Stephan:   I have been watching the news all day, and have noted particularly that not a single commentator has said that this despicable mass killing at the Tree of Life Synagogue is another act of violence by another middle-aged White Supremacist Trumpkrieger. They dance all around it, but don't want to say it outright, although probably by tomorrow it will become unavoidable.  If you know anything about the rise of fascism in a country you know we are checking off the boxes one by one. The redhat trumpkriegers  are being stirred up by Trump, his rallies, his tweets, and his interviews.  Hitler stirred up his Brownshirts, and Mussolini stirred up his Blackshirts in their era's equivalent manner. Where do you think Trump got the idea of employing identifying clothing as part of the drill? We have a Congress dominated by a Republican majority that, in my opinion, has completely abandoned its Constitutional role.  This abdication plus, now, the capture of the Supreme Court is changing the fundamental nature of America. As I keep saying the forms continue but the substance is being drained away by the incompetence, corruption, and greed of Mitch McConnell, Paul Ryan, John Cornyn, Chuck Grassley, Orrin Hatch, and the rest of the party. These people are selling American democracy for a mess of personal pottage. And 40 per cent of the voters are happy with what's happening. This is the most important election of all our lifetimes.