#Coup

Amanda Marcotte

AmandaMarcotte

A lot of discussion about Trump's attempts to steal the election rest on the assumption that his voters believe him when he say the election was "rigged". That assumption, I

Now, More Than Ever Rifer

TheLifeofRifer

Over the past two months we have borne witness to the most dangerous threat to American democracy since the Civil War. We have watched the president and his co-partisans attempt

Tirana Hassan

TiranaHassan

1/6 The situation in #Myanmar requires an urgent response from the international community. Now is not the time for the kind of diplomatic foot-dragging that has long characterized engagement w

Andrea

WeTheAngry

Let’s talk about CO Rep. Lauren Boebert and her part in the January 6th coup attempt. Newly elected, she has gained notoriety by declaring she will be wearing her loaded

Matthew Stiegler

MatthewStiegler

There's growing willingness to acknowledge the ways in which Trump's work of building and clinging to power resemble Hitler's. Good.But this week the history that keeps flashing in my mind

Amanda Marcotte

AmandaMarcotte

A popular but incorrect theory that's out there is Republican politicians are supporting Trump's coup because of "fear". While it's pleasant to imagine that they are cowards instead of traitors,

Elizabeth Picciuto 🦃🍠🥧

epicciuto

I turned on MSNBC. Watched a national security correspondent say her sources at the Pentagon are really freaked out and worried about a lot of possible scenarios. Followed by a

Sunny Singh

ProfSunnySingh

This in @GQMagazine is an excellent demonstration of how press creates authorities. Lots of analysts, scholars and experts predicted this. So why pick this ‘expert’?https://www.gq.com/story/man-predicted-capitol-coup-interview Why get t

James Buchanan จิมมี่

JBuchananBKK

Thread: Burma's coup leader and new dictator, Min Aung Hlaing was one of "Prem's children" (ลูก ”ป๋า”), meaning he had a close relationship with the now deceased Thai elder statesman,

Alan Lewis

alan2102z

Followup thoughts on this, including Jason Hickel's excellent thread, linked:https://twitter.com/alan2102z/status/1349025486442266624 Believing this patent absurdity ("coup attempt") is a reflection of the privilege and comfor

Dr. Melissa Hillman

bittergertrude

I was naive to believe Republicans valued American democracy. I don't think their coup attempt will succeed, but they've revealed who they are. They responded to a resounding rejection of

Trump 2020

Revolut08335670

1/5It was a coup dèta. The chance that all swing states stop counting at the same time, independently, is nearly 0. Suppose that vote counting could have stopped 4 times

Anna Schmauder

annateesch

What do Malians think about the post-coup transition phase & priorities going forward? Updated version of #MaliMetre by #FES #Bamako is out! Survey of + 5000 #Mali'ans, both urban and

Dr. Abbas Kadhim

DrAbbasKadhim

Today in history:Feb. 8, 1963 was the first Ba’thist coup d’état in #Iraq. They started a reign of terror until their banishment in November, same year. They toppled the govt

Dr Josey Wales

JRichardPearcey

1. Why should any free state, say, Texas or GA, recognize as legal any supposed "president," say Biden, jammed into office by massive, truth-denying election fraud (as massive evidence shows)

Ben Norton

BenjaminNorton

The US/OAS is overseeing two coups right now, in Ecuador and Haiti, at the same time.Unfortunately most of the US "left" is silent, yet alone trying to organize actions to

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