Threats made:
- 2025.5.19 Trump threatens musicians such as Springsteen
- 2025.5.18 Trump threatens to sue ABC for not being nice to him
- 2025.5.17 - Threatening Walmart
Intimidation:
Many actions are taken by the Republicans to intimidate and silence others.
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2025.5.20 DOJ charges Democrat with assault
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2025 April:
- Bill Owens, the executive producer of CBS News’s “60 Minutes”, resigned. He said he was no longer able “to make independent decisions”. In October Mr Trump sued CBS for $10bn, alleging that its editing of an interview with Kamala Harris was an act of “election and voter interference”. The controlling shareholder of Paramount, CBS’s parent, wants the Trump administration’s approval for the sale of the company.
- Rounded up groups of people and sent them to a prison in El Salvador (CECOT) known for torture and starvation without any form of due process;
- Sent a squad of plainclothes, masked officers to arrest a graduate student whose visa was revoked because she co-signed an op-ed;
- Prevented a well-respected media outlet from covering major White House events because they refuse to use the term “Gulf of America” to describe the “Gulf of Mexico;”
- Mused about revoking U.S. citizenship from certain individuals and deporting them to countries they have never even visited;
- Targeted perceived opponents using the full power of the government to coerce compliance from universities and law firms; and
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Convinced the Attorney General to appear on Fox News to threaten people who oppose the President’s most significant donor with prosecution.
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2025 March - House speaker johnson threatens judges to “rule like we want you to”
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2025 March - Trump shares personal details to make attacks easier on his opponents