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Emeritus Prof. Christopher MayChrisMayLA6@mastodon.me.uk
Oct 22, 2026, 5:07 AM
The mid-terms in the USA will be (another) testbed for the proposition that you can *just* buy the result of democracy... Republicans have built up a warchest of nearly $1bn around double what the Democrats have available to spend.
However, currently polls are favouring the Democrats, so the Q. is whether the Republicans' spend can reverse that polling advantage.
And of course there's always the chance of *actual* electoral interference from the White House.
#USPol #Trump #midterms
h/t FT
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GhostOnTheHalfShellGhostOnTheHalfShell@masto.ai
Oct 22, 2026, 5:08 AM
@ChrisMayLA6
Donald Trump is radioactive. The Republican Party is mostly radioactive..
It’s pretty hard to kiss babies if you’re radioactive
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Alex P Roe :mastodon:alex_p_roe@mastodon.world
Oct 22, 2026, 7:25 AM
@ChrisMayLA6 Couple of wee typos “testbed fro” and “archest” - which sounds almost biblical, maybe? 🙂
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Emeritus Prof. Christopher MayChrisMayLA6@mastodon.me.uk
Oct 22, 2026, 7:52 AM
@alex_p_roe
Thanks, Alex; now corrected - as always typos spots much appreciated
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Alex P Roe :mastodon:alex_p_roe@mastodon.world
Oct 22, 2026, 7:28 AM
@ChrisMayLA6 It’s fairly obvious Trump and his cronies are up to something and will dispute the results if they are unable to manipulate them in Trump’s favour. Martial law is being broached too. And where Trump is finding all this energy to do campaign rallies is a mystery or is drug fuelled.
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Emeritus Prof. Christopher MayChrisMayLA6@mastodon.me.uk
Oct 22, 2026, 7:52 AM
@alex_p_roe
Russian replicant?
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Alex P Roe :mastodon:alex_p_roe@mastodon.world
Oct 22, 2026, 9:06 AM
@ChrisMayLA6 Ha! He's possibly a cyborg - he appears to be using some kind of leg brace or maybe even an exoskeleton.
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RegReggieHere@mastodon.social
Oct 22, 2026, 7:55 AM
@ChrisMayLA6
I think the Brexit vote and the assassination of Corbyn both prove that you can buy an election, whether through proprietor bias in the traditional media or direct micro-targeting and voter manipulation via social media, and if the recent protests in Italy and elsewhere in Europe are shown to be the result of social media corruption too then the privilege isn't limited to elections.
Since the US has always had a financial paywall to political entry, the problem is far from new.
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John_LoaderJohn_Loader@ohai.social
Oct 22, 2026, 9:34 AM
@ChrisMayLA6 when the Texas Bush family back Democrats something big could easily happen.
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Ruled by thievesracingdaily@mastodon.social
Oct 22, 2026, 2:05 PM
@ChrisMayLA6 But that money is only effective if people are idiot enough to drink the kool-aid that it buys
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