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Anonymous wrote:We don't need to protest. The J6 people are the types to shoot up their own local communities and the media will be sure to inform everyone of the latest J6 pardon mayhem.

We don't need to protest but I do wish elected Dems were actually talking about the terrible things he's already doing. I understand that I feel beaten, beleaguered, and ready for people to simply experience the consequences of what they asked for. But I do think that elected Dems have SOME responsibility to, you know, communicate effectively.

I think the combo of him actually winning, winning the popular vote, and being forced to go through this all again, is just too much. I'm just hunkering down trying to survive and stay sane this time. I don't have it in me to do anything else.

Some Dems are but I agree they should be doing more of it. EVERY SINGLE DAY. T

Amen, PP.

Where are the 2028 hopefuls? Why aren't they using this moment - THIS MOMENT - to build their platforms and show that they can be the one to lead us out of this horror?

Unless all the naysayers were/are right and all the hopefulls just suck. Maybe there isn't a one who is going to rise up when we need them.

It’s very early days. I’m not a political strategist but probably they are following the don’t get in your opponent’s way when he’s destroying himself. Give Trump all the rope he needs to hang himself. He’s never faced consequences in his life, but even Trump can’t overcome the laws of economics and science.

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Anonymous wrote:We don't need to protest. The J6 people are the types to shoot up their own local communities and the media will be sure to inform everyone of the latest J6 pardon mayhem.

We don't need to protest but I do wish elected Dems were actually talking about the terrible things he's already doing. I understand that I feel beaten, beleaguered, and ready for people to simply experience the consequences of what they asked for. But I do think that elected Dems have SOME responsibility to, you know, communicate effectively.

I think the combo of him actually winning, winning the popular vote, and being forced to go through this all again, is just too much. I'm just hunkering down trying to survive and stay sane this time. I don't have it in me to do anything else.

Some Dems are but I agree they should be doing more of it. EVERY SINGLE DAY. T

Amen, PP.

Where are the 2028 hopefuls? Why aren't they using this moment - THIS MOMENT - to build their platforms and show that they can be the one to lead us out of this horror?

Unless all the naysayers were/are right and all the hopefulls just suck. Maybe there isn't a one who is going to rise up when we need them.

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Anonymous wrote:We don't need to protest. The J6 people are the types to shoot up their own local communities and the media will be sure to inform everyone of the latest J6 pardon mayhem.

We don't need to protest but I do wish elected Dems were actually talking about the terrible things he's already doing. I understand that I feel beaten, beleaguered, and ready for people to simply experience the consequences of what they asked for. But I do think that elected Dems have SOME responsibility to, you know, communicate effectively.

I think the combo of him actually winning, winning the popular vote, and being forced to go through this all again, is just too much. I'm just hunkering down trying to survive and stay sane this time. I don't have it in me to do anything else.

Some Dems are but I agree they should be doing more of it. EVERY SINGLE DAY. T

Amen, PP.

Where are the 2028 hopefuls? Why aren't they using this moment - THIS MOMENT - to build their platforms and show that they can be the one to lead us out of this horror?

Unless all the naysayers were/are right and all the hopefulls just suck. Maybe there isn't a one who is going to rise up when we need them.

The dems will roll out the same “moderates” who will talk about “working across the aisle” and “the traditions of the senate”. When elected they will attack the progressives and vote with the republicans.

Anonymous wrote:If folks want a democracy then they’ll wake up and stop listening to liars. If not then to civil war or destruction of the empire we go. Folks have gotten a little too use to Democrats rushing to protest or using their time in office to fix problems not created by them.

Anonymous wrote:I get that we're all tired of fighting, and feel so disappointed that so many people voted for him, but where are the rallies and outspoken voices. There are things that he is trying to do that shouldn't be controversial on both sides - like ending lowering drug prices. I think it's time to start speaking up and protesting again! Just silently rolling our eyes isn't helping.

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Anonymous wrote:for me personally, I will benefit from the GOP tax policy and for the rest of it, I can only hope enough Americans are so negatively impacted that things turn for the 2026 elections.

What is protesting going to do? change Speaker Johnson's mind? Leader Thune's mind? Elon's mind?

