Michael Tae Sweeney: The totally predictable cost of not punishing the prior coup attempt swiftly and harshly is that we are going to have a more organized and better prepared coup attempt bsky.app/profile/paul...

A Republican plan to win by suing to keep the Democratic nominee off the ballot is a coup against the American people and should be treated like one.

Once SCOTUS surprised everyone (even Team Trump) with their immunity decision, this is the first thing I thought of. Trump sued 50+ times when Biden won. And that was just for a "normal" election without switching candidates. They're already testing shit out.

Conservatives Have a Devious Plan to Stop Biden From Being Replacednewrepublic.com The Heritage Foundation, a top conservative think tank, has a game plan to make sure Joe Biden remains on the ballot after that disastrous debate performancee.

24 years. The project of stealing the 2000 election from Gore was so startlingly successful it's become the defining element of conservative strategy bsky.app/profile/jonf...

The totally predictable cost of not punishing the prior coup attempt swiftly and harshly is that we are going to have a more organized and better prepared coup attempt bsky.app/profile/paul...

Trump will try to litigate is way into office no matter what, and the MAGA Court will be sympathetic to Trump regardless of the merits of the case. Democratic leaders need to have contingency plans for what to do when the MAGA Court tries to install Trump as POTUS.

I keep going back to the Petain trial in 1946. Despite some real issues with constitution of the court and the age/role of the Defendant, the French understood that SOME sort of court process had to take place to punish treason, and weren't fussy about "rules" as long as it had democratic legitimacy

Right, they remembered Napoleon III, and what happens when you let someone coup more than once.

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