The regime would love nothing more than to invoke the Insurrection Act, even if they have to provoke it: “The establishment of a domestic quick reaction force to quell civil disturbances at a time when there are no civil disturbances that can’t be handled easily by existing law enforcement suggests the administration is expecting those conditions to change.”
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“The refusal of Republican lawmakers to challenge MAGA’s creation of its own reality has opened the way for believers to try to put that world into place through violence. Their victory would end the rule of law on which the United States was founded and base the government on the whims of an authoritarian cabal.”
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https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-13-2025
“If history tells us anything about authoritarian governments, it’s that they must control the narrative. Authoritarian regimes rise not just through force, but through controlling ideas and silencing critical thought. ... And by not knowing history, we as a people surrender the power to know any better.” 😔
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https://progressive.org/magazine/trump-doesnt-want-you-to-know-history-perez-20250827/
“The lesson from D.C. is that creeping authoritarianism is not best countered by pointing at the water line and warning it is rising. It is countered by fixing the leak, by making the public so secure in their daily lives that they do not look to the strongman in the first place.”
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@georgetakei OUTRAGEOUS LAWLESSNESS!!! 😠
@hanse_mina Despicable draft-dodging felon & tyrant turning the US into an authoritarian state.
@georgetakei I see it clearly, it's horrifying.
Folks who care about #democracy, this is an EXCELLENT watch - it is worth your time.
DON'T BELIEVE HIM.
#EzraKlein
#DontBelieveHim
#tRump
#TrumpIsACriminal
#TrumpIsAMenace
#TrumpIsCorrupt
#TrumpIsAnAuthoritarian
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