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How the Media Walked Us Into Autocracy (w/ Ralph Nader), by Chris Hedges

The Unz Review 09 Mar 2025
The New York Times published a lead column on January 18th, 2025, titled, “Are We Sleepwalking Into Autocracy?” The columnist’s answer is yes, unless, and I quote, “defenders of democracy have to stay ...
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Commentary: How to spot autocracy’s rise

The Daily Gazette 08 Mar 2025
Global freedom and democracy have been declining ...
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Making the World Safe for Autocracy

Quillette 08 Mar 2025
This system has been spectacularly successful at promoting peace, prosperity, and democracy ... But for the past 41 years, Congress has funded the non-profit and its efforts to promote democracy abroad with strong bi-partisan support ... NEW ... .
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How the Media Walked us into Autocracy (w/ Ralph Nader) | The Chris Hedges Report

Scheerpost 08 Mar 2025
The New York Times published a lead column on January 18th, 2025, titled, “Are We Sleepwalking Into Autocracy?” The columnist’s answer is yes, unless, and I quote, “defenders of democracy have ...
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Safe For Autocracy: The World According To Putin And Trump

MENA FN 05 Mar 2025
(MENAFN - The Conversation) What does an ideal world look like for Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Donald Trump? In a word. ugly. Trump's embrace of Russia's dictator, his ... .
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Letter: We're on dangerous slide into autocracy

Dispatch Argus 02 Mar 2025
Using the president’s recent words to the people of Ukraine, I offer a plea to my fellow Americans. “You’d better move fast or you’re not going to have a country left.” ... .
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We're on dangerous slide into autocracy

Muscatine Journal 02 Mar 2025
Using the president's recent words to the people of Ukraine, I offer a plea to my fellow Americans. "You'd better move fast or you're not going to have a country left." ... .
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Trump’s new White House press policy only exists in dictatorships and autocracies

MSNBC 28 Feb 2025
The Trump administration has thrown out a century-old press pool in a brazen attack on the principles of American democracy and the free press ....
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'America’s collapse into autocracy': Here are 'helpful day-to-day' tips for surviving Trump’s second term

Alternet 28 Feb 2025
In an article published on February 28, DeVega "some helpful day-to-day suggestions for surviving America's collapse into autocracy and competitive authoritarianism — or perhaps something far worse." ... READ MORE. This 'isn't a joke' ... It feels much longer.
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Norman Solomon: How the Warfare State Paved the Way for a Trumpist Autocracy

Scheerpost 28 Feb 2025
Donald Trump’s power has thrived on the economics, politics, and culture of war ... Trump first ran for president nearly a decade and a half after the “Global War on Terror” began in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. The crusade’s allure had worn off ... ... ....
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'Not equipped': Analyst warns the press is sleepwalking through MAGA autocracy

Raw Story 27 Feb 2025
Dáte in a dire analysis Wednesday ... "For decades, the coin of the realm in political journalism was access ... ALSO READ ... 6 pardons ... "That was then, when the idea of a nation careening toward autocracy might have seemed just a wildly remote possibility ... .
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Trump wants a world safe for autocracy

Financial Times 24 Feb 2025
Europe will have to defend liberal democracy without American support ....
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'Accelerated autocracy': Why Hegseth’s firing of top military attorneys is raising alarms

Alternet 24 Feb 2025
President Donald Trump’s Friday night firing of the nation’s highest-ranking military official, coupled with U.S ... No reason was given ... — (@) ... All of this is a process of rearranging government for an accelerated transition from democracy to autocracy ... .
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