The guy is a complete wack job. On North Korea he has gone from "I am sending a very big Armada" to "it would be an honor to meet with Kim Jung Un". No one can tone him down. On a side note Jarhead Kushner failed to disclose $1 billion dollar loans and several other major items. Could happen to anyone, I forgot to report a billion dollar loan last month also. And today Congress changed the rules on overtime pay in corporations favor. I got to say that it will affect a lot of Trumps and Republican blue collar voters where it hurts the most, their wallet. Of course no Democrats voted to screw the American worker.

If you have not watched this video of Jimmy Kimmel talking about the birth of his son I suggest that you do. I had no idea that a baby born with a heart defect was a "pre-existing condition" Only Republicans could call this a "pre-existing" condition. Heartless bastards. Its on youtube and numerous other places.

http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/jimmy-kimmel-opens-up-about-newborn-sons...

Dear Thom,

53, 000,000 voters elected this snake oil salesman. I truly wish I had something

positive to say about 45, but i honestly can't think of one iota of praise or respect

for the so called "donald". His outrageous statements and deplorable decision

making has put this country in jeopardy. I do believe his presidency is one of the

worst points in our history. I never could have imagined that we, as a nation, could

have stooped that low. Also, i have strong feelings that he may well be mentally

unhinged, because of his erratic behavior. Hillary or Bernie, where are you ?

Respectfully, Mike Marlowe

Well Thom, I have commented many times on yahoo news concering Trump's bizzar behavior and the danger it creates for our country. I believe that the more educated section of Americans believe he is in office to make money for himself, republicans and his wealthy friends. This has been demostrated in his choice for his administration and his actions, and the garbage that spews from his tweets. And of course his mouth. We as a nation must move as quickly as possible to get rid of him and his buddies that defend his insanity.

When it comes to who has the power, we avoid discussing what has happened since the 1980s. Republicans worked to grow and strengthen their base while Democrats did the exact opposite. The Dem voting base once consisted of the "masses" -- poor and middle class, for the common good. The Reagan Democrats of the 1980s began pulling the party to the right. In the 1990s, the Clinton wing split the Dem voting base wide base apart, and the past eight years confirmed that this split is permanent. Democrats divided and conquered themselves, making way for the hard right takeover.

Unfortunately, most of what you say about the Reagan and Clinton Democrats is true; although, I would argue that the split(s) in the base will not necessarily remain permanent. Nothing in politics is permanent other than the fact that everything changes.

People just want their politicians to do what's right by them. If one party fails to deliver, then the electorate swings to the other party the next cycle, usually every eight years, sometimes in just four or even two (as happened in the 2010 midterms).

Perhaps another way to put it is that starting with Reagan, more or less, the entire political dynamic of both establishment parties began their inexorable march to the far right, chasing after bucket loads of filthy corporate cash, thanks to the various right-wing Supreme Court rulings -- primarily Buckley v. Valeo in 1976 and Citizens United v. FEC in 2010, but also First National Bank of Boston v. Bellotti in 1978, McCutcheon v. FE in 2014, and certain other corporate friendly rulings over the intervening decades -- which, in effect, legalized bribery on a scale virtually no other developed democracy would tolerate.

Traditionally, the Democrats are the party of the poor and the middle class, as you said, and the Republicans are the party of the rich, which now means the billionaires. It amazes me to no end that right-wing spin can reverse that perception so easily.

You are also correct that this is due in no small part to the disingenuous efforts of donor-money-hungry Dems, who were dumb (or depraved) enough to climb in bed with the billionaires, promoting such abominations as NAFTA, CAFTA, TPP, TAFTA, etc. Keep in mind, though, that originally these were all basically anti-labor, ultra-conservative, corporate/Republican-sponsored, so-called "free" trade initiatives.

There is no question that through these phony deals Republicans and their corp-Dem Bobbsey twins have already (or will have in the case of TPP and TAFTA, if they are ever passed into law in some slightly altered version under a different acronym) dealt a fatal blow to America's manufacturing base, busted up unions, and screwed American blue-collar workers until their heads fell off.

It's called moving factories and offshoring jobs in a race to the bottom and third-world status. Is Trump the Liar, the fake billionaire who has continuously screwed over his own non-union labor force, capable of convincing a Republican congress to reverse this decades-long course and forsake their genuine billionaires and benefactors? Yeah, right!

The one great thing about Trump and Republican hegemony -- the only great thing -- is that they are lurching so far to the fascist right and are so erratic (and downright scary) voters across the spectrum are genuinely alarmed and are paying attention like never before, notwithstanding the starry-eyed Trumpists who think he's their Great White Saviour.

If Democratic leadership can realize the error of their ways and fill the vacuum Republicans are leaving in their wake -- starting right efing now! -- and can successfully re-frame the issues and narratives to once again reflect the people's basic concerns, rather than the billionaire's, then the pendulum could swing back in their favor beginning as soon as 2018.

That's the hope anyway. Of course, it depends largely on breaking the corporate media sound barrier and overcoming the spin. It also depends on the distinct possibility that Generalissimo Trumpnino may soon become the war president he so transparently aspires to be. If he manages to pull off a Reichstag fire type of incident, declare martial law, stage a coup upsetting our democratic institutions, or a combination of any of the above, then all bets are off.

We live in interesting times.

How about a good impeachment, that will fix the mess - and create a whole new one!

Thank You Deep Space for your great comments . you are right on the money. The only thing you left out was the Lewis Powell memo of 1971 which in essence started this one sided war.One thing about the Trump voters in the primarys which in the primarys was 16- 25%. he was allowed to win because 16 people were running. The Trump voter in the Primarysliked him because of what he sold Hate race hatred greivances resentment and bigotry. One of the Trump voters in the Primary was asked if he still supported him and he said well he hasn't done alot of the things he said he was going to do but he got rid of alot of the Mexicans. His supporters don't care if you totally ruin their lives as long as you get the group whoever they are that you hate.

Another fact free, repetitive ("Lefty/Socialist") post from Dianereynolds, Yawn.