... passed.

The most he can do is try to screw things up on the periphery that someone else can fix fairly easy.

My prayer

Which is swiftly being eroded by the ability of individuals and groups to bypass them on the internet and social media.

I think most journalists feel threatened by Trump and his supporters.

The Internet and "social media" spend a lot of time quoting and posting these same journalists.

Trump's opponents are also bypassing them, but they feel less threatened by them because they have similar political positions.

This is a total reversal in paradigm. Normally, the country will be fine unless we do something to mess it up.

Republicans said the same thing about Obama and some people here said the same thing about Bush.

...knowing that there is no need for "doom and gloom". This is just par for the course.

The Constitution, however, has had several big holes punched in it, and the privilege its crating has afforded us is vanishing. The Executive Branch seems a nearly lost cause, and its redemption will depend on the Judicial and Legislative Branches, both of which have been effectively paralyzed by corporate power.

I'm not sure that the pendulum can ever swing back our way.

The judicial appointments alone, are horrifying. People not even qualified to be on the bench getting nominated & approved for lifetime appointments. The damage the Con will do is immense.

To get the attention off the investigation.

of barbarians have crashed through the gates.