“The US is no longer a democracy. One of the most credible global sources on the health of democratic nations now says this outright. The Varieties of Democracy Institute at Gothenburg University reaches the alarming conclusio … that the US is hurtling towards autocracy at a faster rate than Hungary and Turkey.” 1/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2026/mar/17/trump-is-aiming-for-dictatorship-thats-the-verdict-of-the-worlds-most-credible-democracy-watchdog

‘Trump is aiming for dictatorship’. That’s the verdict of the world’s most credible democracy watchdog

Sweden’s V-Dem Institute warns that the US is no longer a liberal democracy. And autocracy is creeping across Europe too, says writer Martin Gelin

The Guardian
‘“Our data on the USA goes back to 1789. What we’re seeing now is the most severe magnitude of democratic backsliding ever in the country,” says Staffan Lindberg, founder of the institute.’ 2/
“US democracy is now back at the worst recorded level since 1965, when US civil rights laws first introduced de facto universal suffrage. All progress made since then has been erased, according to the report.” 3/

@heidilifeldman

We can thank Joe #Biden for this. He refused to remove #TraitorTrump from the political arena and our lives, and now we're all suffering.

@KathyLK

That's right

Everything is #JoeBiden's fault

Funny how I keep forgetting this

Always makes thinking so much simpler

If you even bother with 'thinking' at all

cc @heidilifeldman

The wreckage Merrick Garland leaves behind

His failures left American democracy ripe for the picking.

Public Notice
@KathyLK @FinchHaven @heidilifeldman I noticed trump never mentions this asshole when he is attacking people from the Biden administration.

@BLTpizza @FinchHaven @heidilifeldman

According to all the men jumping all over me, when someone spends years spouting sedition and inciting violence, there's nothing that can be done on the federal level, only the state level, is that correct? One of the bros did mention that Trump was involved in various lawsuits, such as the one over classified documents that the judge dismissed. Then there were all the convictions he DID have--weren't those all at the state level? And haven't we seen that cabinet members can be replaced if they're seen to be not doing their jobs or doing them inadequately? Anyone out there remember John Mitchell?

Just to continue my streak of entertaining the bros who all know better than the rest of us, here's a list of everything Trump has gotten away with over the years. Despite McSweeneys generally being a satire website, there is NOTHING FUNNY about this article.

https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/january-2026-atrocities-658-730

Lest We Forget the Horrors: An Unending Catalog of Trump’s Cruelties, Collusions, Corruptions, and Crimes: January 2026: Atrocities 658-730

By our count, Trump and his administration committed 62 new atrocities in January 2026.

McSweeney's Internet Tendency
@KathyLK @FinchHaven @heidilifeldman The gish gallop criminal president. Several dabbled in crime while president but it wasn't their MO. The pedo president has committed every category of crime. The presidency elevated him to an international criminal.