Democrats must seize the mantle of law and order

There's a photo pinging around the blogosphere of a pallet of bricks, supposedly placed near Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities for use by "Democratic militants" during the recent unrest in Los Angeles. The accompanying post says that the bricks were paid for by organizations linked to Democratic financier George Soros, a frequent whipping boy of the American right.

"It's a Civil War!!" the post exclaims.

Actually, it's a hoax. The bricks photo comes from the website of a building supply company in Malaysia.