Trump’s $5,000 ‘dividend’ strips another layer of shame from American politics

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If there’s anything I appreciate about President Donald Trump, it’s how he’s held up a perverse mirror to what government fundamentally boils down to: power, money,  manipulation, awarding one’s friends and punishing one’s enemies.

He’s cut through all of the usual pretenses and made the United States federal government a total farce of itself. Every now and then when I remember Oprah-era snake oil salesman Dr. Oz is the head of a federal department, I have to pinch myself. Ditto when I remember Robert F. Kennedy Jr.  is not only beloved by Republicans but is doing his best to bring

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