like an idiot when Charlie Kirk died. It’s completely indefensible when the freaking President keeps doing it. The man who is supposed to lead the country hates half of it. Don’t believe me? Read his post from this morning. Believe him-he keeps saying it.

I don’t know why people keep saying that about me and the great CB. It’s flattering, but I’ll never be as good as that guy. Trump’s actions to this point in no way compare to 1944 Hitler. But him and 1938 Hitler are one and the same. I always wondered how on Earth Hitler got all of those Germans to go along with his evil actions. I no longer have those questions when I see how completely Trump’s followers give him a pass on everything he does. It’s bananas. I’m telling you Ags… if Trump had ICE round up every single Democrat congressman tomorrow and executed them on the front steps of the Capitol, most of his followers would be like “what do you expect after the way they went after him and his family.” I believe that in my heart.

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The funny thing is, if it were 1942 and we were in Germany, some of my friends would be very supportive of that one dude from Austria. He was very pro-Germany. Christian. Charismatic speaker who stood up to the establishment. Tough, no-nonsense guy who spoke his mind. Didn’t mind making the hard choices on behalf of the country. In fact, he also started invading countries to “keep Germany safe.” Is there anybody here who can NOT SEE the comparisons between that guy and Trump?

I was talking with a local Leo about a senseless double murder a few months back over a parking lot accident. He told me the mindset of the killers was “I had to…. They were going to shoot me, so I shot them first.” The Leo said that it was pointed out that the victims were unarmed. “The killer just shrugged… “they were going to try to kill me.” I guess we can justify bad behavior as preemptive retaliation for an imagined attack. The President of the United States this morning on social media: ”Now with the death of Iran, the greatest enemy that America has is the Radical Left, Highly Incompetent Democrat Party. Thank you for your attention to this matter. DJT.” There should be 535 congressmen meeting tomorrow morning to begin using 25th Amendment to remove him from office. But the Republicans in Congress are cowards. I get that a lot of old boomers have nothing left to live for and don’t care if our youngest die for political reasons. But it’s just sickening.

Under the SAVE Act, you will not be allowed to vote. If you’re required to re-register, you’ll also need to also present a birth certificate or valid passport because the Texas DL doesn’t proven citizens, just residency. As the Act is written, only five states currently have DLs that prove citizenship. [Hidden Content] The good news is that the act doesn’t trigger an automatic need to re-register… so if you were already registered illegally, you won’t be affected by the Save Act. Genius in its own way, I suppose. The next time you have to re-register, you’ll need to provide the extra docs. But you’d best hope that your registration wasn’t one of the ones rejected by the state last fall. [Hidden Content] The scary part is this… Trump said that the democrats can’t win a single race without cheating. I have to assume that he believes that. If he has the federal government seize control of elections like he also stated, I believe that he would immediately order all people who have ever voted in a Democratic primary to re-register, forcing them alone to bear the expense and headache of re-registering in hopes that they won’t be able to vote. The first part is fact, the second is my opinion. If our last election was free and fair, then why is this new legislation so imperative? He intends to weaponize it, just like he’s done with the DHS, FCC, DOJ, SEC, etc…

That was a yes or no question, man… did those FBI agents who were ordered to investigate reports that Trump was holding top secret classified documents deserve to be fired? And if your answer is yes, should their eventual deaths therefore be celebrated? All you have to do is let your conscience take over, then touch your tongue to the roof of your mouth and softly whisper the word “no.” You can do it. You just did… now a little louder.

So those FBI agents ordered to investigate the mishandling of documents deserved to be fired, and their deaths celebrated by Trump and his followers?

What’s the difference? You: “celebrating _____’s death was wrong. Celebrating ______’s death is perfectly okay.” The only difference is that you liked the first person and hated the second. That’s it.

It’s like I asked a couple of weeks ago when Kash Patel fired the fbi agents who investigated Trump’s mishandling of classified documents… you know, the ones he showed to reporters, hid in his bathroom, lied to the fbi and said that they’d all been returned, then had them taken from his possession… all of which was, in fact, criminal, btw. Y’all are angry that law enforcement investigated an alleged criminal act. Hippy specifically… One of my kids was questioned by the Sheriff’s office his senior year in high school. No charges were ever filed. Does that mean that Sgt Johnny from the Orange County SO should have been fired for having the audacity to investigate a reported criminal act? Should I hate her for “coming after my family?” Should I celebrate her death if she passes? “Good… I’m glad she’s dead.” How does that sound? I’m just thankful you weren’t held to the same standards as a police officer to which you hold everybody else in the other side of the aisle. Some people are so far up Trump’s behind that they can’t even recognize the fact they’ve lost touch with reality.

Okay, Ron… so you deserve to die because you used to investigate people in your job as a policeman? That’s your argument?