New from me: It is not just that the US is experiencing democratic backsliding. Authoritarianism has emerged more quickly than in other benchmark countries. This graph from John Burn-Murdoch sums it up. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/autocracy-...

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Unfortunately, I would not be surprised if Trump reaches the bottom of the 30-point scale before the mid-term elections.

"A republic, if you can keep it"

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