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The posts are ominous. “Pick a side, or YOU are next,” wrote conservative talk-show host Dan Bongino on the Truth Social media platform in the aftermath of Donald Trump’s 34 felony convictions.

The replies were even more so. “Dan, seriously now,” one user responded. “I see no way out of all this mess without bloodshed. When you can rig an election, then weaponise the government and the courts against a former president, what other alternative is there? I’m almost 70 and would rather die than live in tyranny.”

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