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On Faith: Fundamentalism and autocracy

Times Argus 27 Dec 2025
Houston, we have a problem And I mean Houston literally and humorously. America today is pretty much an autocratic plutocracy. That is a technical political term. “a system of governance where absolute power is held by a wealthy elite, ....
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Autocracies in transition: In 2025, Cameroon and Tanzania rulers clung to power — but look ...

Caledonian Record 19 Dec 2025
The countries, whose respective leaders recently won widely disputed elections, offer contrasting examples in how autocracies operate, evolve and change ....
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Long: Remembering the first, ill-fated attempt to reform Russian autocracy

The Roanoke Times 18 Dec 2025
There’s a new governor coming to Richmond, endless bickering in Washington, and serious questions about economic issues. But let’s ignore all of that for a few column-inches ... .
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2 powers, 1 playbook: US-Chinese bureaucrats actually quite alike

Asiatimes 17 Dec 2025
The year 2025 has not been a great one for US-Chinese relations ... democracy versus autocracy; economic liberalism versus state-led growth; and individualism versus collectivism ... career bureaucrats ... Separated by politics, not practice ... Latest stories ... ....
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Coming Soon: Season 3 of Autocracy in America

The Atlantic 15 Dec 2025
To explain Donald Trump’s project, and to talk about where it might be going, The Atlantic’s Anne Applebaum is returning to host a new season of Autocracy in America ... From The Atlantic, Autocracy in America, Season 3.
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US says it will lift some trade sanctions on Belarus as the isolated autocracy seeks ...

Rocky Mount Telegram 14 Dec 2025
US says it will lift some trade sanctions on Belarus as the isolated autocracy seeks to improve relations with the West ....
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Supreme Court set to make Trump king with 'bogus' constitutional theory

Alternet 04 Dec 2025
Slate Senior writer Mark Joseph Stern says the Supreme Court is gearing up to hand President Donald Trump kinglike firing powers over independent federal agencies in Trump v ... But under the Constitution, they may do so only on the president’s behalf ... .
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The cusp of autocracy

Winston-Salem Journal 03 Dec 2025
The world's population in 2025 is 8.2 billion ...
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Orban models autocracy for Trump

Courier Traveler 26 Nov 2025
Victor Orban came to power in Hungary with a slogan of "make Europe great again.” He promoted fear of immigrants and homosexuals and promised to eliminate the danger that he said they presented ... .
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Five minutes from autocracy: How Georgia U-turned from its Western path

Straits Times 18 Nov 2025
The ruling party aims to ban the three main opposition groups outright ....
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Ignore our burgeoning autocracy at your own risk | Opinion

Lewiston Sun Journal 17 Nov 2025
Who's next for the immigrant detainee compounds? You are! ....
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Another Step on the Path to Autocracy, by Paul Craig Roberts

The Unz Review 13 Nov 2025
Indeed, federal courts made rulings hastening the end of democracy ... Government reopened in time for Congress to retain its power by exercising it, but a further step has been taken in the transition from democracy to autocracy ... ....
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Manhattan Council Member Erik Bottcher tells amNewYork he’s running for Congress to combat autocracy in America

AM New York 13 Nov 2025
City Council Member Erik Bottcher threw his hat in the ring on Thursday for next year's increasingly crowded Democratic primary to replace retiring U.S. Rep ... Among those candidates, Lasher is Nadler's chosen successor ... I stared them down ... ....
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