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Staffan I Lindberg /V-Dem Institute @silindberg.bsky.social · 7d

Eliminating constraints and upsurping more of Congress power of the purse in one go. This is separate from the general shutdown. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/u...

Trump Administration Defunds Federal Watchdog Office

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Staffan I Lindberg /V-Dem Institute @silindberg.bsky.social · 7d

Gift article. You can read it for free without a subscription. Autocrat--ruler Trump instruct military to follow orders in attack on Democrat cities in a "war on the enemies from within". Ugh.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/u...

Trump and Hegseth Recount Familiar Partisan Complaints to Top Military Leaders

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Staffan I Lindberg /V-Dem Institute @silindberg.bsky.social · 7d

Yes….

Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 8d

This precisely. 100%. 10/10. No notes.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Trump wraps up a speech to military leaders that represented a major escalation of his effort to weaponize the armed forces into a tool he can use to violently quash domestic dissent. Hard to imagine how anyone with a shred of dignity can keep serving after this, which of course is the point.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Trump to generals: "America is under invasion from within. We're under invasion from within. No different than a foreign enemy, but more difficult in any ways because they don't wear uniforms. At least when they're wearing a uniform you can take them out."

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 8d

An unprecedented violation of our civic and Constitutional traditions. Calling every military leader in the world back to the U.S. to hear a wildly inappropriate partisan campaign speech followed by a fascist call to use the military against Americans.

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Staffan I Lindberg /V-Dem Institute @silindberg.bsky.social · 7d

Indeed..,,

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Rachael Koev @rachaelkoev.bsky.social · 8d

I remember in the spring you said, "At the pace at which it is happening, I would say that before the end of the summer, you no longer qualify as a democracy in the United States.” March feels like years ago. 😔

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Staffan I Lindberg /V-Dem Institute @silindberg.bsky.social · 7d

US turning into 1934 Germany, for real.
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Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) | Professor Staffan I. Lindberg

Indeed too much like 1934 Nazi Germany for comfort. I don’t say this lightly.

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Staffan I Lindberg /V-Dem Institute @silindberg.bsky.social · 8d

Indeed too much like 1934 Nazi Germany for comfort. I don’t say this lightly.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Trump: "The ones that are run by radical left Democrats -- what they've done to San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles. They're very unsafe places & we're gonna straighten them out one by one. This is gonna be a major part for some people in this room. That's a war too. It's war from within"

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Staffan I Lindberg /V-Dem Institute @silindberg.bsky.social · 8d

Indeed too much like 1934 Nazi Germany for comfort. I don’t say this lightly.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Trump: "The ones that are run by radical left Democrats -- what they've done to San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles. They're very unsafe places & we're gonna straighten them out one by one. This is gonna be a major part for some people in this room. That's a war too. It's war from within"

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Staffan I Lindberg /V-Dem Institute @silindberg.bsky.social · 8d

Trump announcing a war on enemies from within is coming to generals at meeting in VA. It is 1934 for real. 😪

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Trump to generals: "America is under invasion from within. We're under invasion from within. No different than a foreign enemy, but more difficult in any ways because they don't wear uniforms. At least when they're wearing a uniform you can take them out."

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Joanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social · 9d

This is a video summary of www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... about what has halted collapses of Democracy before. Via @bwyble.bsky.social by @marinanord.bsky.social (of @hertieschool.bsky.social, coincidentally!) @fabioangiolillo.bsky.social @silindberg.bsky.social & al.

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Staffan I Lindberg /V-Dem Institute @silindberg.bsky.social · 10d

Autocracy in action. Trump Says He Has Ordered Troops to Protect ICE Facilities in Portland www.nytimes.com/2025/09/27/u...

Trump Says He Has Ordered Troops to Protect ICE Facilities in Portland

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Staffan I Lindberg /V-Dem Institute @silindberg.bsky.social · 14d

Nobel laureate & good friend @mariaressa.bsky.social on @thedailyshow.com The Daily Show, speaking with facts from #DemocracyReport2025.

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Staffan I Lindberg /V-Dem Institute @silindberg.bsky.social · 14d

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One Eyed Alien ☝️👁👽👑 @chicagoexpat.bsky.social · 17d

I don't want to give false hope to anyone.
But then, hope isn't false. It's a hope until it becomes reality.

