There will be multiple investigations, televised hearings, and high-quality footage of foreign dignitaries being handed burlap sacks with dollar signs on them full of cash by the president himself. And nothing will come of it.

If the media is cowed, Congress is gridlocked, and the courts aren’t allowed to exercise their authority, then who the hell do they think will serve as a check on presidential power?

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If they have to resort to those 10-second auto-delete snaps to get public health messages out, so be it, I suppose. Better than nothing.