Friday, February 7, 2025

 



‘In a real sense, US democracy has died’: how Trump is emulating Hungary’s Orbán (‘The Guardian’)

Trump has moved to gut the federal government, fire critics and reward allies – a path similar to ‘would-be dictators’ like Orbán, experts say


https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/07/trump-viktor-orban-electoral-autocracy

 

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Ms. Power was the administrator of the United States Agency for International Development in the Biden administration.


I Ran U.S.A.I.D. Killing It Is a Win for Autocrats Everywhere.


https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/opinion/usaid-trump-samantha-power.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Sunday, February 2, 2025

 


Bill Gates and the New Trumpian Tech Oligarchs

The Microsoft founder discusses vaccine skepticism, his fellow-billionaires’ political pivots, and his own dinner with the President at Mar-a-Lago.

https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-new-yorker-radio-hour/bill-gates-on-his-new-memoir-and-dining-with-donald-trump-at-mar-a-lago