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The danger of a Trump coup is rapidly escalating

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

The danger of a Trump coup is rapidly escalating

It’s becoming increasingly apparent though, that very serious people are directing the strategy off-screen. Steve Bannon, the confirmed white supremacist and architect of Trump’s nationalistic and xenophobic “America First” policies, appears to be the one laying out the president’s battle plan. And behind Bannon has long stood the big money of those capitalist interests who’ve never had much concern for democracy, especially if it gets in the way of profits.

Within hours of the election ending, on Nov. 5 Bannon declared the outlines of the approach we now see coming to fruition: “Fortune favors boldness… Kick it to the state legislatures, kick it to the House of Representatives…. We win there.”

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Biden transition steps up fundraising as Trump withholds federal money

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Biden transition steps up fundraising as Trump withholds federal money

In an email to some donors on Monday night, obtained by POLITICO, Chris Korge, the Democratic National Committee’s national finance chair, warned the Biden team had “still not received the money we need to totally fund the Biden-Harris transition because President Trump has stopped GSA from giving our Transition effort over $8 million dollars in cash and in-kind contributions.”