Allegory of the Week

This story about a rat infested home in Pennsylvania:

A western Pennsylvania home will be demolished because it is so overrun with rats that they measure about a foot deep in spots. Officials in Pulaski Township said the home has been a problem in the neighborhood for about a year.
...
The Beaver County Times reported that an exterminator hopes to kill about 95 percent of the rats before the home is demolished Friday. Officials will erect a perimeter around the home to try and prevent any rats that survive from going into neighboring homes.

Made me think it was a brilliant and subliminal reference to what we need to do with all the rats in D.C. (And yes, do barricade DC so the rats couldn't flee to their home districts.)