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In an attempted self-coup – an ‘ autogolpe’ in Spanish – a sitting ruler tries to hold on to power by suspending the constitution or by upending countervailing powers in the judiciary, executive, or legislative branches of government. The ‘steal’ of an election from a victorious opponent has been attempted only once in a democracy, twice if you include the recent putsch provoked by President Trump in the US – for which he was swiftly impeached by Congress. According to Chin, the sole self-coup in a democracy occurred in Costa Rica in 1948. This led to a civil war that lasted six...

The ultimate cure for demagogic populism Photo: AP Michael Lind American history shows that the best way to eliminate populism is to incorporate alienated constituencies into mainstream politics and address their legitimate grievances by sophisticated means. As a political style, populism emerges when conventional politicians and party establishments ignore large groups of a country’s population. Share Via Read Full Story Donald Trump is the first true demagogue to have been the President of the United States. But politicians who claim to be tribunes of the powerless against corrupt establi...

To be violence, there's always going to be violence. >> dana: the question of jerusalem is now off the table. >> kimberly: not to minimize the violence and loss of lives, what happened today. the prediction was this would be catastrophic and widespread and creating an incredible amount of tumult. i think ultimately it's a positive step towards peace. >> dana: stormy daniels' lawyer has been relentless and now his actions are being praised as "saving democracy." as a control enthusiast, i'm all-business when i travel... even when i travel... for leisure. so i go national, where i can choose any...

As martin luther king as long as they won't pass the filibuster? >> i think there's the layer getting 50 democratic senators on the record supporting a version of the for the people act that can affect these laws and can save tour democracy. the second step then is what do we do mechanically to make it happen. i believe the first step is either a carve-out to the filibuster or a reduction in the threshold or returning it to its original form, which is the talking filibuster. so i do call on every single senator, both those who have declared out loud they oppose the filibuster -- support the fi...

Endemic to the south. it is endemic to authoritarians who do not want to see inconvenient voters cast their ballots and speak their minds. that has to be the call to arms. this is not simply about one moment. this is about the foundations of our democracy, and they are in peril, and it is time now for every single member of the u.s. senate, democrats and republicans and independents, to declare their allegiance to our democracy as opposed to their parties. >> thank you for pointing that out. the only difference between the south, in the south is that it is where half of african americans are a...