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CaptainTruth

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67. Yep. I feel like I'm on a plane that's going down, waiting for the crash.

Wed Nov 20, 2024, 12:26 PM

18 hrs ago

America is that plane & we know the crash will come in two months, but all I can do is hang on & brace for it. I don't know how bad it will be. Will it kill me? If I lose ACA coverage, it just might. I'm certain others will die. How extensive will the damage be? I really don't know.

I'm an old guy now & I've never felt this way before. I always believed we could defend ourselves against foreign enemies trying to destroy America, but now the enemies are within, our own government is going to try & destroy America.

Not long ago I believed this scenario was unthinkable, it would never happen here... but here we are.

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Anyone else feel the weirdness of this unprecedented time? [View all] NewHendoLib 21 hrs ago OP

We've got to stop letting them call us "the left". There's maga and then there's everybody else. Walleye 21 hrs ago #1

We aren't the left so much as we are the opposition. Magoo48 20 hrs ago #21

It's hard, but keep up the good work Walleye 20 hrs ago #25

You As well Magoo48 18 hrs ago #51

We are the Resistance. TomSlick 8 hrs ago #104

I consider us Mossfern 20 hrs ago #27

That is accurate Walleye 19 hrs ago #32

perfect name! bluestarone 18 hrs ago #57

We are actually the conservatives. kerry-is-my-prez 17 hrs ago #77

Yes, I'm not happy with change sometimes. Specially when it's unnecessary. Walleye 15 hrs ago #81

Maggots are extreme far right, us "lefists" are in the center Clouds Passing 14 hrs ago #89

This is me all the time now bronxiteforever 21 hrs ago #2

The final days of our country Mountain Mule 12 hrs ago #96

It is worse than weird, I can't comprehend how someone like Trump could doc03 21 hrs ago #3

More like 'The Stand' Mr.Bee 19 hrs ago #33

The parallels are eerie. wnylib 19 hrs ago #46

If yoiu think those parallels are eerie, Mr.Bee 17 hrs ago #73

So true. After he was elected, I sincerely tried to make myself feel better by allegorical oracle 18 hrs ago #72

His most "redeeming" features are laziness, incompetence, and lack of conviction (he has plenty of convictions though). TheKentuckian 17 hrs ago #76

The American Empire has ended, and there's no good plan for what's next. Ron Green 21 hrs ago #4

I don't even think Delphinus 21 hrs ago #5

Try to get out of it as soon as you can Beck23 18 hrs ago #69

I use Bluesky as I used Twitter - as a news aggregate Dennis Donovan 21 hrs ago #6

What is BlueSky? bamagal62 20 hrs ago #12

It's a social media website Dennis Donovan 20 hrs ago #15

Thx! bamagal62 19 hrs ago #37

Dennis Donovan........ Upthevibe 15 hrs ago #82

Did you try logging out-back in? Dennis Donovan 15 hrs ago #83

I am having the same issue Dyedinthewoolliberal 11 hrs ago #98

Yoiks. DU by itself is already too much on my plate. hunter 14 hrs ago #86

I'm in step with all of you above. Diamond_Dog 21 hrs ago #7

Reagan was a puppet. They picked a genial actor for a reason. yardwork 20 hrs ago #10

Dump isn't the brains behind the destruction of the US. StarryNite 20 hrs ago #20

Never have truer words been spoken. usaf-vet 19 hrs ago #47

Yes. I agree Diamond_Dog 16 hrs ago #79

they didn't have a choice NJCher 7 hrs ago #109

A genial actor with alzheimers. BComplex 17 hrs ago #75

I remember speaking with a LittleGirl 7 hrs ago #112

Yep. bamagal62 20 hrs ago #13

And the mass media Dave says 19 hrs ago #39

The rethugs vowed during FDR's presidencies that they would someday regain total control and obliterate all that had Texin 18 hrs ago #68

It's how I felt after Bush the Lesser was appointed by the courts peregrinus 20 hrs ago #8

I'm feeling the same way. yardwork 20 hrs ago #9

I'm the first Rec for your post. With one caveat: UniqueUserName 20 hrs ago #11

I hear you-me too happy feet 18 hrs ago #52

Start by not letting them steal election. With the only REAL response is "thank you let me have another." Where is..... usaf-vet 18 hrs ago #54

yup MissB 20 hrs ago #14

The math can be stunning Tbear 20 hrs ago #30

I think we're holding fast MissB 13 hrs ago #92

Many people can't do that Cirsium 15 hrs ago #80

yeah, that is true. I'm able to shave my budget a lot MissB 13 hrs ago #91

Yup orangecrush 20 hrs ago #16

Longest two weeks of my almost 74 year life. KPN 20 hrs ago #17

Processing still... LoCo Cat Lady 20 hrs ago #18

I'm in NOVA too. BonnieJW 18 hrs ago #58

Hi Bonnie.. whathehell 18 hrs ago #63

I don't think Canada wants old people. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong. raccoon 52 min ago #116

