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Autocrats behaving badly: Trump emboldens global strongmen

Financial Times 30 Mar 2025
From Turkey to Israel, leaders make the most of a world without US censure ....
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Trump’s war on universities puts U.S. in an autocratic club

Virtual Jerusalem 28 Mar 2025
Rumeysa Ozturk’s arrest reflects a wider global trend of nationalist leaders targeting universities as hotbeds of radicalism, such as in Hungary, India and Turkey.| Read More World ....
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For Some Autocrats, Even Rigged Elections Can Be Too Much of a Threat

Virtual Jerusalem 28 Mar 2025
Protests are raging in Turkey after the arrest of the country’s most prominent opposition politician.| NYT > World > Middle East ....
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Trump executive order to dismantle federal worker unions is an autocratic power grab (EPI - Economic Policy Institute)

Public Technologies 28 Mar 2025
) ... This is the behavior of an autocrat who grants rights to those who bow down to him and strips the rights of those who challenge him. It is a direct assault on the principles of democracy and the rule of law.​ ... Attachments Original document Permalink.
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The Autocratic Legal Playbook

Political Wire 27 Mar 2025
Scott Cummings ... Trump and his legal team have carefully studied how democracies die ... “The ‘autocratic legal playbook’ is the strategic roadmap to this consolidation. The targets are well-established.
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Yale professor flees to Canada amid 'autocratic takeover' in US: 'It's not just Donald Trump'

The Times of India 27 Mar 2025
It's the machine behind Donald Trump,' he said, calling the present situation an 'autocratic takeover'. 'The United States is in the process of an autocratic takeover and it's directed by a regime that ...
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Trump is literally an autocrat. Here are some examples | Your Say

Beaumont Enterprise 26 Mar 2025
"Trump promised that on day one and for one day only he would be a dictator; an autocrat." ....
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Silencing Radio Free Europe-Radio Liberty is a gift to autocrats

The Hill 26 Mar 2025
A crucial factor contributing to the decay and fall of these autocratic regimes was freedom of information ... This is anathema to every would-be autocrat who sees an enemy behind all who might disagree with them.
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Lessons from Venezuela's democratic collapse: How opposition movements can defy autocratic leaders

Phys Dot Org 25 Mar 2025
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Turkey’s Autocratic Descent Serves as a Warning for the U.S.

Truth Dig 25 Mar 2025
Now, little remains to stand in his way ... With global politics increasingly shaped by figures like Trump, Putin, and Netanyahu, and Europe preoccupied with its internal crises, Erdoğan’s autocratic ambitions face fewer obstacles than ever ... .
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Syria’s New Leader Is an Autocrat; Will That Be Good or Bad for Israel and Turkey?

The Algemeiner 24 Mar 2025
Where does Israel stand on this? Jerusalem supports an agreement between the Kurds and Sharaa on Kurdish terms, even if the agreement results in Sharaa becoming Syria’s undisputed autocrat thereafter.
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Autocrats Roll Back Rights and Cite Trump’s Example

Political Wire 23 Mar 2025
... expression, democracy, the rule of law and LGBTQ+ rights for autocrats around the world — some of whom are giving him credit.”.
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Forum: Performance art of the would-be autocrat

Traverse City Record-Eagle 23 Mar 2025
When I was in high school, there was a bully with more muscles than brains named Tippy. He had a small gang of fawning acolytes who, emboldened by his company, enjoyed ambushing smaller kids, taunting and pushing them around ... .
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Autocrats roll back rights and rule of law — and cite Trump’s example

The Washington Post 22 Mar 2025
Trump’s statements, policies and actions are providing cover for attacks on LGBTQ+ rights, freedom of expression and the rule of law around the world ... .
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What’s really behind Trump’s autocratic bombast?

The Hill 22 Mar 2025
Over just a few days this month, President Trump declared that CNN and MSNBC weren’t just biased — no, that would be too pedestrian — but actually illegal ... And yet, to his base, this is just another week in the wonderful world of Trump ... He didn’t ... ....

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