Three independent organizations downgraded American democracy in 2026. 260,000 federal workers were fired. The administration has lost 262 court cases. Military leaders who spoke up were purged. Every authoritarian government in the last century used the same five-step pattern: centralize power, purge institutions, control media, delegitimize opposition, and rewrite rules.
Demand oversight hearings on the use of executive power, including mass firings, agency restructuring, pardon patterns, and the concentration of decision-making outside normal channels.