PBC News & Comment: The Violent Awakening of Trump’s Sleeper Cells

In week that brought us perfect storm of American tragedy, Trump relentlessly continues to divide; will it trigger more lunatics?....--in Pittsburgh, the truck driver accused of killing 11 at Tree of Life blamed Jews of HIAS for offering support to immigrants demonized by Trump
--after call for unity, Trump blasts Tom Steyer, a Jewish Democratic donor who was sent a pipe bomb last week
--the accused pipe bomber wanted to be caught, it appears
--Trump continues caustic tweets at media, shifting blame for the incendiary comments that are dutifully reported by the Enemy of the People
--at The Intercept, Mehdi Hassan recaps the list of violent acts by Trump fans, and it was compiled before Pittsburgh shooting
--at WhoWhatWhy, Stephen Singular recalls violent actors who responded to cues from the media or politicians before Trump
--Fox has fun with fact-free fearmongering, suggesting to our highly phobic president that migrants will bring deadly diseases into US
--without explanation, Border Patrol is dumping released asylum families in Arizona with no resources
--Brett Kavanaugh got a hero’s welcome at high school reunion over the weekend
--the outrageous Kavanaugh confirmation hearings are reprised in our latest in-depth interview, with Jennifer Briney of CongressionalDish
--Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, expected to lose N. Dakota Senate seat, got $12 million in donations after voting against Kavanaugh
--after years of turmoil, Brazil faces autocratic or military rule as Bolsonaro wins
--after another loss in regional elections, Germany’s Chancellor Merkel says she won’t seek re-election, may not survive to end of term in 2012
--at WashPost, Margaret Sullivan properly criticizes TV networks for failing to cover voter suppression, but her paper is only a little better
--former president Jimmy Carter calls for Brian Kemp to resign as Secretary of State as he runs for Georgia governor