Well unfortunately, this @monthly piece is still relevant. Time to revisit the sequencing and see what step we're at (we're in relatively deep). https://washingtonmonthly.com/magazine/april-may-june-2019/how-trump-could-lose-the-election-and-remain-president/

Step one was a close election. Biden's win was reasonably comfortable, and as a result, I think Trump is unlikely to succeed. But what counts as "close" is in the eye of the beholder (see below). And for Trump and Republicans, this was close enough. https://washingtonmonthly.com/magazine/april-may-june-2019/how-trump-could-lose-the-election-and-remain-president/

Step two? The president claims fraud, and GOP politicians back him up—with prominent senators echoing the president and gaslighting opponents.

Needless to say, we've blown past this. https://washingtonmonthly.com/magazine/april-may-june-2019/how-trump-could-lose-the-election-and-remain-president/

Step three: Filing tons of lawsuits (check).

Step four: Getting state legislators to simply appoint electors for Trump. This is the most frightening possibility. Below is PA's senate majority leader opening the door. https://washingtonmonthly.com/magazine/april-may-june-2019/how-trump-could-lose-the-election-and-remain-president/

Republican state legislators, I wrote, might "establish an investigatory commission....designed to sow doubt about the outcome." They'd find nothing, but they could use it as cover to overturn the will of voters.

The Wisconsin State Assembly is on it. https://washingtonmonthly.com/magazine/april-may-june-2019/how-trump-could-lose-the-election-and-remain-president/

Again, I think these efforts are unlikely to succeed. The election result is pretty robust. Important actors have broken against the president.

But step five is a five-alarm fire constitutional crisis. All lower-case "d" democrats need to be thinking about what they will do.