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That's funny. You posted to Finn that Shep Smith and Chris Wallace are among the growing number of reporters who are speaking out against the Trump clan's lies...
Rather than make any commentary at all about the real object of your post - namely that the endless lies are stirring growing opposition - he gives his unsolicited (and typically snotty) critique of the journalistic skill and credibility of the reporters you named. Such crap.

I figure a lot of books are being outlined or written at speed..

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I figure a lot of books are being outlined or written at speed..

I expect that is so. Yet, given the rapidity of revelations and the broadening areas of investigation, this would be a very dicey proposition.

I suppose we ought to note at this point (this for the dullards) that almost everything we now know (and most of what we'll come to discover) comes as a consequence of a lot of press working their asses off to bring information to light. Without an independent press, we'd mostly have just layers on layers of lies.

Now if only America had a halfway decent press. America does not get to Trump beating Clinton especially all surprised about it on election day with a functioning journalism corps.

Usually, the popular vote and the Electoral College winner are the same. Only in very close elections does it happen that the popular vote loser can sneak into the presidency, like he did this time. So it shouldn't be surprising that the predictions were a little off.

Sobering news:

We still do not know how far down Congressional Republicans and Trump supporters will go in defending this administration but there is every reason to assume it is much lower. There is no more telling indictment of the modern GOP and conservatism than this.

Even after resigning, Richard Nixon held about a 20% approval. Some folks just do not care.

As far as some are concerned the marmalade shitgibbon could shoot somebody down in public and not lose a bit of appeal.

It's really breathtaking - the hubris...the absolute unmitigated gall.

For months it was "No proof of collusion! No proof of collusion!"
The Don Jr email surfaced, and without missing a beat it became "Collusion's not a crime! Collusion's not a crime!"

For months it was "No meetings with Russians! No meetings with Russians!"
Scores of meetings surface, and it becomes "Anyone would do it - it's just politics!"

There is no shame. I hope they get held to account.

Think about it. Many of our friends herein have expended a lot of time and energy to defend Mr Trump . When their entire bases of defense begin to erode around them, the only thing they have left is to get mean and ugly.

Getting rid of Trump is necessary, obviously.

But that is nowhere near sufficient to salvage US politics. Nor is a Dem majority in the House. That Republican politicians and the party continue to support/defend Trump along with so many Republican voters tells us with utter clarity that the system is badly broken. I don't know how a sane realignment comes about short of some real catastrophe. I used to be optimistic but I no longer am.

Nixon had a group of die-hards that never admitted to themselves that Nixon abused the power of the Presidency.

Nixon pardoned not one of members of his merry bunch of thieves who willingly violated US law and any semblance of decency to keep that sociopath snug in the Oval Office. (they went to prison)

Trump doesn't have the talent of a Nixon nor the smarts and he far surpasses Nixon as a power mad moron staring at a TV and plots dire paybacks to Talk-Show hosts or anybody who crosses him (real or imagined). But just like Nixon, he has a cast of supporters who cannot admit they support a corrupt and indecent man, they will hang in to the bitter end and even longer , because just like Trump and Nixon, they never make mistakes. Mistakes can only be made by the smug elites who think they are better than everyone else and frankly that's the crux of the matter.....