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Swede

(38,946 posts)
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 07:39 AM 13 hrs ago

I hate waking up to this fire hose of bs from Trump and his goons, every single day.

They're like this evil tag team wrestlers "Whose turn is it to do the most god-awful thing, today?"

Every last one of them.

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I hate waking up to this fire hose of bs from Trump and his goons, every single day. (Original Post) Swede 13 hrs ago OP
Flooding the zone mikeysnot 13 hrs ago #1
I drive around listening to the radio and shudder every time the 5 minute news comes on or I switch to mucifer 13 hrs ago #2
A Citizens' Debunking Channel is needed bucolic_frolic 13 hrs ago #3
That used to be the constitutionally-protected role of the Free Press: to act as the people's watchdogs, investigate sop 12 hrs ago #6
That's a rather worthwhile observation. bucolic_frolic 12 hrs ago #7
We don't have a free press whopis01 10 hrs ago #17
It's exhausting Luciferous 13 hrs ago #4
before i even get up i check my phone to see if hes dead yet... samnsara 13 hrs ago #5
I've had to limit my news consumption. The news now is nit good for the blood pressure. Lonestarblue 12 hrs ago #8
Trump's daily....(sometimes hourly) dose of corruption is like quicksand democrank 12 hrs ago #9
I am in agreement with everything said here. Diamond_Dog 12 hrs ago #10
I get the news from shows like The View Wednesdays 10 hrs ago #24
I usually just skim the headlines until an overflow of tragedy, madness, and "gotchya" requires a break. Ping Tung 11 hrs ago #11
I wish there were a news show without THAT FACE LSparkle 11 hrs ago #12
Dump is worse than BIF in Back to the Future 2 mdbl 11 hrs ago #13
Agreed Swede! They are the gaslighters of all gaslighters. Clouds Passing 11 hrs ago #14
Just throw more lies on the fire... kentuck 11 hrs ago #15
me too. barbtries 11 hrs ago #16
Boy, do I feel that, too! hamsterjill 10 hrs ago #18
In Seattle we have a user supported station RainCaster 10 hrs ago #19
Who doesn't love a daily tankload of Donny's Dementia-riddled Diarrhea? Blue Owl 10 hrs ago #20
I agree, I face each and every day with dread and apprehension Grim Chieftain 10 hrs ago #21
It can be depressing. CaptainTruth 10 hrs ago #22
Message auto-removed Name removed 10 hrs ago #23

mucifer

(25,622 posts)
2. I drive around listening to the radio and shudder every time the 5 minute news comes on or I switch to
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 07:43 AM
13 hrs ago

NPR. Local NPR here in Chicago is very liberal.

I remember feeling optimistic when listening to the news when democrats were in power. I was very often disappointed that more wasn't being done.

But now it's just damn scary when the news comes on it's a horror show.

bucolic_frolic

(54,657 posts)
3. A Citizens' Debunking Channel is needed
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 07:47 AM
13 hrs ago

Grass roots blow back against propaganda from the right and from M$M collusion. We need more push back.

sop

(18,108 posts)
6. That used to be the constitutionally-protected role of the Free Press: to act as the people's watchdogs, investigate
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 08:01 AM
12 hrs ago

and report the truth, and hold those in power accountable. That type of journalism is pretty much dead in this country.

bucolic_frolic

(54,657 posts)
7. That's a rather worthwhile observation.
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 08:06 AM
12 hrs ago

M$M has been sliding downhill since 2000. Al Gore could catch a wave from the press, and that allowed Nader unbridled room to undermine.

whopis01

(3,915 posts)
17. We don't have a free press
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 10:01 AM
10 hrs ago

We have a corporate press that is beholden to their shareholders / owners / board / etc.

They are going to do what they need to do in order to make the most profit. It seems that the crazier and more controversial the news is (or the person that they are giving air time to is), the more eyes they get watching it and the more revenue it generates.

