Nine months into Trump’s second term, the National Guard is being deployed across the country, ICE are operating like a domestic paramilitary, tech executives wear military rank, and dissent is being frozen by fear.

Meanwhile, nearly 40% of Americans now say democracy isn’t worth the fight.

So how did we get here? And where are we heading?

In this gripping new episode of The Tea with Myriam François, we’re joined by public historian Tad Stoermer to unpack the rise of authoritarianism in the US — and what resistance looks like when democracy bends and when the machinery of fear is turned inward.

In a world where facts no longer seem to matter, how do we resist when the story we’re told — “us versus them” — is a cover for authoritarianism, and the “law and order” narrative hides the very machinery of control?

We unpack:

⚠️ When tech billionaires start wearing military rank — who’s really in charge?

⚠️ Inside the rise of the far-right Christian nationalists

⚠️ Trump’s “us vs. them” narrative — what makes it so dangerously effective?

⚠️ Trump’s war on education

⚠️ How Christianity became a cornerstone of modern authoritarianism?

⚠️ “Law and order” — or just another name for control?

⚠️ No Kings Day: Proof that democracy still breathes — or its last gasp?

⚠️ What can historical resistance teach us about how to fight back today?

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AUDIO CREDITS

Presenter–Producer: Dr. Myriam François

Guest: Tad Stoermer

Senior producer: Sara Farolfi

Producer: Nadège Bizimungu

Assistant Producer: Poppy Jacobs

Research: Leena Khan

Video Editor: Max Bubnov

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