15 September—King Ned Lamont is going to ask—make that tell, instruct, command—his loyal partisan vassals in the General Assembly to extend his benevolently despotic powers for another three months. Or so. So Ned will be calling all the shots all by himself—with token approval of his claque, to be sure—as he’s been doing for 18 months. Hey, what’s another three months anyway?

So here’s a picture of King Ned accepting his crown at the coronation. After all, what good is a king without a crown?