What is unique in this moment is how aggressively one political party is leveraging this and the ends to which it is being used, which is to overthrow democracy and to install an authoritarian regime.
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Anne Applebaum,
The Atlantic,
6 Feb. 2026
The anti-ICE mobilization that unfolded around the killing of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis last week mirrored the methods used to overthrow governments and spark bloody revolutions around the globe, according to a Fox News Digital analysis.
Bangladesh votes on Thursday in the first election since a Gen Z rebellion toppled an ageing autocrat – an uprising tens of millions of young people dreamt could chart a new course for their country.
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Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
10 Feb. 2026
The latest files are threatening to topple the UK prime minister, but the fallout in Washington has so far been limited.
Others were confronted by police in their hospital rooms or homes and forced to turn over their children.
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Shoshana Walter,
CBS News,
10 Feb. 2026
Sheridan then began trying to turn over his valuables but Ronald Heath then began kicking him, stabbed him in the neck and then tried to slit his throat, though the knife was too dull, court records say.
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