- Donald Trump Is Already Acting Like an Authoritarian https://newrepublic.com/article/138712/donald-trump-already-acting-like-authoritarian 395 comments politics
- Donald Trump’s Petty Authoritarianism Is Driving His Vendetta Against Amazon https://reason.com/blog/2018/04/05/trump-petty-authoritarian-amazon 5 comments politics
- If authoritarianism is looming in the US, how come Donald Trump looks so weak? https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/commentisfree/2018/jan/13/american-democracy-peril-trump-power?cmp=share_iosapp_other 22 comments politics
- Beyond Lying: Donald Trump’s Authoritarian Reality http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/05/opinion/beyond-lying-donald-trumps-authoritarian-reality.html?smid=re-share 3 comments politics
- Beyond Lying: Donald Trump’s Authoritarian Reality http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/05/opinion/beyond-lying-donald-trumps-authoritarian-reality.html 5 comments politics
- Donald Trump uses tactics from authoritarian leaders to undermine the press — here's how he does it http://uk.businessinsider.com/brian-klaas-donald-trump-threatening-free-speech-president-despot-2017-12 20 comments politics
- Donald Trump cosies up to authoritarian leaders. So why is he considering military action in Venezuela? https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-03/why-the-us-cares-so-much-about-venezuela/11075708 56 comments politics
- Covid-19 needs federal leadership, not authoritarianism from Donald Trump https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/04/14/covid-19-needs-federal-leadership-not-authoritarianism-donald-trump/ 7 comments politics
- Is Donald Trump an authoritarian? Experts examine telltale signs https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/nov/18/is-donald-trump-an-authoritarian-experts-examine-telltale-signs 24 comments politics
- Donald Trump Is Testing a Radical Authoritarian Legal Theory https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/12/donald-trump-legal-defense-russia-investigation 12 comments politics
- Donald Trump treats the press like an authoritarian thug https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jan/12/donald-trump-press-conference-cnn-journalist-acosta 88 comments politics
- Donald Trump, Legal Experts Fear, ‘Is How Authoritarianism Starts' http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/04/us/politics/donald-trump-constitution-power.html 12 comments politics
- Paul LePage Compares Everything to the Holocaust, Wants Donald Trump to Be ‘Authoritarian’ http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/10/11/paul-lepage-compares-everything-to-the-holocaust-wants-donald-trump-to-be-authoritarian.html 15 comments politics
- Gary Johnson, Libertarian Nominee, Denounces Donald Trump as Authoritarian http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/24/us/politics/gary-johnson-campaign.html 510 comments politics
- Chris Hayes Names Only Thing Standing Against ‘Authoritarian Decline’ Under Donald Trump https://www.huffpost.com/entry/chris-hayes-donald-trump-stop-him_n_5e47c832c5b64d860fcb42a1 13 comments politics
- Donald Trump has always expressed love for authoritarian leaders, but we failed to listen https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/06/20/donald-trump-authoritarian-leaders-north-korea-russia-turkey-column/712221002/ 7 comments politics
- x LePage Says 'We Need A Donald Trump To Show Some Authoritarian Power' http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/lepage-trump-authoritarian-obama-autocrat 5 comments politics
- LePage Says 'We Need A Donald Trump To Show Some Authoritarian Power' http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/lepage-trump-authoritarian-obama-autocrat?utm_content=bufferb60a0&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer 13 comments politics
- Donald Trump’s bunker mentality: it’s not law versus looting, it’s racism and authoritarianism versus civil society https://www.thestar.com/opinion/star-columnists/2020/06/02/donald-trumps-bunker-mentality-its-not-law-versus-looting-its-racism-and-authoritarianism-versus-civil-society.html 17 comments politics
- Donald Trump told Hungary’s authoritarian leader Orban, ‘It’s like we’re twins,’ according to U.S. Envoy https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-hungary-authoritarian-orban-twins-1426097?piano_t=1 85 comments politics
- Donald Trump Embraces Dictators, Aligns With Authoritarian Regimes and Is Threat to Democracy, Says Elizabeth Warren https://www.newsweek.com/warren-trump-embraces-dictators-threatens-democracy-1237872 31 comments politics
- Donald Trump is a pathological liar who driving America towards authoritarianism, claims Bernie Sanders http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4303820/donald-trump-pathological-liar-claims-bernie-sanders.html 339 comments politics
- Governor of Maine: maybe “we need a Donald Trump to show some authoritarian power” http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/10/11/13243344/trump-authoritarian-paul-lepage 17 comments politics
