The president has been understandably confident in his supporters. They appreciate his efforts, admire his accomplishments (Justice Neil Gorsuch, ISIS’ setbacks), claim bragging rights for possibly related occurrences (the stock market’s rise), and feel sympathy for him as an outsider up against the swamp. They see his roughness as evidence of his authenticity, so he doesn’t freak them out every day. In this they are like Sarah Palin’s supporters, who saw her lack of intellectual polish as proof of sincerity. At her height, in 2008, she had almost the entire Republican Party behind her, and was pushed forward most forcefully...Isakaba Death Squad attacks Obong Palace, 8/25/08

On Monday, August 25, 2008, a 10 member Isakaba death squad
attacked the Palace of the
traditional ruler of the Efik, Obong Bassey Ekpo Bassey,
who is close to the Cuban Abakuá. The death
squad is under the
protection of Nigeria's Cross River State and its corrupt Governor Imoke.

The hoodlums emerged from a light blue van armed with a range
of weapons: AK-47, magic machetes, and rocks. The van appeared to
have a Lagos license plate: NH666-AAA.They intended to kill the
Obong, but he escaped unharmed thanks
to his effective security team, who managed to capture one of the invaders
before being finally overwhelmed in a second attack by Federal Police in league with the
corrupt PDP Cross River State government. Among the many
injured in the attack was Ivor
Miller, a specialist in AfroCuban