I'm wondering when it will be time to merge the "Trump Presidency" thread with this one. I don't see the Senate as willing to stand up to Trump's picks, and each is worse than the last. I thought Bush's incompetent ideologues were bad, but this is so much worse. It's like a parade of horribles. No, it IS a parade of horribles. When Mitt Romney is the "best" choice... good god! crazy cry

A well reasoned argument is like a diamond: impervious to corruption and crystal clear - and infinitely rarer.

Here, as elsewhere, people are outraged at what feels like a rigged game -- an economy that won't respond, a democracy that won't listen, and a financial sector that holds all the cards. - Robert Reich