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ancianita

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Thu Aug 28, 2025, 01:39 PM Aug 28

A Self Coup -- Does the U.S. Military Not Know What That Is? [View all]

Last edited Thu Aug 28, 2025, 02:28 PM - Edit history (2)

Gavin Newsom can see it. Youth can see it. WE see it. Corporate media don't see it.

No one profiting from this 2.0 cares who all see it or don't see it.


A self-coup, also called an autocoup (from Spanish autogolpe) or coup from the top, is a form of coup d'état in which a political leader, having come to power through legal means, stays in power illegally through the actions of themselves or their supporters.[1]

The leader may dissolve or render powerless the national legislature and unlawfully assume extraordinary powers. Other measures may include annulling the constitution, suspending civil courts, and having the head of government assume dictatorial powers.[2][3]
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-coup

Since 2017 there have been seven self-coups, and seven attempted self-coups, counting the current one.

Even if (in Newsom v Trump) Judge Breyer and the Ninth District Court of Appeals rule that Trump violated the Posse Comitatus Act, one can only wonder if that's enough for the U.S. Military's oath to the Constitution to mean enough that they justify acting to end the nation's suffering over this self-coup.




three days ago:
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70496361/173/newsom-v-trump/

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