All’s perfectly well and normal. No civil war. Nothing to see here.

MINNEAPOLIS is bracing for violence ahead of a verdict in the murder trial of Derek Chauvin – as vandals smeared pig’s blood and left a severed pig’s head at the home of an expert witness for his defense.

The Minnesota city has been transformed into a fortress over the weekend, with more than 3,000 National Guard troops drafted into the city and shops and businesses boarded up.

A minor trifle. Nothing that electing some more Republicans won’t fix.