Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilSociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivilSociety</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/watchdogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>watchdogs</span></a> say the move is intended to silence <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/opposition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opposition</span></a>, in addition to seeking <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/retribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retribution</span></a> against his perceived personal enemies.</p><p>Timothy Naftali, a presidential historian & fmr director of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Nixon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nixon</span></a> presidential library, said <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> & Nixon were similar in their desire to punish political enemies & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/silence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>silence</span></a> critics, but a pliant <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a>-controlled <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> & a cabinet packed with <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/loyalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>loyalists</span></a> are enabling Trump to go further.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a></p>