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Autocrats today are polished, appear mainstream and use the media, not overt repression or violence, to gain public support and consolidate power. They govern through a 'spin dictatorship.'

The Trump administration's crusade against antisemitism looks to be mainly about crippling elite universities and blurring the lines between pro-Palestinian activism and antisemitism.

The Trump administration isn't resorting to official censorship. Instead, it's using less blatant - and more effective - ways to suppress dissent.