America turned into a banana republic to save democracy

I think this headline says it all: "In the least surprising verdict ever, 12 Manhattanites just found Donald Trump guilty." - "Of what is anyone’s guess." 

Here are some of the things we learned in this trial:

In reality the case depends on a raft of dubious propositions, including:

Companies shouldn’t classify payments to a lawyer as legal services;

Candidates illegally “influence” elections if they try to hide negative information;

Trump had no non-campaign-related reasons to keep Daniels from telling her story;

New York state can bring a prosecution that turns on federal election laws.

My biggest fear is that Dementia Joe Biden uses this verdict as an excuse to back out of the debates.