I wouldn't get out the torches and pitchforks just yet. This entire article is little more than sensationalistic yellow journalism. Is this development worrisome? Yes. But it's not like the sky is falling.
I'm with you on this.
I look at it, this way....any article that's alarmist should be taken with a grain of salt and are designed to get people feeling nuts.
Now, is there some tiny kernels of truth in it? Sure. You have "Cops Gone Wild", Plutocracy, Teabagger leaders, stupid laws & restrictions on women's sexuality in some states, etc. But it's not a lost cause, yet. Also, a Fascist govt. tends to have the people clamoring for it. We're not at this stage.
I look at it this way, unless someone stood up at a podium in Washington tomorrow and declared explicitly that the U.S. Constitution has been repealed and is no longer the law of the land, I will still consider this a free, open, progressive Democratic Constitutional Republic! All the antics showing otherwise are simply illegal actions that have no validity!!!