- Nothing is sacred to Republicans — except Donald Trump. It's all on the line now | Republicans have embraced an authoritarian, and are ready to undo voting rights and outlaw abortion. What's next? https://www.salon.com/2021/05/22/nothing-is-sacred-to-republicans--except-donald-trump-its-all-on-the-line-now/ 4 comments politics
- Would-be dictator Donald Trump would be unstoppable in a second term. That must not happen. As mental health professionals, we cannot remain silent. Trump's authoritarian presidency is a national emergency https://www.salon.com/2020/07/30/would-be-dictator-donald-trump-would-be-unstoppable-in-a-second-term-that-must-not-happen/ 565 comments politics
- #BunkerBoy’s Photo-Op War - Is this an authoritarian crackdown by Donald Trump or just another politicized spectacle? https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-trumps-washington/bunkerboys-photo-op-war 28 comments politics
- Donald Trump’s Talk to Police Officers Was Police-State Authoritarianism Distilled to Its Essence https://www.aclu.org/blog/speak-freely/donald-trumps-talk-police-officers-was-police-state-authoritarianism-distilled-its 5 comments politics
- Bernie Sanders says 'delusional' Donald Trump could move the US into 'authoritarian mode' http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/bernie-sanders-says-delusional-donald-trump-could-move-us-into-authoritarian-mode-a7574726.html 9 comments politics
- The rise of American authoritarianism -- A niche group of political scientists may have uncovered what's driving Donald Trump's ascent. What they found has implications that go well beyond 2016. http://www.vox.com/2016/3/1/11127424/trump-authoritarianism 40 comments politics
- White House Doubles Down On Donald Trump's Vow To Stay In Power No Matter What | The president’s chief of staff is all in on Trump’s decision to go full authoritarian regime. https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/09/mark-meadows-donald-trump-election-results 96 comments politics
- Michael Bloomberg Has an Anti-Democratic Streak - Far from being the only hope against Donald Trump, the former New York mayor embodies another strand of authoritarian politics. https://www.thenation.com/article/bloomberg-authoritarian-centrist-presidential/ 12 comments politics
- Donald Trump Is 'Close To Inciting Violence On The Media' – UN Human Rights Chief: Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein also said authoritarian world leaders are taking the US president's lead. https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/donald-trump-violence-media-un-human-rights-chief-warns_uk_5b714461e4b0ae32af997ce1?guccounter=1 1585 comments worldnews
- According to a new survey, Germans see U.S. President Donald Trump as a bigger challenge for German foreign policy than authoritarian leaders in North Korea, Russia or Turkey https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-germany-survey/germans-see-trump-as-bigger-problem-than-north-korea-or-russia-idUSKBN1DZ0GY?il=0 185 comments germany
- Donald Trump and his demons: Why the assault on democracy will get worse - Authoritarians never joke. Donald Trump's threats of violence should warn us what's coming after impeachment https://www.salon.com/2020/01/28/donald-trump-and-his-demons-why-the-assault-on-democracy-will-get-worse/ 754 comments politics
- Donald Trump’s coronavirus death cult takes to the streets. The president has transformed yesterday's Tea Party revolutionaries into worshippers of authoritarian power in Washington. https://newrepublic.com/article/157356/donald-trump-coronavirus-protests 368 comments politics
- Rates of infectious disease linked to authoritarian attitudes. Scientists accounted for socioeconomic factors that influence ideology, including religious beliefs, wealth and education. Higher regional infection rates in the US corresponded to more votes for Donald Trump in the 2016 US Election. https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/928946 202 comments science
- The secret of his success: Donald Trump's six weird tricks for authoritarian rule | Historian Jennifer Mercieca decodes Trump's "rhetorical genius" in her must-read book "Demagogue for President" https://www.salon.com/2020/07/04/the-secret-of-his-success-donald-trumps-six-weird-tricks-for-authoritarian-rule/ 22 comments politics
- American activism is best hope to save U.S. democracy from Trump - Timothy Snyder, author of "On Tyranny," talks about how Donald Trump's actions echo the behavior of governments that slip away from democracy and into authoritarianism https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/american-activism-is-best-hope-to-save-u-s-democracy-from-trump-88263749651 3 comments politics
- Super Tuesday is upon us: Very soon, Democrats must unite or surrender to authoritarianism - After this week, Democrats will face a stark choice: Come together to beat Donald Trump, or just give up https://www.salon.com/2020/03/01/super-tuesday-is-upon-us-very-soon-democrats-must-unite-or-surrender-to-authoritarianism/ 120 comments politics
- Donald Trump’s abuse of the pardon power to reward criminal loyalists is a precedent for a future authoritarian leader to commit crimes without consequence. Its use must be curtailed by Congress https://apps.bostonglobe.com/opinion/graphics/2021/06/future-proofing-the-presidency/part-5-rewards-for-doing-the-presidents-bidding/ 182 comments politics