U.S. President Donald Trump speaks throughout an government order signing within the Oval Workplace earlier this month.
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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks throughout an government order signing within the Oval Workplace earlier this month.
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Is the US headed towards autocracy?
That is a query prompted by a gentle stream of government orders in search of to consolidate energy within the White Home and upend lengthy held insurance policies and norms.
New York Instances Opinion author M. Gessen lived by means of a lot of Russia’s slide into autocracy, and wrote a guide about it.
They argue that one of many methods Vladimir Putin consolidated energy… was by making a sequence of arguments that appeared outrageous on the time — like the concept that the LGBT inhabitants was a risk to Russian sovereignty.
President Donald Trump’s second time period has been marked by a string of coverage proposals that may have been unthinkable in another administration.
Even when they do not go anyplace, they’re reshaping the boundaries of our democracy.
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This episode was produced by Mia Venkat and Connor Donevan.
It was edited by Courtney Dorning and Nadia Lancy.
Our government producer is Sami Yenigun.
