The Politics of Projection

The new authoritarianism doesn't outlaw democracy. It redefines it as extremism.

If another president had ordered investigations into WinRed, labeled the Heritage Foundation a terrorist group, or sent the IRS after Elon Musk, the political class would lose its mind. Fox News would call it a dictatorship. Republican lawmakers would be demanding impeachment. The word “tyranny” would be trending by lunch.

But when it’s Donald Trump doin…