Inside a secret pact between labor activists and Wall Street that 'saved the 2020 election'

An extensive TIME Magazine piece details how corporations and establishment politicos worked together around the election to ensure that there was no violence after Election Day.

There was a fear that on and after the big election, the left and the right would clash in the streets in terrifying acts of violence. Instead, President Joe Biden won, and the worst thing that happened was a flood of sparkling wine being popped around the White House as a joyous city sang "Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey, goodbye!" As the night grew darker, and the wine disappeared, a cloud of marijuana wafted around the White House fence as residents hugged and continued to chant and sing.

But before that moment, a team of the Chamber of Commerce and the AFL-CIO said that they hatched a plan to keep the peace.

Political director Mike Podhorzer, who wrote "Five Steps to Victory," fearing that there was a high likelihood that the election could go awry. But unlike most politicos hatching their plans for behind-the-scenes efforts, Podhorzer's plan began with winning the election. After that came: "winning the count, winning the certification, winning the Electoral College and winning the transition–steps that are normally formalities but that he knew Trump would see as opportunities for disruption."

Podhorzer knew Trump's game, and he knew what a win would bring. He along with his coalition worked to prepare to defend the vote against the Trump campaign's efforts.

Read the fascinating story at TIME Magazine.