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B.See

(8,219 posts)
Fri Feb 27, 2026, 01:02 PM Friday

It Can Now Be Plainly Said: Trump Is Planning a November Coup d'tat

It Can Now Be Plainly Said: Trump Is Planning a November Coup d’État - The New Republic

The article concluded with, "That’s how fascism descends. And it’s becoming less and less hypothetical by the week."

But there's plenty to unpack, and excerpts won't do it justice. Best read it for yourselves.

meanwhile:

In Trump's Fascist America: Death Cards

The Disturbing History of ICE’s “Death Cards” - The Nation The Vietnam-era practice is yet another example of ICE agents thrilling to the brutality they have been encouraged to cultivate.
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It Can Now Be Plainly Said: Trump Is Planning a November Coup d'tat (Original Post) B.See Friday OP
EO's are not law. Dems had best strike hard at that idea early and often bucolic_frolic Friday #1
There would be massive demonstrations that would make the NO KINGS rallies MarineCombatEngineer Friday #4
Seems to me the populace has B.See Friday #5
35% of the population aligns with or is part of his cult haele Friday #9
Yet, his cult are in control of Congress, B.See Friday #10
I wish people would quit blaming everything on F45. Yeah, he's the front person for this chaos but he would in2herbs Friday #2
Sounds to me like a B.See Friday #6
Archive link dweller Friday #3
Thanks. B.See Friday #7
Add that on to this... 2naSalit Friday #8
He'll try. Line up an Army of Lawyers. thought crime Friday #11
Move along, nothing to see here: B.See Sunday #12

bucolic_frolic

(54,797 posts)
1. EO's are not law. Dems had best strike hard at that idea early and often
Fri Feb 27, 2026, 01:06 PM
Friday

on other subjects than just elections.

Furthermore, the populace won't stand for it. A stolen election would have repercussions that cannot be estimatated.

MarineCombatEngineer

(17,970 posts)
4. There would be massive demonstrations that would make the NO KINGS rallies
Fri Feb 27, 2026, 01:11 PM
Friday

look like a normal picnic and I doubt that even the SCoTUS would go along with Trumpedo.

haele

(15,305 posts)
9. 35% of the population aligns with or is part of his cult
Fri Feb 27, 2026, 01:29 PM
Friday

The Heritage Foundation, the Religious Reicht, and the Tech Bro-ocracy are aligned with MAGA.
If you look at how the religious Iranian regime is able to keep cracking down on their educated classes, it's because they've cynically played two types within their populations - the undereducated rural communities who grew up depending on their mullahs to run their communities - keeping the peace between rural family groups that historically set themselves up along a patriarchal/tribal structure, and authoritarian drone types who are co-dependant on a hierarchy to order their lives for them (you know - the types that join police forces because they're not independent enough to do anything else that requires initiative, but still desire respect for their work...).
And then, there's those wealthy "big fish in little ponds" who cynically profit by preying on the less fortunate or gullible.

Representative governments such as Democracy, even if not totally practiced in equality is anathema to those types of populations.

B.See

(8,219 posts)
10. Yet, his cult are in control of Congress,
Fri Feb 27, 2026, 01:54 PM
Friday

the 'Supreme' Court, and he's squatting in the Oval Office...

with plans on staying.

in2herbs

(4,371 posts)
2. I wish people would quit blaming everything on F45. Yeah, he's the front person for this chaos but he would
Fri Feb 27, 2026, 01:08 PM
Friday

not be accomplishing anything if it were not for the oldigarchs. They are the ones ordering F45 around.

B.See

(8,219 posts)
6. Sounds to me like a
Fri Feb 27, 2026, 01:19 PM
Friday

'guns don't kill people' argument. As if he doesn't really want to do or say these things. They're making him.

Besides, does it really make any difference if he's merely the instrument by which they end democracy?

B.See

(8,219 posts)
12. Move along, nothing to see here:
Sun Mar 1, 2026, 01:28 AM
Sunday
It Can Now Be Plainly Said: Trump Is Planning a November Coup d’État - The New Republic During the campaign, it was kind of hard to picture the specifics of how Trump might pull such a thing off. Alas, it’s getting less hypothetical by the week.

Read: The ‘Emergency’ Executive Order Proposal That Trump Activists are Rallying Behind - TPM

Trump’s Effort to Steal the Midterms Is Getting Serious - Yahoo

Alarming analysis details just how Trump’s midterms coup could go down - Alternet.org

5 things to know as Trump's 'national emergency' plan emerges to seize control of voting - Raw Story

Here are five fast details of what the executive order would do:
1. Voting machines will be banned — even those that print a paper ballot.
2. Ballot drop boxes for mail-in voters will be prohibited.
3. Voters will be required to notarize mail-in ballots before turning them in.
4. Everyone currently registered to vote will have to register again for the 2026 elections.
5. The executive order claims to supersede virtually every major federal law on voting rights.


Trump Officials Attended a Summit of Election Deniers Who Want Trump to Take Over the Midterms - TPM

You’re denied access to your property: Inside Trump's new plan to steal the midterms - Alternet.org

Trump says he's 'entitled' to illegal third term as allies work to back effort - Raw Story

Hang on tight: Ex-insider says 'terrified' GOP poised to take much more dangerous path - Raw Story

"Hang on tight," Wilson wrote. "The people who couldn’t pass the SAVE Act are about to try something much more dangerous. They think they can cancel the Constitution with a 'National Emergency' sticker. They’re wrong. But they’re going to break a lot of things trying to prove they’re right."
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