dictator
n
1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy)
a. a ruler who is not effectively restricted by a constitution, laws, recognized opposition, etc.
b. an absolute, esp tyrannical, ruler
A Dictator does not necessarily have people killed or imprisoned but if you had the IRS on your back I would say that might qualify as torture. Yep, all the press doesn't go along but a large part of it does. Low information voters don't read the Wall St Journal. Don't really know about Fox, I haven't watched it much in a couple of years. Obama is not a despot or or murderous thug, yet, but he is absolutely ruling outside the bounds of our Constitution and laws and seems to not have much effective opposition.