making everyone fearful.

The Power of Art, which is excellent stuff. Haven't followed this latest series of observations on Trump et al.

Trump has already marked off no. 1 on the list. Ryan's a loser, McCain is a foul-mouthed coward, the Republicans are all turncoats, etc.

A split in the Republican Party may happen. It may already have happened, if not officially declared. I certainly don't have the notion that Reince Priebus knows how to unite the disparate factions of his party. They seem as remote from each other as ever.

A Trump Media? I could see it Breitbarting its way onto the airwaves.

Ailes is morbidly obese and 76. He'll be bogged down in lawsuits. Someone else will have to head Drumpf Propaganda Central.

Actually, Drumpf himself isn't in the best of health. While he's likely to poison the near future, the prognosis for more than a couple of years isn't that great. He's deteriorating mentally as it is and when it can't be glossed over even for morons, there will be a power vacuum that they will fight each other over for a decade or more, by which time the whole country will have moved on to something completely different. Uday and Qusay will fight each other, of course, neither of them possessing the charisma of the old man and being acceptable to the rank and file.

Short term, it will be unpleasant for anyone who gets within yelling distance of one of Trump's Chumps. However, he's too damned old and he's deteriorating and won't be a long term threat.

Trump is losing his empire. Fewer people are staying in his hotels and using his golf courses. If his children are going to fight anything, it will be each other. They will have to figure out how to keep the money rolling in. They are just as much poison as the old man.

A marquee in the making?

Not that this would matter to him, but it's potentially enough to generate costly legal problems if he's involved with the "news" network.

https://twitter.com/simon_schama

Any nominee who is not approved by the end of the Congress would have to be re-nominated by the new President. Garland made sense in a Republican Majority. He was well known, and had bee approved by a supermajority of Senators already.

The true Tea Party voters were pillaged by republican pseudo-Tea Party PACs. "Send us $100 so we can support this Tea Party-candidate!" And then they maybe donated 1% to the Tea Party-candidate.

The Tea Party voters were bled dry and played for fools by the GOP establishment.

The same will happen to Trump's "America Party"-supporters: Trump will whip them up, suck out all their money... and then he will abandon them and retreat from the political stage to go back to entertainment.

Trump doesn't want political power, because political power is responsibility. He just wants the Presidency as a trophy, just like Romney.
He will "make America great again", someone else will do the job.

... and give us a stronger majority.

2020 will be another bad year for the GOP after that

Trump ?

The Tea Party never established an actual party, and for good reason: if they would have run a Tea Party candidate against a GOP and a Democratic Party candidate, the two right-wing candidates would have split the conservative vote and put the Democrat in office. They accomplished their goals far more effectively by hijacking the GOP.

The Trump Party, or American Party or whatever you want to call it, would be an alt-right third party. It might be entertaining to watch; however, one election that drops 380 to 400 Democrats into the House and enables a Democratic sweep of the Senate races would be the straw that causes Priebus to break Trump's back.

He has a terrific piece called the "History of the Jews" which was on the BBC. The "stab in the back" was very popular with the Nazis blaming Jews for WWI. There are scores of propaganda posters with that 'theme'.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stab-in-the-back_myth

I didn't realize this had Wagnerian origins.

anyhow, my buddy was saying Dumdum will start TNC (Trump "News" Channel) or something to do with media after next year. My concern is these rabid crazies and their gunzzzzzz! Most all of us are for responsible gun ownership, but the most strict gun control laws possible and keeping them from the mentally ill, and the criminals. The gunz folks don't get that.

"A 12 percent deficit in the popular vote and 406-132 in the Electrical College is easily faked!"

I don't think she'll keep Garland
He's 62 or 63
I think she'll look for someone younger

Before she is sworn in as they will be concerned about her nominating a more liberal justice.

But the prediction was for May 17th confirmation hearings
If he hasn't been confirmed by the time she's sworn in, I don't think she'll pursue his appointment

Refuse to accept Hillary as legit and try to grind everything to a halt.

I say the Senate should FORCE Republicans to actually filibuster and ENOUGH of the "Unanimous Consent" crap where all it takes is ONE anonymous senator to block a floor vote.

No more childish tantrums.

If the Republicans hold onto the House due to gerrymandering expect Impeachment Hearings to start on day one and drag on for years.

Sometimes what they refuse unanimous consent for is mind boggling
I'm still trying to find out why Harry Reid is blocking a bill that would outlaw animal crush videos
27 Democrats are co-sponsors as are about a dozen Republicans
He refuses
That former Senator and former Major League pitcher from Kentucky did that a lot.
Even when the other 99 were in favor. It was like out of spite or something

and made the racists claim that blacks are more uppity than ever,

Hillary's election win will cause some people to say that sexism is a thing of the past, and make the misogynists claim that women have become more uppity than ever.

That is my prediction.

.. Is that they will never txt accept loss graciously.

(this said in the long tradition of classic litotes).

I don't know, I don't see the Great Pumpkin having enough interest in politics to keep it going after, hopefully, his resounding defeat. I could see him start a tv channel with Jabba the Hut but I just don't see him doing the real work involved in getting a third party up and running.

except in civil society, not mentioned in this historians 'big picture', upticks in gender, race andd preference of life partner issue WIL BE a violent fact. How much of an uptick? Martial law is in my scenario. The internet with it's almost instantaneous connection capability, with every corner of this country, will galvanize these people.I hope I'm wrong.