his presidency is collapsing, yet the need to normalize remains strong

— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) October 3, 2019

Also: “enemies” doesn’t really capture that he’s vilifying the press in scary and authoritarian ways. “Imagined” doesn’t really capture that he’s just makes shot up and then lies about it. Frequently. On tv.

So I’d tell the @nytimes to do better, but then..,

— Soledad O’Brien (@soledadobrien) October 3, 2019

It can be treading familiar ground to knock on the NYT, but it’s important because of just how damaging their “both sides” pathology is, and how, while they’re the worst offender, they’re not outliers. Just the vanguard of the absurd normalization afforded to Trump and Co.