Bernie Sanders WALKS OUT of interview

Mar 23, 2025

Shocking! USA Already at Authoritarian Rule

As the world watches, concerns are growing that democracy in the United States is under threat. A scary interview on LBC with Simon Marks, Global Correspondent is a wake-up call!

Once seen as a beacon of freedom, the country now faces rising authoritarian tendencies, deep political division, and challenges to its institutions. But how real is the danger? And what does this mean for the rest of the world and specifically Brexit Britain which is trying to get a trade deal with Trump

Canadian MP Charlie Angus Stands Up to Trump's Authoritarianism in Powerful Speech.

Mar 21, 2025 | MP Charlie Angus calls on Canadians to support the boycott of American products and tourism and condemns Trump's authoritarian policies as fascist.

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Great to hear this tough speech. Long live Canada! Vive le Canada ! – © Mark Alexander

'Now Is the Time to Break Glass’: Chris Hayes Reacts to Schumer interview

Mar 20, 2025 | “It makes it very hard to imagine a leader ‘meeting the moment’ if they don't believe the moment is here,” says Chris Hayes on Chuck Schumer saying democracy is not at stake—yet.

Americans are far too complacent. Trump is CLEARLY trying to turn the US into a dictatorship. That is precisely why he is deconstructing, hollowing out, destroying America's institutions. He's not one of Putin's best chums for nothing! Wake up, America! Before it is too late. – © Mark Alexander

The US Is Moving Rapidly towards an Authoritarian Society

Bernie Sanders explains.

‘Absolute Nonsense’: White House Gets This Wrong about Trump's Powers and Constitution, Critics Say

Mar 18, 2025 | Donald Trump is now openly defying the rule of law with the president getting closer to a showdown with the judicial branch of the government, critics say.

Rep. Jamie Raskin: Trump's Attacks on Critics & Press Are Part of the "Authoritarian Playbook"

Mar 17, 2025 | President Donald Trump spoke at the Department of Justice Friday in an unprecedented speech in which he threatened to take revenge on his political enemies, from the press to the FBI itself. "It was a typical rambling and hate-filled diatribe," says Maryland Congressmember Jamie Raskin. "Nobody has ever taken a sledgehammer to the traditional boundary between independent criminal law enforcement, on the one side, and presidential political will and power, on the other." Raskin, who spoke at a press conference in response to Trump's address outside of the Department of Justice, is a former constitutional law professor and served as the Democrats' lead prosecutor for Trump's second impeachment over the January 6 Capitol insurrection. He also responds to Trump's "illegal" invocation of the wartime Alien Enemies Act of 1798 and his attempt to deport foreign-born university students and faculty. Trump's sweeping efforts to make the United States hostile to immigrants "creates danger for everybody," warns Raskin. Finally, Raskin responds to recent divisions within the Democratic Party over a GOP spending bill. He urges congressional Democrats to present a "unified plan" and "common strategy" for resisting a Republican supermajority loyal to Trump.


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Jared Yates Sexton on American Influence, as Trump Aligns with Putin

Mar 17, 2025 | Jared Yates Sexton discusses the fall of American influence on the world stage, as Trump aligns with Putin and Europe prepares for an alternate geopolitical landscape, without U.S. security protections - only on The Weekend Show.

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The GOP Aim to Shutdown Democracy and 'Replace It with Techno-state Dictatorship' Warns Rep. Raskin

Mar 16, 2025 | Rep. Jamie Raskin joins Jonathan Capehart to discuss how President Trump used his speech at the Justice Department to attack his critics and vow to exact revenge.

Inside Trump’s Crackdown on Dissent: Obscure Laws, ICE Agents and Fear

THE NEW YORK TIMES: President Trump is clamping down broadly on dissent using the tools of the federal government.

For months now, President Trump has been threatening to deport foreign students who took part in last year’s campus protests over the Israel-Hamas war.

Behind the scenes, his administration got to work.

Investigators from a branch of Immigration and Customs Enforcement that typically focuses on human traffickers and drug smugglers scoured the internet for social media posts and videos that the administration could argue showed sympathy toward Hamas, administration officials said. The investigators handed over reports on multiple protesters to the State Department, which used an obscure legal statute to authorize the arrest over the weekend of a 30-year-old lawful permanent resident: Mahmoud Khalil.

Mr. Trump said this week that Mr. Khalil’s case was the first of “many to come.”

Civil rights groups say the arrest of Mr. Khalil, who is a legal permanent resident and is married to an American citizen, is a clear violation of the First Amendment. But it also illustrates how Mr. Trump is using the tools of the federal government to launch a crackdown not only on those who break the law — but also on dissent more broadly. » | Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Hamed Aleaziz | Reporting from Washington | Wednesday, March 12, 2025

'It's No Secret Why He Did It' – Trump's Russia Support, Ukraine, and Elon Musk

Mar 4, 2025 | Bernie Sanders holds a candid interview with journalists in Kyiv to discuss the state of US politics, Trump and the GOP, Media Control by Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos and the Global impact of these issues.

