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American Autocracy Threat Tracker
A Comprehensive Catalog Based on Donald Trump and His Associates’ Plans, Promises, and Propositions
American Autocracy Threat Tracker
A comprehensive catalog of the autocratic threat to democracy based on former President Donald Trump and his associates’ autocratic plans and promises.

It has links to all kinds of information concerning Trump's authoritarian bent. Like testimony from Norm Eisen, Republican, and former ethics monitor for the Bush admin.
"So I agree there can be no more important topic than the weaponization of government. I urge the Committee to focus on the most imminent threat of that weaponization now facing us as a nation: Donald Trump’s record of weaponizing the government and his promises to double down should he return to power. Given my family history, I would be remiss if I did not sound the alarm before you today about the ominous historical echoes of statements like this by former President Trump: “We pledge to you that we will root out the communists, Marxists, fascists, and the radical left thugs that live like vermin within the confines of our country that lie and steal and cheat on elections.”1 That is not all. The former president has raised the prospect that his former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley should be executed for his efforts to mitigate U.S.-China tensions.2 He has also proudly promised that, if he wins the presidency, media outlets that featured any negative coverage of him “will be thoroughly scrutinized because they “should pay a big price for what they have done to our once great country!”3 And he has issued a blanket threat to his opponents: “IF YOU GO AFTER ME, I'M COMING AFTER YOU!” 4
https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/116793/witnesses/HHRG-118-FD00-Wstate-EisenN-20240206.pdf
I'm not sure what Don means when he says media outlets critical of him "will be thoroughly scrutinized" but it has an ominous sound to it. As though he is prepared to infringe on the free speech rights of news outlets he doesn't like. It isn't the first time he's explored ways to silence his critics.
Trump Renews Pledge to ‘Take a Strong Look’ at Libel Laws

Trump Renews Pledge to ‘Take a Strong Look’ at Libel Laws (Published 2018)
At a cabinet meeting, the return of the president as press critic, after his legal maneuvers against BuzzFeed and the publisher of Michael Wolff’s book.
Obama was critical of Faux during his time as prez. But..............
“I complained plenty about Fox News, but you never heard me threaten to shut them down or call them enemies of the people.”

Obama, Fox News and the Free Press - FactCheck.org
Former President Barack Obama stood up for a free press in his first political speech of the 2018 campaign season, but he engaged in a bit of revisionist history when it came to his administration's dealings with Fox News.

Personally, I think the threats Donald Trump, felon, has made against the media are empty bluster just like the notion of locking up Hillary was. Cuz their real goal is to get a message across. Namely the media...“should pay a big price for what they have done to our once great country!”
The reality is media outlets he doesn't like have reported on what HE has "done to our once great country." They are also reporting on what he plans to do to our once great country.

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In America, the tax cheating, adulterous, rapist knows he can't silence the media like he wants to. The alternative he is left with is to de-legitimize it. What better way to do than accuse it of being the enemy of the people when in fact it is his enemy for reporting the truth about him.
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