Frogs in pots

My hair is not on fire. I know because I just checked. But it should be.

- Jonathan Kronstadt

President Trump – words that alone should instantly ignite the follicles of anyone who reads or utters them – has “temporarily” taken over the police force and all law enforcement responsibilities in my hometown of Washington, DC. As if the August heat wasn’t bad enough, now DC must suffer the hot orange breath of Trump and his cabinet clown car as they play out their childhood cops-and-robbers fantasies, but with the added bonus of heavily armed National Guard troops whose training is in anything but urban policing.

The nation’s capital has long been used by Republicans to show how tough they are on crime and people of colour, largely because, as a fiefdom of the federal government with virtually no self-governing authority, the city literally cannot fight back.

Any time the occupant of the White House wants to kick down, DC’s chin is close and always poised to be punted. Both The Washington Post and