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A Coup Is In Progress In America (www.techdirt.com)

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[–] SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 12 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

President Leon was not elected.

ETA: The guy who was elected was stupid and vain for most of his life. Now, he's stupid, and vain, with a mind that's failing to dementia. That's to say that if he wasn't easily manipulated by playing to his vanity before, he's not the one in charge now.

An unelected billionaire without Congressional authority is physically going to government agencies and shutting them down, stealing their data, and threatening the staff. If that's not a coup, it's something new that we haven't invented a word for yet. Coup will have to do for now.