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The "Coup-o-meter" tracks the death of democracy

Jennifer Sandlin
Mar 17, 2025
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The website "Is This a Coup?" explains that a coup is "the undemocratic seizure of power." Are we currently in a coup? Well, not quite yet. The Coup-o-meter on their website shows that we have passed through soothing green "Democracy" and even troubling yellow "Preparing for a coup," as we currently sit at dangerously orange "Attempted coup," on the way…

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