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COMMENTARY: Pay attention: This is how autocracy works

Bennington Banner 05 Mar 2026
While I have continued to read, I haven’t been posting the way I did earlier when Trump and Company were blatantly trashing our Constitution and the rule of law. I haven't said anything publicly yet about the very recent takeover ....
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Autocracies in Iran and Trump's America

Korea Times 03 Mar 2026
Autocracies in Iran and Trump's America .
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Six Gulf autocracies, one war: What data says about a region with no room for dissent

India Today 02 Mar 2026
Six Gulf autocracies one war What data says about a region with no room for dissent ... .
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This soulless 2028 hopeful just signed a deal with the devil

Raw Story 27 Feb 2026
Rubio hailed a “golden age” of U.S ... As far back as 2022, European Union lawmakers declared Hungary “a hybrid regime of electoral autocracy,” its undermining of EU’s democratic values taking Hungary out of the “community of democracies.” ... .
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Autocracy is rising in the west. But the global south proves it’s not inevitable | ...

The Guardian 26 Feb 2026
While some who have lived their entire lives under democracy seem willing to forsake it, many who have experienced life under autocracy want out ... autocracy.
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Autocracy is rising in the west. But the global south proves it’s not inevitable

The Observer 26 Feb 2026
There is plenty to worry about in the global contest between democracy and autocracy ... These trends show there is nothing inevitable about autocracy’s rise – that the defenders of democracy are on the right side of history and should keep fighting.
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YOUR VIEW: Choosing between autocracy and freedom

Montrose Press 25 Feb 2026
Choosing between autocracy and freedom ... .
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Is our children's future democracy or autocracy?

Newsday 18 Feb 2026
Why that number? ... Used as a percentage of the U.S ... A key example ... But right now what is at stake is nothing less than a choice between the democracy we've known or a new era of autocracy we will leave to our children and generations to come ... ....
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Episode 194: How Close to Autocracy Are We (ACS - American Constitution Society)

Public Technologies 17 Feb 2026
Kim Lane Scheppele joins Valerie Nannery to discuss how America's slide into autocracy is similar to and different from autocratic shifts around the world, how far America is on the path to autocracy, ...
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Concerns over autocracy in the U.S. continue to grow

National Public Radio 16 Feb 2026
Is America still a democracy? Scholars tell NPR that after the last year under President Trump, the country has slid closer to autocracy or may already be there. (Image credit. Apu Gomes) ....
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Trump discovers that the road to autocracy is lined with potholes

Vox 13 Feb 2026
President Donald Trump gaggles with reporters while aboard Air Force One on February 6, 2026, en route to Palm Beach, Florida. Samuel Corum/Getty Images ... • Bring bogus charges against its political enemies, up to and including Democratic lawmakers ... .
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Letter: True patriots are those opposed to autocracy

Montgomery Advertiser 10 Feb 2026
Because he is a pathological narcissist, Donald Trump will never admit that he lost the 2020 election ... True patriots are those opposed to autocracy and the violation of constitutional rights, not those who bow before the man who would be king.
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Two Boulder County Commissioners ignore constituents; shut down puppy mills; political parties; sliding into autocracy (Letters)

Daily Camera 06 Feb 2026
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Why are commissioners ignoring constituents? ... On Jan ... Sliding into autocracy ... How painful it is, then, to watch our prideful nation sliding into autocracy, like an overgrown banana republic. A few saw it coming ... .
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Human Rights Watch: Three-Quarters of the World’s Population Living Under “Autocracy”

Democracy Now 05 Feb 2026
A new report by Human Rights Watch says that almost three-quarters of the world’s population is currently living under “autocracy.” The report warned that the United States, China ...
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72% of the world's population now living under autocracy: Human Rights Watch

The News International 04 Feb 2026
He said Russia, China and the United States were all less free than 20 years ago, and 72% of the world's population was now living under autocracy ... "We see a sort of very hostile environment in the US and a very rapid decline of ... .
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