Suzanne Harrington: The US is a pirate state now, but it's ok the EU is 'monitoring' the situation

To a malignant narcissist, everything is personal — even the Venezuelan leader mocking Trump’s dance moves

A picture of Renee Good, who was shot and killed by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minneapolis on Wednesday is displayed during a candlelight vigil in Pliny Park in Brattleboro, Vermont, on Thursday. Photo: Kristopher Radder/The Brattleboro Reformer via AP

I learned a new word this week — kakistocracy: government by the least suitable or competent citizens of a state. I didn’t learn it from reading current reporting or analysis, but from a work of fiction, John Niven’s pulpy revenge fantasy The Fuck-It List.