anyone else having issues processing what is going on? And I am not watching...

[NRaleighLiberal]

just reading a bit here, CNN, TPM, Twitter.

Let me try the cliff notes version - narcissistic sexist racist misogynist pig from a reality show is compromised by Putin, who hacks our election and makes the asshole president, who proceeds to ruin everything he touches and tear down decades of progress, makes decisions that run counter to progress and decency, rips our allies and, while a noose is hanging around his neck due to the Mueller investigation, thinks he is BFF with a brutal dictator as they create an episode of some shitty upcoming reality show starring Dennis Rodman.


Or something like that.

I've got to go to bed - once again, for the umpteenth time - daily since prezzie election day - my head hurts. We are truly in bizarro world with no end in sight.

[dawg day]

1. I can't stand it either--

so afraid that this orange turd will get away with it like he's gotten away with everything in his selfish life.

And I'm afraid that the GOP is watching and thinking, "We can keep doing this-- we can keep electing angry thugs like Trumps and legacy losers like W with a minority of votes by manipulating however we can, whether it's the supreme court making it happen or Russia.


and we can do it with a minority over and over, so we never have to appeal to a majority again, and we can screw everyone including our own voters, because a large minority love getting screwed, and the GOP establishment really knows how to exploit that.

I'm afraid we'll never come back from it.
And that Democrats are too civilized and law-abiding, usually a good thing, to stand up and say, "THIS ELECTION WAS STOLEN. WE'RE TAKING IT BACK."

[question everything]

2. Same here

And I am developing dark thoughts.

I am cheering Kudlow's heart attack, hoping that others will follow.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142081335

[skylucy]

3. Yep. I'm with you. This is ridiculous.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

4. I will admit that I'm probably not as fully up to date

on what's going on as I might be. I don't have a TV, so I'm not watching conventional news very often. I get the local paper, I listen to Democracy Now every morning, I'm on DU and I do sometimes watch streaming something or another.

I think even in less fraught times that constantly watching the news is not necessarily a good thing.

[NRaleighLiberal]

8. no TV here in 10 years, so I am with you!

[Cha]

16. No tv for 16 years.

[leftyladyfrommo]

26. No TV here, either.

But I find myself glued to my phone. Like a trainwreck about to happen. I can't stop watching.

[Cha]

27. I know.. I'm glued to my laptop

a lot.. right here on DU.. and Netflix.

[leftyladyfrommo]

28. I don't have a laptop or a computer.

All I have is my phone. It works.

[Cha]

31. Good! Yeah, I noticed I'm very old school. lol

[babylonsister]

5. That was outstanding! Pretty much.

I now need a rundown on that brutal dictator so I can marry them. Classic!

[greatauntoftriplets]

6. Spanky prefers dictators like Kim, Xi, Putin and Duterte...

to leaders of democracies like Trudeau, Merkel, Macron, etc.

[Grammy23]

7. He seems to prefer the thug life

And it’s for damn sure that Trudeau, Merkel, May and Macron aren’t thuggy enough to suit him.

[2naSalit]

9. Since he has no decency

the only people he like are the indecent.

[CousinIT]

10. Damn near everyone who is at all sane is having issues w/ it. n/t

[triron]

11. They were practically kissing Trump's ass n MSNBC

[Hekate]

21. That wouldn't be the people I usually watch: they make no bones about the hideousness of Trump

Tweety gets confused, but I don't watch him. Brian Williams is sententious and full of himself, but I Don't watch him either.

Malcolm Nance, Steve Schmidt, Nicolle Wallace, Jennifer Rubin, Rachel Maddow, Katy Tur, Stephanie Ruhl, and many others on MSNBC are completely 100% woke about the Trojan Horse, the Mad King, Red Don.

[JeaneRaye]

12. I decided ...

that this evening would be a good time to mow the lawn.

[murielm99]

13. The media can do all the marveling it likes

over how historic and wonderful this is. It is not. It is attention seeking behavior on behalf of two of the worst narcissistic babies in the entire world. I am not watching, either.

I was shocked by Andrea Mitchell, and I did not believe that was possible. She was marveling over Un and fawning over how he was so young when he came to power, and how he has stayed in power and now gotten recognition. Anyone with a brain would be stunned that this little thug had gotten what he wanted, and only did so because he found a world "leader" as stupid as he is. That was the end of it. I am not watching anything else.

[Cha]

14. DEAD ON, NRaleightLiberal!

Good Horror Show Wrap Up.

[sharedvalues]

15. NR, you forgot: GOP Congress allows all this

Because their billionaire donors built a propaganda machine to amplify hate and division to get votes for billionaire tax cuts.

And now the GOP base has been stolen from the billionaires by a real life hardcore racist xenophobic corrupt unAmerican scumbag.

And since the GOP has no other way to get votes, they have to go full racist and full Orwell miniTrue.

So yeah, that's where we are.

[SCVDem]

17. John Oliver explained on Sunday

how Fox and specifically Hannity modify and lie to shape public opinion.

This does not have a feel good finish.

[kag]

18. I kept hoping a news anchor would come onto the screen with "breaking news" that

Mueller had just filed indictments for Cheetoh, his family, and his entire circle of criminal suck-ups.

When that didn't happen after the first few minutes I turned it off and read a book.

[leftyladyfrommo]

30. That would have been outstanding. nt

[BadgerMom]

19. This whole thing feels so off.

A year ago Trump and Kim were exchanging insults on Twitter. Otto Warmbier was on his deathbed. At the Winter Olympics Pence snubbed the North Korean reps. Now we’re best buddies. It feels so contrived. I know it sounds like I’m some nutball conspiracy theorist, but it feels like there’s a master puppeteer. Putin, anyone?

[Hekate]

22. "We" are not best buddies. We are trapped in a nightmare inside a reality tv star's head...

...and HE is the star of every news cycle.

[Hekate]

20. I can't take it any more

[Rhiannon12866]

24. MSNBC's showing it live, I usually watch the repeat of Lawrence O'Donnell, etc.

I couldn't take it, either, I want to be informed, but it's just too damn much stress. I finally did what I did during the campaign - I changed the channel. Anything's better than sitting here cringing and fighting the urge to curse out the TV...

And you have a pleasant diversion - congrats on your new dog!

[Amaryllis]

25. You left out the part about GOP complicity. Other than that, spot on.

[ButSeeYa]

29. I feel the same...

I’m now at the point where it’s difficult for me to watch the news. I cannot bear to hear Trump’s voice nor see him on tv, so I quickly change the channel. I sometimes only read the news headlines - which is mostly depressing. At this point, I’m waiting for Friday to see if Manafort will get arrested. Sadly, that would be the highlight of my week, as far as politics is concerned.

Thank God for DU.

[Awsi Dooger]

32. Not paying attention but expecting a bump in approval rating

Probably to 44-46 range. The simpletons are going to love this

Good news is this is happening in June and not during the fall.

But I'll continue to insist we were moronic to not place ultimate emphasis on college registration drives during 2017 when Trump's approval was at bottom. You can't be stupid enough to sit around and make assumptions about midterms or 2020.