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'He's moving at a truly alarming speed': Trump propels US into authoritarianism
A senator handcuffed, people snatched in public, military deployed – Trump’s slide towards autocracy has come quicker than critics fearedIt reads like a checklist of milestones on the road to autocracy.
A succession of opposition politicians, including Alex Padilla, a US senator, are handcuffed and arrested by heavy-handed law enforcement for little more than questioning authority or voicing dissent.
A judge is arrested in her own courthouse and charged with helping a defendant evade arrest.
Masked snatch squads arrest and spirit people away in public in what seem to be consciously intimidating scenes.
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/19/trump-us-autocracy-authoritarianism