They will try to tip the scales however they can. But there will be elections, and in many places, most, they'll be run fairly. So you work towards that, among whatever else. It's fine to bleed a while. But get up. Get up. Always get up. There is only ever a new phase of the battle.

Another bit of obviousness: this country has worked very hard to let an entire strata of the population know it’s okay to be a lout, and that thumping folks on the head should be their highest aspiration.

I saw a video of a woman who explained that it’s incorrect to call them Gestapo, because that sounds mysterious and un-American. What they are, she said, are slave-catchers, which is as American as pecan pie.

Most cops can give the serve and protect/“it’s a tough but rewarding job” spiel. But these folks just seem angry they can’t thump heads without people booing them. They sound like mean kids given carte blanche by the head bully.

Minneapolis' mayor went on TV and dropped an F-bomb, directly telling ICE to leave. Walz is simply saying, "Don't give Trump an excuse to invoke the Insurrection Act." Trump and Miller would like nothing better than to drag a high-profile Democrat through the streets in handcuffs. Think, folks.