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Authoritarianism

The erosion of democratic institutions toward one-person or one-party rule.

  1. 2026

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    Feb 19

    Pritzker accuses Trump of costing Illinois $8.4 billion in his budget address

    Illinois fights 50+ federal lawsuits as governor proposes social media tax

    Garcia blasts mass deportations
    Republican calls Trump deportation plan inhumane
    Latino Republicans warn violent ICE crackdown
    Jan 27

    Latinas for Trump co-founder warns party faces losses over Stephen Miller's influence

    GOP state senator who cofounded Latinas for Trump now fears for her son

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  2. 2025

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    Aug 28

    Judge blocks Kari Lake from firing VOA director

    Constitutional limits on executive control of independent media agencies

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    Donald Trump
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    Jun 5

    What history teaches about defending democracy from authoritarianism

    Research shows nonviolent movements succeed when they hit 3.5% participation

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    John Lewis
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    Curtis Yarvin wants American democracy toppled. He has some prominent Republican fans.
    Curtis Yarvin's Plot Against America
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    Jan 15

    Yarvin's anti-democratic theories infiltrate GOP policy from fringe blogs

    Corporate dictatorship blueprint enters mainstream

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    J.D. Vance
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    Michael Anton
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    6 figures
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    University of Queensland: Libertarian tech titan Peter Thiel helped make JD Vance
    Where J.D. Vance Gets His Weird, Terrifying Techno-Authoritarian Ideas
    Trump's reign fits Curtis Yarvin's blueprint of a CEO-led American monarchy
    Jan 15

    Yarvin-Thiel network's anti-democratic philosophy gains influence in Trump administration

    Anti-democracy blogger attends Trump inaugural as his ideas echo through DOGE workforce cuts

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    Michael Anton
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  3. 2021

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  4. 2017

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  5. 2012

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  6. 2007

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  7. 1958

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People

Key figures in Authoritarianism

23 figures
Curtis Yarvin
Neo-reactionary theorist and anti-democratic blogger
Donald Trump
President of the United States
Michael Anton
State Department Director of Policy Planning
J.D. Vance
Vice President of the United States
Steve Bannon
Former Trump strategist
Marc Andreessen
Venture capitalist and Andreessen Horowitz co-founder
Peter Thiel
Billionaire tech investor and Republican megadonor
Alex Pretti
Minneapolis Shooting Victim
Cesar Chavez
United Farm Workers
Erica Chenoweth
Harvard Kennedy School Professor
Ileana Garcia
Florida State Senator (R), Cofounder of Latinas for Trump
John Lewis
SNCC Leader
Kari Lake
Acting CEO of U.S. Agency for Global Media
Katie Miller
Administration Spokesperson, Stephen Miller's Wife
Marco Rubio
Secretary of State
Martin Luther King Jr.
Civil Rights Leader, SCLC
Michael Abramowitz
Voice of America Director
Michael Velchik
Justice Department Attorney
Rosa Parks
Civil Rights Activist
Royce Lamberth
U.S. District Judge
Steve Miller
White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy
Thurgood Marshall
NAACP Legal Defense Fund
Vice President JD Vance
Has cited Yarvin as influence, funded by Thiel