WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley issued the following press release:
Today, Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley released a new analysis outlining the ten rules of Trump's authoritarian playbook to ensure all Americans understand what our country is facing.
As he writes in the introduction, "Authoritarianism isn't down the street or around the corner - it is here right now."
The full report can be found by clicking here (https://www.merkley.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/Authoritarianism-Book_January-2026.pdf).
"People think of democracies dying at the hands of men with guns. But, in the modern era, they more often die at the hands of elected officials who erode the separation of powers to solidify a strongman state," Merkley said....