Trump, the populist friend of the white working class, giving them what they want: the warm feeling of knowing that, however bad things are for them, other groups are hurting more.

Her job is to get people to watch her program. Prolonging conflict and drama does that.

In local papers the comments are usually people sneering at climate change. Here, there are enough sane people commenting that the crazies are limited to complaining that the article is in the business section, because they know they'd be made to look stupid with the usual tripe.

Whatever country Putin says it is.

It would mean continuing being MAGA, at least in the short run. And if her calculation is that MAGA is running out of steam, it makes no sense.

She jumped off the MAGA train onto ... what? How can she possibly rebrand herself again? She looks like a future lobbyist.

A stronger question would have gotten him labeled as a "foreign agent."

It's not defunct. They just released something this year, have something else in the pipeline, and generate around $80 million a year revenue in licensing, merchandise, and royalties. They also repackage old stuff for broadcast online. In 2015, their most recent theatrical movie grossed ~$250 mm.

She coulda been a somebody, instead of a bum, which is what she is.

She got caught up in the MAGA hype, thinking it would take her somewhere, and now she realizes she can't even get elected governor. She sold her soul for the fleeting approval of a bunch of half-crazed yokels.

He is connected to Musk stuff at Sequoia. That, and the fact that his targets are Muslim, allows him to do pretty much as he pleases.

Bizarrely enough, I'd say Lincoln actually wins that "prize." Sometimes being divisive is necessary. This just isn't one of those times

At this point in his life, what does he benefit from a "con"?

I wouldn't worry about it. As long as the American people keep sending strong civil liberties advocates to office, as they've always done, everything will be fine, just fine. There is no chance this will ever be used to establish a police state by trustworthy oligarchs like Elon and Thiel.

They were shocked -- SHOCKED! when the person they voted for because he is a bully behaved like a bully.

it through, because

with Trump out of the way, liberals will have nothing to sneer back at -- for awhile. It would also give them the opportunity to say, "Hey, it was all that Trump guy's fault," when in reality, they supported everything he did. People wishing for Trump's demise might not have thought this through. /

Outrage has to be carefully dolloped out to keep the stream flowing.

I really can't get over how vilely, aggressively servile that Weinberg guy is. It's like he's auditioning for a job with Trump.