Elizabeth Shackelford: How to spot autocracy’s rise
To those of us who witnessed the end of the Cold War, it’s hard to accept that the trend toward a freer and more democratic ...
Opinion: Trump’s Latest Move Officially Brings Autocracy to the U.S.
Listen to this full episode of The New Abnormal on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon and Stitcher. It seems like autocracy is ...
Safe for autocracy: the world according to Putin and Trump
The world needs to act to inoculate ourselves from the slow burn effect of a world made safe for autocracy rather than ...
1 Trump Tactic Stuns Authoritarianism Expert: 'No Comparison’ In The Playbook
Authoritarianism expert Ruth Ben-Ghiat said this weekend that President Donald Trump ’s use of billionaire Elon Musk to ...
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Hey, Democrats! To defeat Trump's autocracy — get out of Washington
Last week, the Democratic Party’s top congressional leaders finally took a bold stand against President Donald Trump’s assault on our democracy when he came to Congress to tout his autocratic ...
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Trump’s real agenda is autocracy. The rule of law is under assault | Opinion
In short, the federal government stands in the way of the MAGA agenda and is, therefore, its enemy. Lining up billionaire businessmen at his recent inauguration, Trump made clear the oligarchic nature ...