Stochastic Statecraft
The Trump doctrine turns local leaders into targets and lone wolves into soldiers.
On Friday night, someone dressed like a cop knocked on the door of a suburban Minnesota home. Minutes later, Democratic House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband were dead. Eight miles away, Senator John Hoffman and his wife were bleeding in their kitchen. Two lawmakers, two families, two homes, both “liberated” by bullets.
The killer hasn’t …
