Donald Trump’s support is starting to slip.

Daniel Penny takes his place in conservatives’ growing pantheon of violent “heroes.”

With murder acquittal in hand, he’s touring conservative media to reinvent himself as a victim of the culture war.

As Kyle Rittenhouse walks free, Black people sit in prison for resisting the deadly conditions of their lives.

How about we worry a little less about post-verdict demonstrations and a little more about the fascistic hate that is on the rise in the United States?

Both trials involve armed white men who deputized themselves to kill, but the disparate response to the two cases is deeply revealing.

Trump’s supporters in law enforcement and government play Kenosha as both a threat of what’s to come and an invitation to join in.

In the end, it was always going to be about blood and soil and gun-toting vigilantes.