Well, I must say that I had some hope for 2017 being better than its predecessor. That hope has been dashed. If anything, the first week of the New Year distilled all of the suck from 2016 and laid it out for me in concentrated form. I’m talking personally, professionally, family, politics …
The whole freakin enchilada.
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So yeah, it has been a pretty lousy week for me. I won’t bore you with the details. its not worth it. I’ll be okay. I cried a bit earlier today. That helped.
I’m absolutely over the Trump presidency already. The Russians, the Swamp, the pu**y-grabbing. And he has yet to be sworn in. Anyone watching Designated Survivor and rooting for the bad guys lately? I’m not there yet, but I’m close.
And I’m not alone apparently. Take a look at the comments highlighted tonight. We liberals are fed up with the misinformation machine and the hacks who power it. We are fed up with those who believe the propaganda. We are absolutely over trying to empathize with those who voted against Socialism but want their healthcare exchanges, Medicare, and Social Security protected.
I’m holding off the epic rant that I want to let loose right now. You don’t come to TC for the rants. you come for the mojo and the pootie pics. I’ll give you some music to listen to while you peruse.
And, if any of you have suggestions for dealing with the suck, I’ll take them in the comments. Thanks for reading.
For now, I wonder just how far the nation will sink into GOP ineptitude and disdain for the work of governing. As someone smarter than me pointed out, people tend not to be good at things they dislike. And there is no doubt that the GOP and Trump have no taste for governing.
Maybe there is some sort of business deal that would get Il Douche and his VP to leave the country if we give them, say, Belize. Can we start a collection?
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from your humble diarist:
Mystic54 pretty accurately lays out the truth about the corporate media in Joy-Anne Reid destroys media for getting played by Trump with their headlines. As Mystic says, information is only a happy by product.
twingrace relates a story about ACA vs "Obamacare" from a well much educated neighbor in This Image Explains The ACA Debate I Hear Every Day. I swear, we thought it was the low information voters we had to worry about.
from peregrine kate:
Got a Grip writes beautifully, again, about what we are up against and how she I suppose determined to resist to her own last breath in the Abbreviated Pundit Wrapup.
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