"Organizers fear that Trump is prepping the ground for a de facto coup. But they also hope that he can be headed off by a massive wave of aroused and empowered opposition. There is, after all, a growing public awareness of the existential threat to the country’s democracy, with a drumbeat of warnings"
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Is Trump Planning a Coup d’État? Sasha Abramsky, The Nation, (7 September 2020)
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