Today in The Normalizing

Eliot Ness, by an unknown photographer. Via Fine Art America.

Monsignor Douthat doesn't think Trump should necessarily "send in" the feds to Chicago, just sayin', but he hates it when we talk like that would be a bad thing:

.@DouthatNYT I don't think so. Depends on what you mean by "send in". You (and Trump) seem to assume they aren't already there... /1

— Yastreblyansky (@Yastreblyansky) January 25, 2017

.@DouthatNYT ...but there are already several Safe Streets and Gang Unit task forces coordinating with local authorities in Chicago. /2

— Yastreblyansky (@Yastreblyansky) January 25, 2017

.@DouthatNYT Trump's threat “If Chicago doesn't fix the horrible 'carnage' going on, “I will send in the Feds!” seems to propose... /3

— Yastreblyansky (@Yastreblyansky) January 25, 2017

.@DouthatNYT that federal police will REPLACE the local authorities, which is how martial law pretty much works. /4

— Yastreblyansky (@Yastreblyansky) January 25, 2017

.@DouthatNYT That's very different from the G-Men helping out with investigation of federal crimes only during Prohibition. /5

— Yastreblyansky (@Yastreblyansky) January 25, 2017