4/ "Except, in this case, the audacious heist is democracy itself. Placing giant muzzle on our journalistic watchdogs is a means to an end, which is American monarchy. Intimid is how this rogue pres — while doing utterly shocking things like betraying our democratic ally Ukraine, sending migrants to a concentration camp in Panamanian jungle, and seeking a quid pro quo to liberate New York’s corrupt mayor, and calling it “Wednesday” — gets bland front pages that treat all of this as normal life"