Over the first months of the second Trump presidency, we have watched the guardrails of democracy come off rapidly in real time. Mass firings of civil servants, the dismissal of government watchdogs, the weaponization of the military against our citizens, the use of the national budget as a cudgel , and the dehumanization of immigrants.

President Donald Trump and his allies are following what we believe is a similar path as autocrats abroad, with an American twist . Such leaders often speak in the language of crisis—border invasion, urban chaos, national decline—so they can justify authoritarian measures. They attempt to manipulate elections—something we fear is happening amid steps to purge voters in Georgia and redraw political lines in Texas . They control informatio

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