Rage With The Machine

“As members of Congress grapple with growing personal threats, top Democrats in the US House are lobbying Republicans to let each lawmaker’s office employ an armed staff member to accompany them in their districts, as well as a law enforcement coordinator.” Are they overhyping the risk or just responding to the increasing number of headlines about political violence? The New Yorker: In the Line of Fire. “America is a violent country. Nowhere else that is remotely as rich tolerates so many murders or so many weapons. But, sometime during the tumultuous decade of the Trump era, it began to seem that simply participating in the political process put you at risk.” (Political rage is everywhere these days. The acts of violence are extreme representations of a much broader trend.)