THAT WOULD BE NICE: With Trump’s pick in charge, can taxpayers trust the IRS?

I’M NOT A BIG FAN OF SLAVOJ ZIZEK, BUT WHEN HE’S RIGHT, HE’S RIGHT: “The crucial thing is the disintegration of the central-left welfare consensus. This is why the crucial battle in the U.S. today, it’s not against Trump, it’s what happens within the Democratic Party.”

DAVID HARSANYI: The Left’s Response To The Mass Shooting Of Jews Is An Act Of Bad Faith.

The same Voxers who had long rationalized, romanticized, and excused the Jew-killing terror organization of the Middle East were now blaming the existence of the evil, anti-Semitic Pittsburgh shooter on Republicans. The same Pod bros whose echo chamber deployed anti-Semitic dual-loyalty tropes to smear critics of the Iran deal were now incredibly concerned about the Jewish community.

There were many others, and that was bad enough. But others decided to dip into a little victim blaming, as well. Hadn’t American Jews been little too Jew-centric and pro-Israel for their own good?

Franklin Foer of The Atlantic demanded that Jews finally dispense with their faith, adopt his, and start expelling co-religionists for their political opinions. (If you want to read about the left’s co-opting of American Judaism, I recommend Jonathan Neumann’s excellent book, “To Heal The World?”) Wire creator David Simon went bold, embracing a transparent anti-Jewish conspiracy theory, accusing the Israeli government of intervening in the American democracy.

For those who confuse progressivism with Judaism — which is to say many — it might be difficult to understand that undermining the Democratic Party isn’t an act of anti-Semitism.

Needless to say, read the whole thing.

HMM: “Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube knew that they were the main vehicles for radicalizing violent terrorists overseas no later than 2016. I know because I was sent by the White House to tell them. They did not give a shit. Now the violence is here.”

Related: YouTube: The Great Radicalizer.

Plus: Social Media As Social Disease.

SPACE: China’s first private rocket fails after launch. “Beijing-based Landspace said late Saturday that the first and second stage of its ZQ-1 rocket worked normally but something went wrong with the final of the three-stage rocket. Landspace said that ‘cowling separation was normal but something abnormal happened after the second stage.’ The statement posted on its social media account did not elaborate.”

KIM HIRSCH: Social Collapse Is Responsible For All The Bad Things Last Week.

BREAKING: Merkel to Quit as Party Chief as Her Chancellorship Wobbles. “The unexpected reversal by Merkel, 64, signals the beginning of the end of an era during which her command of Germany put its stamp on Europe and beyond for more than a decade. Even so, Merkel’s term as chancellor runs until 2021 and Merkel has said she intends to serve it out. She is scheduled to speak to the media at 1 p.m. local time in Berlin.”

WHOSE BORDER IS IT, ANYWAY? DHS Secretary to Caravan: ‘You Are Not Getting In.’ “Administration urges migrants to take Mexico up on its offer of asylum and jobs.”

#BELIEVEALLWOMEN: She Claimed A Cop Raped Her. DNA, Rental Records Proved She Lied. “The woman had a history of hooking up with men she found on Craigslist and then claiming the consensual encounters as rape, according to the sheriff’s office. Though she had made two false accusations prior to Mylett, she was not charged because of her mental-health problems.”

BOSTON RED SOX WIN 2018 WORLD SERIES, DEFEAT L.A. DODGERS IN FIVE GAMES.