Report: US Undergoing Rapid Authoritarian Shift

Tuesday, December 09, 2025

The U.S. is showing signs of undergoing a "rapid authoritarian shift" as civic freedoms in the country decline following President Donald Trump's return to the White House, a group that tracks the status of such liberties and the threats they face around the world is warning.

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New global #PeoplePower2025 report shows civic freedoms are under attack globally. A record number of countries are now rated as 'Repressed' and 'Closed.' See country ratings & data on top violations : web.civicus.org/PeoplePower2025

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An emotionally and morally disturbed fraction of the country is behind this "shift".

They aren't our culture and they aren't our values. They behave like they imagine the barbarian hordes (immigrants) behave. The vast majority of Americans don't want what they try to force down our throats.

One honest, hard working brown man or woman equals one-hundred of these home-grown fascists.

#1 | Posted by Zed at 2025-12-09 06:58 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 3

I Agree.

#2 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2025-12-09 07:10 PM | Reply

Trump is . . "Full speed ahead and damn the torpedoes."

He hasn't much time left.

#3 | Posted by Twinpac at 2025-12-09 07:48 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

I also Agree with this.

#4 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2025-12-09 08:36 PM | Reply

@#1 ... An emotionally and morally disturbed fraction of the country is behind this "shift". ...

Didn't Hitler rely on the political process to gain power?

My guess is that the US is around where Germany was in the, say, early- to mid-1930's regarding Hitler's rise to power. But the US is moving towards authoritarianism more quickly than Germany did.

#5 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-12-10 07:15 PM | Reply

I found this to be an informative and entertaining way to take a quick look at how we got the Third Reich, as we are fast becoming the Fourth:

WW2 - OverSimplified (Part 1)

www.youtube.com

WW2 - OverSimplified (Part 2)

www.youtube.com

They also have WWI and the Cold War vids.

OR, if you are LeetheAgent, you can watch it with a cute Finnish girl!

www.youtube.com

#6 | Posted by Corky at 2025-12-10 07:36 PM | Reply