This is me exactly and how so many of my Democratic friends feel. We are wealthy enough that we'll benefit from his tax policies. The other asinine policies he puts in place won't harm us. If drug prices raise, eh, no biggie. I can afford it.

But you know who can't? My Maga relatives in WV who are poor. My Maga relatives who had to crowd-source funds to buy insulin in the past. My Maga relatives, who have believed the lies of and voted for every Republican since they were old enough to vote, who relied on me to pay for them to attend family vacations. My Maga relatives who post publicly about kicking everyone off government assistance while privately asking me for money to cover their rent, utilities, buy their kid's gifts, etc.

I did a lot and gave a lot leading up to the election. I campaigned non-stop for Harris. And frankly, I just don't care now. I'm exhausted. Trying to get them to see the error of their ways and proof of Trump's lies is like screaming at a brick wall. It's totally useless. So, let it all burn down. I'll get richer. They'll get poorer. Maybe they'll learn. Let's hope they learn. If not, I'll still be wealthy enough to where nothing the orange bozo does will hurt me.

But the Bank of Me is closed. I'll still send gifts to their kids on their birthdays, but that's it. I'm not paying their rents and mortgages. I'm not flying everyone for spring break and summer vacation. I'm done.

This. We finally realize MAGA is a cult and no amount of reasoning is going to help. Their wake up is going to hurt.

I'm in this mental space as well. I am done with that MAGA adult family members who always have their hands out.

It's time the MAGAs pull themselves up by their bootstraps like my parents did. The next four years may end up being awful for them, but it's what they wanted.

I think it’s going to get awful a lot faster than expected. Everyone consoled themselves with soothing words about the tax cuts and how it wasn’t so bad the first time. They did not adequately account for all the people around Trump who told him he couldn’t change the constitution with an EO. Now he’s surrounded by ignorant sycophants and it’s going to be a mess.

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Anonymous wrote:We don't need to protest. The J6 people are the types to shoot up their own local communities and the media will be sure to inform everyone of the latest J6 pardon mayhem.

We don't need to protest but I do wish elected Dems were actually talking about the terrible things he's already doing. I understand that I feel beaten, beleaguered, and ready for people to simply experience the consequences of what they asked for. But I do think that elected Dems have SOME responsibility to, you know, communicate effectively.

I think the combo of him actually winning, winning the popular vote, and being forced to go through this all again, is just too much. I'm just hunkering down trying to survive and stay sane this time. I don't have it in me to do anything else.

Some Dems are but I agree they should be doing more of it. EVERY SINGLE DAY. T

Amen, PP.

Where are the 2028 hopefuls? Why aren't they using this moment - THIS MOMENT - to build their platforms and show that they can be the one to lead us out of this horror?

Unless all the naysayers were/are right and all the hopefulls just suck. Maybe there isn't a one who is going to rise up when we need them.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We don't need to protest. The J6 people are the types to shoot up their own local communities and the media will be sure to inform everyone of the latest J6 pardon mayhem.

We don't need to protest but I do wish elected Dems were actually talking about the terrible things he's already doing. I understand that I feel beaten, beleaguered, and ready for people to simply experience the consequences of what they asked for. But I do think that elected Dems have SOME responsibility to, you know, communicate effectively.

I think the combo of him actually winning, winning the popular vote, and being forced to go through this all again, is just too much. I'm just hunkering down trying to survive and stay sane this time. I don't have it in me to do anything else.

Some Dems are but I agree they should be doing more of it. EVERY SINGLE DAY. T

Amen, PP.

Where are the 2028 hopefuls? Why aren't they using this moment - THIS MOMENT - to build their platforms and show that they can be the one to lead us out of this horror?

Unless all the naysayers were/are right and all the hopefulls just suck. Maybe there isn't a one who is going to rise up when we need them.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We don't need to protest. The J6 people are the types to shoot up their own local communities and the media will be sure to inform everyone of the latest J6 pardon mayhem.

We don't need to protest but I do wish elected Dems were actually talking about the terrible things he's already doing. I understand that I feel beaten, beleaguered, and ready for people to simply experience the consequences of what they asked for. But I do think that elected Dems have SOME responsibility to, you know, communicate effectively.

