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Fiendish Thingy

(22,437 posts) Thu Feb 5, 2026, 12:05 AM 5 hrs ago

Two Reasons Why Trump's Rapid Push Towards Autocracy Will Fail

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Two Reasons Why Trump's Rapid Push Towards Autocracy Will Fail (Original Post) Fiendish Thingy 5 hrs ago OP

I think the speed is due to Trump's health Skittles 4 hrs ago #1

Fantastic follow-up to the John Burn-Murdoch's quantification of Democratic backsliding, which found the United States' pat_k 3 hrs ago #2

Skittles

(170,170 posts)

1. I think the speed is due to Trump's health

Reply to Fiendish Thingy (Original post)

Thu Feb 5, 2026, 12:29 AM

4 hrs ago

yup

pat_k

(12,791 posts)

2. Fantastic follow-up to the John Burn-Murdoch's quantification of Democratic backsliding, which found the United States'

Reply to Fiendish Thingy (Original post)

Thu Feb 5, 2026, 01:26 AM

3 hrs ago

...descent toward autocracy under Trump to be steeper than any recent precedent.

DU's muriel_volestrangler posted the original Financial Times article and Paul Krugman's comments on it here:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1016422654

And I think Mallen Baker's analysis is spot on.

There are seeds of hope in the speed and magnitude of the horrors the felon's regime is inflicting on the nation.

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