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Trump is establishing a Kingdom

Power grabbing is standard fare for an authoritarian government:

– impounding congressionally-appropriated funds at numerous federal agencies, in violation of federal law

– firing dozens of federal prosecutions, thousands of other federal professionals and 17 inspector generals

– signing of a series of illegal and unconstitutional executive orders

– allowing Elon Musk to provide access of sensitive data to millions of Americans

– attacking the free press

– making lawfirms and universities bend the knee

– threatening our freedom of speech and assembly

– rounding up residents off the streets and stashing them away in foreign prisons without the due process that is the foundation of our constitution – and planning to do the same to U.S. citizens

– ignoring SCOTUS rulings

This is not what happens in a democracy, this is what happens in a dictatorship.

Let us not allow the creation of an authoritarian society.

Stephanie Lukso

Durango