A couple of days ago I was telling friends that Trump’s next step toward creating a total authoritarian state would involve a purged of the military to recreate something over which he could exercise total control. That began last night with what is known as the Friday Night Massacre. The African-American CHAIR of the JOINT CHIEFS and other top brass were sacked!

A decent analogy: Perhaps Hitler’s ‘night of the long knives’ or Nixon’s purged of the Justice Department to stave of impeachment.

The analogy is irrelevant…the meaning is clear. He now has most institutions lined up to support his establishment of an authoritarian regime and to dispose of what remains of our Constitutional government.

The American democratic experiment: B. 1787 … D. 2025.

R.I.P.