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American democracy on the brink a year after Trump’s election, experts say – The Guardian
Scale and speed of president’s moves have stunned observers of authoritarian regimes – is the US in democratic peril … politics and the “authoritarian …
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Major Historical Threats to American Democracy & in 2025 – History Analysis by Perplexity Pro – September 10, 2025
Major Historical Threats to American Democracy 2025 The Civil War Crisis (1850s-1860s) The most severe threat in American history came from the convergence of polarization over slavery, racial conflict, and economic inequality between North and South. This led to actual secession, civil war, and the temporary breakdown of democratic governance. Sources: The Crisis of American…
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Unlawful Deportation, Judicial Defiance, and Project 2025: The Case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia and the Future of American Rule of Law
Comments by DrWeb, Analysis by Perplexity AI Comments: I awoke this morning again seeing the disturbing Oval Office visit with a dictator. It was a shameful idea of American presidency, actions, and democratic principles. I thought this seemed a pattern, this ICE-Deport-Anyone-Not-Ours-Anymore. So, with AI assistance, I went back to look at the parts of…
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“His mission is to eradicate ‘woke Jesus’”: How money, lies and religion are abused to gut democracy | Salon.com
INTERVIEW “His mission is to eradicate ‘woke Jesus’”: How money, lies and religion are abused to gut democracyJournalist Katherine Stewart’s “Money, Lies, and God” takes readers into Trump’s movement to end America By Amanda Marcotte, Senior WriterPublished February 18, 2025 6:00AM (EST) Money, God and lies: These are the three pillars of the movement that…
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‘Money, Lies, and God’: The Rise of Christian Nationalism and the Battle for American Democracy – Ms. Magazine
National Politics ‘Money, Lies, and God’: The Rise of Christian Nationalism and the Battle for American DemocracyPUBLISHED 2/14/2025by Eleanor J. Bader Katherine Stewart exposes the rise of Christian nationalism as a coordinated, anti-democratic movement fueled by disinformation, authoritarian alliances and religious extremism. Katherine Stewart’s third book on the anti-democratic right-wing, Money, Lies and God: Inside…
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“The War on Democracy”
I have used ChatGPT for months now, successfully interacting with the Artificial Intelligence. I find the model uses details of Democracy, our Nation’s History, Founding Fathers, and more. I find myself impressed with it’s “intelligence” about facts and information as accurate, as told by a well-informed citizen would if they knew the data ChatGPT does.…
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Democracies across the globe are at a crossroads, as authoritarians seek to chip away at freedoms | AP News
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Updated 5:30 AM PST, December 18, 2024 In November, the world’s most powerful democracy elected as its next president a man who schemed to overturn its last presidential election. A month later, South Koreans swarmed their legislature to block their president’s attempt to impose martial law.The contrast sums up a year that…
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Biden attacks Trump and his Republican supporters as a threat to democracy : NPR
By Frank Ordonez, Updated September 1, 20229:31 PM ET President Biden on Thursday warned Americans that democracy is under attack from a faction of the Republican party led by former President Donald Trump, and called on Democrats, mainstream Republicans and independents to “speak up, speak out, get engaged — vote, vote, vote.” In a rare…
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Welcome to the Martians! We now live in a world stranger than science fiction | Salon.com
In an age of surging authoritarianism, our world is increasingly like science fiction – and not in a good way By Tom Engelhardt, Published November 26, 2021 4:00AM (EST) Who knew that Martians, inside monstrous tripodal machines taller than many buildings, actually ululated, that they made eerily haunting “ulla, ulla, ulla, ulla” sounds? Well, let…
