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There can no longer be any doubt: Donald Trump is trying to engineer a
coup by preventing millions of Americans from voting, undermining public
confidence in our democracy, and stealing the 2020 election.

He openly admitted on Fox News that he is blocking funding for the U.S.
Postal Service to prevent people from voting by mail. He has crippled
the institutions capable of holding him accountable, attacking
journalism as "fake news" and packing the judiciary with political
hacks.

And he has said over and over again that he has no intention of
accepting the results of any election that doesn't declare him the
winner.

These are the words and actions of an authoritarian attacking the
foundations of democracy to keep himself in power.

But there is a way to stop him: When Trump's attacks on democracy are
accurately reported and called out as dangerous threats, he's been
forced to walk them back.

After the U.S. Postal Service was caught removing truckloads of
street-corner mailboxes in states all over the country last week,
Trump's political hack of a postmaster general, Louis DeJoy, was forced
to back down due to the outcry. That's the strategy that can stop
Trump's anti-democratic tactics: document them, report them, and ignite
a firestorm of protest. But it won't be cheap or easy.

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integrity of our elections and call out every last attack on our ability
to conduct free and fair elections. The corporate media is unwilling or
incapable of holding Trump accountable and safeguarding our democracy.
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