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ICE killing in Minneapolis marks a dangerous new chapter for America – Las Vegas Sun News
January 31, 2026 EDITORIAL: ICE killing in Minneapolis marks a dangerous new chapter for America Friday, Jan. 30, 2026 | 2 a.m. View more of the Sun’s opinion section The killing of Alex Pretti on a Minneapolis street over the weekend should end any remaining illusions about where Donald Trump’s second-term presidency is headed. This…
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Congress Passes Laws; Trump Administration Ignores Some of Them – GovTrack.us
Tracking Congress & the White House Legislative Recap Dec. 19, 2025: Congress Passes Laws; Trump Administration Ignores Some of Them » Congress Passes Laws; Trump Administration Ignores Some of Them Get Legislative Recap Updates In Your Inbox! Sign up (it’s free!) to get posts like this straight to your inbox. You’ll be able to choose…
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How Do We Push Back on Authoritarianism? (Crooked Con) – Crooked Media
Pod Save America 1041 Episodes Listen… In This Episode Live from Crooked Con, Jon Favreau is joined by Skye Perryman and Norm Eisen to hash out a strategy for the most effective ways to fight back against the Trump administration’s grave abuses of power. Then, Tommy Vietor talks with Morris Katz, Samson Signori, and Alex…
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Reporting from Dog Lake – These Orwellian United States – Teri Carter
Reporting from Dog Lake, Rural life, rescue dogs and Kentucky politics. These Orwellian United States No Kings rallies will be held in cities throughout the United States this Saturday. We’ve had enough already. I look forward to seeing you there. By Teri Carter, Oct 14, 2025 At a high-profile, televised funeral last month, the President…
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Nobel Prize winner Machado says Venezuela is in ‘chaos’ under current regime – NPR
World Nobel Prize winner Machado says Venezuela is in ‘chaos’ under current regime October 11, 20255:42 PM ET, By Alana Wise Venezuela opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado said in an interview with NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday that her country is in chaos and called for the removal of Venezuela’s authoritarian President…
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Literary Hub – How a 1977 Czech Writers’ Manifesto Applies to the Stark Realities of America in 2025
How a 1977 Czech Writers’ Manifesto Applies to the Stark Realities of America in 2025 What We Can All Learn From the Courage of Charter 77 By Jonny Diamond, October 10, 2025 The wonderful Czech writer Ivan Klima died this past weekend at the age of 94. Klima lived a remarkable, principled life, having survived both…
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SCOTUStoday for Wednesday, October 8 – SCOTUSblog – Trump keeps threatening to use the Insurrection Act. What is it?
Newsletter SCOTUStoday for Wednesday, October 8 By Kelsey Dallas and Nora Collins, on Oct 8, 2025 Trump administration Trump keeps threatening to use the Insurrection Act. What is it? President Donald Trump has said repeatedly he could invoke the 1807 statute, which gives the president the power to deploy the U.S. military domestically. Oct. 7,…
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Civil society helps uphold democracy and provides built-in resistance to authoritarianism – The Conversation
Published: September 25, 2025 9:18pm EDT Author, Christopher Justin Einolf, Professor of Sociology, Northern Illinois University Disclosure statement Christopher Justin Einolf does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment. The New…
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Civil Discourse – “Show me the man and I’ll find the crime” – Joyce Vance
Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance “Show me the man and I’ll find the crime” By Joyce Vance, Sep 20, 2025 With apologies, this is a long post for any night, let alone a Saturday, but Trump’s abuse of the power of the prosecutor and efforts to directly control the work of the Justice Department make…
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Is this the moment when America tips into authoritarianism? – NPR
National Is this the moment when America tips into authoritarianism? August 30, 20255:16 PM ET, Heard on All Things Considered By Jeffrey Pierre, Scott Detrow, and Patrick Jarenwattananon 9-Minute Listen Transcript “Today is different than before,” says historian Garrett Graff, who discusses his analysis that the United States has “now tipped over the edge into authoritarianism and…
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Trump’s 7 most authoritarian moves so far | CNN Politics
Politics• 7 min read Trump’s 7 most authoritarian moves so far Analysis by Aaron Blake, Aug 13, 2025 The story of President Donald Trump’s first seven months back in office is the consolidation of power. He has bulldozed the obstacles that often stood in his way in his first term and constantly tested boundaries, in…
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Trump’s Complaint About One Judge Is An Attack On The Entire Judiciary – Civil Discourse – Joyce Vance
Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance Joyce Vance Jul 30, 2025 On July 21, the Washington Post ran a piece headlined, “Trump officials accused of defying 1 in 3 judges who ruled against him.” A comprehensive analysis of hundreds of lawsuits filed against the administration’s new policies revealed “dozens of examples of defiance, delay and dishonesty,”…
