https://www.recode.net/2017/11/28/16712224/trump-time-warner-cnn-merger-doj-department-justice-antitrust >Over the last year, our cherished democratic institutions have been stressed to the breaking point. Every day we hear about new threats to what we consider sacrosanct — and many of those threats are coming from the White House. President Donald Trump has shown us again and again that he is happy to use the various departments of government to benefit himself and his friends and to attack his enemies, whether that means dismantling the EPA from within or encouraging the intelligence community to investigate conspiracy theories around Hillary Clinton.