Automatic weapon-toting protestors paralyze the capitol of Michigan. Upstate New Yorkers protest that they’re not New York City. The Governor of Maryland has called out the National Guard to protect the state stockpile of personal protective equipment from theft by the Feds. Today’s Coronavirus Outbreak aggregator says, “The timing and the extent of lockdown restrictions imposed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus have prompted a raft of lawsuits across the United States. All manner of rights are being asserted. Individual rights. Commercial rights. Free speech rights. Property rights. In Los Angeles, for example, a diverse group of small businesses, including a gondola service, a mariachi band and a pet grooming spa, have sued in federal court.”There is a subtext to all of these actions, no, maybe two.

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