this fourth turning has many things that twenty years ago would have been a major item and now are just part of the gang of 'burning issues' we are now offered;

A senior writer for Politico still has his job after he strongly suggested on X that anyone who investigates Somali welfare, daycare, and other fraud in Minnesota might be shot if they “knock on doors.”

Senior legal affairs reporter Josh Gerstein was apparently referring to journalist Nick Shirley, who exposed so-called daycare centers that didn’t have any children under their care. Shirley’s probe, Gerstein wrote, might “intersect” with “stand-your-ground laws.”

But Gerstein erred twice in the post, critics observed. Minnesota is not a stand-your-ground state. And the fraud does not involve “home daycares.”

Immigration and Customs Enforcement took the imprudent X post seriously, claiming that Gerstein urged violence against federal agents who might also “knock on doors” in attempting to track down the African fraudsters................more........