Trump's Chilling Model for Dictatorship Revealed

Oct 14, 2025 | Donald Trump loves dictatorships. Trump confesses that he wants to turn America into a military dictatorship like Egypt.

Does America need a revolution, an ORANGE revolution, I wonder? 🤔 — © Mark Alexander

Joan Baez: Here’s How to Get Over 'Dictator Phobia' and Resist Trump's War on Democracy

Sep 22, 2025 | Legendary singer and activist Joan Baez still marches in protests and has spent her career on the political frontlines. She has a candid conversation with Nicolle Wallace talking about how to protest President Trump.

IHIP News: Who Is Bending over for Dictator Trump's Attack on FREE SPEECH?!

Sep 19, 2025 | Corporations and commentators are letting Trump steamroll over the 1st Amendment.

Very strong language alert!

How Americans could have voted for this know-nothing, felon and sex offender twice is truly beyond my comprehension. And it should be beyond yours, too! Americans have brought all this sh** on themselves. Now, they have to figure out how they can extricate themselves from it. — © Mark Alexander

Trump Pressures Broadcasters Over Critical Coverage, Escalating Attack on Speech

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The president’s suggestion that broadcasters should lose their licenses because of criticism of him indicated that his assault on critics’ language is driven in part by personal animus.

President Trump said on Thursday that regulators should consider revoking the licenses of broadcasters that air negative coverage or commentary of him, indicating that his assault on critics’ language is motivated at least in part by personal animus.

Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, Mr. Trump called the networks “an arm of the Democrat party” who are out to get him.

“I have read someplace that the networks were 97 percent against me, I get 97 percent negative, and yet I won and easily,” Mr. Trump said as he returned to Washington following a state visit to Britain, adding: “I would think maybe their license should be taken away.”

The comments were a remarkable escalation in a coordinated attack by Mr. Trump and his top aides, who are using the threat of the power of the American government to silence criticism or dissent following the assassination of the right-wing activist Charlie Kirk.

In the last week, White House has moved to target the tax status of liberal groups, monitor online speech, deny visas and threaten to designate certain groups as domestic terrorists. The administration has argued such measures are necessary to crack down on hate speech that could incite violence, even as Democrats and others warn that it amounts to a crackdown on opposing views. » | Zolan Kanno-Youngs | Zolan Kanno-Youngs is a White House correspondent. He reported from Washington. | Published: Thursday, September 18, 2025; updated: Friday, September 19, 2025

With Americans' penchant for violence, one can but wonder whether the US is heading for another revolution. The Orange One is pushing Americans to the edge, methinks. — © Mark Alexander

Is Trump Turning America into a Mafia State? | World on Edge

Sep 4, 2025 | Is it authoritarianism yet? Jeffrey Kopstein thinks we should be asking another question about America.

He joins Steve and Janice Stein to discuss his book "The Assault on the State,” if Trump is turning America into a “family business,” the global shift from the rule of law to the rule of men, how Trump and Viktor Orban and Benjamin Netanyahu are following in Putin’s footsteps, and why when modern states collapse it can lead to arbitrary rule by authoritarian "fathers" and their extended households.



Americans have got themselves into a fix by re-electing Trump into the White House. This is the start of America going down the tubes. It is hard to see how America will ever be able to recover from this. China will soon be ready to take over hegemony. — © Mark Alexander

Donald Trump Says He Is Not a Dictator. Isn’t He?

THE GUARDIAN: From deploying the national guard to targeting news channels and schools, the US president’s actions are anything from typical of a democratic leader

A screenshot taken from this article: ‘I’m not a dictator. I don’t like a dictator,’ the US president said.Illustration: Angelica Alzona/Guardian Design
Speaking in the Oval Office this week, Donald Trump had something he wanted to clarify.

“I’m not a dictator. I don’t like a dictator,” the president said.

Yet his comments came weeks after he deployed armed soldiers and Humvee-style military vehicles to patrol the streets of Washington, claiming, despite all available evidence, that the use of the national guard was necessary to control crime.

The remarks followed Trump withholding, or threatening to withhold, billions of dollars from universities, and after the increasingly politicized FBI raid on the home of John Bolton, a prominent critic of Trump.

Trump has also targeted law firms who have filed lawsuits he opposes, while the Federal Communications Commission, led by a Trump appointee, is investigating every major broadcast network except Fox, which owns the pro-Trump Fox News channel. Trump has personally sued news channels over critical coverage and fired the government’s top labour statistician because she published jobs data that he didn’t like.

He has threatened Democrats with prosecution, and demanded that former president Barack Obama be investigated for treason. Trump has done all this as his family has ostensibly earned millions of dollars from his presidency.

None of these things are typical for a democratic leader. So … is Trump a dictator? » | Adam Gabbatt | Monday, September 1, 2025

Trump ‘Wants to Be a Dictator Like Putin' | Former Biden Assistant on National Guard Deployment

Aug 31, 2025 | "There’s no plan. This is all theatre.”

