Authoritarian Consolidation

Stephen Miller Emerges as "Prime Minister" with Unprecedented Power Across All Policy

| Importance: 10/10

By February 2025, Stephen Miller had consolidated power to an extent unprecedented for a White House deputy chief of staff, earning the nickname “the prime minister” in Trump circles due to his sprawling influence over virtually all administration activities. Miller meets daily with …

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JD Vance Writes Foreword for Project 2025 Architect's Book, Revealing Radical Institutional Transformation Plan

| Importance: 9/10

Vice President-elect JD Vance wrote the foreword to “Dawn’s Early Light” by Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts, a key architect of Project 2025. Originally scheduled for September 2024 but postponed until after the presidential election, the book describes a vision for a …

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JD Vance Writes Foreword for Project 2025 Architect's Book

| Importance: 8/10

Vice President-elect JD Vance writes the foreword to “Dawn’s Early Light” by Kevin Roberts, the architect of Project 2025. In the foreword, Vance calls for “offensive conservatism” and “rebuild[ing]” government, endorsing the Heritage Foundation’s …

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Tunisia Dissolves Democratic Municipal Councils Under Authoritarian Consolidation

| Importance: 8/10

President Kais Saied dissolves Tunisia’s first democratic municipal councils created in 2018, completing a systematic dismantling of democratic institutions that began in July 2021. By replacing elected municipal councils with ‘special councils’ under direct gubernatorial …

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