"As the U.S. election approaches, it’s useful to remember that the history of autocracy is the history of war on the idea and practice of free and fair elections."

"The endgame of MAGA election denial is not challenging this or that election, but convincing Americans that elections as a practice are unnecessary. Voting in free and fair elections is a chore Trump will happily relieve us of, as Mussolini did with Italians a century ago."