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Donald Trump is dismantling U.S. democracy at an “unprecedented” rate,
downgrading the U.S.’s democratic rating on a global scale
and plunging the country toward autocracy at a faster rate than autocratic leaders of other countries in the 21st century,
the latest report by an international democracy watchdog finds.
Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Institute at Sweden’s Gothenburg University finds in its annual report that
Trump’s second term has been characterized…

Trump Is Destroying US Democracy at Unprecedented Rate, Global Watchdog Finds
“[T]he speed of decline is comparable to some coups d’états,” a global democracy watchdog wrote.

Severe staffing cuts at GSA are harming agencies across government, watchdog says - Government Executive
https://www.govexec.com/oversight/2026/04/severe-staffing-cuts-gsa-are-harming-agencies-across-government-watchdog-says/412944/

Former US general got drunk in Kyiv, suffered concussion, left classified maps on train, watchdog finds (Dmytro Basmat/The Kyiv Independent)
https://kyivindependent.com/former-us-commander-in-charge-of-security-assistance-to-ukraine-left-classified-maps-on-train-overindulged-in-alcohol-watchdog-finds/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260317/p66#a260317p66

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‘Trump is aiming for dictatorship’. verdict of the world’s most credible democracy watchdog
"The US is no longer a democracy. One of the most credible global sources on the health of democratic nations now says this outright. The Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Institute a t Gothenburg University reaches the alarming conclusion in its annual report, that the US is hurtling towards autocracy at a faster rate than Hungary and Turkey."

‘Trump is aiming for dictatorship’. That’s the verdict of the world’s most credible democracy watchdog
Sweden’s V-Dem Institute warns that the US is no longer a liberal democracy. And autocracy is creeping across Europe too, says writer Martin Gelin

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'Trump is aiming for dictatorship'. That's the verdict of the world's most credible democracy watchdog (Martin Gelin/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2026/mar/17/trump-is-aiming-for-dictatorship-thats-the-verdict-of-the-worlds-most-credible-democracy-watchdog
http://www.memeorandum.com/260317/p34#a260317p34

A federal judge in Texas declared a mistrial on Tuesday after a defense lawyer wore a shirt in court with images from the civil rights movement,
delaying a closely watched case in which the Trump administration is accusing a group of protesters of being terrorists and says they are part of a “North-Texas antifa cell”.
US district judge Mark Pittman, an appointee of Donald Trump, declared a mistrial only hours after jury selection began at the federal courthouse in downtown Fort W…