Historical Parallels to Today's America

America Is Watching the Rise of a Dual State
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/05/trump-executive-order-lawlessness-constitutional-crisis/682112/
For most people, the courts will continue to operate as usual—until they don’t.
 
The Way Trump’s America Most Closely Resembles 1930s Germany
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/05/trump-america-1930s-germany-dual-state.html

We are witnessing the death of American democracy
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/06/19/we-are-witnessing-the-death-of-american-democracy/
There are parallels but also differences between Trump’s America and Germany in the early 1930s.

Stephen Miller’s Fingerprints Are on Everything in Trump’s Second Term

https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/stephen-miller-trump-immigration-c1e0e924

The deputy chief of staff has played an outsize role in immigration—and amassed more power than almost anyone else at the White House.

 
A White Nationalist Wrote a Law School Paper Promoting Racist Views. It Won Him an Award.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/21/us/white-supremacist-university-of-florida-paper.html
The University of Florida student won an academic honor after he argued in a paper that the Constitution applies only to white people. From there, the situation spiraled.