August 8, 2017
EVERY FLOCK NEEDS A JUDAS GOAT:
As Mueller closes in, Trump prepares his base for the worst (Greg Sargent August 7, 2017, Washington Post)
Because Trump is undermining our democratic norms and processes in so many ways, it is often easy to focus on each of them in isolation, rather than as part of the same larger story. But, taken together, they point to a possible climax in which Trump, cornered by revelations unearthed by Robert S. Mueller III's probe and by ongoing media scrutiny, seeks to rally his supporters behind the idea that this outcome represents not the imposition of accountability by functioning civic institutions, but rather an effort to steal the election from him -- and from them.
Posted by Orrin Judd at August 8, 2017 5:53 AM