It has been argued, by someone I respect greatly, that Donald Trump - now President Trump - is not quite the BSer I perceive him to be, but that he is so divorced from reality that he doesn't recognize the utter falsity of his statements. That he merely says what he truly believes, whether there is any substance to it whatever. I cannot accept his premise. He is too skilled at manipulating others to be doing it unintentionally. I think he has set out from the beginning to deceive everyone he can, and that he views his election as his ultimate con. Now that he occupies the oval office, I am curious how far he will push the scam. I believe he will go very, very far. The GOP Congress will never know what hit them, because they've been so preoccupied with their own power grab. TOGETHER they will do incalculable damage.

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