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'Screams of Torture' as Authoritarian Government in Belarus Continues Attacks on Protesters, Journalists

Citing 'Years of Chaos and Impunity,' ACLU Calls for Breakup of Department of Homeland Security

Lisa Newcomb, staff writer

"We have to remove the loaded weapon that sits on the proverbial coffee table in the Oval Office."

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'Embarrassing Nepotism': Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Appoints Son as Ambassador to US

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Bolsonaros and Trump

One critic said that it's "only a matter of time now before the son of Brazil's...

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National Emergency? Here Are the Real Emergencies an Outraged Nation Tells President Trump

Jon Queally, staff writer

"Gun violence. Climate change. The fact that 40% of Americans don’t have $400...

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'Shock Doctrine' Author Naomi Klein Worries 'What Next?' If Trump Succeeds in Inventing a 'National Emergency'

U.S. President Donald Trump gets into an exchange with CNN reporter Jim Acosta during a news conference a day after the midterm elections on November 7, 2018 in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC. Republicans kept the Senate majority but lost control of the House to the Democrats.

"Clear Attack on the First Amendment": Authoritarian Trump Denounced for Stripping Press Credentials From CNN's Jim Acosta

U.S. national security adviser John Bolton delivered remarks on the Trump administration's policies in Latin America at Miami Dade College's National Historic Landmark Freedom Tower in Miami, Florida.

Praising Openly Fascist Bolsonaro as 'Like-Minded,' John Bolton Hails Brazilian Strongman as Welcome Ally in Crushing Latin American Left

Jair Bolsonaro

'Far More Dangerous Than Trump': Extremist, Far-Right Bolsonaro Wins Brazil's Presidency

Fernando Haddad, Brazil's left-wing presidential candidate, has been illegally targeted by entrepreneurs who support his opponent, Jair Bolsonaro, in the country's election campaign.

With Steve Bannon in the Shadows, Brazil's Right-Wing Forces Accused of Illegal WhatsApp Propaganda Campaign to Lift Bolsonaro

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks to protestors rallying against Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh on Capitol Hill, October 4, 2018 in Washington, DC.

In Rebuke to Trumpian Division and Authoritarianism, Bernie Sanders Champions 'Unity' and 'Common Humanity' in Visionary Speech

Press conference regarding the decision of Brazil's Superior Justice Court, which condemned Jair Bolsonaro for derogatory comments he made about Congresswoman Maria do Rosário.

Millions of Women Join Forces in Brazil to Fight Back Against 'Misogynist" and 'Truly Fascist' Presidential Candidate

Newswire

ACLU

ACLU Comment on Trump Tweet About Delaying Election

ACLU

ACLU Secures Release of U.S. Resident Unlawfully Detained Under Patriot Act

Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law

Trump’s Memorandum Targeting Undocumented Immigrants in the 2020 Census is Totalitarian and Unconstitutional

350.org

New Brazilian Government Must Uphold Climate Commitments and Safeguard Human Rights

Amnesty International - USA

After Bolsonaro Election, Toxic Speech Must Not Become Government Policy

Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)

Brazilian Democracy “in Crisis” Following Election of Fascistic Bolsonaro, CEPR Co-Director Says

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Thom Hartmann

Will Enough Americans Show Up to stop Trump From Using the Dictator's Playbook?

Barbara Miner

Death of America's Democracy?

John Feffer

How Covid–19 Could Upend Geopolitics

Jesse Jackson

We Don't Need Trump's Thugs in Chicago

Jill Richardson

Trump's Authoritarianism Is Ill-Suited to a Pandemic

Chris Hartmann

Mistrust Compels Anti-Authoritarian Epidemiology in the Time of COVID-19

Robert Reich

Beware the 21st Century Robber Barons

John Feffer

What Will It Take to Defeat Trumpism?

Jennifer Mercieca

A Field Guide to Trump's Dangerous Rhetoric

Ted Glick

Live From Tulsa: Trump Is a Hideous Lying Pathetic Clown