# Tweet by [@keefmoon](http://twitter.com/keefmoon) on 2020-02-13 01:14:01
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Yesterday, the UK government decided it didn’t need to abide by an Appeals court decision, and in the US, emboldened by his acquittal, Trump interfered with the Justice dept to get a leaniant sentence for his friend Roger Stone. Both countries are headed towards authoritarianism.