NYTimes wrote a pretty good narrative on the Stone trial developments, but botched the headline. I would've gone with something like "Trump and Barr use DOJ to shield Trump ally".

I've long lamented both-sides-ism phrasings like "critics of Trump say that his latest actions could be at least somewhat immoral", because it continuously normalizes Trump's behavior. Trump has knowingly or unknowingly weaponized the media's attempts at professionalism against the people.

This is now an all-out sprint towards absolute power, and that almost certainly includes cheating and/or ignoring the election results. It's likely already over. We've entered the age of the Trump monarchy.

I sound fucking crazy! There's no need for some Yale prof to reinforce my paranoia, because I can actually do that all by myself with objective facts surrounding Trump and the GOP's behavior on an ongoing basis. Sorry, Schiff, right doesn't matter anymore. Only Donald winning.

This will end poorly for America. Let's hope it's only America. So far, I've avoided venturing too far down this particular avenue of prediction, gotta go