One thing is eminently clear: Trump likes to play to the home field crowd. And he has passed this particular bias on to his minions. Barr appears before a friendly Senate but declines to appear before a hostile House. Unless they can stack the deck, they are not interested in playing.

Worse than Watergate? No comparison. Today’s conversation between Trump and Putin should be a sirens call…don’t go there. But, and this is crucial, his followers do not give a damn about the country…they want it dismantled. Trump is the catalyst for our destruction.

And so, once again, like the nuclear winter, no one has yet seen it but it should scare the hell out of you. If you like your government hot, spicy, and unpredictable, Trump is your guy. If you prefer your autocrat fat and sassy, Trump is your guy. But most importantly, if you prefer the president of the United States to be a useful idiot, then Trump is not only your guy, he may be your last guy.