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hamsterjill

(17,272 posts)
18. Boy, do I feel that, too!
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 10:01 AM
18 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!

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