Rake America Great Again

“None of the cases Reuters reviewed involved someone being charged with a violent offense.” Reuters: Inside Trump’s DC crackdown: Swarms of agents and arrests for minor offenses. It’s all a show.

+ WaPo (Gift Article): National Guard troops deployed in D.C. add sanitation, landscaping duties. “As they raked, specks of dirt and mulch floated upward into early morning sunbeams, an idyllic image starkly at odds with the president’s portrayal of Washington as a violent, lawless dystopia. The assignment was atypical for these troops, who more often are called on to respond to emergencies or deploy overseas, and it left some questioning if landscaping should be a military mission at all.”

+ Trump extends control over Washington by taking management of Union Station away from Amtrak. (Maybe someone forgot to water the plants.)