10K. I think you are way off with the Russians. Trump had nothing to do with. Yes it helped Trump but Hillary did this to herself, sucks when truth comes out in a election. Yes our economy is directly attached to yours but the US economy will do just fine. Would have no matter who was elected. Where I live in Alberta it will be booming if Keystone gets approved. We will have to produce 700,000 (at today's price about $31 million dollars a day) more barrels of oil a day. Nigeria, Venezuela, and Saudi Arabia are going to be the big losers. Can you imagine America buys oil from these countries who have no environmental or human rights standards at all instead of Canada. It will be nice to have some common sense and logic in the White House.

What I love about Trump winning the most is the thought that all of those corporations that gave Hillary millions for her campaign are not getting anything in return. Not to mention all of those celebrities who did all those commercials for her thinking thy where going to be hanging out at the whitehouse with the President. All of the talk show hosts who will probably never see a President on their shows for at least four years. Just the thought of the hundreds of millions the Clintons are not going to make for political favours.. I love it. So what will happen with a President who doesn't owe anyone anything. Going to be interesting.

Yes, there are a lot of similarities between what is happening now and 1939. The Left have a new team of Brown Shirts (except they do not dress as neatly as they did in 1939) but like the young people then on the Fascist Left, the young people today on the Fascist Left are attacking people who do not agree with them, breaking store windows and enforcing political correctness .... and their Fascist leaders like Hillary believes that they are above the law ... They get their support from the Big Banks, Big Business, Big Government Unions, and work against the interest of Small Business, and the poor ... like in Mass. they are trying to close down schools that are not under their complete control .... Yes, we have to be careful of the Left, and the know - nothing students!

Erin: I did not say people would be upset, I said progressives would be upset. There is a big difference. As Thom said yesterday, "I do not want Trump to be successful" or words to that same end. That perfectly sums up the attitude of those on the far extremes of either party.

Donald Trump is doing exactly what Barack Obama did: Promised all sorts of We, the People, friendly messages and things, then once elected, is all over the field promising XYZ but then back-peddling on it and every issue until everyone is totally confused as to what he is really all about. If he follows this Obama pattern, the next thing is to start implementing some of our worst fears come true, but occasionally doing something (crumbs from the table) that will make the citizenry happy in general. The big issues, no matter how unpopular, but those that serve the elite, he will put into place.

This makes DJT no different from Bush/Clinton/Bush/Obama/ or what HRC would have done. It is obvious that DJT is being coached and handled from above. DJT has traditionally only been interested in the money. I guess they promised to make him excessively rich if he goes along with their agenda. But I don't think we are going to see the maverick we saw on the campaign trail in the coming months, and possibly years.

I would also say, that any political figure of great importance in modern times who has tried to benefit the common citizen has been assassinated: JFK, RFK, MLK, M-X. These are the sacrificial lambs who died for our sins (just like JC, another sacrificial lamb.) It could be, if Trump tries to break rank and run his own people friendly agenda, he will face the wrath of the powers that be (or HRC, should DJT actually imprison her; did we not see an attempt by HRC stop the WikiLeaks dumps with the man climbing the Ecuadorian Embassey wall?)

However, the truth of DJT is in his choice of VP (Pence; an attorney, a FAR Right Tea Partyier, birther, and Christian Fundamentalist, who is pro TPP, pro NDPL, pro anti-abortion, pro police state, pro corptocracy, etc.,) and now his cabinet. Who Trump is surrounding himself with pretty much says it all. Our only relief will come in the Mid-Terms if a truly Progressive Congress is put in place to slow down the devastation.

John Oliver's contribution and support list of organizations that require our charitable giving (instead of Xmas gifts for family give a donation in their name) and our financial support through subcriptions to keep a free media --

Planned Parenthood

Center for Reproductive Rights

Natural resources defense Council

The international Refugee assistance project

NAACP legal defense fund

The Trevor Project

Mexican American legal defense and educational fund

New York Times

Washington Post

Propublica Investigative journalism

Nine years ago Richard Dreyfus shared on Bill Maher that the loss of civics in grade schools would result in the loss of critical thinking among our electorate and citizenry, and be a factor in the dumbification of Americans. We now have it spades. Americans cannot think, cannot connect the dots. Hillary refused to spend her time and money educate them as to how she would CHANGE, create jobs, thinking that her website discussions were enough. Well that did not work. We all need to educate Americans who have been brought up with a lack of critical thinking. Dreyfus said that democracy is a fragile thing that will go away if we are not actively involved and knowledgeable. We are there with Trump/Bannon and Pence (who wants to impose their form of Christian Sharia law on all Americans), and who can and will change our SCOTUS to accomplish these erosons and illusions of democracy.

See Richard Dreyfus from 2006 at:

https://youtu.be/fd7p1SGMuqU

It will be frightening and chaotic, if Republicans eliminate the filabuster rule, or Democrats do not use it to stop the policies that will disenfranchise Americans, and as these Alt Right White Supremists start to redefine the SOCTUS, eliminate health care, disable coverage for pre-existing illness with the Paul Ryan pool of money that will run out and not be available to all. They will be selling us on policies that give our Treasury to the Corporate interests, and take it from the people, as they reshape American into the John Birch Society mantra.

Democrats must be vocal and unite and must be knowledgeable about the deceptions that will steal our civil liberties and rights, and steal our Treasury, as they attempt to privitize social security, medicare, national parks, and prisons, for a start. Black water will become our military, that will be used against the citizens internally, if we are too loud in our protests.

Americans must hear and understand that we are the closest to authoritarianism and fascism, at the brink, with the election of a con-man, whose personality disorders are so serious that he cannot even think clearly to help if he wanted. This all comes as global warming will be starting water wars, and the solution will be for Trump to divide up the world with Putin and other autocrats, who will each take away their own sphere of influence.

George Orwell's 1984 is almost here 30+ years a little late, but now we are on that brink, and technology, gun control and the internet will be used to deny us rights, unless we take back the Senate, Congress, SOCTUS and Presidency so it is for the people, and for all religions, and for world peace, not domination or profit-sharing with Russia.

The network media reporters have re-defined anti-semitism and racism, where the reporters have to see the soul of the person, Bannon, Trump, et. al., and under their new definition Hitler was not a racist nor an anti-semite, because no reporter could look into his soul. He merely spewed the siren call of hate for political advancement.

Apparently rascism and anti-semitism, according to CNN and NBC and Mike Pence and many Republicans, when used to promote a political cause or win is not rascism nor anti-semitism, as only God can see their soul, and of course they can be forgiven if they repent. The media is attempting to normalize this white wash horrific hatred and coup that has taken over our country. they all must be called out, boycotted and themselves called rascists and anti-semites, even if they use these sirens to get them votes or viewers. Mike Pence and the Christian Right are both racists, anti-semites and now hypocrites, as they advance the Trump/Pence/Bannon point of view at the side of the KKK.

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A Schizoid Presidency

{… a rhyme …}

An odd array of his own odd traits,

mixed with the ways of his Alt-Right mates

and further mixed with Establishment types: -

- Is THIS the Presidency which The Donald hypes?

Lord, please help us. Egad.

It’s a cockamamy scene;

I’d call it {schizophrenic} schizophrene.

Not even a Tad

of coherency.

It’ll be quite Bad;

much errancy.

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No he won't stand up for anyone except trump enterprises. He's in a unique position of enriching himself and his family. No blind trust and giving his children security clearance (the ones who are running his business) so they can profit to the likes we have never seen before. Talk about the ultimate insider trading. Some republicans railed against special interests and yet they decided to cut out the middleman and elected the special interest directly to the white house.