A minivan in D.C. was entered while unlocked with no windows broken; nothing was stolen, but a golf putter was left behind. The owner found the scene absurd and photographed it. Federal response in D.C. escalated with plans to deploy at least 2,000 National Guardsmen, likely armed. Federal law enforcement presence has expanded into local policing duties, including traffic enforcement and citizenship checks. District residents lack congressional representation while paying high per-capita taxes. Past federal interventions included a 1996 takeover of the D.C. public schools and replacement of the elected school board with appointed overseers and a retired U.S. Army general.
I only know I'd been burgled because I found a golf putter the perp left in the back of the van. I haven't played a round of golf or owned a set of clubs in at least 15 years. So I was left giggling about being the victim of an absurd crime just as the White House is taking absurd steps to quell a non-existent crime epidemic that the president insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, is gripping my hometown.
Laughs don't come easy since Trump's war on the city has become almost literal. Admitting that I'm afraid of the federal government makes me feel wacko and weak. But, hell, hearing that at least 2,000 National Guardsmen from all across the country will soon be deployed in D.C., and likely armed, sounds crazy frightening. He's already taken over the city's police department and assigned an untold number of officers from federal law enforcement agencies to the Nation's Capital.
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