And almost unbearable at times.

Because we know we have to fight it.

The battle between good and evil is the iconic human condition.
Our parents fought evil.
We were treated to a bit of peace in the valley.

But the fight is back again.

The kids have to decide if they want to live free or not.

I have no idea how many times I've bit my lip to keep from crying at the evil and injustice being done in our names. He has desecrated so much of what this country has stood for... for what people through the few centuries of our country have worked towards... after the awful way our country was founded. Trying to make reparations of some kind (and I'm not just talking about monetary reparations). We've enacted civil rights laws; recognized marginalized people; tried to level the field of opportunity for all people. Were we successful? No... but we were trying. I will never forget being with my Mom when Obama was sworn in... and both of us crying for what we THOUGHT this represented for our country. Gods, how wrong we were. It only drove the racists actually insane. And even today, we don't dare even *think* of running a female for president. We've seen twice how that's gone. I used to think by the time I was dead, we'd have a female president. I don't think that way anymore.

The evil is palpable to the point of feeling like you could cut it with a knife... but it manifests in many of us as overactive nervous systems... feeling antsy to the point of looking over your shoulder constantly to see what's coming after you, even if you have nothing to hide.

But many of us are also feeling something different. On top of the evil, we're feeling like something is breaking. Is it to our good, or not? Most of us are not sure... we only know we feel something is coming. Like we're at a crossroads and one road or the other is about to be chosen. My hope is it's the path that leads us out of this morass.

Our government, our values, our beloved democracy, our freedom.

What is also hard to take is that so many Americans are thrilled with the hatred,
cruelty, destruction.

And our guard rails all collapsed so quickly.
Courts, judges, Supreme Court, universities, law firms, corporations, media, etc etc.

They are all fine with a dangerous ruthless psychopath running the world.
And destroying their country.

I don't know, perhaps we can build back better.
We don't know the end of the story yet.

as I sad in another post............we see it, we abhor it but we are increasingly unable to undo the horrid shit coming from the regime.........please someone tell us what to do......we will show up, we will do it.....but HOW do we stop this crap?

Because yeah, this is absolutely true!

I only browse the headlines.

I keep wondering if the Republican voters understand that they VOTED for THIS ….for the past 40 years.
It all started with Ronnie Raygun.

More than 40 years of whistle - blows have turned into “ In Your Face Fascism.

Republican voters want hate, racism, lies, torture and the end to democracy,

This is the Republican Crime Syndicate of Fascism.

made a very apt analogy when you say "fallen through the ice". Your references to Ray Guns are also historically spot on.

who soft-peddled the end to the federal government , along with lies and mockery.

about Iran-Contra.

and our democracy. I would like to point to beacons of hope, but they are few and very far between.

I have never felt such unrelenting sadness and despair. He is evil personified.

The Felon gives those that are evil permission and praise for the evil they do via cheering, pardons and approval.
The erasure of history is to make the past guilt free for white America.

The evil is abundant and all around us. We took the protectors, Democrats, civil rights leaders, civil and criminal justice for granted. The good that has come of this regime is that it has shown us the work that must be done to ensure we repair the damage and protect our future. It has also revealed the Republicans true selves and their constituents. Money truly is the root of all evil. Without it, the evil are still evil, but are no more powerful than the voter next to them. The Supreme Court is the cancer.

He says 7 million Americans voted for this and I want to retch.

were not committed Trump voters but were fooled and were voting what they thought would help their pocketbooks.

A subset of Trump's voters are true believers. But there are many who were never true believers. It helps to realize it wasn't 7 million. Not by a long shot.

Let's say maybe half are true believers. Out of a population of 380 million, right? So 3.5 million divided by 380 million. If I did the math right, it works out to just over 9 thousandths of all Americans. (But it's late, and I may be guilty of fuzzy thinking at this point so it should all be checked.) Plus admittedly I'm spitballing the percentage of Trump voters who may be true believers.

As a lefty Canadian who has great respect for some things American, it’s beyond my imagination what has happened. Where it’s going and where it may end.

To be grateful and patriotic every day no matter what crap they pull. STAND AND SALUTE THE FLAG DAMN IT!

It is a very dark time. Yet as Peter Tosh noted, it is darkest just before the sun starts to rise in the morning.

Those that see others as equals and want to do right by themselves as well as others.

Then there are others who see people as useful tools to be manipulated for personal benefit.

Friends and trustworthy people versus manipulators, in short.

There is a small step from there for the second group who see themselves as superior to feel they are not bound by any moral, religious or legal codes, and are free to set their own rules.

Get a few of those in the one room, and there will be smirks, knowing smiles and thinly veiled plots and double talk to take advantage of those who are seen as inferior.

The second group thrives on secrecy, and in America at least, that veil is slowly lifting.
May they be fully revealed.

Yet we lack the means to do so.

Democracy is dead, along with the rule of law, and the courts are useless.

The voters are irreparably frightened, stupid, and ignorant – willfully ignorant.

The American experiment has failed.

And detention centers have been on my heart. The "jackboot on the neck forever" image is what we're coming to. Getting the vile orange excrement out of office won 't change anything. A very heavy black web is in place to cover the globe, and for each one creating it, there's another waiting to take its place when it dies. We have to continue to speak up in witness to what's happening. The light will eventually break through, so we must not let the dark overcome us. These ghouls are carrying the seeds of their own destruction through their arrogance and plain stupidity.

... and the stench is nauseating. It is not unlike an ash cloud that blankets the nation, suffocating empathy and common human decency.
Goodness is punished and rotten people are celebrated and revered for their malice and cruelty. This shit has got to stopped.

Corporations, war, pollution, rigid ideology.

How did that turn out for them?

You're exactly right and it is horrible to see what this country has devolved into.

Well, maybe not all but the Xtisn Nationalists do.

This straight forward truth. Swalwel said it best. This not going away. So their day is coming!

He is as close to evil as we have seen. He seems like an old person trying to relive part of his youth.

His youth was a life with no consequences. Bad things were always paid for by someone else.

Now, whatever he does is paid for by the u s government and the republicans that keep him from having to pay for things himself.

We need to break that chain.
We can break that chain.