What was the news from America today? A wannabe generalissimo wasted tens of millions from the public purse for a lackluster military parade while five million citizens gathered across the nation to decry the slide into authoritar-ianism. Huzzah!
But the day began with the awful news that two lawmakers in Minnesota, Melissa Hortman and John Hoffman, and their spouses had been shot in their homes by a vigilante assassin, impersonating police. Getting into what he took to be the spirit of the moment, maybe the murderer thought he'd be rewarded with a presidential pardon. His vehicle contained a list of dozens of other targets, as well as No Kings rallies. No faux-king way.
