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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

“Starship Troopers” was the Dutch director’s joke about how quickly the U.S. could slide into unwitting fascism, using author Robert Heinlein’s unironic authoritarian bent as the set-up to his punchline.

From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026

“It’s a sick, authoritarian dance,” she told a reporter, “but I loved it.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

In 1959, a rebel force led by Fidel Castro had overthrown the Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista, an authoritarian leader supported by the United States and by the many American companies doing business on the island.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau

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

Jason Stanley, a professor at Yale and the author of “How Fascism Works” told the Associated Press that history is full of examples of people not believing the rhetoric of authoritarians.

From Salon ● Jun. 3, 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

She said it was "important that people can hear what I have to say", adding that she is "standing up to authoritarians who want to silence debate".

From BBC ● May 30, 2023

We are not authoritarians, but we must be organizers.

From Violence and the Labor Movement by Robert Hunter