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Is this not every DUer's morning routine these day? (Original Post) True Dough Mar 2022 OP
Mine too,,,don't have coffee, OJ....nt wcmagumba Mar 2022 #1
Thanks. I read "morning" but I'm thinking "mourning"...nt abqtommy Mar 2022 #2
If the Ukrainians are not giving up True Dough Mar 2022 #3
Thanks, but I don't find mourning and hope to be mutually exclusive. We can multitask! nt abqtommy Mar 2022 #4
I wake up every morning at 430 and check DU... WarGamer Mar 2022 #5
Yep. highplainsdem Mar 2022 #6
Between 1. and 2. I would add: Mr.Bill Mar 2022 #7
Yep! I wake up hoping to see that in the headlines every morning. smirkymonkey Mar 2022 #46
I also check on Putin's health dflprincess Mar 2022 #8
So say we (most) all! electric_blue68 Mar 2022 #37
My #2 snowybirdie Mar 2022 #9
Check to see if putrid has bn removed SheltieLover Mar 2022 #10
Ditto. Daily i pray for 3 things onetexan Mar 2022 #53
Same here! SheltieLover Mar 2022 #54
Yes indeed gademocrat7 Mar 2022 #11
+1 mitch96 Mar 2022 #12
#1 is impossible without #3 Shermann Mar 2022 #13
Actually, I had the coffee pot ready from the night before, hit the button and then hit the TV ashredux Mar 2022 #14
I do 1 and 2, but for 3 I have tea nt Wicked Blue Mar 2022 #15
I've also been watching the "Breakfast Show" at 2am (SkyNews) n/t AntiFascist Mar 2022 #16
I like sky news I_UndergroundPanther Mar 2022 #40
Yes! This man has become of vital interest to much of the world. Lonestarblue Mar 2022 #17
Pretty close. Turbineguy Mar 2022 #18
Pretty much! FailureToCommunicate Mar 2022 #19
#4 Ask, "Is Trump dead yet?" Hekate Mar 2022 #20
Yep and I wake up multigraincracker Mar 2022 #21
Nope. Not mine. left-of-center2012 Mar 2022 #22
Even before I get outta bed. Nevilledog Mar 2022 #23
yup. bluboid Mar 2022 #24
omg, I gotta stop ... I thought it was just me !!! uponit7771 Mar 2022 #25
I brew my coffee C OH Dem Mar 2022 #26
Yeah, something close like that... electric_blue68 Mar 2022 #27
👍 Joinfortmill Mar 2022 #28
Yes! Sometimes also at 4 a.m. in the middle of the sleep cycle. fierywoman Mar 2022 #29
Mine's somewhat modified NullTuples Mar 2022 #30
I sleep with a radio (NPR or BBC) or MSNBC overnight broadcast , so I frequently hear the news hlthe2b Mar 2022 #31
Totally. nt SunSeeker Mar 2022 #32
I often offer an upraised middle finger (with opposite hand in elbow for emphasis) to entire GOP. Evolve Dammit Mar 2022 #33
It's my routine too. MyMission Mar 2022 #34
I confess... 2naSalit Mar 2022 #35
WTF? Ohio Joe Mar 2022 #36
Urine True Dough Mar 2022 #38
Forgot that! I_UndergroundPanther Mar 2022 #41
Yeah my routine,almost I_UndergroundPanther Mar 2022 #39
Yes that's it exactly. 🇺🇦 nt Raine Mar 2022 #42
I am very nocturnal and now dls is once again going to Meowmee Mar 2022 #43
Replaced checking first thing to see how many COVIDiots went to hell. Seeing Zelensky is still brewens Mar 2022 #44
For me, anyway. Wingus Dingus Mar 2022 #45
100% samsingh Mar 2022 #47
a true leader llashram Mar 2022 #48
Checking to see if Zelensky is alive has replaced checking to see if TFG had croaked world wide wally Mar 2022 #49
Not quite Mossfern Mar 2022 #50
🎯🎯🎯 BadgerMom Mar 2022 #51
Yep. Pretty much. calimary Mar 2022 #52
Yes. All of that but one more thing: MOMFUDSKI Mar 2022 #55
What an inspiration True Dough Mar 2022 #56
Must be a young fellow 'cuz he left out the go pee part. KY_EnviroGuy Mar 2022 #57

WarGamer

(12,354 posts)
5. I wake up every morning at 430 and check DU...
Sat Mar 12, 2022, 07:18 PM
Mar 2022

Because I know that scanning the top 10 OP's I can get a feel for what's going on.

Faster and easier than doing my usual routine of bouncing around between France 24, Reuters and Social Media.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
46. Yep! I wake up hoping to see that in the headlines every morning.
Sun Mar 13, 2022, 08:31 AM
Mar 2022

And I can skip the coffee and replace it with iced tea.

onetexan

(13,020 posts)
53. Ditto. Daily i pray for 3 things
Sun Mar 13, 2022, 02:53 PM
Mar 2022

1- That President Zelenskyy is alive and well, and leading his country to victory
2- That Putin has been off'ed...eerrr..dealt with by his inner circle
3- That the people complicit with the Con's Big Lie are dealt with, and Dems are winning the truth war

Lonestarblue

(9,958 posts)
17. Yes! This man has become of vital interest to much of the world.
Sat Mar 12, 2022, 07:52 PM
Mar 2022

What a contrast between a man who fights for his country and Trump who tried to destroy his country.

