Politics driving me crazy again.

Having a hard time accepting that Trump is gaining so much traction. He is vague, has no specific policies, he lies, and is hostile to anyone who doesn't agree with him. In addition, the people who are endorsing him give me the willies: Paul LePage, governor of Maine; former KKK leader David Duke; Chris Christie of New Jersey (a loud-mouth bully backing a loud-mouth bully).

I'm somewhat hopeful that the Trump University fiasco will burn Trump. Some many people who trusted his bluster lost so much money. $36,000 just so they could take a picture with a cardboard cutout of his highness Trump.

Despite all of this, I still dread Ted Cruz even more than Trump.

I see that the big corporation "news" companies are moving to shut down the rhetoric of left-leaning MSNBC. This time is Melissa Harris-Perry, a black professor from Wake Forest University, who hosts a weekend show on Saturday and Sunday. I can't say that I watched her on a consistent basis—she "specializes" in diversity, minority issues and women's affairs—but I often ran her on the kitchen TV while I did my weekend chores. Slowly but surely the media is quieting dissent and outspokenness. Media belongs to the 1% now; gone are the days of a truly oppositional press.