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On the recordOctober 21, 2025
So this is why we should all--if we had any doubts a year ago, we should all now be going: Oh my God. We are not immune from the same strategy that has been pursued with the same authoritarian playbook in country after country after country.
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

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Discussing the threat of authoritarianism in the context of recent political events.

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