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Grim Chieftain

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2. Very well said, gopiscrap

Reply to gopiscrap (Original post)

Tue Apr 7, 2026, 05:01 PM

17 hrs ago

I have been at wit's end today. It's like our country, its values, its democratic principles have been shredded, and what's worse, it has been allowed to happen. My heart breaks.

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I have been walking around with a deep sadness today [View all] gopiscrap 17 hrs ago OP

me too 617Blue 17 hrs ago #1

Very well said, gopiscrap Grim Chieftain 17 hrs ago #2

Same musette_sf 16 hrs ago #3

oh please share about being the child of a refugee gopiscrap 16 hrs ago #5

My Dad was a Lithuanian DP. musette_sf 15 hrs ago #13

wow I can understand gopiscrap 15 hrs ago #14

You so eloquently speak for many of us Gopiscrap, thank you. JMCKUSICK 16 hrs ago #4

I agree 100%. LoisB 16 hrs ago #6

same. Evolve Dammit 16 hrs ago #7

I'm right there with ya..... AZ8theist 16 hrs ago #8

Exactly how I've felt, for quite a while now. FoxNewsSucks 16 hrs ago #9

We must stand united bdamomma 15 hrs ago #10

oh yes, I feel the same.. so depressing to see us bombing another country mountain grammy 15 hrs ago #11

I share your feelings Wild blueberry 15 hrs ago #12

With psychopaths you can't think in terms of what's wrong or right? ananda 15 hrs ago #15

Where is the Doomsday Clock right now!? BidenRocks 15 hrs ago #16

I see TACO! BidenRocks 15 hrs ago #17

A reprieve MustLoveBeagles 14 hrs ago #18

11:59:59 usonian 14 hrs ago #20

Same. I've felt shaky and fretful. NH Ethylene 14 hrs ago #19

How dare he! To threaten nuclear weapons! BarbD 13 hrs ago #22

Beautifully stated... Spazito 13 hrs ago #21

hear, hear Skittles 5 hrs ago #23

I've been walking around like that since Trump got re-elected. BradBo 3 hrs ago #24

Well said. Passages 2 hrs ago #25