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Ford_Prefect

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

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Fri May 23, 2025, 09:38 PM

May 23

Same for the slices of print media I take in. As much as it is a planned propagandistic overwhelm, it is also an incredible dose of willfully ignorant and stupid. Whether it is the Orange Menace, the bimbo who gives blonds a bad name, one of his arrogantly insufferable stooges, a semi-official agent of darkness (Miller, Elmo, or Navarro), or a congressional GOP member or Senator, each brimming with complete nonsense or denial, the insult to my sense of reality is getting to be more than I can bear.

My gut feeling is that someone needs to do something forceful and abrupt to which ever one is in front of me. I don't like that feeling. I don't like who that makes me into. The anger I feel is real, as is the insult to my humanity and intelligence.

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WHAT FRESH HELL? [View all] Brainstormy May 23 OP

I do Playingmantis May 23 #1

A perfect description of how I feel. PittBlue May 23 #2

Same!!! Wuddles440 May 23 #23

Me too. MuseRider May 23 #36

He's not dead yet. milestogo May 23 #3

See you tomorrow Orrex May 23 #58

We know you're on it! Evolve Dammit May 23 #61

I never do morning cable news gab13by13 May 23 #4

I had those exact words in my mind when I got up this morning: "What fresh hell" Ocelot II May 23 #5

same. Sometimes we call it the "daily mayhem." Evolve Dammit May 23 #62

Every morning. Ilsa May 23 #6

It was like this during Trump I newdeal2 May 23 #7

No. mwmisses4289 May 23 #8

I keep reminding myself that "this, too, shall pass." calimary May 24 #73

I momentarily steel myself, sitting with my first cup of coffee, ready for what comes at me... CTyankee May 23 #9

It's colonoscopy prep day....everyday........e v e r y d a y ..... Submariner May 23 #10

Orange Anus considers it good for ratings True Dough May 23 #11

Why yes, yes I do. ms liberty May 23 #12

Me, too . . . but otchmoson May 23 #13

Well, all I can say is.....Yep ashredux May 23 #14

KnR - that's is right iline with how I feel as well. n/t iluvtennis May 23 #15

Absolutely Mr.Bee May 23 #16

Yes, just before opening the Guardian app I get very anxious. Each and every day. 😕 Dave Bowman May 23 #17

I'm fortunate in that my life is sufficiently chaotic as to provide distraction from the orange menace EYESORE 9001 May 23 #18

Every damn day. Just like his first term. CaptainTruth May 23 #19

Worse Jilly_in_VA May 23 #44

They've removed all the safeguards, all the adults in the room, MadameButterfly May 24 #74

My wife has stopped watching the news. Now, she watches old movies on TCM. surfered May 23 #20

I've not watched tv in over 10 yrs & am no doubt better off for it SheltieLover May 23 #32

Me too Jilly_in_VA May 23 #45

These 4+ months feel like 40 year kimbutgar May 23 #21

Just Can't Do It PhilG May 23 #22

It's pretty amazing how bad things are getting, so fast. ananda May 23 #24

Every. Single. Day. MIButterfly May 23 #25

Yes. pandr32 May 23 #26

YES YES YES vapor2 May 23 #27

No, the dread comes after I have turned the TV on republianmushroom May 23 #28

It's exhausting. He's exhausting. CrispyQ May 23 #29

You could shift to a more optimistic perspective & eagerly look for an obit. SheltieLover May 23 #30

Deportation of legal residents and citizens mountain grammy May 23 #31

Every minute. Every day. Being close to retirement especially. Social Security enshittified... CousinIT May 23 #33

YES!!!!!!!!! Metro135 May 23 #34

My financial planning has been in overdrive for months. BOSSHOG May 23 #35

Yes. piddyprints May 23 #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. May 23 #38

Been calling it that every day since he became the resident again AKwannabe May 23 #39

I wake up eagerly every morning! Linda ladeewolf May 23 #40

But we knew it would be like this BaronChocula May 23 #41

LOL! Yes, I do...and so does renowned software engineer Grady Booch, who used the same wording highplainsdem May 23 #42

This is how I feel every morning Ray Bruns May 23 #43

Every effing day. nt Laffy Kat May 23 #46

No. That's what they want you to feel. flvegan May 23 #47

It literally makes me sick to my stomach every morning! Initech May 23 #48

Harris warned us about Trump so nothing he does surprises me Kaleva May 23 #49

Hell ms.pamela May 23 #50

That's Trump's plan azureblue May 23 #51

Other times in my life FB47243 May 23 #52

Nope. k_buddy762 May 23 #53

Yep PJMcK May 23 #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 May 23 #55

These are the days,"What Fresh Hell", were meant for. BradBo May 23 #56

Yes, that mixed with the hope that Orrex finally got his wish and the Marie Marie May 23 #57

Yes. Silver Gaia May 23 #59

I feel existential dread on some occasions, but not every single morning. ShazzieB May 23 #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 May 23 #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 May 23 #64

no, I don't. barbtries May 23 #65

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How can I keep from singing? struggle4progress May 23 #67

Wayfaring Stranger struggle4progress May 23 #68

I definitely do. SleeplessinSoCal May 23 #69

and what if you miss 2 or more days of no news? you are lost in hell peacebuzzard May 23 #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 May 23 #71

I have seen this before... OG MoneyClips May 23 #72

Every single morning HarryM May 24 #75

"Surviving Autocracy" by Masha Gessen thought crime May 24 #76

It's a disgusting as a... LaRaven May 24 #77