The Last Election - Read by Eunice Wong

The Last Election - Read by Eunice Wong

From The Chris Hedges Report Podcast by Chris Hedges

February 11, 2026 · 14 min

About this episode

Eunice Wong reads an article discussing Donald Trump's threats to undermine democratic elections and establish authoritarian control.

This article is read by Eunice Wong. You can find her work at www.eunicewong.actor . Text originally published January 19, 2026 . The Chris Hedges Report is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Full Text: Donald Trump’s threat to cancel the midterm elections is not a feign. He attempted to overturn the results of the 2020 election and said he would not accept the outcome of the 2024 election if he lost. He ruminates about defying the Constitution to serve a third term. He is determined to retain absolute control — buttressed by an obsequious Republican majority — in Congress. He fears , if he loses control of Congress, impeachment . He fears impediments to the rapid reconfiguration of America as an authoritarian state. He fears losing the monuments he is building to himself — his name emblazoned on federal buildings, including the Kennedy Center, his scrapping of free entry to National Parks on Martin Luther King Jr. Day and replacing it with his own birthday, his seizure of Greenland and who knows, maybe Canada , his ability to put cities, such as Minneapolis, under siege and snatch legal residents…

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Host: Chris Hedges

Guest: Eunice Wong

Topics covered

  • elections
  • authoritarianism
  • political control
  • Trump
  • democracy
  • politics

Keywords

  • Trump
  • elections
  • authoritarianism
  • politics
  • democracy
  • Congress
  • impeachment

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