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hamsterjill

(17,929 posts)
Fri May 29, 2026, 07:54 PM May 29

Today, I'm feeling just a smidgeon of hope.

I'm very aware of the times before where Trump is concerned when I felt some hope, and those hopes were dashed the next day. So, I'm going to try to just enjoy the rest of today before that happens tomorrow. If it doesn't happen, then I'll be grateful.

Two things today: The judge ruling that the Trump name has to be taken off of the Kennedy Center, and the other judge reopening the IRS investigation.

Allow me this hope for the rest of today. Even if you disagree with me. Because I need some hope. We all do. If I'm being foolish, you can call me that tomorrow.

But TWO judges today! Happy Birthday, John F. Kennedy!

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Today, I'm feeling just a smidgeon of hope. (Original Post) hamsterjill May 29 OP
I'll join you in Hope and wising JFK a Happy Birthday 🎉 Polly Hennessey May 29 #1
Indeed malaise May 29 #2
Thank you, malaise. hamsterjill May 29 #20
Same here Blue Full Moon May 29 #3
We all deserve some rays of hope. llmart May 29 #4
I agree as to the PTSD. hamsterjill May 29 #21
Their center isn't holding BeneteauBum May 29 #5
The federal judges are going to save it for all of us FakeNoose May 29 #6
Plus an ICE agent was arrested today in Texas. That makes me happy. 2MuchNoise May 29 #7
This Texan will take that. hamsterjill May 29 #22
Recommended! H2O Man May 29 #8
I remember Kennedy. hamsterjill May 29 #18
K&R gademocrat7 May 29 #9
I'm with you. More than a decade of this bum is mind numbing. Joinfortmill May 29 #10
Rebellions are built on Hope! Torg May 29 #11
Yes, positive events. Hope we keep moving in that direction. Martin68 May 29 #12
I wish you this day of joy and tomorrow too. Enjoy. efhmc May 29 #13
It's hard. I've learned to live day-by-day, often hour-by-hour JoseBalow May 29 #14
This daily political shit-show exacerbates anything else that we may be going through. hamsterjill May 29 #23
Thank you JoseBalow May 29 #25
I'm with you, babe! fierywoman May 29 #15
Joy all around BaronChocula May 29 #16
Same happened in my household. hamsterjill May 29 #24
Your post gives me hope Blue_Roses May 29 #17
I'm the same way. hamsterjill May 29 #19
Yeah, today was a better day for our democratic republic! nt Ilsa May 29 #26
My anxiety increased hearing that Thiel moved to Argentina vapor2 May 29 #27
Yes, I wondered. But I also thought hamsterjill May 30 #30
I second those emotions. yellow dahlia May 29 #28
Grab on, hamsyerjill some_of_us_are_sane May 30 #29
JFK and Hope relogic May 30 #31
I'm with ya... GiqueCee May 30 #32
We all need to feel at least an atom of hope, otherwise there is simply niyad May 30 #33
He is super pissed off...GOOD! BigmanPigman May 30 #34

llmart

(17,764 posts)
4. We all deserve some rays of hope.
Fri May 29, 2026, 08:53 PM
May 29

I only hope these hits keep on coming. We can't take much more of this. I still believe we're going to have some level of PTSD once we sweep the GOP out of government and start repairing everything they've broken.

hamsterjill

(17,929 posts)
21. I agree as to the PTSD.
Fri May 29, 2026, 11:18 PM
May 29

I don't see how we can keep from having that. But I know that once Trump is history, I want to see efforts to make sure that no one like him can ever gain power in this country again and not have the checks and balances that the founding fathers intended. I will work for that when that time comes.

BeneteauBum

(914 posts)
5. Their center isn't holding
Fri May 29, 2026, 08:55 PM
May 29

A lot of signs that the MAGA kleptocracy is deteriorating……so I’ll join you with a ray of hope.

Peace ☮️

FakeNoose

(42,896 posts)
6. The federal judges are going to save it for all of us
Fri May 29, 2026, 08:55 PM
May 29

At this point they're our last hope.

We can't let them down ... we must win the midterms.

hamsterjill

(17,929 posts)
22. This Texan will take that.
Fri May 29, 2026, 11:20 PM
May 29

I was just reading about the maggots in the food in the facility in New Jersey. No doubt that is happening in all of those horrible detention places. Little children forced to eat that. It's sick and disgusting.

So any one of THEM that pays a price, I'll take it. Like you, that makes me happy.

H2O Man

(79,442 posts)
8. Recommended!
Fri May 29, 2026, 09:02 PM
May 29

Thank you for this! Including noting President Kennedy.

I am confident that most of the federal courts will hold. Obviously the USSC has made some horrible decisions in the cowardly felon's presidency, but there are indications that a majority are recognizing the threat the administration poses to democracy and the rule of law.

hamsterjill

(17,929 posts)
18. I remember Kennedy.
Fri May 29, 2026, 11:11 PM
May 29

I was a child when he was killed, but I have memories of the event and the aftermath. I remember the mood of the country before Dallas, and after Dallas.

