I am praying for another deep throat or a act of god.

[shockey80]

The trump nightmare must end. It's affecting my health. I just went to the doctor and for the first time in my life i am now on high blood pressure pills. I told the doctor i have trumpitis. I know whats coming when trump takes office. Trump is a serial liar with mental health issues and the republican congress is the most far right congress in our lifetimes. In trumps first year millions of americans are going to get hurt.

They are going to attack obamacare, medicare, planned parenthood, civil rights, voting rights and federal workers. That's just the beginning. If you are a federal worker you better start looking for another job. There are millions of federal workers who do important work that makes all of our lives better. Trump and the extreme far right congress see them as a waste of money or something that should be privatized. A lot of trump voters are going to get hurt. They don't know it yet because they are gleefully ignorant.


They are going to put in place trickle down economics. We know how that movie ends. We get a economic spike, bubble and then the economy goes stagnant. Then somebody does something stupid because of deregulation and the economy tanks.

Foreign policy. All we can do is pray. I believe they are going to go after Iran. They are going to push for far right governments in europe. That's scary.

This is why i am praying for another deep throat. Trump has made countless enemies. Trump has led a dirty, corrupt life. I hope someone in the FBI or CIA finds some dirt on him that will bring him down.

If that does not happen i will hope for a act of god to bring this lunatic down. Heart attack, accident, anything. I don't care.

Good luck everyone. Try to protect yourselves and your families as best you can. Pay attention and stay alert.

[radical noodle]

1. My doctor told me she's seen a lot of this

and she is stressed about it herself. These are even more stressful times because it's unlike anything we've tried to deal with before.

[smirkymonkey]

25. Yes, I saw my therapist yesterday and told her that I had to limit my

time on these boards for the sake of my physical and mental health. She told me that almost everyone she sees has been saying the same thing. It's an epidemic. People are literally sick because of this.

[radical noodle]

28. Take care

We will all need to help one another. Stay well.

[smirkymonkey]

31. Thank you. It seems like there are a lot of us who are suffering

from this physically and mentally. Even my therapist seems traumatized by it. Thanks again!

[radical noodle]

32. Aw, you're quite welcome

This is a time for us to stick together.

[Kilgore]

2. Who will be cast as Linda Lovelace??

[shraby]

3. I wouldn't call this a laughing matter. It's dead serious.

[sharp_stick]

8. There's always time to laugh

At times like this especially.

[Zambero]

29. Absolutely. Humor is a safety valve

It actually helps one to keep their sanity while getting down to matters of serious business. I could very well lose my mind over the tragedy known as Trump, and I've had more than a few restless nights contemplating when might lie ahead. However, a sobering but nevertheless funny political cartoon, or spot-on satirical commentary from the likes of a Stephen Colbert (among others) serves as a reminder that others also share the same concerns. So yes, let's have a good laugh but never give up the fight.

[Kilgore]

9. I have a great amount of faith in our people and system of government

What happed this election will prove to be an anomaly in history.

I can choose to get worked up, and damage my health. Instead I choose to talk to Trump voters and attempt to change hearts and minds. I choose on getting the vast number of my union coworkers who voted for Trump to see what they did to themselves long term. I focus on my blessings like grandkids, spouse, friends, church, and work.

I also choose to enjoy the show as the repubs screw themselves into oblivion.

Damaging myself helps nothing and no one and prevents me from acting proactively. I will not give them the satisfaction of this getting me down. Instead enjoying an extra glass of wine and a toast to the future is my choice.

Yes there will be problems along the way, but this is a marathon, not a sprint.

[PasadenaTrudy]

14. I'm with you

I'm not going to give them the power. I'm living life, booked a trip to Hawaii for this Spring.

[Kilgore]

19. Bravo!

We have done the same. We live by the motto, Illegitimi non carborundum (don't let the bastards grind you down)

[pangaia]

26. Now I know why those sanding belts are called carborundum. Thanks...

[shockey80]

4. Kilgore

I knew that was coming.

[Kilgore]

10. Could not help it

[Generic Brad]

5. There's no one coming to save us

I wish you all well on surviving the coming shit storm.

[frogmarch]

6. So far, all the dirt on him

that's been exposed has helped him. He may have been right when he said he could shoot someone dead in the street and get away with it.

I have trumpitis, too, and I'm sure we're not alone.

[3catwoman3]

11. This is hyperbole and fantasy, so don't everybody...

...jump down my throat when I say that it wouldn't break my heart if someone someome shot Trump dead in the middle of the street and got away with it.

So far, I can't be jailed for my thoughts.

[RiverStone]

20. If tRump has his way, he will impose martial law on all dissidents

Which is everyone on DU (except the trolls)

[shockey80]

7. I forgot one important point

Trump has made big time enemies in the news media. We need the news media to step up and protect us more than ever. Trump is going to lie about almost everything. Trump and the republican congress are going to do many things in secret. We are entering a very dark period in american and world history.

[2naSalit]

17. Except for the pesky fact that

all MSM, in particular, are owned by oligarchs intent on controlling everyone on the planet... there are exactly five "owners" of 98% (or close to it on a global basis) of all news we can see, hear or read.

[SammyWinstonJack]

18. He's managed to bully the media with threats of laws suits and now investigations. I wouldn't count

on the media that made him, to suddenly turn on him.

[AngryAmish]

12. I, too, am praying for another deep throat.

[shockey80]

13. Kilgore

I try to do the same things. It's tough to do. I talk to trump voters and they just go silent or spout crazy talk. They are gleefully ignorant. I have cut back on watching the news and that has helped. At the same time you want to keep yourself informed. This is a bitch.

[SammyWinstonJack]

15. I don't sleep, up with a headache which is not normal for me. Stressed and pissed off most days..

And stressed/anxious every day. All over an illegitimate nut case.

[octoberlib]

16. I think some people within his administration will turn on him.

Maggie Haberman of the NYT said he was a screamer and he pits people against each other and humiliates them. Somebody is bound to get sick of it.

[2naSalit]

21. I have the same anxiety...

I can hardly eat or sleep. I will be going to the doctor this week and get checked... I have never had high blood pressure but I am having anxiety attacks. I have been a seasonal federal employee for years and my future prospects might be in grave danger due to the agencies I work for, and that $1 income bs would sink me. I may have to go into the underground again... now that I have reached my 60s, I only care about not being locked up, outliving my aged mother and that's about it. I think everything I have fought and worked for is going to be gleefully destroyed before my very eyes, and I can't bear that. I'm close to tears on a daily basis and I am not an emotional type.

I suspect we are in for some really rough stuff coming to our neighborhoods soon and it will be ugly. Maybe a general strike is in the cards in the near future. I am currently in a safe place living in a self-sufficient house that has off-grid capacity that, at present I can afford. That may not last long but I can, at least avoid the masses for now. I have been avoiding cities for years and now I think I will be even more reluctant to go to one.

[Wounded Bear]

22. We shouldn't need one...

In a just world, there is enough out there in the public domain to disqualify and convict him. Between his rabid minions and the press, it is all ignored.

[nclib]

23. Even if there was a deep throat, who's going to report on it.

I was thinking the other day we need another Woodward and Bernstein, but I don't see that happening. I don't think anything that big would go mainstream. The corporations that own the news wouldn't allow it.

[Cirque du So-What]

24. I'm still hoping

that someone who knows the truth about JFK's assassination 'gets religion' and makes a deathbed confession, although time is running out for such a thing to happen.

[MadamPresident]

27. Look at the line of succession. He's the least worst of them all.

How fucked up is that?

[MFM008]

30. Still working hoping for the act of GOD thingy

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