“52% of all autocratization episodes become U-Turns,increases to 73% when focusing on the last 30 years. Vast majority of U-Turns (90%) lead to restored or even improved levels of democracy”

When autocratization is reversed: episodes of U-Turns since 1900

The world is in a “wave of autocratization.” Yet, recent events in Brazil, the Maldives, and Zambia demonstrate that autocratization can be halted and reversed. This article introduces “U-Turn” as ...

www.tandfonline.com

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Toni Rodon @tonirodon.bsky.social · Jan 31

52% of all autocratization episodes become U-Turns, which increases to 73% when focusing on the last 30 years. The vast majority of U-Turns (90%) lead to restored or even improved levels of democracy www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

When autocratization is reversed: episodes of U-Turns since 1900

The world is in a “wave of autocratization.” Yet, recent events in Brazil, the Maldives, and Zambia demonstrate that autocratization can be halted and reversed. This article introduces “U-Turn” as ...

www.tandfonline.com

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donwest84.bsky.social @donwest84.bsky.social · 17d

"A key finding is that 52% of all autocratization episodes become U-Turns, which increases to 73% when focusing on the last 30 years. The vast majority of U-Turns (90%) lead to restored or even improved levels of democracy."

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Marina Nord @marinanord.bsky.social · Feb 2

Autocratization can be halted and reversed! We show that 52% of all autocratization episodes become U-Turns, which increases to 73% when focusing on the last 30 years. The vast majority of U-Turns (90%) lead to restored or even improved levels of democracy.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

When autocratization is reversed: episodes of U-Turns since 1900

The world is in a “wave of autocratization.” Yet, recent events in Brazil, the Maldives, and Zambia demonstrate that autocratization can be halted and reversed. This article introduces “U-Turn” as ...

www.tandfonline.com

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Kevin Murphy @kevincmurphy.com · 17d

Hope remains while the company is true. If anything, these are not very bright Orcs, and things got out of hand.

"A key finding is that 52% of all autocratization episodes become U-Turns, which increases to 73% when focusing on the last 30 years. The vast majority of U-Turns (90%) lead to restored or even improved levels of democracy."

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Peter Haidenthaler @haidenthaler.bsky.social · 15d

Trump? AfD? FPÖ?...

Alles wird gut:
"key finding is that 52% of all autocratization episodes become U-Turns, which increases to 73% when focusing on last 30 years. vast majority of U-Turns (90%) lead to restored or even improved levels of democracy"

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

When autocratization is reversed: episodes of U-Turns since 1900

The world is in a “wave of autocratization.” Yet, recent events in Brazil, the Maldives, and Zambia demonstrate that autocratization can be halted and reversed. This article introduces “U-Turn” as ...

www.tandfonline.com

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Tatiana Trifan #FBLC @tatianatrifan.bsky.social · Jan 28

Let's hope this will hold in the near future too:
"A key finding is that 52% of all autocratization episodes become U-Turns, which increases to 73% when focusing on the last 30 years. The vast majority of U-Turns (90%) lead to restored or even improved levels of democracy."

V-Dem Institute @vdeminstitute.bsky.social · Jan 28

Hej, en uppdaterad version av WP 147 har precis publicerats i Democratization - "When autocratization is reversed: episodes of U-Turns since 1900"
doi.org/10.1080/1351...
Marina Nord, @fabioangiolillo.bsky.social, Martin Lundstedt, Felix Wiebrecht, and @silindberg.bsky.social

When autocratization is reversed: episodes of U-Turns since 1900

The world is in a “wave of autocratization.” Yet, recent events in Brazil, the Maldives, and Zambia demonstrate that autocratization can be halted and reversed. This article introduces “U-Turn” as ...

doi.org

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LeftRightUSA @leftrightusa.bsky.social · 15d

This is encouraging:

“A key finding is that 52% of all autocratization episodes become U-Turns, which increases to 73% when focusing on the last 30 years. The vast majority of U-Turns (90%) lead to restored or even improved levels of democracy."

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

When autocratization is reversed: episodes of U-Turns since 1900

The world is in a “wave of autocratization.” Yet, recent events in Brazil, the Maldives, and Zambia demonstrate that autocratization can be halted and reversed. This article introduces “U-Turn” as ...

www.tandfonline.com

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Reca @recarecaps.bsky.social · 17d

📌“52% of all autocratization episodes become U-Turns, which increases to 73% when focusing on the last 30 years. The vast majority of U-Turns (90%) lead to restored or even improved levels of democracy”

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