Scene 1: There I sat in the Senate chamber, waiting for a Republican to decry the use of force against one of their own. Sen. Alex Padilla, a California Democrat, was knocked to the ground and handcuffed by federal agents in a conference room where Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem promised to “liberate” Los Angeles from “socialists.” An absurd South Dakotan, Noem pretended not to know Padilla. Waiting and watching, I was keen to know […]
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