"At Our Doorstep"

An additional explosive device has been found following the neutralization of several bombs sent to Democratic leaders and critics of dangerous demagogue Donald "Rump" Trump. Early this morning, a package delivered to Rump critic Robert De Niro was removed by NYPD bomb experts. In addition, Federal and state authorities are searching for a similar package addressed to former Vice President and possible Rump 2020 challenger Joe Biden. 

Last night at his Nuremberg campaign rally in Wisconsin, Rump addressed the bomb attempts in a perfunctory manner, before launching into his standard stump rant against Dems and the media. This morning, he tweeted that the "mainstream media" is responsible for "a big part of the Anger we see in our society today," refusing to acknowledge his central role in stoking fear, anger and violence over the past three years among his cultish followers.

Commenting on the bomb attempts, John Heilemann spoke on MSNBC this morning:

“It did not succeed on its terms, but the thing we all feared, something like that that we predicted, is at our doorstep. (Trump) did not pour gasoline further on the fire yesterday, but if you watched him in his prepared remarks at the White House and his rally in Wisconsin, you did not sense, I think, someone who grasped the gravity of it and certainly not someone who was taking extraordinary measures to try to calm the waters.” (our emphasis)

He won't take any measures that he believes will undermine him, including genuine demands for followers to exercise calm and respect. His malignant narcissism won't allow him to do that. His insecurities block him from any sense of anything greater than satisfying his own damaged ego. We're in for some rough road ahead.