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There are different barometers for what makes a banana republics and the United States has been sliding in that direction. Could a friendly judge contrive to keep certain polling places open to favor his party? Sure. That kind of thing has been going on here for a good two centuries. The judge generally wouldn’t also be the candidate’s lawyer, but I won’t pretend that kind of thing was unknown in say Philly or Chicago.

Target selection, not weapon choice, is what turns a street assault into a hate-crime case; New York law asks why the victim was chosen, and in Midtown Manhattan, prosecutors say two visibly Jewish men were attacked within hours by the same woman, a claim supported by video, victim accounts, and an arrest.