Govs. J.B. Pritzker, D-Ill. and Jared Polis, D-Colo., have formed a coalition of fellow state-level executives to resist "increasing threats of autocracy" and potential power grabs by a second Donald Trump administration. Members of the new "Governors Safeguarding Democracy" will harness their collective powers to "catalyze collaboration across state lines," Pritzker said in a call with journalists reported by the Chicago Sun-Times.

“It’s built off a model that all of us governors have already successfully pioneered through the Reproductive Freedom Alliance,” he said. “And together, what we’re doing is pushing back against increasing threats........

© Salon