Which stories should be the headline

This afternoon, Empire actor Jussie Smollett was indicted for filing a false police report.  It is the biggest story in the news on Fox News, CNN and other outlets.

It is a story involving a celebrity.  It involves accusations of racially motivated violence which may turn out to have been part of an elaborate hoax.  We may never know what really happened and that isn't important at the moment.  There is a judicial process ahead to handle this matter.

There was another story that broke today.  I think it should be a much bigger headline than a famous actor being charged with filing a false police report.

Not a great photo to be sure.  But the story involves a U.S. Coast Guard Lieutenant who was arrested last Friday.  Christopher Paul Hasson allegedly had compiled a hit list that included the names Chuck Schumer, Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez, Cory Booker, Kamala Harris and other politicians.  It also named Don Lemon, Chris Cuomo and other prominent journalists.  You can read the CNN reporting here.

As of this writing, Donald Trump has not used his favorite platform of Twitter to say anything about this story.  He did find time to say that a young woman named Hoda Muthana cannot reenter the U.S., in spite of the fact she was once issued a U.S. passport.  Passports are issued only to citizens.

Lieutenant Hasson had stockpiled an arsenal of weapons and ammo.

If this story was about someone from south of the border, Mr. Trump would have had a lot to say on the subject.  If the accused in this situation was a Muslim, we would also be witnessing a Trump tweetstorm for the ages.

This is a white man who says he is a white nationalist.  No fence, no barrier would have helped here.

This should be the top headline story.