Disarm! he said.

Set weapons aside, rather, for despots to rule. He could start with China maybe?

How many times have we heard it?

Lightfoot said the public has a responsibility to help apprehend the looters.

???Give no shelter to the criminals,??? Lightfoot said. ???People in [the] neighborhoods know who these folks are. … This is your time to step up. … We cannot do this without you. … We are not going to let our city be taken over by criminals and vigilantes.???

It hasn’t worked, it won’t work. People are terrified. The mayor needs a new line. Like this one, unveiled for the occasion:

???You have no right, no right to take and destroy the property of others,??? Lightfoot said. ???We are coming for you. … I don???t care what justification was given for this. There is no justification.???

What does she mean, and she might have said it before (I don’t remember it). But it’s supposed to be a sign of determination. How many take her seriously?

Her arguments bear considering:

She is Gov. Kristi Noem. “When it comes to schools,” she says, “the science is clear: we need to open them.”

Her arguments?

[T]he virus doesn’t impact [the children] on the same level as the flu. A JAMA Pediatrics report states, “Our data indicate that children are at far greater risk of critical illness from influenza than from COVID-19.”

“SARS-CoV-2 appears to behave differently in children and adolescents than other common respiratory viruses, such as influenza, on which much of the current guidance regarding school closures is based,” says theAmerican Academy of Pediatrics.

Moreover: . . . see here. . .

Going after Vaticanspeak in a time of Francis:

VATICAN CITY (ChurchMilitant.com) -??The Vatican has launched a personal attack on a Catholic scientist after she??shredded a pontifical publication??for portraying “an earthly utopia without God.”

Dr. Doyen NguyenDr. Doyen Nguyen, an academic physician and moral theologian with specializations in diagnostic hematology and bioethics, slammed the Pontifical Academy for Life’s (PAL) document titled “Humana Communitas in the Age of Pandemic: Untimely Meditations on Life’s Rebirth” as godless, Christless, churchless, hopeless??and faithless.

The Pope’s scientists can dish it out, but . . .

. . . from his bunker:

The full, shocking statement: “Unlike the African American community, with notable exceptions, the Latino community is an incredibly diverse community, with incredibly different attitudes about different things” (Red State).

Tries fence-mending:

Biden later tried to “clarify” his remarks with a Tweet, but whoever wrote the tweet for him didn’t clarify at all but rather said what he wants you to believe Biden believes (Twitter).

Branches out:

In a similar statement trying to compliment Hispanics, Biden said “When I mean full diversity, unlike African American communities and many other communities, you’re from everywhere” (Twitter).

Protectors go to work:

The media is editing out some of Biden’s more racist comments (Red State).

The opponent can’t resist:

Trump mocked Biden for his “dumb” statement (Twitter).

His people are thankful for . . . what?

Democrats are thrilled Covid-19 is keeping Biden out of the public eye (Fox News).

Taking comfort where they may.