The two and half years of TDS mass psychosis inside the Democratic Party since November 2016 are taking a toll.  Trump Derangement Syndrome would already be recognized as a mental illness in an updated DSM-5 if the psychiatric profession were to magically shift into bias for conservatism instead for the Left, but even without the blessing of the shrinks, it is real, and it is taking a toll on the Democrats. Normally, the Democrats exercise a degree of party discipline that Republicans can only envy.  And their friends in the mainstream media love to highlight tensions within the Republican coalition while ignoring donkey conflicts.  Within the party, "solidarity forever" isn't just a tune that union bosses lead their members in singing; it is a philosophy that, for instance, causes Democrat black political leaders to embrace unlimited illegal immigration, even as it harms the interests of the lower-skilled workers by suppressing...(Read Full Post)