I meant to thank you.

No.

NO MORE MONEY OR SUPPORT FOR DEMOCRATS WHO DON'T DENOUNCE THIS SHAMEFUL BEHAVIOR NOW!

We already know the answer: NO, THEY WON'T "WORK WITH US"! Sen Shaheen, pull up your socks and turn your brain back on. This is Lucy promising not to snatch the football away; the next panel is us lying flat on our backs on the ground. HAVE INTEGRITY AND GOOD JUDGMENT, PLEASE!

Those of you in Illinois, Maine, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, and Virginia: Make noise! Send these guys to their room! Have they learned nothing? Have WE learned nothing? Are we going to allow them to throw us under the bus again? HELP!

NO NO NO! Why on earth would King or the others think this isn't working? It is working very well! I've called my senators (twice now) to implore/demand that they hold the line, but that certainly doesn't feel like enough.

Gotcha, thanks. It's a very small sacrifice.

If this Trump tactic works, he will use it again and again. Will we at long last get the message that there is NO BENEFIT to succumbing to his demands? SO STAND FIRM, DEMOCRATIC SENATORS! Art of the deal, indeed!

Okay, got it. But why?

Say what?

Meanwhile, I recommend that you take a look at The Alt Media with Adam Parkhomenko and Sam Youngman. It'll cheer you up without making you stupid.

So my pesky thought is that Protestant Christianity is being overtaken by the same kind of cataclysmic deterioration that currently afflicts American democracy. Maybe "Protestant Christianity" isn't quite the right designation, but you catch my drift.

Come on, folks! Pull up your socks! What good is this black mood gonna do you?

Done. Thanks.

I don't want to devote my effort to polishing up the Democratic Party. It has never been a white knight charging in to rescue the downtrodden. I'd much rather support bright, energetic people with good ideas and integrity, even though they aren't perfect. Call them out when they make mistakes!