The threat of violence. It is understood by the innate need to survive.

Gangland. That is what Trump is running. No respect for the rule of law simply because he can overpower it with violence, both domestic and international. He is a criminal through and through. It cannot be denied. He took control of the Oval Office and has been doing nothing but intimidating people everywhere for his own purpose. He would say it is a better world now. Wrong. 

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...But, they also appreciated the business she brought in, running girls and meth around Gifu. Unlike members of Italian mafias, who kick cuts of criminal profits  up through a rigid hierarchy, yakuza operate more like franchises, with members paying a monthly tribute to trade off the syndicate's threat of violence....

It is amazing how easily Republicans are intimidated to breaking with the rule of law.

 The Republicans are seeking a way around the vote that would defeat Trump's domestic agenda of terror by passing a reconciliation bill to fund ICE and Border Patrol for the remainder of Trump's term. ICE officers are still making arrests after a judge prohibited them from court proceedings. It is easy to see the immigrants arrested at their court proceedings will have an easy time proving their arrests were illegal. Now. Because ICE does not obey the Rule of Law they can be arrested for contempt at the very least. 

The indictment of Castro at such an advanced age reminds me of the pursuit of the Nazis by the the survivors of the Holocaust. I do believe the indictment was issued illegitimately. If all the evidence was presented a grand jury would have seen through the error of bringing it up in the first place. The pilots of the planes were interviewed and warned about their activity to bring illegal immigrants from Cuba. The pilots were acting out of heroics for their fellow Cubans, but, it was not a safe or legal activity. There is always danger in entering the sovereign airspace of another country. Granted the four pilots were killed by Cuban missiles, but, they were illegally in Cuban airspace. Sorry to say, Castro's defense should be fairly simple.

As of anonymous reporting today regarding a recent phone call between Netanyahu and Trump it is obvious Netanyahu is responsible for pushing the Iran war onto the American people. Trump did not have to go through with it, but, their abiding ideology brought about attacks into Iran that have resulted in an enormous insult to the global economy driving USA inflation past 3 precent and it is only May.

I am grateful of Senator Cassidy and his vote to invoke limits on Trump's ability to continue the war with Iran. It is a wrong headed war and needs to end. Iran is no longer a passive partner in the Middle East. This latest hostility that killed so many in leadership was a real lesson to the country. While they hope for a different form of social order that allows greater expression as in a democracy, they didn't expect to be bombed relentlessly and it's leadership demised to the point of desperation. When leadership is depleted, the military takes over. No one wants that for the Iranian people.