Good morning, it's the Daily Coup Thread 11/12/20 Based on this article I am sending my coup rating, which is an arbitrary number based on no stats whatsoever, plummeting down from 4/10 to 2/10https://www.axios.com/trump-fox-news-digital-media-competitor-25afddee-144d-4820-8ed4-9eb0ffa42420.html …
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Intetesting analysis of Trump's options If he delays counts past legal deadlines, legislators could appoint electors who could vote for Trump in the electoral college With Democratic governors in most of the "contested" states, this is unlikely to workhttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/nov/11/can-donald-trump-stay-in-office-second-term-president-coup …
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Shit like this is why I'm not worried about a military coup--the military has loads of unsavory shit but the norm of not interfering in civilian matters is both strong and bone-deep If Trump were to use force, it would come from DHS/BORTAC/policehttps://apnews.com/article/military-wary-shakeup-upend-apolitical-89eccf0aef7cf7b99208b3bfd0453a43 …
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Two officials forced to step down over at DHS: both from the cyber security arm. At least one directly involved with election securityhttps://www.cnn.com/2020/11/12/politics/dhs-officials-forced-resign-white-house/index.html …
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How is it even possible that the outgoing administration has *any* say here? Are there no independent institutions any more?
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All we've ever had protecting us from something like this are norms, institutions, and some old pieces of paper Let's see if they hold
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