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Last week, Donald Trump observed Thanksgiving with a nakedly racist rant that was unhinged even by Trumpian standards (more about that below). Reacting to the shooting of two National Guardsmen in Washington DC, Trump announced a "permanent pause" in immigration from poorer countries. Trump's animus quickly became policy. The administration paused all visas for Afghans, and then closed the door on all asylum decisions, "until we can ensure that every alien is vetted and screened to the maximum degree possible."

But that hardly captures the virulent malice of his Thanksgiving diatribe.

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Just days after he called for the death penalty for prominent Democrats, Trump called the governor of Minnesota "severely retarded" and railed against immigrants from Third World countries.

He threatened to "denaturalize" migrants who had become citizens and endorsed the far-right policy of "remigration"" as he lashed out at Afghans and (for some unfathomable reason) Somalis.

But Trump's ban has been met by virtual crickets from the GOP; and his tirade has all but vanished from the news cycle.

One by one the canaries were being asphyxiated.