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Former President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro reacts during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on July 7, 2024 in Camboriu, Brazil. (Pedro H. Tesch/Getty Images)

Bolsonaro convicted of coup attempt

Alex Galbraith
A protester holds a sign during the rally against the Donald Trump administration during ''Not My President's Day'' protests at the Capitol Reflecting Pool in Washington, DC, USA, on February 17, 2025. (Aashish Kiphayet/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Amid a coup, can we build hope?

Paul Rosenberg
53 individuals, including three U.S. citizens, stand trial in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo on September 13, 2024 on charges of involvement in a coup attempt that was thwarted on May 19. (Photo by Makangara Ciribagula Justin/Anadolu via Getty Images)

3 Americans sentenced to death for coup

Griffin Eckstein
Flanked by his sons Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during his caucus night event at the Iowa Events Center on January 15, 2024 in Des Moines, Iowa. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

The key to making the Trump threat real

Chauncey DeVega
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US Capitol Police officer Sgt. Aquilino Gonell, DC Metropolitan Police Department officer Michael Fanone, DC Metropolitan Police Department officer Daniel Hodges and US Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn are sworn-in before testifying during the Select Committee investigation of the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, during their first hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on July 27, 2021. (OLIVER CONTRERAS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Jan. 6 officer on fears of retribution

Chauncey DeVega
Former U.S. President Donald Trump arrives at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on August 3, 2023 in Arlington, Virginia. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

Trump has lost control of his narrative

Chauncey DeVega
Damage inside the Brazilian Supreme Court building following the Jan. 8 attacks in Brasilia. (Rafael Vilela for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

All attempted coups are not the same

Gregg Barak
US President Donald Trump (2L) walks next to US House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) after a meeting at the US Capitol with the House Republican Conference in Washington, DC on June 19, 2018. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

GOP has a plan: Next time coup better

Chauncey DeVega
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Trump supporters gather outside the U.S. Capitol building following a "Stop the Steal" rally on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Jan. 6 and the question of democracy

Gregg Barak
Former President Donald Trump appears at a Save America rally on October 1, 2022 in Warren, Michigan. (Emily Elconin/Getty Images)

Fighting corruption is fighting fascism

Chauncey DeVega
Photos of then-President Trump are shown during a House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th hearing in the Cannon House Office Building on Thursday, June 16, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

"Most important" elections ever?

Chauncey DeVega
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Adam Schiff on Trump and the road ahead

Chauncey DeVega
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Alexander Vindman, National Security Council Director for European Affairs, in Washington, DC on October 29, 2019. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Lt Col Vindman: "Trump is a cult leader"

Chauncey DeVega
Former President Donald Trump (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Walls closing in on Trump? Not so fast

Chauncey DeVega
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks during a news conference at the Department of Justice's Robert F. Kennedy Building on May 24, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

OK, Merrick Garland: Time to do your job

Noah Bookbinder
Former President Donald Trump speaks on May 28, 2022 in Casper, Wyoming. (Chet Strange/Getty Images)

Joe Walsh warns of major MAGA violence

Chauncey DeVega
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Jason Van Tatenhove, who served as national spokesman for the Oath Keepers and as a close aide to Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, testifies during the seventh hearing by the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol in the Cannon House Office Building on July 12, 2022, in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Jan. 6 hearings: National civics lesson

Chauncey DeVega
Sidney Powell, Donald Trump and Mike Flynn (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The coup was crazier than it seems

Heather Digby Parton
Stephen Ayres (L), who entered the U.S. Capitol illegally on January 6, 2021, and Jason Van Tatenhove (R), who served as national spokesman for the Oath Keepers and as a close aide to Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, are sworn-in during the seventh hearing by the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol in the Cannon House Office Building on July 12, 2022, in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Was this enough for Merrick Garland?

Chauncey DeVega
National Security Advisor John R. Bolton and White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham listen as President Donald J. Trump participates in a meeting with Amir of the State of Qatar Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani in the Oval Office at the White House on Tuesday, July 9th, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

John Bolton: I've "helped plan coups"

Common Dreams staff - Common Dreams
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The US Capitol building is seen as abortion rights activists protest in Washington, DC, on June 26, 2022, two days after the US Supreme Court scrapped half-century constitutional protections for the procedure. (SAMUEL CORUM/AFP via Getty Images)

Seven days in June: The SCOTUS coup

Robert S. McElvaine
A video of former President Donald Trump is played as Cassidy Hutchinson, a top former aide to Trump White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, testifies during the sixth hearing by the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol in the Cannon House Office Building on June 28, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Jan. 6: What we still don't know

Chauncey DeVega
Lt. Gen. Russel Honore delivers remarks during a Hurricane Katrina memorial service in New Orleans 29 August 2007 on the second anniversary of the disaster. (PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Gen. Russel Honoré: Coup nearly worked

Chauncey DeVega
Cassidy Hutchinson, an aide to then White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, arrives for a House Select Committee hearing to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the US Capitol, in the Cannon House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on June 28, 2022. (ANDREW HARNIK/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

What she told us (we already knew)

Chauncey DeVega
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