It means something, but not what they think it does.

Kin?

First they came for Arby's, and I did not speak out...

Trump: We must not talk about it. Bondi: We must not talk about it. House GOP: We must not talk about it. We must not talk about it because if we do, the evidence will come out one way or another. And they know that if that happens, Trump and the GOP are finished.

Weird flex.

Trump's minions, like their master, have elevated crooked to an art form. Haldeman, Erlichman, Mitchell, and Dean were amateurs compared to this corrupt cabal.

The Washington Post is dead.

That's neither better nor more accurate. "Deconstruction" is not an antonym of "Enlightenment." Words convey meaning, and "dark" has many, at least one of which is entirely accurate and appropriate in this context.