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The full title is "Trump is using the power of government to punish opponents. They’re struggling to respond."

The article details many actions the Trump administration has already taken to punish entities that have opposed, investigated or simply not supported him 100%. It goes on to explore other new or potential actions that are threats to Democrats or democacy in general (voting restrictions). Such as Executive Order 14248 of March 25, 2025 "Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections" https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2025-05524 [EO number and link added]

I am guessing that not all of the other responders have read it. Some may be reacting to to the idea that it's from CNN and is therefor wrong.

Or they may have read your subject line "Trump Quashing All Resistance" as saying that TSF's actions have successfully quashed any resistance.

I assume that the future threats are what you see as the important parts of the article for DUers to read and be aware of. Although OPs may only quote a limited number of paragraphs from an article, they do not always have to be the first ones.

"Democrats are now completely out of power in Washington, still pointing fingers about the reasons they lost to Trump and trying to find a winning message to oppose him. They say they already see warning signs that Trump’s Justice Department and Republicans in Congress could use their power to harm Democrats’ political operations."

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"Democrats are also gearing up for a fight on the rules surrounding elections after a new executive order this week attempts to dramatically reshape how US elections are carried out. Democrats and voting rights experts this week denounced the executive order as a blatant power grab."

"Trump’s order, which is likely to be challenged in court, seeks to use the withholding of federal funding and other threats of action to require documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote – which critics say could disenfranchise millions of Americans – and to demand that states refuse to accept mail-in ballots that arrive after Election Day. It also would allow federal officials to compare state voter rolls against federal databases in a search for unlawful voters, an exercise election experts say is likely to turn up false positives."

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"The tactic by Trump and his allies on Capitol Hill to target progressive groups and law firms aligned with Democrats amounts to “using the levers of government to try and permanently destroy political opposition, which is what authoritarianism looks like,” said one person close to Democratic fundraising circles."