“Whatever you say at the beginning will sound alarmist but likely prove inadequate in the end” -Stuart Stevens in “Conspiracy to End America”
Dear Lincoln Loyal,
It’s not an exaggeration. It’s a blueprint. As 2026 approaches, Donald Trump and his allies are actively building the conditions for a crisis no one thought possible here: a Trump-led move to seize control of our democracy.
This isn’t about politics as usual. It’s about the deliberate dismantling of the two essential pillars that protect our republic: the independence of our military and the integrity of our elections.
1. Silencing the Military’s Voice of Law
Inside the Pentagon, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is systematically tearing out the legal guardrails that have kept the U.S. military accountable to the Constitution, not a single politician, for generations.
The Targets: The senior military lawyers—the Judge Advocate Generals, or JAGs—are being forced out.
Their Crucial Role: These officers are the final, internal barrier. They are the people who tell commanders when an order is illegal.
The Danger: When they are gone, there is no one left to say “no.” Trump has openly said he wants generals who show “total loyalty,” and Hegseth is making it happen. The very idea that a president cannot use the armed forces as his personal army is being dismantled piece by piece.
2. Rigging the Rules of Our Elections
At the Department of Homeland Security, Trump has installed election-denial activists in key roles. Reports from The New York Times confirm that these allies are planning how the president could declare a national emergency in 2026 to “federalize” elections—wresting control away from state officials who actually run them.
Voting-rights groups call this exactly what it is: “a federal strategy to control elections and rig our democracy.” This is not reform; it is a power grab disguised as one.
The Crisis is Now
Put these two efforts together—control over elections and control over the military—and the picture is terrifyingly clear.
One arm consolidates political power; the other dismantles the institutions that could resist it. As Trump advisers already boast openly about a “third term,” a movement is testing how far it can push the boundaries of law and loyalty.
This is how democracies slide: slowly, legally, one rationalization at a time. The guardrails are replaced. The rules are rewritten. By the time the public fully wakes up, the mechanisms to stop it will be gone.
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