Illinois Governor JB Pritzker issued a stark warning: “This is the playbook, folks.” He pointed to his own work helping build a Holocaust museum with survivors and studying authoritarian regimes. His message is clear—what we’re seeing today mirrors history, when leaders consolidated power by silencing dissent, eroding democratic institutions, and convincing people to stay quiet. Pritzker stressed that if Americans don’t “step up and speak out,” they’ll watch their freedoms vanish. The rise of au