This affect seems to already be here. I think we've already been surprised by how quickly guardrails have dissolved. And even though the Pres is in trouble, we are rapidly being perceived as functioning like a banana republic. Dope, LM, Jedi, and Mike don't seem aghast at this. I observed Philippine politics while I was there, and we are now resembling the Philippines. Crossing my fingers, but...

Matthew Miller @matthewamiller
The rule of law in America today.
Prosecutor, Ohio: Scott was sentenced to 42 months for a multimillion-dollar fraud. His family was wealthy. He spent all of two weeks in jail. That put a damper on a lot of the work we were doing, to know that someone who defrauded everyday folks in Ohio was able to find their way to a pardon.
Afterward, defense attorneys are telling us they can't get their clients to take good or reasonable plea offers because they felt they're better off spending their money on a political donation, drawing Trump's attention, and getting the case dismissed or going to trial and getting a pardon.

Me: I have been helping locally, sitting in the the Dem office going through the party list leaving messages about voting by mail. I'm lined up to go door to door. I've volunteered to help go into neighborhoods where no one wants to go.