Bill Maher sat down with Karoline Leavitt, and the conversation turned into how nice Trump is when you get invited over. He listens. He lets Bill talk. He’s doing wonderful things with the decorating.

Maher said, “America does need a ballroom.” Thank fucking God somebody’s standing up for Americans who need somewhere more elegant to have dinner with the president.

To be fair, Maher did criticize Trump in the interview, including concerns about vengeance after the midterms. I’m glad he did. But good manners don’t balance out abuses of power. According to Maher, Trump acknowledged taking a Supreme Court decision too personally. That’s the standard now?

And when Maher asked Leavitt if anything could cost Trump her loyalty, she answered with a thank-you note.

I have a different experience with Trump’s judgment. I was beaten on January 6th, and he pardoned the people who assaulted me.

Bill, tell us what these dinners accomplished. Did he change a policy or correct an abuse? Show us the result.

A police officer shot and killed one-year-old Kohen Wiley during a shoplifting call at a Walmart in Senatobia, Mississippi. The AG’s office says the force was justified. The family still hasn’t seen the body-camera footage.

The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation says the driver drove toward officers and nearly struck one. Kohen’s mother disputes that and denies they stole anything. AP reports neither woman has been charged. We need the footage to sort out those competing accounts.

But before anybody defends the shot, ask this: did trying to stop that car, right then, make anybody safer? You can have grounds to arrest somebody and still not need to force it right fucking now. And shooting the driver doesn’t stop the car.

We need national use-of-force standards, real training, and records that follow officers from department to department.

Release the footage. Explain the decisions, including what happened before the shot.

Kohen Wiley deserved to get home alive.