Budget breakthrough in reach, as Senate Dems drop Dreamer demand

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85. Most not only share our values but help us define ours

and understand them in the context of current events. That's a part of what the typical Democratic pol tries to do in those speaking engagements and meetings with constituents who visit, although the complexities put severe limits on this.

Unfortunately, deepening the understanding of adults who don't know what it is to know something may not always be possible.

That last is a problem Trump has big time. He knows that pols and generals, especially Democrats, all know far less than him and in fact got himself elected pleasing ignorant crowds with that nonsense.