This is on the media's midweek podcast. I'm Brooke Gladstone. Since taking office in January 2025,

President Trump has moved quickly to consolidate his power and punish his enemies.

Over the weekend, President Trump continued his flurry of executive moves. He fired at least 15 inspectors

general. President Donald Trump vowing to send National Guard troops to more U.S. cities.

The head of the Federal Communications Commission has warned that some broadcasters risk losing their licenses

over their news coverage of the Iran War.

Breaking news with former FBI director James Comey.

He has been indicted by a federal grand jury

in North Carolina. This is over this controversial Instagram post for last year.

Democrats are worried that the president might try to influence voter turnout in the midterms

by doing things like sending in the National Guard or ICE agents to poll sites.

When you think of it, we shouldn't even have an election.

That's what he told Reuters.

Sometimes it's hard to find the words to describe exactly what's going on,

since so many of Trump's moves are unprecedented in our democracy.

The frequent frantic declamations of authoritarianism, unbridled corruption, and would-be king, don't quite capture it.

It's happening so fast we haven't had time to coin the words with the specificity required to describe how the wheels are turning.

That's why Maria Kuznetsova and Dan Storiev decided to write a glossary of sorts.

It's called How to Survive Authoritarianism, a Russian phrase book for everyday life in America.

And it'll be out in the fall.

Maria and Dan worked as activists in human rights defenders in Russia for about a decade before Putin's crackdowns made it too dangerous to stay.

They now live abroad in exile.

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