Article by WN.Com Correspondent Dallas Darling Political power doesn’t always have to grow out of the barrel of a gun. It can also grow out of imaginary crises and last-minute power grabs. Consequently, as President Donald Trump and Republicans feel their popular support slipping away expect more last-minute power grabs like the ones that just occurred in Washington and Wisconsin and North Carolina. Last-minute power grabs, that is, which will be fueled by more imaginary crises used as a pretext to first defend, and then later subvert, democracy. Meanwhile, nothing strengthens the nature of an authoritarian leader and their last-minute grabs for power as much as ignorance and the public’s...

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