3 branches of government and a free press only works if everyone is on board.

Trump has essentially neutered the legislative branch.   Republicans are basically rubber stamping his unqualified cabinet picks.  They fear being primaried.  His unlawful usurpation of the power of the purse (DOGE) which is enshrined in the constitution, does not get a single protest from the GOP congress.

The press is already bending.  Jeff Bezos, who owns the Washington Post which had previously been critical of Trump takes an unprecedented step of declining to endorse a candidate.  Facebook CEO Zuckerberg reversed a company policy by announcing that they would no longer fact check.

The judiciary is teetering.  It saved us in 2020 by striking down 60 of Trumps legal appeals to overturn the election.  Then he tried to violently do so.  But now he has a MAGA Supreme Court as evidenced by their first stalling on the Jan 6th case and then ruling broadly on presidential immunity instead of specifically his coup attempt.

Add to that, Kash Patel, recently confirmed by the spineless GOP as head of the FBI, said the following 2 things.  He said that Democrats are not just political opponents we disagree with.  "They are the enemy trying to destroy our country".  That was before he was confirmed.  After he was confirmed he announced that "All judges, legislators and media that don't support Trump will be investigated."  (I wonder if I will get in trouble for my posting this).

Trump recently quoted Napoleon.  "A leader who saves his country cannot be found to have violated any law."    Trump in 2028 !!  (Constitution?  What constitution?)