#Not a coup. Opposite!

#Not a coup. Opposite!

“#Not a coup. Opposite!” I’m no Trump supporter, but let’s be reasonable: On Jan. 6, the president did what every politician does—he asked his supporters to fight for him, and after they fought for him by invading a government building, assaulting four dozen police officers, and hunting down and threatening to assassinate the country’s top lawmakers, he told…

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#The end of the reality TV presidency

#The end of the reality TV presidency

“#The end of the reality TV presidency” Adnan R. Khan: The storming of the Capitol by Trump’s clownish supporters was a fitting end to the Trump era. But the gravest threat to America lives on. Let’s put the theatrics aside: American democracy did not come under threat on Jan. 6 any more than it has…

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#Accept it, this is America now

#Accept it, this is America now

“#Accept it, this is America now” Shannon Gormley: Where the United States is today—in the midst of every waking nightmare anyone has ever had about a President Donald Trump The United States Capitol fell yesterday. In the gravest assault ever sustained by the oldest and most powerful democracy on earth, insurrectionists staged a violent coup…

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#The posterboys of American authoritarianism

#The posterboys of American authoritarianism

“#The posterboys of American authoritarianism” Marie-Danielle Smith: Look at the faces in the mob, those merch-wearing zealots, attacking the U.S. Capitol as if rushing the stage at a rock concert Anarchy was a man wearing face paint and a fur headdress with black buffalo horns. A tattooed chest-thumper with an American flag in one hand…

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#So when do we start promoting democracy?

#So when do we start promoting democracy?

“#So when do we start promoting democracy?” Paul Wells: If the sacking of a capital by forces loyal to a failed autocrat was happening in any other country it’s hard to imagine Canadian officials would stay this quiet As a mob of idiots descended on the capitol building of the country that sometimes likes to…

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#A coup attempt is underway in Washington

#A coup attempt is underway in Washington

“#A coup attempt is underway in Washington” Scott Gilmore: Call it what it is, an attempt to overthrow the legitimate government. What happens in the next 24 hrs will shape America and the 21st Century. It is unfolding quickly. While the vice president was inside the Capitol Building, upholding his constitutional duty to recognize that…

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