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Brainstormy

(2,466 posts) Fri May 23, 2025, 10:07 AM Friday

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WHAT FRESH HELL? [View all]

Does anyone else feel that spasm of existential dread every morning before you turn on the TV or make your first click on the internet in anticipation of the newest horror emanating from the White House? If it weren't so terrifying it would almost be funny.

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WHAT FRESH HELL? [View all] Brainstormy Friday OP

I do Playingmantis Friday #1

A perfect description of how I feel. PittBlue Friday #2

Same!!! Wuddles440 Friday #23

Me too. MuseRider Friday #36

He's not dead yet. milestogo Friday #3

See you tomorrow Orrex Friday #58

We know you're on it! Evolve Dammit Friday #61

I never do morning cable news gab13by13 Friday #4

I had those exact words in my mind when I got up this morning: "What fresh hell" Ocelot II Friday #5

same. Sometimes we call it the "daily mayhem." Evolve Dammit Friday #62

Every morning. Ilsa Friday #6

It was like this during Trump I newdeal2 Friday #7

No. mwmisses4289 Friday #8

I keep reminding myself that "this, too, shall pass." calimary Saturday #73

I momentarily steel myself, sitting with my first cup of coffee, ready for what comes at me... CTyankee Friday #9

It's colonoscopy prep day....everyday........e v e r y d a y ..... Submariner Friday #10

Orange Anus considers it good for ratings True Dough Friday #11

Why yes, yes I do. ms liberty Friday #12

Me, too . . . but otchmoson Friday #13

Well, all I can say is.....Yep ashredux Friday #14

KnR - that's is right iline with how I feel as well. n/t iluvtennis Friday #15

Absolutely Mr.Bee Friday #16

Yes, just before opening the Guardian app I get very anxious. Each and every day. 😕 Dave Bowman Friday #17

I'm fortunate in that my life is sufficiently chaotic as to provide distraction from the orange menace EYESORE 9001 Friday #18

Every damn day. Just like his first term. CaptainTruth Friday #19

Worse Jilly_in_VA Friday #44

They've removed all the safeguards, all the adults in the room, MadameButterfly Saturday #74

My wife has stopped watching the news. Now, she watches old movies on TCM. surfered Friday #20

I've not watched tv in over 10 yrs & am no doubt better off for it SheltieLover Friday #32

Me too Jilly_in_VA Friday #45

These 4+ months feel like 40 year kimbutgar Friday #21

Just Can't Do It PhilG Friday #22

It's pretty amazing how bad things are getting, so fast. ananda Friday #24

Every. Single. Day. MIButterfly Friday #25

Yes. pandr32 Friday #26

YES YES YES vapor2 Friday #27

No, the dread comes after I have turned the TV on republianmushroom Friday #28

It's exhausting. He's exhausting. CrispyQ Friday #29

You could shift to a more optimistic perspective & eagerly look for an obit. SheltieLover Friday #30

Deportation of legal residents and citizens mountain grammy Friday #31

Every minute. Every day. Being close to retirement especially. Social Security enshittified... CousinIT Friday #33

YES!!!!!!!!! Metro135 Friday #34

My financial planning has been in overdrive for months. BOSSHOG Friday #35

Yes. piddyprints Friday #37

I'm so tired. I don't feel like I can sustain this for 3.whatever years. Yet I'm even more stressed *not knowing* ... Alice B. Friday #38

Been calling it that every day since he became the resident again AKwannabe Friday #39

I wake up eagerly every morning! Linda ladeewolf Friday #40

But we knew it would be like this BaronChocula Friday #41

LOL! Yes, I do...and so does renowned software engineer Grady Booch, who used the same wording highplainsdem Friday #42

This is how I feel every morning Ray Bruns Friday #43

Every effing day. nt Laffy Kat Friday #46

No. That's what they want you to feel. flvegan Friday #47

It literally makes me sick to my stomach every morning! Initech Friday #48

Harris warned us about Trump so nothing he does surprises me Kaleva Friday #49

Hell ms.pamela Friday #50

That's Trump's plan azureblue Friday #51

Other times in my life FB47243 Friday #52

Nope. k_buddy762 Friday #53

Yep PJMcK Friday #54

No, I don't. I refuse to be intimidated and/or bullied by this monster. And try to ignore him at every turn, including SWBTATTReg Friday #55

These are the days,"What Fresh Hell", were meant for. BradBo Friday #56

Yes, that mixed with the hope that Orrex finally got his wish and the Marie Marie Friday #57

Yes. Silver Gaia Friday #59

I feel existential dread on some occasions, but not every single morning. ShazzieB Friday #60

I dream that the first news item I see is that "The President of the US has just been taken to Walter Read Hospital SheilaAnn Friday #63

My clock radio is set to NPR and it goes off each morning with me just bracing myself for the aforementioned fresh hell. Xavier Breath Friday #64

no, I don't. barbtries Friday #65

Sparks - The Existential Threat (Official Video) via cyriak Grokenstein Friday #66

How can I keep from singing? struggle4progress Friday #67

Wayfaring Stranger struggle4progress Friday #68

I definitely do. SleeplessinSoCal Friday #69

and what if you miss 2 or more days of no news? you are lost in hell peacebuzzard Friday #70

Every time I log on or hit the big screen (local, no networks) I get the feeling I'm joining the Twilight Zone again. Ford_Prefect Friday #71

I have seen this before... OG MoneyClips Friday #72

Every single morning HarryM Saturday #75

"Surviving Autocracy" by Masha Gessen thought crime Saturday #76

It's a disgusting as a... LaRaven Saturday #77