"Grim, grim, grim. But, being a hopeful sort: All this mess, the incompetence, the ideology, the hatefulness, the peevishness, cannot endure forever. And, standing behind all the headlines of the day, there are investigations into Trump's ties to Russia, the results of which could be politically crippling."

If Barack Obama had one-tenth the ties to Putin that Trump does, he could never have been elected.  Trump is the poster boy for white privilege.  His racist and misogynist fans only voted for him because he is an ignorant, white male.