Donald Trump would prefer that voters not worry about inflation. But it’s hard for them to ignore.

Filling up a basic Ford F-150 truck now costs about $100, up $30 from a year ago. Mortgage rates have jumped to levels that have depressed home sales. And for the past 12 months, consumer prices have risen faster than paychecks, making the average family poorer.

One week before midterm elections that will serve as a referendum on his second term, Trump is struggling to deliver on his campaign promise to bring down costs, even as he insists the country has entered an economic “golden age.” The same frustration that powered his comeback two years ago could now cost Republicans control of Congress.

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    Yup, and even if there is a MASSIVE blue wave, the orange pedo and all his propaganda outlets will spend the next 2 years blaming EVERYTHING on Dems…and 2028 will be 2024 all over agin

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      There will be a massive blue wave, but Republicans aren’t simply letting themselves be Constitutionally and democratically removed from power. They’re not leaving or losing, they know this is their last stand and will do anything to keep power. They’ve said they will cheat, not accept results, and essentially coup the government when they lose.

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        I just saw a bunch of YouTube vids about they’ve already filed motions to toss out ballots in seeing states, and now people in TXs are saying their votes were flipped on machines similar to TN.

        The next 2 weeks are gonna be vicious

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          Yep, and they’re already deploying ICE to polling places. I just saw an example in Florida, where they “had to pull someone over and it happened to be a few feet away from a polling place” and they “happened to stay there for a long time”.

          Buckle up, stock up on necessary items for food, water, and safety, and VOTE.

          Also please do some phone banks to get others to vote too. Environmental Voter Project is a great organization that I’ve done for the last few weeks.

          It’s not hard at all, each session is only an hour, and you make calls at your own pace. It feels great to actually get people out to vote, because instead of just having a 1x impact by casting your own vote, you could have a 100x impact if you encourage 100 people to vote (which isn’t hard, you can hit 100 in like 3 one hour sessions). This legitimately makes a difference in elections, take a look at their results.