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afford to ignore former republican congressman adam kinsinger is wondering out loud if President Musk will force Vice President Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson to shut down our government as Musk tweets his orders to the GOP.

It's all about raising the debt ceiling, Trump says, so they can roll out the next round of tax cuts for billionaires paid for by average working people. It seems like a bizarre power play,

but the actual story is much more sinister. As Trump is in the process of teaching America,

it's impossible to disentangle democracy-ending authoritarianism from billionaire corruption of government.

They require each other, and the way this will play out doesn't require Crystal Paul.

Trump has already begun traveling a well-trod path that leads to the destruction of our form of government.

While all authoritarian who take over democracies initially come to power on a wave of

popular sentiment presenting themselves as normal politicians bent on shaking up the system, once they

begin their crackdowns against political opposition, their popularity typically collapses. At that

point, they need three things. One, a compliant, financially, and politically dependent media.

Two, subservient, terrified, or complicit politicians. And three, a captured, corrupt judiciary, loyal to the idea of oligarchy and beholden to wealthy sponsors. Think of like Clarence Thomas and Sam Alito.

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