Thread by @VMadge

WARNING: DICTATORSHIP APPROACHING.
1) Trump has control over the DOJ with his guard dog Barr.
2) Trump has control over the Senate majority - thru fear.
3) Trump has been given carte blanche by Senate GOP acquittal at impeachment
4) Trump is deliberately and systematically

eliminating all oversight throughout the government.
5) Barr is aggregating all of the cases against Trump so that he has complete control
6) Barr has replaced key figures in the US prosecutors offices around the country.
7) Trump has discredited the MSM so that 40% of the

people only believe Fox News and OAN.
8) Fox News is now the propaganda arm of the Trump Reich.
9) He is threatening to use force around the country if the States do not obey his demands.
10) He has described the people protesting as criminals, and ordered them gassed and beaten

11) He rails against anyone who disagrees with him, eliminating them if he can.
12) He insists that he knows more about anything than anyone. The chosen one.
13) His lieutenants are all either family or sycophants with total allegiance to him. There is no dissent allowed.

These are traits of an authoritarian regime. The only step left is to gain control of the military. Technically, he has already as CIC. However, the brass has shown firm resistance to any actions against the people.
If he wrests control, his rise to power would be complete.

He could declare martial law, close down the Congress, and declare himself the supreme ruler, just like Putin. The Judiciary and legislative functions would be extensions of his power, not independent. Elections would be a joke. Corporate America's money would allow complete

control over environmental laws and employment safety regulations. The CDC would be subservient. The FBI could be sicced on enemies of Trump. Watchdog groups could be abolished. People could be jailed in massive numbers, with no accountability. The rule of law would be whatever

Trump decided it would be.
If this does not frighten every American, then you are not paying attention, nor have you learned from the lessons learned with the rise of Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany.
And women's, minorities, LGBTQ rights would be stripped back decades.

This scenario is so close to happening it is shocking.
The @HouseDemocrats & @SenateDems still hold out power to stop him.
We suggest that @SpeakerPelosi & @SenSchumer go to the WH and give Trump an ultimatum: resign or be impeached. 24 hours to decide.

No resignation? Read the charges for impeachment, vote, and expose Trump's spectacular international corruption and his efforts to allow Putin more power in the world. There would be outrage unlike anything we have seen since the 1960s. The entire free world would condemn Trump.

He would not survive a wholesale rejection by the American public. He would resign before the impeachment was complete in the House.
@glennkirschner2 @SethAbramson @SteveSchmidtSES @tribelaw @neal_katyal @MaddowBlog

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