authoritarian
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Those words sounded then — and sound now — like an authoritarian gaffe.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
On the final day of the authoritarian Chinese leader's trip, Trump and his wife Melania brought Xi and his wife Peng Liyuan to the imposing National Archives building.
From Barron's ● Sep. 25, 2026
Anthropic’s allegations of distillation come in a report that also describes a range of other types of misuse of its platform—performed by criminal hackers, authoritarian regimes and others.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
“It’s a sick, authoritarian dance,” she told a reporter, “but I loved it.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
“That is none of your business. Take me home!” she ordered, copying the authoritarian tone her grandfather employed with everyone he considered beneath his social station.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
Thanks to Judge Charles Ouslander for his asylum ruling, which shows the U.S. can still be a beacon for liberty and a refuge for dissidents from the world’s cruel authoritarians.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 28, 2026
Stanley said history is full of examples of people not believing the rhetoric of authoritarians.
From Seattle Times ● May 31, 2024
When authoritarians get together, it's a clash of big egos of people who all think everyone else should unquestioningly obey them.
From Salon ● Mar. 14, 2024
“It also sends a strong message to authoritarians around the world that the free world remains united,” he said.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 15, 2023
We are not authoritarians, but we must be organizers.
From Violence and the Labor Movement by Robert Hunter
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