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allegorical oracle

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72. So true. After he was elected, I sincerely tried to make myself feel better by

Wed Nov 20, 2024, 12:38 PM

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trying to think of some redeeming value the man has. I've known difficult, even ornery people, but they would donate time or money to needy causes, or surprise me with some kindness.

Couldn't come up with one decent quality of drumpf. He's a perverse, cruel, vindictive, evil human being. Some wag pointed out that djt's the only person he knows of who has violated every one of the seven deadly sins. Sure enough, he has.

We come on this site and try to make sense of his admin appointments and how so many are unfit choices. Meanwhile, the guy who is selecting them is the most unfit of them all. This country is too good to have this happening to it.

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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 20 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 19 hrs ago #25

You As well Magoo48 18 hrs ago #51

We are the Resistance. TomSlick 8 hrs ago #104

I consider us Mossfern 19 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 16 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 20 hrs ago #2

The final days of our country Mountain Mule 11 hrs ago #96

It is worse than weird, I can't comprehend how someone like Trump could doc03 20 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 17 hrs ago #72

His most "redeeming" features are laziness, incompetence, and lack of conviction (he has plenty of convictions though). TheKentuckian 16 hrs ago #76

The American Empire has ended, and there's no good plan for what's next. Ron Green 20 hrs ago #4

I don't even think Delphinus 20 hrs ago #5

Try to get out of it as soon as you can Beck23 17 hrs ago #69

I use Bluesky as I used Twitter - as a news aggregate Dennis Donovan 20 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 14 hrs ago #82

Did you try logging out-back in? Dennis Donovan 14 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 20 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 18 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 6 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 19 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 35 min ago #116

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

Sicily peregrinus 14 hrs ago #88

Unfortunately... OldBaldy1701E 1 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 17 hrs ago #70

Ghosted Doodles 18 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 11 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 19 hrs ago #26

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

General Strike. Bluethroughu 19 hrs ago #28

Left Aaeia 19 hrs ago #29

Never did understand that myself k55f5r 19 hrs ago #41

The resistance looks like your local Democratic group bucolic_frolic 19 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 7 hrs ago #107

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

Yes Beringia 18 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 17 hrs ago #71

We're not in Kansas any more, Toto. wnylib 16 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 12 hrs ago #93

I feel as if I'm living markodochartaigh 11 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 10 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 5 hrs ago #114

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

Yes, definitely feeling the same way Blue_Roses 26 min ago #117

Yeah. Why is that? rambler_american 1 min ago #118