“Are You Hiding at Home, You
Chicken?”
CONGRESS · POLITICAL POWER · REPUBLICANS
March 20, 2025
In March 2025, the Piedmont Raging
Grannies staged a musical protest
against Senator Thom Tillis, who…
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How to Become a Dictator -
Step 9: Consolidate Power
WHITE HOUSE · POLITICAL POWER · LAW AND COURTS
March 19, 2025
Authoritarian leaders often
consolidate power gradually, eroding
democratic safeguards through legal
maneuvers and institutional control.
The article.
How to Become a Dictator - Step 9:
Consolidate Power
When people envision a dictator’s…
Big Money, Small Towns: How
Outside Cash is Rewriting
Local Democracy
POLITICAL POWER · CAMPAIGNS · LOCAL GOVERNMENT
March 18, 2025
In the fading twilight of a chilly
North Carolina evening, a local
election in Sylva was decided by the…
How to Become a Dictator –
Step 8: Divide and Conquer
POLITICAL POWER · IMMIGRATION · REPUBLICANS
March 17, 2025
Authoritarian leaders use
divide-and-conquer tactics to
fracture societies by exploiting
racial, economic, and cultural
divisions, redirecting public.
Divide and conquer is a weapon as
old as power itself—a tool that
authoritarian leaders wield to…
The Return of the “Enemy of
the People”
WHITE HOUSE · POLITICAL POWER · MAGA
March 15, 2025
Since his second term began in
January 2025, Donald Trump has
implemented a media strategy
prioritizing pro-Trump.
There’s an article today in The
Atlantic (
https://www.theatlantic.com/ , March
15, 2025) by András Pethő, an…
It’s Day 53
WHITE HOUSE · POLITICAL POWER · LAW AND COURTS
March 14, 2025
On Day 53 of Donald Trump’s second
presidential term, rapid executive
actions have raised concerns about…
How to Become a Dictator -
Step 7: The Cult of
Personality
POLITICAL POWER · MAGA · LAW AND COURTS
March 13, 2025
The final stage in consolidating
dictatorial power involves
cultivating a personality cult that
merges the leader’s identity.
After you’ve seized power—silencing
rivals, manipulating laws, and
taking over critical
institutions—one final step remains…
How to Become a Dictator –
Step 6: Change the Rules
WHITE HOUSE · POLITICAL POWER · LAW AND COURTS
March 12, 2025
In early 2025, President Trump
initiated a series of executive
actions under Project 2025, altering
federal regulations.
The phone buzzed on a chilly morning
in January 2025. Journalists,
lawmakers, and policy analysts
around the nation woke to a raft of…
How to Become a Dictator -
Step 5
POLITICAL POWER · LAW AND COURTS · MAGA
March 11, 2025
Step Five in the rise of
dictatorship involves eliminating
opposition through intimidation,
propaganda, legal tactics, and
violence.
Step Five: Retribution
Step into the corridors of power,
and you’ll hear a chilling whisper…
