My continued take is "things are really bad, we have bad and stupid people running the government and things will remain stupid and bad for at least the next couple of years, but we are not actually undergoing a fascist revolution."
Then Trump goes and purges the military of its top leadership.
Richardson frames this as a Friday night news dump, and it is, but there was more news on Friday. Quite a few court orders and rulings came out against Musk and Trump's actions. These were probably not consciously paired, but they present an interesting contrast. The courts will, I believe, hold. The reason is that Musk and Trump's actions are just so nakedly illegal and unconstitutional that you simply can't squint your way to ruling for him. His actions cartoonishly assault the fabric of the Constitution.
The military has also been a place where Trump has said he wants more loyalty. Trump - who never served - wanted soldiers to follow illegal orders. Now Musk - who never served - and Hegseth - who barely served - want to create some sort of Praetorian Guard to enforce the Emperor's will.
I'm skeptical that this will work. However, it can do enormous damage to America as they try it.
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