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Trump Is Escalating His Rendition of Democracy

Chuck Idelson Common Dreams
Despite repeated legal setbacks demanding an end to these autocratic practices, the Trump administration continues its assault on the rule of law. For some of those snatched off the streets, the ultimate destination is a foreign hellhole.

Trump Harvests Autocratic Powers Planted by Bush and Cheney

Rebecca Gordon TomDispatch
Sending people to another country didn't start with Donald Trump, but with George W. Bush in the War on Terror, called "extraordinary rendition." “Extraordinary” when it occurs outside of normal legal strictures, as with Abrego García today.
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