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  1. 2025-12 • A new State Department directive orders consular officials to deny H-1B and other visas to foreign workers with backgrounds in 'fact-checking,' 'content moderation,' or 'trust and safety.' The policy classifies such work as 'censorship' of Americans, mandating reviews of applicants' LinkedIn profiles and resumes. First Amendment experts argue this conflates standard research on disinformation with suppression of speech, potentially isolating the U.S. tech sector.
    anti-educationauthoritarianismfree-speechpolitical-persecution
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  2. 2025-09 • President Trump issued an executive order purportedly targetting domestic threats, but it transparently undermines free speech, targets political rivals, and conflates activism with criminal behavior.
    abuse-of-powerauthoritarianismfree-speechpolitical-persecution
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  3. 2025-06 • On June 14, 2025, President Trump presided over an absurd military parade in Washington, D.C., marking both the U.S. Army's 250th anniversary and his 79th birthday, featuring thousands of troops, tanks, missile launchers, low-flying aircraft, and extensive pageantry normally reserved for wartime victory celebrations.
    authoritarianismculture-war
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  4. 2025-03 • Trump revoked security clearances of Biden, Harris, Clinton and other Democrats in an unprecedented act of political retaliation.
    abuse-of-powerauthoritarianismpolitical-persecution
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  5. 2025-03 • Trump threatened to cut off aid to Ukraine while mocking President Zelensky, emboldening Putin and undermining democratic allies.
    authoritarianismforeign-policypublic-trust
  6. 2025-02 • Trump signed an executive order (Ensuring Accountability for All Agencies) directing independent agencies to submit significant regulations for White House review, setting up White House liaison offices, and empowering the President & Attorney General to issue authoritative interpretations of law, thereby reducing agency independence. Also, recent lawsuits and firings of agency officials (FTC, CPSC, NRC) illustrate efforts to reduce statutory protections.
    authoritarianismcorruptioninstitutional-sabotage
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  7. 2025-02 • Trump gave Elon Musk's DOGE unprecedented access to track and control all federal payments, centralizing power in unelected billionaire advisors.
    authoritarianismcorruption
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  8. 2025-02 • Trump and Musk illegally attempted to shut down USAID without congressional approval, cutting off humanitarian aid worldwide.
    abuse-of-powerauthoritarianismcruelty
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  9. 2025-01 • Trump administration detained and deported international students and scholars for pro-Palestinian activism, violating free speech rights.
    authoritarianismfree-speechpolitical-persecution
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  10. 2025-01 • Trump attempted to end birthright citizenship through executive order, violating the 14th Amendment and creating stateless children.
    abuse-of-powerauthoritarianismcruelty
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  11. 2025-01 • Trump pardoned all 1,200+ January 6th insurrectionists including violent assaulters of police officers, rewarding sedition and violence.
    abuse-of-powerauthoritarianisminsurrection
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  12. 2025-01 • Trump invoked the archaic Alien Enemies Act from 1798 to target immigrants, using wartime powers against civilians in peacetime.
    abuse-of-powerauthoritarianismdiscrimination
  13. 2024-07 • In a landmark 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court granted presidents broad immunity from criminal prosecution for 'official acts,' without clearly defining what counts as official. This decision opened the door to abuses of power and made it much harder to hold presidents criminally accountable for actions taken while in office.
    authoritarianismcriminal-behaviorinstitutional-sabotage
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  14. 2021-01 • Trump incited violent insurrectionists to attack the Capitol to prevent certification of Biden's election victory, then refused to call them off for hours.
    authoritarianismincitementinsurrection
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  15. 2020-07 • Trump fired FBI Director Comey investigating Russian interference, then pardoned Roger Stone who was convicted of lying to Congress and witness tampering to protect Trump.
    abuse-of-powerauthoritarianismcorruption
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