#1
Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2026 1:48 pm

A year into President Donald Trump’s second term, Amnesty International and a coalition of U.S. and international rights groups are warning that the United States is exhibiting clear signs of democratic backsliding, marked by the erosion of civil liberties, weakened rule of law, and the normalization of coercive state power.
Source: https://www.advocate.com/politics/trump ... ts-warning