A coup is underway in the United States, and we must stop pretending otherwise. The signs are unmistakable and accelerating: in just the past 48 hours, Elon Musk’s DOGE commission has seized …
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noun
noun: coup; plural noun: coups
1.
a sudden, violent, and unlawful seizure of power from a government.
"he was overthrown in an army coup"
Nope… Stop pretending this man hasnt been DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED TWICE. There were rallys, there was election day, it wasnt sudden, it wasnt violent and they handed the reins over to him. Sure he is making a mockery of your laws and justice system but thats been happening for the rich and powerful for years already, this isnt new. They just arent putting it behind a veneer of respectability anymore.
Yeah, there are other widely accepted definitions as well.
“A coup d’état (/ˌkuːdeɪˈtɑː/ ⓘ; French: [ku deta] ⓘ; lit. ‘stroke of state’),[1] or simply a coup, is typically an illegal and overt attempt by a military organization or other government elites to unseat an incumbent leadership.[2][3] A self-coup is when a leader, having come to power through legal means, tries to stay in power through illegal means.[3]”
“A coup d’état, often abbreviated to coup, is the overthrow of a lawful government through illegal means. If force or violence are not involved, such an event is sometimes called a soft or bloodless coup.”
Stop pretending that years of voter suppression don’t exist.
Pretending Democracy is being served is a disservice considering voter suppression, gerrymandering, and a broken first past the post system that has lead to this. This is not the will of the of the people.
This also ignores that the majority of our news and information is controlled so that makes informed voting even harder.
I think this act that were deserve this is disingenuous and probably is born out of a propaganda campaign to get people to accept what is going on under false pretenses.
Dictionary Definitions from Oxford Languages · Learn more noun noun: coup; plural noun: coups
Nope… Stop pretending this man hasnt been DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED TWICE. There were rallys, there was election day, it wasnt sudden, it wasnt violent and they handed the reins over to him. Sure he is making a mockery of your laws and justice system but thats been happening for the rich and powerful for years already, this isnt new. They just arent putting it behind a veneer of respectability anymore.
Yeah, there are other widely accepted definitions as well.
“A coup d’état (/ˌkuːdeɪˈtɑː/ ⓘ; French: [ku deta] ⓘ; lit. ‘stroke of state’),[1] or simply a coup, is typically an illegal and overt attempt by a military organization or other government elites to unseat an incumbent leadership.[2][3] A self-coup is when a leader, having come to power through legal means, tries to stay in power through illegal means.[3]”
“A coup d’état, often abbreviated to coup, is the overthrow of a lawful government through illegal means. If force or violence are not involved, such an event is sometimes called a soft or bloodless coup.”
Stop pretending that years of voter suppression don’t exist.
https://www.lwv.org/blog/recent-rise-anti-voter-litigation
https://www.sentencingproject.org/reports/locked-out-2024-four-million-denied-voting-rights-due-to-a-felony-conviction/
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/voting-laws-roundup-2024-review
Pretending Democracy is being served is a disservice considering voter suppression, gerrymandering, and a broken first past the post system that has lead to this. This is not the will of the of the people.
This also ignores that the majority of our news and information is controlled so that makes informed voting even harder.
I think this act that were deserve this is disingenuous and probably is born out of a propaganda campaign to get people to accept what is going on under false pretenses.