Banana Republic, USA

From Los Angeles crackdowns to Middle East war, the empire spirals with a cognitively crumbling autocrat at the helm and a forecast that might just rain on his vanity parade.

Good morning! It’s hard to know where to start on a day like this. The Marines are in Los Angeles. Israel and Iran are at war. A U.S. Senator was handcuffed for asking a question. And somewhere in the middle of it all, Donald Trump is rambling about rerouting Pacific Northwest water to save Los Angeles from wildfires and reopening Alcatraz as some kind …