The authoritarian playbook is simple:

Step 1:
Get elected saying the whole system is corrupt and you are the only person who can fix it so you consolidate power.

Step 2:
When the system of checks on your power be it other branches of government, the press, justice system or

The irony is he didn't even need to cover his affair up or pay hush money, his supporters don't care if he cheats on his wife whiles she's home nursing a baby and apparently his wife doesn't either.

We sent all our kids to public school for the first time this year and boy, have I developed a lot of bitterness toward all the people who spent my entire life bad-mouthing public schools and the teachers who work there.

Closing out May with a beautiful day! #NewOrleans #RoyalSonestaNO

Mines in the car now🙃

14 felonies resulting long-time drug addiction prevented me from working for years. Rehab, restitution, probation, hundreds of hours of community service, & giant cup of humiliation helped me get it.

34 felonies NOT under the influence & you can run for president is craaaaaaazy.

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont becomes 1st state to enact law requiring oil companies pay for damage from climate change.

Joe Biden didn’t convict Trump.
Kamala Harris didn’t convict Trump.
Nancy Pelosi didn’t convict Trump.
Hillary Clinton didn’t convict Trump.
Barack Obama didn’t convict Trump.
George Soros didn’t convict Trump.
The Deep State didn’t convict Trump.

We the People convicted Trump.

You can stop looking. I found the dumbest tweet.

Scott you literally voted to expel us from the Tennessee legislature in an unconstitutional, politically motived, pre-determined expulsion trial.

Maybe sit this one out, brother.

You know what day it is… It’s #Dateline Friday! And tonight at 9/8c, @Dateline_Keith will have a new 2-hour mystery waiting for you.

Rep. Jim Jordan You not reporting sexual assault at Ohio State is a travesty.

All these people screaming about the injustice of the legal system in NY, didn't say shit when 5 black teenagers were sent to prison for a crime they have been proven innocent of! #TeamDl

Reminder that Republicans say felons shouldn’t be allowed to vote.

Now they want one to be president.

Donald Trump is not a convicted felon because of the judge. Donald Trump is a convicted felon because a jury of his peers unanimously found him guilty over and over and over again.

From Hialeah, Florida’s Poet Laureate:

Y’all out here acting like Trump is Mandela. Cut it out.

Everytime a person of color is over charged or sentenced harshly or shot in the back by police….yall ask silly questions like why did he run?

Trump broke the law. 12 peers held him accountable.

How you like them

It's weird how 1 felony can prevent you from getting a federal job, but 34 can't stop you from running for President! #TeamDl

Rainwater makes a painting on the pavement of Jackson Square, New Orleans

Republican legislators are currently saying more to support convicted felon Donald Trump than they've ever said in support of any victim of a school shooting.

Thoughts and prayers party.