Opinion | We’ve had a ‘constitutional dictatorship’ before. Trump is different. Congress’s hesitancy to do its job would have puzzled the Constitution’s framers.

Trump’s expansion of executive authority, absent a national crisis, marks a dangerous departure from historical constitutional governance and authoritarian tendencies.
#Trump #AuthoritarianGovernance #InstitutionalCapture #ConstitutionalCrisis #RightWingThreats

Trump accuses Democrats of "paying a fortune" to interrupt GOP town halls President Donald Trump accused Democrats of paying hecklers following a series of hostile receptions to Republican lawmakers at public events.

Trump accuses Democrats of paying protesters to disrupt GOP events, escalating efforts to delegitimize civil society dissent and suppress public political engagement.

#Trump #CivilSocietySuppression #FreedomOfSpeech #PoliticalProtest #RightWingThreats

ICE promises bystanders who challenged Charlottesville raid will be prosecuted After ICE raided a downtown Charlottesville courthouse and arrested two men, the federal agency is promising to prosecute the bystanders who challenged their authority.

ICE’s Charlottesville courthouse raid escalates authoritarian policing tactics, threatening civil society responders and undermining judicial neutrality.

#Trump #InstitutionalAccountability #CivilSocietySuppression #ImmigrantRights #Charlottesville #DOJ #RightWingThreats

ICE promises bystanders who challenged Charlottesville raid will be prosecuted After ICE raided a downtown Charlottesville courthouse and arrested two men, the federal agency is promising to prosecute the bystanders who challenged their authority.

ICE’s Charlottesville courthouse raid escalates authoritarian policing tactics, threatening civil society responders and undermining judicial neutrality.
#Trump #DOJ #InstitutionalAccountability #CivilSocietySuppression #ImmigrantRights #Charlottesville #DOJ #RightWingThreats

Justice Dept. rescinds rules safeguarding media from government seizures The rules, first issued under former Attorney General Merrick Garland, gave members of the press protections from legal mechanisms to obtain sensitive data linked to their reporting.

Trump’s DOJ scrapped protections shielding journalists from surveillance and subpoenas, escalating threats to media independence and whistleblower safety amid authoritarian consolidation.
#Trump #PressFreedom #MediaRights #DOJ #Authoritarianism #RightWingThreats

'60 Minutes' correspondent calls out ownership on air Scott Pelley said CBS News' parent company, Paramount Global, had begun to supervise "60 Minutes" content "in new ways."

CBS News' Scott Pelley publicly accused Paramount Global of undermining journalistic independence at "60 Minutes" amid political and corporate pressures.
#Trump #MediaIntegrity #PressFreedom #CorporateInfluence #RightWingThreats #Journalism #CBS

Karoline Leavitt Refuses to Rule Out Arrest of Supreme Court Judges The White House press secretary is quietly warning the Supreme Court.

The Trump administration signals potential arrests of Supreme Court justices and other judges, escalating threats to judicial independence and constitutional governance.

#Trump #SCOTUS #JudicialIndependence #InstitutionalAccountability #AuthoritarianThreats #RightWingThreats #Democracy #RuleOfLaw

DOJ March 14 memo Alien Enemies Act

Trump DOJ memo authorizes ICE warrantless home entries under Alien Enemies Act, escalating threats to constitutional rights and civil liberties.

#Trump #CivilRights #ImmigrantRights #InstitutionalAccountability #AuthoritarianThreats #RightWingThreats

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Trump Admin Reverses Biden-Era Policy, Broadens Subpoena Power Over Journalists The U.S. Justice Department, under President Donald Trump, has enacted new regulations that significantly expand the government's ability to subpoena records

Trump administration rescinds Biden-era press protections, expanding DOJ subpoena powers over journalists and escalating authoritarian threats to investigative reporting.

#Trump #PressFreedom #InstitutionalAccountability #AuthoritarianThreats #RightWingThreats

Search the most complete database of the hundreds of research grants cut by the Trump administration Search the most complete database of the hundreds of research grants cut by the Trump administration

The Trump administration abruptly canceled $312 million in California research grants aimed at diversity and equity initiatives, escalating threats to academic freedom.

#Trump #RightWingThreats #InstitutionalAccountability #AcademicFreedom #CivilSociety #AuthoritarianThreats #Project2025

Orders to leave the country — some for US citizens — sow confusion among immigrants The Trump administration is quietly revoking the temporary legal status of people who entered the country via an online appointment app at U.S. border crossings with Mexico.

The Trump administration's sudden termination of CBP One protections triggered mass deportation confusion, threatening due process and immigrant rights nationwide.

#Trump #RightWingThreats #ImmigrantRights #InstitutionalAccountability #AuthoritarianThreats #CivilProtest #DueProcess

US universities help foreign students weather Trump deportations From warnings not to leave the country to guidance on how to complete degrees, U.S. universities are advising foreign students how to withstand President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown.

The Trump administration's immigration crackdown targets international students for deportation, threatening academic freedom and prompting a national university response.

#Trump #RightWingThreats #AcademicFreedom #InstitutionalAccountability #ImmigrantRights #AuthoritarianThreats #CivilProtest

PBS and NPR are in a once-in-a-generation funding fight. They might well lose | CNN Business America’s two biggest public broadcasters, PBS and NPR, are facing an up-or-down vote over their federal funding for the first time in decades.

The Trump campaign and Project 2025 have escalated efforts to defund PBS and NPR, targeting independent public media as part of broader authoritarian strategies.

#Trump #Project2025 #InstitutionalAccountability #PBS #NPR #RightWingThreats #AuthoritarianThreats #CivilProtest

Indivisible Yet Not Invincible-Exposing Truth Behind Weekly Protests Funded by Far Left Foreign Billionaires | Ohio Senate

The Ohio Senate published an official article falsely alleging Indivisible protests are funded by foreign billionaires, escalating state-level disinformation against civil society.

#Trump #OhioSenate #Indivisible #RightWingThreats #CoordinatedDisinformation #AntiAuthoritarianThreats #CivilProtest

How Project 2025 became the blueprint for Donald Trump’s second term Trump denied knowing much about the Heritage Foundation’s programme for power. But his first 100 days shows he is following its recommendations.

Trump embraced Project 2025 as the operational plan for his second term, accelerating efforts to consolidate power and dismantle civil safeguards.

#Trump #Project2025 #HeritageFoundation #InstitutionalAccountability #AntiAuthoritarianThreats #Authoritarianism #CivilLiberties #RightWingThreats

Analysis | Pam Bondi’s striking comments on arresting judges Amid criticisms that the administration is intimidating judges, Bondi didn’t exactly downplay the idea that this was part of a larger crusade against the judiciary.

Pam Bondi escalated attacks on judicial independence by urging the arrest of judges who ruled against Trump, intensifying authoritarian threats to the courts.

#Trump #PamBondi #DOJ #Judiciary #InstitutionalAccountability #AuthoritarianThreats #JudicialIndependence #RightWingThreats