Trump’s “unconstitutional” deployment of the National Guard in DC is poorly planned, ineffective, and driven entirely by political image-building rather than genuine crime prevention, says former special assistant to Joe Biden, Meghan Hays.

Portugal’s Forgotten Dictatorship: The Era Salazar | History Documentary

Aug 28, 2025 | For 48 years, António Salazar ruled Portugal with silent force. This documentary reveals how Europe’s longest right-wing dictatorship controlled a nation—and why the world barely remembers it.

"This Is Dictatorship, NOT Presidency!" - Jeffrey Sachs Tears Trump Tariffs

Aug 9, 2025 | In this hard-hitting segment, acclaimed economist Jeffrey Sachs calls out Trump’s tariff strategy as “delusional” and economically flawed. Sachs dismantles the myth that trade deficits mean the U.S. is being “ripped off,” and underscores that the real issue is spending, not cheating.

Dr Russell Razzaque: Trump Is Now Actively Breaching the Law & Defying the Courts. Democracy Is Being Salami Sliced Away

Mar 21, 2025 | On numerous fronts, Trump is now knowingly an deliberately exceeding his authority. The Rubicon is being crossed. I outline exactly how that's happening in this video.

'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

Democracy Now! "We Live in a Fascist Dictatorship": Elie Mystal on Trump's Lawlessness, Attacks on the Judiciary

May 19, 2025 | Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts issued a rare statement Tuesday criticizing attacks by President Trump and his allies on federal judges. "For more than two centuries, it has been established that impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision," he said. Roberts's statement came after Trump called for the impeachment of U.S. District Judge James Boasberg, who ordered the Trump administration to stop using the 1798 Alien Enemies Act to deport immigrants. On Saturday, the administration ignored Boasberg's order to turn around three deportation flights bound for El Salvador. We speak with The Nation's justice correspondent Elie Mystal on the Trump-led breakdown of constitutional order. "There's not a coming constitutional crisis," says Mystal. "We are in a constitutional crisis right now."

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Thom Hartmann: Does Trump’s Open War Against Court Orders Mean Dictatorship & Oligarchy Arrived?

Mar 18, 2025 | When President Trump justified shredding the Constitution, he’s declaring war on democracy itself.

We must flood the streets in protest. We must call our representatives and demand accountability. We must challenge this in the courts, in the media, and at the ballot box. Silence is complicity.

The time to resist is now, before Trump’s America becomes a full-fledged police state.

This is not a drill. This is not a partisan squabble. This is the moment when we decide whether the United States remains a constitutional republic or slides into authoritarian rule.

Every single American who values freedom, regardless of party affiliation, must speak out.

Dr Russell Razzaque: When Does a Country Officially Become a Dictatorship?

Mar 17, 2025 | Trump has openly declared that he wants his enemies and journalists that disagree with him to be arrested. We are now headed down a very steep and very slippery slope into the realms of genuine dictatorship. In this video, I give examples from around the world to show how exactly this playbook works and what the future appears to hold.

Trump Administration Is Sliding toward Dictatorship (w/ Robert Kagan) | Bulwark On Sunday

Feb 23, 2025 | Bill Kristol & Robert Kagan talk about Trump, his thirst for power, companies bending the knee, the situation in Ukraine, and the administration sliding towards dictatorship.

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.

'Stand Your Ground, or You're Caving': Weissmann Reacts to Trump's Attacks on Rule of Law

Mar 15, 2025 | Fmr. FBI General Counsel and MSNBC Legal Analyst Andrew Weissmann joins MSNBC's Ali Velshi to discuss Donald Trump's attempts to have a “chilling effect” on judges, courts, and law firms with his repeated attacks on the rule of law including a ranting, politicized speech at the DOJ.

‘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

We Need to Fight Back against Trump | The Warning with Steve Schmidt

Mar 6, 2025 | As Donald Trump starts tariff wars and abandoning our allies around the globe, the opposition in America is nowhere to be found. Steve Schmidt looks at the Democratic response to Trump and how the best example of opposition was from a Senator in France.

Trump is a DISGRACE, and so is his team of DANGEROUS FOOLS! America is on a fast track to becoming a DICTATORSHIP. – © Mark Alexander

Trump’s Illegitimate Power Grab Brings US Closer to Dictatorship

THE GUARDIAN: Experts warn president’s blatant violations of law could upend US government’s system of checks and balances

The deceptively legalistic camouflage rendered the words almost banal – while still clearly communicating their ominous undercurrent.

“Judges aren’t allowed to control the executive’s legitimate power,” wrote Vice-President JD Vance, a graduate of Yale law school, on X as he waded into an escalating tug-of-war between his boss, Donald Trump, and the US federal courts.

Whatever it lacked in rhetorical flourish or polish, the post represented an unambiguous rejection of long-established constitutional norms while offering no supporting legal basis, some scholars say.

It also amounted to an implied statement of intent to ignore court rulings which, if enacted, would upend the US government’s intricate system of check and balances and lay the ground for dictatorship, they warn. » | Robert Tait in Washington | Thursday, February 13, 2025