Authoritarianism, Autocracies, Autocracy, Autocrats, Donald Trump

TRUMP & ALLIES INCREASING PRESIDENTIAL POWERS IF THEY WIN A SECOND TERM

Trump Got Burned by a Major Mistake in His First Term. He Won’t Make It Again. BY DONALD MOYNIHAN https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/17/trump-second-term-democracy/ JULY 27, 202212:20 PM There’s a reason authoritarians target the bureaucracy. Once they have it under their control, they are better able to stifle dissent and criticism, reward friends and punish enemies, using the levers of …

Billionairs, GOP

ARE GOP GOVERNORS KILLING THEIR CITIZENS TO PROTECT BILLIONAIRS?

Are GOP Governors Killing Their Citizens to Protect Billionaires? Rightwing billionaires (who pay an average income tax of 3.4 percent) think the world is made up of “makers” and “takers.” So what if 45,000 Americans die every year because of this callous attitude? The easiest and laziest way for a state government to deny its …

Donald Trump, Elections 2024

Michael Steele: The court of public opinion is on a razor’s edge with Trump

Former President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he has been notified that he is the target of an investigation by a Washington-based grand jury examining the Jan. 6 riot and efforts to overturn the 2020 election. The Morning Joe panel discusses.