DramatistDreamer

Thanks @Darn His appearances were probably at a time when I wasn't watching. That picture of him with those children made me shudder.

I guess these folks are making America great again, in the Trumpian way? West Virginia official placed on leave over racist Michelle Obama post If another person tells me this election wasn't about Obama...

Does anyone who this guy is? Former soap actor Corey Sligh charged with child molestation

...and it's been how many days since Trump was elected? And Helmsley went to prison, justifiably so. No one considered her a viable candidate for POTUS.

Reading about more incidents of anti-Muslim harrassment and anti-Semitic vandalization in a Jewish enclave. I'm reading opposing think pieces on why the Dems lost: one that claims the need to embrace a further tilt to the left, the other that claims that a leftward tilt was a losing strategy in the first place. I wonder what will be seen as a successful strategy after 4 years of Trump?

A message from one of Obama's chief haters.

They may as well start calling him "our little idiot" or "our little patsy", it's basically the same thing. With all this "lock her up" talk, I had a flashback to Yulia Tymoshenko who was jailed by Viktor Yushchenko, Putin's man. Jailing your political opponent is such a Kremlin M.O.

Well, in the years that Bush tried and failed to get any type of immigration reform going, there were quite a few Latinos who voiced opposition to what they saw as "amnesty". Some had what I call a "pull the ladder up" mentality that they themselves didn't want anymore 'illegal migrants' entering the country, so I'm not surprised. Or a " get in line and wait your turn" mentality, that people should return to their countries of origin. No offense, but many Cubans, while benefiting from the "Wet Foot, Dry Foot" policy have been completely unsympathetic to Haitian refugees, so honestly I'm not really surprised by the numbers. Disappointed, sure. While groups like Puerto Ricans historically have taken a different view, there just weren't enough in battleground states like Florida to offset those who were likely indifferent of the need for immigration reform. What people may not realize that other than Latinos and Asians, the Irish have some of the highest numbers of undocumented residents in the U.S. I remember seeing a news story on RTE that the Irish embassy and Irish American groups were trying to lobby for a more human immigration policy. I wonder what happened to that and why it stopped so short? Oh well, I guess no one's checking for the Irish to be here illegally, lol.

Boy, the lineup of trash that Trump is rolling out for his administration is horrible. Also, WTF do Trump's spawn need security clearance?? Trump's best bud Vlad the Enforcer should remind him that most societies don't like goverment monarchies. He should educate the Trumps on what happened to the Romanovs. Latinos aren't a monolith. Many have voted Republican in the past, particularly old-hardline Cuban expatriates. Many have been in the U.S. for decades and have businesses and tend to vote strictly in what they perceive as their personal economic interest.

Isn't the Observer the paper that Trump's son-in-law owns? This paper has been known to publish less than honest articles. It's easier for them to throw this out there than the actual fact that the "rigging" that happened was when Republicans made sure to limit access to polling stations and flat out purged voter roles. I think I'm about to put you on ignore @JONNYSBRO I thought I had escaped you in other threads, now you're trolling this one. It's been a very sad day for me with this news of a death and honestly, my spirit cannot deal with you today. My only advice, is choose a higher caliber of news media.

I was somber but I didn't cry at last week's election results. Today, I hear of the death of Gwen Ifill and tears are rolling down my cheeks. It's all too much.

Oh @DeeeDee it was definitely a rhetorical question.

Considering how he shilled products during the campaign, nobody's surprised by this, right? Donald Trump '.gov' Transition Website Plugs Firm's Properties

Trump denies remarks on Japan's nuclear armament I still don't understand why people choose to discount the vast importance of this.

The Der Spiegel article basically made allusions to Hitler (without saying his name) and Nazi Germany and laid out the similarities to Trump and white supremacy in the U.S. Trump tell his racist supporters to "Stop It" but it looks like they're not listening. Police Investigate Swastika Spray-Painted in 'Heart of Jewish Crown Heights' This reminds me of how historical, there is usually pushback after progress in America. Think of the post-Emancipation period A.K.A. the Reconstruction Era when former slaves are asserting themselves, gaining political power as Blacks are elected to public office in astonishing numbers. Do you know what happens shortly after? The emergence of the Ku Klux Klan, a terrorist organization (that lynched and beheaded people- sound familiar?) Blacks being terrorized/lynched in their neighborhoods, the burning of Black Wall Street. This feels like pushback in America after the Obama Era. ETA. Also in NYC, In Staten Island (not known for being racially tolerant or that diverse), a man has been arrested after being caught pouring gasoline on a Church.

I don't want Obama to be blamed yet again for something, especially when it happens as a result of an incompetent troll being put in a position which he is unqualified for. Trump will find a way to blame Obama when Trump fails.

Trump Immigration Adviser Spoke at White Nationalist Group Conference Let me put on my big surprised face.

So President Obama has to train the man who has insulted him for years how to do the job? This is truly an "Only in America" situation. I'm not going to finish the rest of what I'm thinking right now.

True but I had to LOL at people being shocked that this country is racist. At least the mask has dropped, albeit with a thud. Der Spiegel, a German news magazine is also comparing Trump to Hitler so that makes two of them.

Oof, but surely this is how it went at many election viewing parties.

I think it goes back further than this. She's been in a quandry since the austerity crisis (post global financial crisis), especially given how Germany and Brussels have been seen as tightening the screws on financially strapped countries like Greece, Spain and Italy. One of (but not solely) the reasons exiting the EU was seen as an attractive prospect was that a good number of EU countries were chafing at the notion of feeling a loss of self-determination and autonomy over their financial destiny while the ECB (Brussels), EU and Germany were seen as being in control of the purse strings. Greece, in particular, railed against being put on an 'austerity diet'. Still, even with all of these factors, compared to Trump. Merkel may be seen as not 'being so bad'. At least until the next elections in Germany, she will be seen by other world leaders as the Western leader with the most clout. It certainly won't be Trump.

Me too. The only bright spot on the horizon that Angela Merkel of Germany will effectively be seen as the leader of the free world, come next January once Obama officially leaves office.

When people say that of course, Trump wants the best for America, I have to ask whose America? When he appoints someone like Stephen Bannon, are we serious?! Bannon: The alt-right man for the job?