hi, everyone. it's 5:00 in new york. court is adjourned for the day. opening statements will begin on monday. in the words of the judge, this trial is starting. for so long we have used the word erosion to describe donald trump's assault on our institutions and americans' faith in them, but if this week's spectacle showed us anything, it's the term erosion, the flow of water slow and steady, might be be understating the immediate danger. instead we ought to think of the harm done to the structure of our democracy, like a tidal wave with flash flooding possible. try as we with might to board up the windows to keep from being swept away, irreparable damage being done every second. you can see it in the actions and the fear of perspective jurors. some of them so frightened or intimidated from doing their basic civic duty that some were moved to tears in the course for

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