I’m not convinced the Fairness Doctrine is all that relevant. France still has something akin to it, and the French Republic is also about to fall to a fascist takeover. Social media, where the bulk of fascist and malicious propaganda thrives, is mostly unregulated.

I was expecting a dose of heroin with a large helping of brain worms on top.

In none of the more or less functional democracies does the head of government have the right to veto bills. Granting legislative powers to the executive is not a check or balance, it disrupts the separation of powers.

You can achieve a check on the legislative by using a bicameral system, as many systems do, though in practice it doesn’t end up resulting in significantly better governance than unicameral systems that are also found among the aforementioned group. It’s far more important to ensure no single party, faction or (especially) individual has a monopoly on any of the branches of government. You might be surprised how little power the most powerful individual has in any such democracy.

The first time as tragedy, the second time as farce.

The Pam Bondi bribery scandal should have been enough to make both ineligible for office even before his first term.

However, it seems the lesson US society collectively learned from Watergate is that the executive should be immune from prosecution.