A logical, polite, honest discussion of issues will never generate the ratings that they seek.

samnsara

(18,750 posts)
5. before i even get up i check my phone to see if hes dead yet...
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 07:49 AM
13 hrs ago

..then tv goes to local weather then to you tube cuz they have more on the ball than cable news...esp with the Epstein files.. and the brits are really on top of it!

but the BEST news of the morning was about a woman who got arrested and booked in Vegas for abandoning her service dog ( a small doodle) and resisting arrest. YAY! LOCK HER UP!

democrank

(12,459 posts)
9. Trump's daily....(sometimes hourly) dose of corruption is like quicksand
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 08:24 AM
12 hrs ago

You have to fight really hard to not be dragged down in it.

Diamond_Dog

(40,189 posts)
10. I am in agreement with everything said here.
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 08:37 AM
12 hrs ago

I have had people tell me “just don’t read the news” , but I do want to stay informed to a certain extent. Trouble is, like stated above, it’s a constant firehose of Trump and his evil minions. So exhausting!

Wednesdays

(22,107 posts)
24. I get the news from shows like The View
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 10:46 AM
10 hrs ago

Where they show clips and then comment, and most of them from a more liberal slant.

I enjoyed it until this week, when they dug up an absolute MAGAt to temporarily replace Alyssa Farah Griffin (who's on maternity leave).

I don't know who she is, but she kept parroting about TSF, "He's not a racist...He's not a racist...He's not a racist," even when presented solid evidence that he is a racist (including the Lion King video featuring the Obamas).

Brainwashed pedo protector.

Ping Tung

(4,297 posts)
11. I usually just skim the headlines until an overflow of tragedy, madness, and "gotchya" requires a break.
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 09:06 AM
11 hrs ago

LSparkle

(12,156 posts)
12. I wish there were a news show without THAT FACE
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 09:25 AM
11 hrs ago

Tell us what the goons have done but spare me any shots of that FUCKING EVIL face. We can’t escape it — even on buildings now.

If there were a channel that committed to not showing shots of that ugly mug I would leave my TV on it all day.

kentuck

(115,322 posts)
15. Just throw more lies on the fire...
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 09:35 AM
11 hrs ago

Like the old steam engine, just shovel in a little more coal, and get her running for another day.

barbtries

(31,255 posts)
16. me too.
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 09:40 AM
11 hrs ago

every day i fantasize the headline i want to see as i dread the headlines i will see.

i've barely started my day and already
- kegsbreath gave a malevolent white "christian" speech hating on the "tolerant" left
- a 9 year old girl with a valid travel visa coming for a visit to Disney was put in a gulag
- krasnov is turning the nation's capital into a 3rd world monument to himself
- he's going to use my tax money, $10 billion of it, to promote the krasnov endless war board
- war with Iran?
- i mean what the fuck.

hamsterjill

(17,271 posts)
18. Boy, do I feel that, too!
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 10:01 AM
10 hrs ago

I think if you love this country and realize that you've been grateful to live in a democracy for as long as you have, you are especially sad to see it being destroyed. It hurts the heart. It hurts the mind, and it causes great emotional worry.

It's also so damn confusing and unbelievable that so many are simply standing around, doing nothing, and letting it happen.

So, we must keep fighting to keep what we have been privileged to have so that future generations enjoy the same. Knowing that we are up against an actual fight is overwhelming at times. But we must keep doing it!

RainCaster

(13,527 posts)
19. In Seattle we have a user supported station
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 10:07 AM
10 hrs ago

No ads, no news, just classical music. It's become my go to station.

Grim Chieftain

(1,504 posts)
21. I agree, I face each and every day with dread and apprehension
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 10:28 AM
10 hrs ago

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What is equally disturbing is that he gets away with almost everything. The thirty=four felonies, child rape, sexual assault, tearing down our White House, using his executive powers as a weapon of hate, pardoning felons who attacked our government so they can continue to victimize our democracy...

I have loved this country, this democracy, for all of my seventy years, and now it's becoming everything I abhor, and it has all shattered in less than a year and a half. It has to stop. Now.

CaptainTruth

(8,123 posts)
22. It can be depressing.
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 10:31 AM
10 hrs ago

To me it's a constant reminder that my country is not what I thought it was.

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