October 8 | By John Kass

Are we living in 1859?

I ask it that way because all you can see and hear from Chicago are chaos, anarchy, violence, leftist conspiracy theories and exhortations by Democrats to ruin, and murder federal officials enforcing the law. It’s getting worse by the day.

The residents of the Democrat fever swamp now scream across broadcast media that President Trump will end Democracy in a year. It’s becoming increasingly difficult to rely on information from the local left-leaning corporate legacy news media—Sun Times and Tribune—as violent leftist mobs backed by Democrat politicians continue attacking federal law enforcement officers across the country.

A leader of the Latin Kings Street gang was charged with ordering the murder of U.S. Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino, whom Gov. JB Pritzker spent days defaming. Pritzker put a target on Bovino.  The Latin King leader Juan Espinoza Martinez is now under arrest. Is that insurrection?

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (6 percent approval rating) and Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker continue to demonize federal law enforcement officers. And the Chicago Police Department shamed itself by telling officers to stand down rather than come to the aid of Immigration and Customs enforcement agents being swarmed by leftist mobs on the Southwest Side and nearby suburbs.

Johnson and Pritzker shamed themselves, but their constant screaming against ICE agents put pressure on police to turn their backs on ICE agents calling for help on Saturday. Their vehicle was rammed by rioters. They were surrounded by the angry crowd whipped to a frenzy by Pritzker and Johnson. They were abandoned by CPD. Many officers were disgusted and ashamed. Police Supt. Larry Snelling did himself and his department no favors by not speaking clearly as to who gave the order to abandon the ICE agents.

Was it the mayor?

I’ve been a reporter in Chicago for almost 50 years and I’ve never heard of Chicago police abandoning fellow Law Enforcement officers. It goes against everything I know about them. Shameful and disgusting are just words. This is more than words. There may not have been an order to stand down, but the order was clear: turn your cars around and leave it alone.

I listened to Dan Proft’s morning radio show, and heard Proft wanting to speak in support of Snelling. But the Superintendent was apparently lied to by his underlings, and they’re all dancing on Brandon Johnson’s strings.

It’s only about a 14 hour drive down to Ft. Sumter South Carolina where the Civil War began. Another conservative friend of mine called and I told him about the angle I was taking on this column. He told me not to write it that way, to avoid Ft. Sumter.

"Readers don’t read enough history," he said. "They’ll get confused. Talking about the Civil War will confuse them."

I understand. But I have faith that readers will put the jigsaw puzzle together. They must. It’s their country. And time to avoid what’s happening is quickly disappearing.

At a press conference on Monday, the comically illiterate buffoon Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, already famous for his battles with reality and his wild panic attacks continued painting his deranged Civil War fantasies.

This time the mayor claimed that "the extreme Right in this country refuse to accept the results of the Civil War. They have repeatedly called for a rematch."

A rematch?

Republicans were opposed to slavery then, and it was the Democrat Party protecting slavery and slaughtering Americans in the hope of preserving it. And they fought to allow the racist KKK to spread fear in the South.

Johnson also issued executive orders of dubious legal merit, creating "ICE free" zones where federal law would not apply.

He boasted that "in the coming weeks, we will use this opportunity to build greater resistance." He then accused Trump of escalating "a war in Chicago."

ICE Free Zones where federal law—approved by Congress and signed by a living president—doesn’t apply?

For years now, Chicago Democrats—from Johnson and Gov. J.B. Pritzker have gone on and on, screaming, full of angry rage against federal forces enforcing federal immigration law. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson: "The right wing of this country wants a REMATCH of the Civil War... The President has declared war on the people of Chicago and people across America."

Again I ask all Americans: Are we living in 1859?

Civil unrest and leftist political violence rage across the major cities in the country so much so, that the American mind can’t help but reach back to the Civil War years.

And there was the illiterate buffoon from Chicago, Mayor Brandon Johnson loudly seeking a rematch of the most violent conflict in American history.

The Democrats are still feeding the hungry assassination culture that took the life of Christian youth organizer Charlie Kirk just weeks ago.

And just days ago, I tried to focus your attention on the militant left in Chicago and the rules for radicals. The Democrats are in a corner screaming in panic about perhaps losing patrons Bill and Melinda Gates. And still, they spew partisan rage from Portland to Chicago to New York.

In Virginia for example, the Virginia Democrat candidate for state Attorney General is Jay Jones. In texts with a fellow legislator, Jones fantasized about killing a Republican political opponent, even killing the opponent’s children, and pissing on the graves.

This is the Democrat Party today. All rage all the time.

Yet the New York Times and the legacy corporate media have downplayed Jay Jones’ murderous fantasies because they agree with him.

Democrat leaders aren’t demanding he disqualify himself. They protect Jay Jones in the bosom of the assassination culture

Rather than avoid Jones, Democrats are doubling down, endorsing him. They think they can ride this one out with backing from the corrupt leftist corporate media. And so they must think Republicans are fools.

I’m sure the Confederate Democrats thought they could ride it all out back in the day. Then came Gettysburg. And the South never smiled.