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The question before us is whether the United States will remain a constitutional republic governed by law, or drift toward rule by decree.

The Founders feared concentrated power in times of war.

Their warning echoes today.

Normally I wouldn’t post such a disgusting, racist image that originated on Elon’s social media sewer, but it’s important for the historical record for Americans to see what the President of the United States reposted last night on his own site — as your and my representative — for the entire world to see.

Her “crime” was following and tracking Trump’s violent, racist, masked federal modern-day Klan goons.

It’s shocking in its detail and its implication that Putin has basically owned Trump for years, even before he ran for president in 2016.

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HUNTER IN A FARMER’S WORLD

WISDOM SCHOOL

[Chorus] How to dismantle a republic in 12 steps,History whispers, and we forget.Tyrants dance where truth once stood,Twelve steps down, and gone for good.

[Verse 2] Shatter the unions, silence the press,Sell off the future for the rich to possess.Flood the airwaves with anger and lies,Blindfold the people, cover their eyes.

[Chorus] How to dismantle a republic in 12 steps,Every stone broken, every vow kept.When money buys the law and the land,Freedom slips like dust through our hands.

[Bridge] Step one: divide us.Step two: deny the truth.Step three: steal the wealth.Step four: break the youth.…Step twelve: the law is gone.And the dream of America dies at dawn.

[Verse 3]But the story ain’t finished, not yet, not now,We’ve seen the people rise somehow.Brazil, South Africa, Ukraine too,If they can stop it—so can you.

[Final Chorus] How to dismantle a republic in 12 steps,Is not the only song that’s left.We can fight, we can stand, we can rise,Take back the future before it dies.

[Outro] Tag. We’re it.

[Chorus]The GOP’s addiction to the lie,Selling poison to the people, while the truth just walks on by.What once was conviction has withered and died,All that’s left is the firehose, the GOP’s addiction to the lie.

[Verse 2]Reagan spun his stories, Bush twisted WMDs,But Trump lit the match and turned lies into disease.From stolen votes to walls that Mexico won’t buy,They feed it to the faithful, keep the truth out of sight.

[Chorus]The GOP’s addiction to the lie,Building castles out of falsehoods on foundations gone dry.When the truth disappears, democracy cries,And the nation bends and breaks from the GOP’s addiction to the lie.

[Bridge]How many lies can a country survive?How long ‘til the people stop keeping hope alive?If we don’t name the poison, it’ll spread until we die,Democracy’s in danger from the GOP’s addiction to the lie.

[Final Chorus – Big & Dramatic]The GOP’s addiction to the lie,It’s a sickness, it’s a weapon, and the people pay the price.But if we stand for truth, if we open our eyes,We can break the chains and end the GOP’s addiction to the lie.

Shadows fall where freedom stood,Voices silenced, misunderstood.Marching on with eyes half-closed,The path we’re on, the world already knows.

Chorus

Is America sleepwalking into the Dictator’s Playbook?Step by step, the warnings that we never took.History’s pages scream, but we look away,Will the dream of liberty survive one more day?

Verse 2

Generals warned but stayed in line,Truth replaced with power’s shrine.Enemies made of neighbor and friend,Every chapter moves closer to the end.

Chorus

Is America sleepwalking into the Dictator’s Playbook?Step by step, the freedoms that they slowly shook.From silence to loyalty, from fear to control,The price of apathy may be the nation’s soul.

Bridge

Wake up, wake up — the mask is gone,The playbook’s running, the time is short, the danger’s strong.Stand or fall, there’s no middle ground,Once freedom’s lost, it won’t be found.

Final Chorus

Is America sleepwalking into the Dictator’s Playbook?Step by step, the choices that we never took.This is the hour, the call we must face,Or sleepwalking ends with democracy erased.

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