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Bart Gellman on Trump's Next Coup

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The National Popular Vote Compact - Is That Fair?

John Avlon: The national popular vote compact seems to have quite a bit of state level support, but not enough to get it in the ball park of actual implementation. Since 19 t 92, democrats have won almost every presidential election according to the popular vote. So no rational republican is going to support this proposal knowing that it will dramatically diminish the republican chances of winning the presidency. He asks Elane Schulte what she thinks would happen under an anti-democratic authoritarian government. She suggests silencing journalists and academics; enforcing party loyalty through federal funds on picking on those cause we saw some aspect botin previous administration.

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