'A New Style of Coup': Historian Reacts to Trump-Musk Federal Government Takeover

Mar 9, 2025 | Ruth Ben-Ghiat, a history professor at New York University, joins Jonathan Capehart to discuss how President Trump has given new meaning to the phrase "bully pulpit" and how Trump is using the authoritarian playbook in his second term.

‘People Are Going Silent’: Fearing Retribution, Trump Critics Muzzle Themselves

THE NEW YORK TIMES: People say they are intimidated by online attacks from the president, concerned about harm to their businesses or worried about the safety of their families.

The silence grows louder every day.

Fired federal workers who are worried about losing their homes ask not to be quoted by name. University presidents fearing that millions of dollars in federal funding could disappear are holding their fire. Chief executives alarmed by tariffs that could hurt their businesses are on mute.

Even longtime Republican hawks on Capitol Hill, stunned by President Trump’s revisionist history that Ukraine is to blame for its invasion by Russia, and his Oval Office blowup at President Volodymyr Zelensky, have either muzzled themselves, tiptoed up to criticism without naming Mr. Trump or completely reversed their positions.

More than six weeks into the second Trump administration, there is a chill spreading over political debate in Washington and beyond.

People on both sides of the aisle who would normally be part of the public dialogue about the big issues of the day say they are intimidated by the prospect of online attacks from Mr. Trump and Elon Musk, concerned about harm to their companies and frightened for the safety of their families. Politicians fear banishment by a party remade in Mr. Trump’s image and the prospect of primary opponents financed by Mr. Musk, the president’s all-powerful partner and the world’s richest man. » | Elisabeth Bumiller | Reporting from Washington | Thursday, March 6, 2025

"Are We Sleepwalking into Autocracy?" Trump Embraces Authoritarian Playbook of Hungary's Orbán

Feb 12, 2025 | Is Trump embracing the authoritarian playbook of far-right Hungarian dictator Viktor Orbán? Princeton professor Kim Lane Scheppele walks us through Orbán's sudden rise to power and how the Trump administration's recent actions appear to follow his anti-democratic "blueprint," with Trump "echoing a lot of Orbán's rhetoric," consolidating power in the executive branch and bypassing federal checks and balances. "Trump is trying to break things quickly," says Scheppele, a professor of sociology and international affairs at Princeton University. She also notes Orbán's involvement in the right-wing Project 2025 initiative and his adoption of the motto "Make Europe Great Again" during Hungary's presidency of the Council of the European Union last year as further evidence of the close ties between the two leaders. As Orbán works to "consolidate this movement of anti-democratic far-right forces" in Europe, warns Scheppele, Trump is tightening his grasp on the other side of the Atlantic.

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Historian Timothy Snyder on the Future of American Democracy & the Rule of Law

Feb 19, 2025 | Historian Timothy Snyder and author of the books "On Tyranny" and "On Freedom" is a leading expert on fascism and the threat authoritarians pose to the future of American Democracy and the Rule of Law. In this video, he discusses the future of American Democracy and alarming rise of Authoritarianism with Timothy Snyder and Stephen Marche.

'I Think We're in Trouble': Author Predicts an Authoritarian 2nd Trump Term

Nov 6, 2024 | Jeff Sharlet, author of The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War, says Donald Trump and the people he surrounds himself with have signalled a move toward a new fascist movement.

Bernie Sanders on Trump’s Alignment with Russia

Mar 1, 2025 | U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders sat down with the Kyiv Independent on Feb. 27 to share his concerns about Trump’s growing alignment with Russia and other authoritarian regimes, what a possible U.S.-Russia alliance would mean for the American people, the role of billionaires like Elon Musk in shaping both domestic and international political discourse, and why defending Ukraine is crucial for the future of global democracy.

Journalist Describes Trump's Movements as a 'Regime Change' towards Authoritarianism

The Atlantic writer Anne Applebaum says President Trump's dismantling of the U.S. civil service system, and his attacks on judges and his opponents, are part of a playbook on undermining democracy. | Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Has President Trump Turned into Dictator Donald?

Feb 20, 2025 | During last year’s election, Donald Trump joked about becoming a dictator, but “only on day one” of his second term as president.

But over the past month, Trump has ignored laws passed by the US Congress, rejected the authority of US courts, forced the deletion of thousands of government websites and destroyed reams of scientific literature and public health data.

It’s starting to look less and less like a joke.

On this episode of the Briefing, Bension Siebert dives deep into whether Trump is genuinely beginning to turn the US into a dictatorship, and as Trump’s politics gain traction in Australia – most recently through billionaire Clive Palmer’s new political party – we ask what it would mean for this country if the world’s most powerful democracy slid into autocracy. On the other hand, Trump is no Hitler or Stalin – so is calling him a dictator...just a bit over-the-top?

US investigative journalist Dave Levinthal and University of Melbourne lecturer in history Dr Sarah Walsh join Bension Siebert to help unpack these questions and more.

We've Seen This Before, a Conversation with Anne Applebaum

Feb 23, 2025 | Regime change, techno authoritarianism, and the institutions of state