Kirk’s Assassination Brings Trump’s Authoritarianism into Even Clearer Focus

By blaming his enemies, Trump seeks to mobilize his followers, discredit his critics, and justify repression.

Sep 11, 2025

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I have long argued that Donald Trump and today’s Republican Party are the greatest threat this nation has ever faced. Greater than Nazi Germany; greater than the Soviet Union; greater than al-Qaida.

That claim may strike some as overstatement, but it is not. None of those external enemies ever succeeded in capturing one of our two major political partie…

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A guest post by

Jeff Timmer

Political Strategist. Michigan. Erstwhile GOPer. Senior Advisor, The Lincoln Project. Co-Host A Republic, If You Can Keep It podcast. Grieving dad. Skilled in smartassery.