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Grim Chieftain

(1,725 posts) Sat Jan 10, 2026, 12:24 AM Jan 10

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It's nearly 10:30 pm here in the midwest

I don't know how I can wake up tomorrow and face another day of Trump's America.

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It's nearly 10:30 pm here in the midwest (Original Post) Grim Chieftain Jan 10 OP

... SheltieLover Jan 10 #1

You can do it, hang in there. We have faced tyranny before as a nation and we can do it again... wcmagumba Jan 10 #2

Yes, we can and we have to. I'm in ruby Florida..hanging on Deuxcents Jan 10 #3

Being a member of the DU community makes it easier...somehow. yellow dahlia Jan 10 #4

DU helps keep me sane and gives me hope Grim Chieftain Jan 10 #5

I hear you. yellow dahlia Jan 10 #6

I agree with you Grim Chieftain Jan 10 #8

I literally broke down at the vigil last night, yellow dahlia Jan 10 #11

Just know that you are not alone in your feelings. hamsterjill Jan 10 #7

All I can say is stay strong. boonecreek Jan 10 #9

Thank you, friend Grim Chieftain Jan 10 #10

I understand. I tell myself that "I have to be strong" Yeah...I still know-in-my-heart... chouchou Jan 10 #12

Hang in there. The tide is starting to turn. N/t Greybnk48 Jan 10 #13

You can. You have to. murielm99 Jan 10 #14

I will stand for our democracy and our country until my last breath Grim Chieftain Jan 10 #15

Stay as strong as you can. democrank Jan 10 #16

I am here, friend Grim Chieftain Jan 10 #17

Demonstrations Saturday and Sunday KT2000 Jan 10 #18

We need each other to make it in Trump's America. HeartsCanHope Jan 10 #19

Thank you so much friend Grim Chieftain Jan 10 #20

As are you! HeartsCanHope Jan 10 #22

Turn off the TV and do something you enjoy. Patton French Jan 10 #21

SheltieLover

(80,440 posts)

1. ...

Reply to Grim Chieftain (Original post)

Sat Jan 10, 2026, 12:25 AM

Jan 10

wcmagumba

(6,161 posts)

2. You can do it, hang in there. We have faced tyranny before as a nation and we can do it again...

Reply to Grim Chieftain (Original post)

Sat Jan 10, 2026, 12:26 AM

Jan 10

From reddest red Kansas...

Deuxcents

(26,894 posts)

3. Yes, we can and we have to. I'm in ruby Florida..hanging on

Reply to wcmagumba (Reply #2)

Sat Jan 10, 2026, 12:29 AM

Jan 10

yellow dahlia

(5,861 posts)

4. Being a member of the DU community makes it easier...somehow.

Reply to Grim Chieftain (Original post)

Sat Jan 10, 2026, 12:30 AM

Jan 10

I also feel better after I attend a rally or vigil.

I think community is the common thread.

Grim Chieftain

(1,725 posts)

5. DU helps keep me sane and gives me hope

Reply to yellow dahlia (Reply #4)

Sat Jan 10, 2026, 12:32 AM

Jan 10

But tonight, my heart is breaking.

yellow dahlia

(5,861 posts)

6. I hear you.

Reply to Grim Chieftain (Reply #5)

Sat Jan 10, 2026, 12:35 AM

Jan 10

I kept breaking down yesterday.

I feel heartbroken.

Our country is being stolen from us and trampled on. It is a visceral feeling of loss.

Grim Chieftain

(1,725 posts)

8. I agree with you

Reply to yellow dahlia (Reply #6)

Sat Jan 10, 2026, 12:39 AM

Jan 10

I am in tears as I post this. I love this country with all my heart, and it is being destroyed.

yellow dahlia

(5,861 posts)

11. I literally broke down at the vigil last night,

Reply to Grim Chieftain (Reply #8)

Sat Jan 10, 2026, 12:50 AM

Jan 10

and said - I want my country back...before I die.

You are not alone.

hamsterjill

(17,575 posts)

7. Just know that you are not alone in your feelings.

Reply to Grim Chieftain (Original post)

Sat Jan 10, 2026, 12:38 AM

Jan 10

It hits me every morning when I first wake up.

boonecreek

(1,508 posts)

9. All I can say is stay strong.

Reply to Grim Chieftain (Original post)

Sat Jan 10, 2026, 12:39 AM

Jan 10

We're with you all the way.

Grim Chieftain

(1,725 posts)

10. Thank you, friend

Reply to boonecreek (Reply #9)

Sat Jan 10, 2026, 12:41 AM

Jan 10

DU helps keep me sane,

chouchou

(3,139 posts)

12. I understand. I tell myself that "I have to be strong" Yeah...I still know-in-my-heart...

Reply to Grim Chieftain (Original post)

Sat Jan 10, 2026, 12:51 AM

Jan 10

...that this country is changing. If it's possible, try to be with your friends more often. You'll feel
that the bubble around you will wait until reality is better. Keep in mind regarding Trump..
..Tick-tock..tick tock...tick..tock...He'll be gone..

Greybnk48

(10,723 posts)

13. Hang in there. The tide is starting to turn. N/t

Reply to Grim Chieftain (Original post)

Sat Jan 10, 2026, 01:02 AM

Jan 10

murielm99

(32,988 posts)

14. You can. You have to.

Reply to Grim Chieftain (Original post)

Sat Jan 10, 2026, 01:13 AM

Jan 10

We need every last person on our side. We need to stand against this growing tyranny.

Grim Chieftain

(1,725 posts)

15. I will stand for our democracy and our country until my last breath

Reply to murielm99 (Reply #14)

Sat Jan 10, 2026, 01:18 AM

Jan 10

It just hurts that we have to fight the enemy within.

democrank

(12,596 posts)

16. Stay as strong as you can.

Reply to Grim Chieftain (Original post)

Sat Jan 10, 2026, 01:26 AM

Jan 10

We need you.

Grim Chieftain

(1,725 posts)

17. I am here, friend

Reply to democrank (Reply #16)

Sat Jan 10, 2026, 01:30 AM

Jan 10

I will never give up the fight.

KT2000

(22,145 posts)

18. Demonstrations Saturday and Sunday

Reply to Grim Chieftain (Original post)

Sat Jan 10, 2026, 01:58 AM

Jan 10

around the country. We are close to the 3+% it takes to tip the balance according to Rachel Maddow.

HeartsCanHope

(1,678 posts)

19. We need each other to make it in Trump's America.

Reply to Grim Chieftain (Original post)

Sat Jan 10, 2026, 02:03 AM

Jan 10

Sending you and lots of love. It will not be easy, but I believe that love and the light it brings, can and will save us.

Trump's dystopian regime is not the vision of the majority of Americans. Every day more truth is being uncovered.

There will be a reckoning for Trump very soon. Either he will succumb to his illnesses, or he will lose in the midterms.

Try to get some rest, I'll be thinking of you.

Grim Chieftain

(1,725 posts)

20. Thank you so much friend

Reply to HeartsCanHope (Reply #19)

Sat Jan 10, 2026, 08:59 AM

Jan 10

You are a blessing.

HeartsCanHope

(1,678 posts)

22. As are you!

Reply to Grim Chieftain (Reply #20)

Sat Jan 10, 2026, 01:20 PM

Jan 10

Patton French

(1,824 posts)

21. Turn off the TV and do something you enjoy.

Reply to Grim Chieftain (Original post)

Sat Jan 10, 2026, 09:27 AM

Jan 10

NT

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