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“The people of this country will not allow us to move toward oligarchy. They will not allow Trump to take us into authoritarianism,” Sanders said, to cheers.

Polling shows Trump retains broad support among Republicans, and even some Democrats have decided to stay quiet or move toward the center rather than hold the line.

And in a new podcast launched last week, Gov. Gavin Newsom tacked hard toward the middle in an interview with controversial conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

He said the Trump administration is driving the country toward authoritarianism and kleptocracy, but Americans of all political stripes are standing up across the country to push back.

Fun fact: When Stanley Kubrick was deciding on the musical approach for “2001: A Space Odyssey,” he gravitated toward “Carmina Burana” so much that he actually rang Orff up and asked him to compose the film’s score.