In Episode 61 [10] of the CounterVortex podcast [11], Bill Weinberg warns that following Trump's instrumented right-wing insurrection [12] at the Capitol building, violence in the final lead-up [13] to Inauguration Day could provide the expedient for execution of his long-planned coup d'etat [14]—precisely as had been foreseen in the novel It Can't Happen Here [15]. Despite fascist-abetting denialism [16] from elements of the "left," even members of Congress [17] are now asserting that the ransacking of the Capitol was carried out with complicity of elements of the security forces [18]. Republicans meanwhile engage in despicable propaganda [19] that equates [20] the insufficient Democratic support for the Black Lives Matter uprising or protests [21] against ICE putting kids in cages [22] with Republican support for an attempted right-wing putsch. The statement by the Joint Chiefs of Staff [23] holds out hope that leaders in the Pentagon may refuse Trump's orders. But a popular outcry to #StopTheCoup [24] could be critical in giving them the courage to do so.
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