What I 've Read Recently... LoCo Cat Lady 14 hrs ago #84

Sicily peregrinus 14 hrs ago #88

Unfortunately... OldBaldy1701E 18 min ago #119

They want to dismantle the VA Beck23 18 hrs ago #66

At times it may not seem like it... Hugin 20 hrs ago #19

thanks for your most excellent post. NewHendoLib 20 hrs ago #22

You didn't mention it specifically... Hugin 19 hrs ago #45

Ask Stephen Spoonamore Beck23 18 hrs ago #70

Ghosted Doodles 19 hrs ago #48

I agree. It was rigged. BonnieJW 18 hrs ago #61

Perfect diagnosis. I'd like to add one thing here, as to your "they cheated" bluestarone 12 hrs ago #95

Yes, I'm glad you emphasized that... Hugin 10 hrs ago #101

I feel as I have lived to see the fall of the United States. NNadir 20 hrs ago #23

You mean that Trump will help Putin destroy Europe and America if he can then yes. It's weird. BradBo 20 hrs ago #24

I think I can answer some of these things: Gore1FL 20 hrs ago #26

Good points. I can agree withh most of your perspective wnylib 17 hrs ago #74

General Strike. Bluethroughu 20 hrs ago #28

Left Aaeia 20 hrs ago #29

Never did understand that myself k55f5r 19 hrs ago #41

The resistance looks like your local Democratic group bucolic_frolic 20 hrs ago #31

There is a sharp resistance Roc2020 19 hrs ago #34

It's not unprecedented. Black people lived through this in the Jim Crow South. Yavin4 19 hrs ago #35

It sure seems like... WestMichRad 19 hrs ago #36

Right with you... MiHale 19 hrs ago #38

Welcome to Shock Doctrine U.S.A. Auggie 19 hrs ago #40

That should be the headline on every newspaper in the country k55f5r 19 hrs ago #43

The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism erronis 18 hrs ago #59

Very surreal indeed... FirstLight 19 hrs ago #42

"There's just a sense that something's gotta give, you know?" sprinkleeninow 9 hrs ago #103

On occasion I receive 'words of knowledge', if you will. It happens sprinkleeninow 8 hrs ago #107

I can only speak for myself GreenEyedLefty 19 hrs ago #44

Yes Beringia 19 hrs ago #49

i can hardly say anything to ease your mind barbtries 18 hrs ago #50

Weird is a too nice a word for evil. hay rick 18 hrs ago #53

There are so many Fox type news things playing round the clock and you can tell Maraya1969 18 hrs ago #55

Overwhelmingly what I hear is that we are numb, Prairie_Seagull 18 hrs ago #56

Yes. 1WorldHope 18 hrs ago #60

I felt it in 2016... Blue_Tires 18 hrs ago #62

Yes it's weird Beck23 18 hrs ago #64

I've never been on xitter Linda ladeewolf 18 hrs ago #65

Yep. I feel like I'm on a plane that's going down, waiting for the crash. CaptainTruth 18 hrs ago #67

Whatever was in Pandoras locked box is loose, Arne 18 hrs ago #71

We're not in Kansas any more, Toto. wnylib 17 hrs ago #78

Right and left are not really the main political divide any more soldierant 14 hrs ago #85

Strangely "The Daily Show" spoke to me. mwooldri 14 hrs ago #87

Dystopian NIghtmare cer7711 14 hrs ago #90

The plan was bdamomma 13 hrs ago #93

I feel as if I'm living markodochartaigh 12 hrs ago #94

The only part of that I'm not wondering as well is "how so many people have lost their minds" JHB 11 hrs ago #97

Our Forefathers seen this and knew this Smackdown2019 11 hrs ago #99

2016 already showed us what to do hydrolastic 8 hrs ago #105

The nuclear sabre rattling from russia has been going on for nearly 3 years. Crunchy Frog 11 hrs ago #100

I'm not over it. Sucked the juice out of me Jarqui 9 hrs ago #102

Yes .. I started a diary today proud patriot 8 hrs ago #106

I had to change my laptop homepage away from Google News AdamGG 7 hrs ago #108

Beside the billionaires and "Entrepreneur" Lawn service moguls Fish700 7 hrs ago #110

I think the best definition of what many of us are feeling is "anomie" HighFired49 7 hrs ago #111

Surreal is my word...and Fear! Through the "Funhouse" Mirror. electric_blue68 6 hrs ago #113

It's like 2016 - only worse. Marcuse 6 hrs ago #114

Me too... NT bee_peaceful 5 hrs ago #115

Yes, definitely feeling the same way Blue_Roses 44 min ago #117

Yeah. Why is that? rambler_american 18 min ago #118