DoomsdaysCW<p>Hmmmm... What a coincidence! </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> Pledges Unconstitutional Order to Limit Mail-In Voting After <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a> Chat </p><p>The president demanded that states do what the federal government “tells them,” after announcing an executive order aimed at banning <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaiIinVoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MaiIinVoting</span></a> </p><p>By Nikki McCann Ramirez, Asawin Suebsaeng, August 18, 2025</p><p>"August 14, 2025.<br>Andrew Harnik/Getty Images</p><p>"President Donald Trump pledged Monday that he will try to eliminate mail-in voting, after telling Fox News that authoritarian Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed with him on the subject during their meeting last week. </p><p>"Despite lacking any sort of constitutional power on the matter, Trump declared in a Truth Social post that he would sign an executive order to 'help bring HONESTY to the 2026 Midterm Elections,' and attempt to strip states of their independent authority to oversee elections, and is demanding they just do what he tells them to."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-pledges-limit-mail-in-voting-putin-1235410408/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rollingstone.com/politics/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics-news/trump-pledges-limit-mail-in-voting-putin-1235410408/</span></a></p><p>Archived version:<br><a href="https://archive.ph/3EzXI" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/3EzXI</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpIsAFascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsAFascist</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpIsPutinsPuppet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsPutinsPuppet</span></a> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ElectionBarriers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionBarriers</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/VoterDisenfranchisement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoterDisenfranchisement</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OverseasBallots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OverseasBallots</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DisabledPeoplesBallots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DisabledPeoplesBallots</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DisabledPeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DisabledPeople</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Immunocompromised" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Immunocompromised</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StatesRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StatesRights</span></a></p>