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
22. Nope. Not mine.
Sat Mar 12, 2022, 08:17 PM
Mar 2022

First thing I do is check my email, bank accounts and credit cards.
Then I go to local news.

electric_blue68

(14,818 posts)
27. Yeah, something close like that...
Sat Mar 12, 2022, 08:52 PM
Mar 2022

Last edited Sat Mar 12, 2022, 11:28 PM - Edit history (1)

I go to my mail usually first (habit)

While in my head it's: how is Zelenskyy; how is Ukraine; is Putin ousted (by whatever means); is TFG either in prison yet, incapacitated enough to never do any harm again, or kicked the bucket.
So I check on all of that after the mail.
All on my cellphone usually before getting out of bed. 👍

NullTuples

(6,017 posts)
30. Mine's somewhat modified
Sat Mar 12, 2022, 09:14 PM
Mar 2022

1. Wake up
2. Coffee
3. Find out what fresh hell Republicans have devised for trans kids & their families
4. Check on Zelensky

hlthe2b

(102,128 posts)
31. I sleep with a radio (NPR or BBC) or MSNBC overnight broadcast , so I frequently hear the news
Sat Mar 12, 2022, 09:15 PM
Mar 2022

while I'm not yet even starting to stir. It is close to checking on Zelensky BEFORE waking up, albeit somewhat subconsciously.

But, despite my news addiction and worry, I'm trying to take a few breaks from it at least a few hours each day.

Evolve Dammit

(16,697 posts)
33. I often offer an upraised middle finger (with opposite hand in elbow for emphasis) to entire GOP.
Sat Mar 12, 2022, 09:24 PM
Mar 2022

Depends on the story of course, and sometimes takes an hour or so into news cycle, watching CNN, Morning Joe and other "Librul" outlets. And Joe is not a librul but at least he is rational. Mika makes sure.
But I "pray" for Ukraine everyday and will be hanging a Ukrainian flag on my house and car as soon as they arrive. The carnage needs to stop. One person can do that, but he has no interest. War criminal. I keep hoping for Special Ops to do a Bin Laden. Most Russians would celebrate.

MyMission

(1,849 posts)
34. It's my routine too.
Sat Mar 12, 2022, 09:47 PM
Mar 2022

Glad I'm not alone in monitoring Zelensky and Ukraine.
I check headlines when I wake up.
Then I say a prayer of gratitude, and a prayer for peace.
Then I make my coffee.

2naSalit

(86,330 posts)
35. I confess...
Sat Mar 12, 2022, 10:37 PM
Mar 2022

Checking the weather fits in there somewhere too. Otherwise, coffee and checking on the hero of the century happens all at once. I make the the coffee first, while going through my computer opening, I sit down with my coffee and check to see if the world is still out there.

I_UndergroundPanther

(12,462 posts)
39. Yeah my routine,almost
Sat Mar 12, 2022, 11:36 PM
Mar 2022

Wake up
Pee
Pet Othello
Get coffee
Feed Othello
Cook and eat my eggs and toast,
Check on Zelenskyy
Check DU while listening to MSNBC.

Meowmee

(5,164 posts)
43. I am very nocturnal and now dls is once again going to
Sun Mar 13, 2022, 04:48 AM
Mar 2022

F me over. But I wake up and think of my father if I haven't already had nightmares, and other pressing matters, my kitties often come to see if mom will feed them. Usually my siamese guy first, although the new floofer rescue has been sneaking in. I check mail briefly to see what happened hoping dump and p are dead. If that day ever comes I will drink champaign and celebrate. Sometimes I just go back to sleep or read in bed depending on bg and what day it is. Actually my bg always comes before everything else. Then it is feed kitties, scoop poopies/ pees, clean up messes and finally feed myself after various other things. Green tea for me.

brewens

(13,539 posts)
44. Replaced checking first thing to see how many COVIDiots went to hell. Seeing Zelensky is still
Sun Mar 13, 2022, 07:59 AM
Mar 2022

okay cheers me up just as much.

llashram

(6,265 posts)
48. a true leader
Sun Mar 13, 2022, 11:01 AM
Mar 2022

of a nation. Does anyone here think the coward in his bunker in Florida would ever do this in defence of his people? HELL NO!!! That is my answer.

Mossfern

(2,449 posts)
50. Not quite
Sun Mar 13, 2022, 01:55 PM
Mar 2022

1. get up (not awake yet though)
2. pee, weigh myself
3. stumble downstairs and feed Broccoli, Gus and Violet
4. make coffee and start to drink it
5. check email for anything urgent
6. check DU to see if I need to start building a fallout shelter

calimary

(81,110 posts)
52. Yep. Pretty much.
Sun Mar 13, 2022, 02:41 PM
Mar 2022

You can get the girl out of the newsroom, but you can’t get the newsroom out of the girl.

MOMFUDSKI

(5,433 posts)
55. Yes. All of that but one more thing:
Sun Mar 13, 2022, 05:06 PM
Mar 2022

I have been hoping every morning since early 2017 when I see my first screen of the day that the orange one has departed this planet. That is all.

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