I don't like the infatuation that Trump seems to have with him - and the crap that all of the QAnon crazies spout about him AND JFK, Jr. I've posted before about a former classmate who is full blown QAnon and I follow her for shits and giggles. Just last week, she posted something about "that man standing behind President Trump is John F. Kennedy, Jr., and he's been working behind the scenes" blah blah blah.

JFK, Jr. died in a plane crash as we all know. IF he HAD faked his death, he wouldn't be supporting what Donald Trump does.

The mention of the Kennedy name by Trump and/or QAnon is sacrilegious to me. It felt personal when Trump defaced the Kennedy Center by putting his name with Kennedy's - as if he were somehow an equal.

Hah! Trump wishes he commanded an ounce of the respect that JFK had.

So, needless to say, I was very happy about today's events.

JoseBalow

(9,883 posts)
14. It's hard. I've learned to live day-by-day, often hour-by-hour
Fri May 29, 2026, 10:18 PM
May 29

I've been dealing with a lot, too much, and this daily political shit-show doesn't help at all.
I couldn't do it without some hope. We all need that, even if a little. Grab that hope, and use it for momentum.
That little push can make all the difference sometimes. We got this.

Put one foot in front of the other, and soon you'll be walking 'cross the floor...

(2:38)

hamsterjill

(17,929 posts)
23. This daily political shit-show exacerbates anything else that we may be going through.
Fri May 29, 2026, 11:23 PM
May 29

Whatever was stressful before is now amplified by all that is happening with Trump.

I'm gonna keep walking 'cross that floor, and if you need to take my hand to keep walking (yourself) at any time, you just let me know.

JoseBalow

(9,883 posts)
25. Thank you
Fri May 29, 2026, 11:42 PM
May 29

It means a lot to know that someone cares, it makes all the difference sometimes.

BaronChocula

(4,942 posts)
16. Joy all around
Fri May 29, 2026, 10:26 PM
May 29

Earlier today a cousin interrupted a small family reunion to announce the Kennedy Center news. And a cheer went up.

hamsterjill

(17,929 posts)
24. Same happened in my household.
Fri May 29, 2026, 11:24 PM
May 29

Everyone's mood seemed to lighten a little. Thanks for sharing.

Blue_Roses

(13,930 posts)
17. Your post gives me hope
Fri May 29, 2026, 10:51 PM
May 29

Some days are better than others, so on days like today, where I'm feeling anxiety about so many things going on,seeing your post makes me smile. We all need one another to get through this nightmare and I think putting "hope" out there will get us through.

hamsterjill

(17,929 posts)
19. I'm the same way.
Fri May 29, 2026, 11:15 PM
May 29

Some days, I am about to give up. The stress is almost unbearable wondering what in the hell the asshole is going to do next. I get mad at myself for not being able to tune it out, but we can't. And you know why we can't? Because we care about our country and our people, and our future generations.

So you are completely right in that we all need one another to get through this!!!

vapor2

(5,103 posts)
27. My anxiety increased hearing that Thiel moved to Argentina
Fri May 29, 2026, 11:57 PM
May 29

So what does he know that we don't?

hamsterjill

(17,929 posts)
30. Yes, I wondered. But I also thought
Sat May 30, 2026, 12:03 AM
May 30

That he might be moving there because of Trump's financial ventures. You know, so he can be first on hand and make a few more billions.

Wish we knew for sure...or maybe we don't want to know!

some_of_us_are_sane

(3,836 posts)
29. Grab on, hamsyerjill
Sat May 30, 2026, 12:00 AM
May 30
as Dickinson wrote:

Hope is the thing with feathers
That perchs in the soul

And sings the tune without the words
And never stops___at all.

(We're with you, sweetie!)

relogic

(346 posts)
31. JFK and Hope
Sat May 30, 2026, 03:24 PM
May 30
Perfect together. We honor the intelligent, due respect he gave to the Presidency. This recent pushback win is the hope we long for that was smothered from our hearts in the 60’s with bullets and now with tyrannical actors named TSF.

GiqueCee

(5,000 posts)
32. I'm with ya...
Sat May 30, 2026, 03:45 PM
May 30

... I could really use a respite from the rage that simmers inside me every minute of every day.

niyad

(135,153 posts)
33. We all need to feel at least an atom of hope, otherwise there is simply
Sat May 30, 2026, 04:42 PM
May 30

no point to hanging around (unless one is as warped and sarcastic as I am, hangung around just because it annoys them!!! ). I am glad when people do feel some hope, because it reassures me that light, however faint, is visible.

Huggggggs. We have a powerful blue moon tomorrow. . Enjoy.

BigmanPigman

(55,732 posts)
34. He is super pissed off...GOOD!
Sat May 30, 2026, 07:03 PM
May 30

He has been posting crazy BS non-stop.

The performers pulling out of his tacky birthday bomb is the cherry on the top. He can't take it that 2/3 of the performers who were tricked have canceled performing. Now he says that he will perform himself since he is more talented than Elvis "in his prime" and "without a guitar".

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