Tonight on the readout.

You know if Donald Trump is elected again we really don't have to worry because

the the institutions of our government will prevent you, the worst that he will attempt to do,

that nothing could be further from the truth because those Republicans, you know, a house with Republicans like Mike Johnson,

a Senate with people like Josh Holly and Mike Lee, they won't stand up to him.

Liz Cheney banging that alarm bill with all her might, as her former friends and colleagues abandoned

democracy for the cult of Trump. Plus Gaza teeters on the brink of a full-blown

humanitarian catastrophe as calls for a permanent ceasefire grow louder by the day.

And Texas goes full handmaid's tale, creating their own dystopian reality in which women

are forced to beg for the right to safeguard their own health.

But we begin tonight with the threat of America's Putin.

Today, Vladimir Putin announced his candidacy in the presidential election next March

that he is all but certain to win.

It's a move expected to keep him in power until at least 2030.

Putin has twice used his leverage to amend the Constitution so he could stay in power.

He is already the longest serving Kremlin leader since

Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin. It is a cautionary tale because here in America we

face a similar threat. And if you think an American

Putin can't happen here, you have to understand that Donald Trump in less than a

year could overcome even a majority to become president for life.

It has certainly happened before and still does in countries like Russia and Venezuela,

where presidential governments are code for authoritarian regimes.

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