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The 10 Steps to Autocracy and Authoritarianism

These steps don’t happen in order—they occur simultaneously to overwhelm and confuse opposition.

𝙍𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙜𝙣𝙞𝙯𝙚 them. 𝙍𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙨𝙩 them. 𝙍𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙚 them.

Ways you can help yourself and others to take action.

10stepscampaign.org
September 20, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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If President Trump can wrongly deport a Maryland father to a prison in El Salvador and then defy a 9-0 Supreme Court order to facilitate bringing him home, who’s next?

This threatens the rights and freedoms of everyone in the United States.
April 15, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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The Constitution is clear: the President can't arrest people he disagrees with.

By detaining Mahmoud Khalil — a legal permanent resident whose American wife is 8-months pregnant — Donald Trump seeks to undermine basic freedoms.

We must oppose this move toward authoritarianism.
March 17, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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AOC: It is almost unthinkable why Senate Democrats would vote to to hand the few pieces of leverage that we have away for free when we've been sent here to protect social security, protect medicaid, and protect medicare.
March 14, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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Join us and tell ICE to free Mahmoud NOW.
Free Mahmoud Khalil
The Trump administration has illegally arrested and detained Mahmoud Khalil in direct retaliation for his advocacy in support of Palestinian rights. This egregious, unprecedented, and illegal abuse of...
action.aclu.org
March 11, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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An introduction to my partners and I, and our work. Please share and support if you’d be so kind :-)
March 11, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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In a shocking turn of events, many of the people who said they wanted "free speech" actually just wanted to be the ones in charge of which speech is free.
UPDATE—Mahmoud's attorney says they do NOT know where he is.
They were first told he was sent to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, NJ. But when his 8-month-pregnant wife tried to visit him, she was told he's not there.
They've received reports he may be sent as far away as Louisiana.
March 10, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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Ripping a student from their home, challenging their immigration status, and detaining them solely based on political viewpoint will chill student speech and advocacy across campuses nationwide.

Political speech should never be a basis of punishment or lead to deportation.
nyclu.org NYCLU @nyclu.org · Mar 9
The Trump administration’s detention of Mahmoud Khalil — a green card holder studying in this country legally — is targeted, retaliatory, and an extreme attack on his First Amendment rights.
apnews.com/article/colu...
ICE arrests Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University protests, his lawyer says
A prominent Palestinian activist who helped lead last spring's protests at Columbia University has been arrested by federal immigration agents.
apnews.com
March 9, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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A historic graphic of corruption.

The 11 federal agencies so far targeted for firings or dismantling by Elon Musk have more than 30 ongoing investigations into his companies.

(📸 Malika Khurana for NYT)
February 12, 2025 at 1:27 PM