The Atlantic’s January/February issue examines the threats to the American experiment one year after the January 6 insurrection. The system held, but barely. Our new reporting suggests that we are closer to losing our democracy than most ever thought possible:
2/ Donald Trump may be capable of winning a fair election in 2024, but he doesn’t intend to take that chance, @bartongellman reports. In our cover story, Gellman investigates how the former president is laying the groundwork to subvert the next election: theatlantic.com/magazine/archi… 
3/ “If the plot succeeds, the ballots cast by American voters will not decide the presidency in 2024,” Gellman writes. “Thousands of votes will be thrown away, or millions, to produce the required effect.”
4/ Could there be another insurrection? How would we stop it? The first step is to imagine the worst, George Packer argues, and understand how it might plausibly come to pass. theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…
5/ “It’s essential to picture an unprecedented future so that what may seem impossible doesn’t become inevitable,” Packer writes. We’ll need to work together to prevent the worst imaginable outcome: theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…
6/ “The Atlantic, across its long history, has held true to the belief that the American experiment is a worthy one,” @jeffreygoldberg writes in his editor’s note, “which is why we’re devoting this issue ... to its possible demise.” theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…
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