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redstateblues

(10,565 posts)
Mon Jul 9, 2018, 08:23 PM Jul 2018

It's getting harder to pay attention to the news.

I’m counting the days til November but until then there seems to be a lot of bad shit going on. Ghouliani, Trump, Jim Jordan, Nunes, etc ets. There are a lot of evil people dominating the news. It’s hard to take.

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It's getting harder to pay attention to the news. (Original Post) redstateblues Jul 2018 OP
I 100% understand your post LEW Jul 2018 #1
I do feel like things will turn. I'm trying not to put all my hope into Mueller. redstateblues Jul 2018 #4
Same here, but that's what they want, normalization and the frog boils. Damn, I hate this F'en RKP5637 Jul 2018 #2
You are 100% Crutchez_CuiBono Jul 2018 #3
I'm having a hard time watching the way I used to lunatica Jul 2018 #5

LEW

(1,072 posts)
1. I 100% understand your post
Mon Jul 9, 2018, 08:28 PM
Jul 2018

And feel the same way......but there is a little bit of optimism left in me, and I think we won't have to wait till November. Hope is eternal........

redstateblues

(10,565 posts)
4. I do feel like things will turn. I'm trying not to put all my hope into Mueller.
Mon Jul 9, 2018, 08:43 PM
Jul 2018

i still believe that the majority of Americans will reject Trump again only this time he will lose some of those states the Russians helped him win. I especially have faith in American women to send Trump packing.

Crutchez_CuiBono

(7,725 posts)
3. You are 100%
Mon Jul 9, 2018, 08:42 PM
Jul 2018

correct. Desensitizing us and exhausting us all at once. WE are the worlds leaders as a people. WE cannot fold from exhaustion. WE have to save the country again. This time, WE need to get angry and keep it. I'm not up to going through this now, let alone ever again.
What's next? Ted nugent taking Pruitts spot?

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
5. I'm having a hard time watching the way I used to
Mon Jul 9, 2018, 09:20 PM
Jul 2018

It’s a combination of things.

The pundits are still “analyzing” Trump ad tedium and I’m way beyond that and I know they know better. The truth is out there and everyone knows what it is. It’s gotten boringly irritation to hear shit and lie after lie from the Republicans being repeated as if they aren’t full of shit.

I watch Chris Hayes, Rachel, and Lawrence O’Donnell because they’ve moved beyond pretending the words spewed by Trump are anything but self serving lies. They have respect for their audiences. Chris Hayes was the first to interview reporters about the children being caged and to his credit he kept at it every day until the rest of the media ran with it and it was obvious the stories horrified him. He has two or thee little kids and it seemed he truly felt the pain of the parents. He went to the detention centers too, as did Lawrence. Rachel choked up reading the first news reports about the children being caged and couldn’t finish. The three of them have no use for pretending Trump is anything but what he is.

But even then it’s become too painful to watch the news as much. My viewing time has gone way down. I mostly come to DU because I know I’ll get the truth here and because I feel confident I can express myself so I post a lot. It’s a life saving and life giving community here. Posting this to you is an example. Thanks for giving me the opportunity.

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