On the upside, Mrs. Trump is going to be on the target list of every crime gang in Europe for the rest of her life, and for every political gang that's looking for some ez financing too. She might want to watch a few Aldo Moro films -- and plan on spending a lot of time close to home.

Stay calm, have a plan to vote & have your vote counted in November despite whatever barriers the Trump administration erects by then -- and encourage your non-MAGA neighbors to do the same. Also -- give some thought to what happens after the election.

I wonder if Minnesota is what the Bush administration had in mind when they invented "homeland security?"

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Downfall Bovino Edition. You're welcome.

That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it...

We've heard from the Obamas on the Minneapolis murders. We've heard from the Clintons on the Minneapolis murders. I think we WOULD have heard from George H.W. Bush on the murders. But what have we heard from the George W. Bushes on the murders? Don't hold your breath.

Take a bunch of high school dropouts. Put them in ersatz uniforms so they can play soldier. Organize them in armed gangs. Promise them bonuses based on how many people they abduct. Tell them they have "absolute immunity" from any laws. Bingo -- that's 90% of I.C.E. on the ground.

Yeah, yeah -- I know: We're all cynical as hell about politics and politicians. But Canadians can be proud of their PM.

Multiple indications Trump is seriously ill, and plenty of history to suggest that he will seek to "go out with a bang." Not too soon to start serious ongoing assessments his state of mind. A "plan B" would be advisable too.

Indeed.

Any decent person with even a child's sense of priorities will boycott the world cup in the U.S. anyway.

I think all of us here in the U.S. are about to be schooled in the meaning of "collective guilt." "I never voted for the Republican party" isn't going to work.

Poor Iran. God help them if Trump gets involved. Meanwhile: some joyful Iranian folk music. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRTg...

"Reassurances" from a Congressional delegation while the Trump Republicans are in the majority? I'm sure our one-time European allies know exactly what those are worth.

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If the people of Iran have been paying any attention at all to recent events, they know that Trump will "help" -- himself to Iran's oil resources.

If there were ten decent Republicans in the House of Representatives, Trump would be impeached by the end of the month. But it would take 24 decent Repulicans in the Senate, and theirs not a snowball's chance in hell that that would happen. So your only hope for change is to vote in November.

Don't underestimate the courage of the citizens that are filming this bullshit. These I.C.E. thugs know no restraint or decency.

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There's a mistake here I think. J.D. Vance is not playing a role: he is telling you who he really is and what he really stands for.

My God -- this is where we are now. Trump and his Republicans have absolutely no sense of scale or proportion (from NYT):

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Yeah -- right.

The people of Iran are marching all across the country to protest their government. Several have died in that process at the hands of that government. We could learn something from the people of Iran.

And Trump immediately asks: Can I do that?

Trying to get a handle on the Trump administration's madness? Consider this theory of the game:

This is an interesting argument from The Hub in Canada for what's driving the Trump administration's seeming descent into insanity. Well worth a listen.

The time has come, but I don't know if there's anyone in the United States today that could write such a declaration.

Note from Politico. Just ignore all the bullshit Rubio and the rest are dishing out -- this is what's REALLY happening.

For everyone screaming for impeachment, here is a list of how innefective that would be at solving the problem we are confronting.

Tom Nichols too: whatever you do, don't mention oil.

Whatever you do, don't mention oil.

Why does the media insist on calling this a "capture" instead of a kidnapping? What is Maduro's wife supposed to have done to warrant the snatch? My God our country is so far in the ditch with these assholes running the show.

Subscribe to Philip Bump's "How To Read This Chart"! Example of why: in 2 charts of news Americans paid attention to, the murder of Venezuelan fishermen without any legal process at all doesn't even get a mention. But "Labubu" is hot (I have no idea). If a horse was this lame, we'd shoot it.

Perhaps Canada, Mr. Frum's mother country which after all doesn't have that much to lose in it's relations with Trump anymore, could lead an effort in the United Nations to impose sanctions on my miserable, broken country. With Canada's lead, a few Europeans might find some courage too.

"In 1993, according to an analysis of the Monitoring the Future Study, 83 percent of female 12th graders said they were likely to choose to get married. By 2023, only 61 percent of 12th-grade girls said that — a 22-percentage-point drop."

Too many won't worry until it's too late.

Will anyone in the Trump administration and the Trump military chain of command ever be held accountable for these murders?

Care and conscience is alive and well in American arts!