All this talk of election 'coup' is this the new Russiagate?

So something I'm seeing in a lot of left- and progressive sites I frequent is this talk of a coup. Given the rather nefarious connection between the Democratic brand, the CIA, and various progressive outlets, I often wonder if this is just another talking point being handed to them to justify the reason for Biden losing, should Trump be declared the winner?

I've said before that it doesn't really matter whether Biden or Trump wins ... it's going to be more of the same for the 1% and the rest of us will have to deal with the pending collapse.

That being said, we know from history that various elements of the establishment typically line up along these two brands - Democrat and Republican. They too tend to fight among themselves all the time. But I am seeing this coup talk popping in a lot of places, and I'm starting to wonder ... this to me sounds a lot like Russiagate all over again. All being done to avoid discussing (again) how a progressive was cheated in the Democratic Brand primary (again) by projecting the very same behavior on their other Brand opponent? Certainly they were able to fund-raise magnificently for four years, why not use a new meme for the next four years to avoid talking about the real reasons why they lost?