The Laboratories of Democracy

(Permanent Musical Accompaniment to This Post)

Being our semi-regular weekly survey of what's goin' down in the several states where, as we know, the real work of governmentin' gets done and where they play "Danny Boy" at your funeral and the Lord's Prayer.

We begin in Washington state, a portion of which is presently burning down. But neither fire nor rain nor fundamental absurdity will keep our migrant-catchers from their appointed idiocy. From the Seattle Times:

Why the two firefighters were arrested is unclear. But a spokesperson for the Incident Management Team leading the firefighting response said the team was “aware of a Border Patrol operation on the fire,” that it was not interfering with the firefighting response and referred reporters to t

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