I think the combo of him actually winning, winning the popular vote, and being forced to go through this all again, is just too much. I'm just hunkering down trying to survive and stay sane this time. I don't have it in me to do anything else.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:for me personally, I will benefit from the GOP tax policy and for the rest of it, I can only hope enough Americans are so negatively impacted that things turn for the 2026 elections.

What is protesting going to do? change Speaker Johnson's mind? Leader Thune's mind? Elon's mind?

This is me exactly and how so many of my Democratic friends feel. We are wealthy enough that we'll benefit from his tax policies. The other asinine policies he puts in place won't harm us. If drug prices raise, eh, no biggie. I can afford it.

But you know who can't? My Maga relatives in WV who are poor. My Maga relatives who had to crowd-source funds to buy insulin in the past. My Maga relatives, who have believed the lies of and voted for every Republican since they were old enough to vote, who relied on me to pay for them to attend family vacations. My Maga relatives who post publicly about kicking everyone off government assistance while privately asking me for money to cover their rent, utilities, buy their kid's gifts, etc.

I did a lot and gave a lot leading up to the election. I campaigned non-stop for Harris. And frankly, I just don't care now. I'm exhausted. Trying to get them to see the error of their ways and proof of Trump's lies is like screaming at a brick wall. It's totally useless. So, let it all burn down. I'll get richer. They'll get poorer. Maybe they'll learn. Let's hope they learn. If not, I'll still be wealthy enough to where nothing the orange bozo does will hurt me.

But the Bank of Me is closed. I'll still send gifts to their kids on their birthdays, but that's it. I'm not paying their rents and mortgages. I'm not flying everyone for spring break and summer vacation. I'm done.

This. We finally realize MAGA is a cult and no amount of reasoning is going to help. Their wake up is going to hurt.

I'm in this mental space as well. I am done with that MAGA adult family members who always have their hands out.

It's time the MAGAs pull themselves up by their bootstraps like my parents did. The next four years may end up being awful for them, but it's what they wanted.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:for me personally, I will benefit from the GOP tax policy and for the rest of it, I can only hope enough Americans are so negatively impacted that things turn for the 2026 elections.

What is protesting going to do? change Speaker Johnson's mind? Leader Thune's mind? Elon's mind?

This is me exactly and how so many of my Democratic friends feel. We are wealthy enough that we'll benefit from his tax policies. The other asinine policies he puts in place won't harm us. If drug prices raise, eh, no biggie. I can afford it.

But you know who can't? My Maga relatives in WV who are poor. My Maga relatives who had to crowd-source funds to buy insulin in the past. My Maga relatives, who have believed the lies of and voted for every Republican since they were old enough to vote, who relied on me to pay for them to attend family vacations. My Maga relatives who post publicly about kicking everyone off government assistance while privately asking me for money to cover their rent, utilities, buy their kid's gifts, etc.

I did a lot and gave a lot leading up to the election. I campaigned non-stop for Harris. And frankly, I just don't care now. I'm exhausted. Trying to get them to see the error of their ways and proof of Trump's lies is like screaming at a brick wall. It's totally useless. So, let it all burn down. I'll get richer. They'll get poorer. Maybe they'll learn. Let's hope they learn. If not, I'll still be wealthy enough to where nothing the orange bozo does will hurt me.

But the Bank of Me is closed. I'll still send gifts to their kids on their birthdays, but that's it. I'm not paying their rents and mortgages. I'm not flying everyone for spring break and summer vacation. I'm done.

This. We finally realize MAGA is a cult and no amount of reasoning is going to help. Their wake up is going to hurt.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We don't need to protest. The J6 people are the types to shoot up their own local communities and the media will be sure to inform everyone of the latest J6 pardon mayhem.

We don't need to protest but I do wish elected Dems were actually talking about the terrible things he's already doing. I understand that I feel beaten, beleaguered, and ready for people to simply experience the consequences of what they asked for. But I do think that elected Dems have SOME responsibility to, you know, communicate effectively.

I think the combo of him actually winning, winning the popular vote, and being forced to go through this all again, is just too much. I'm just hunkering down trying to survive and stay sane this time. I don't have it in me to do anything else.

Some Dems are but I agree they should be doing more of it. EVERY SINGLE DAY. T

Amen, PP.

Where are the 2028 hopefuls? Why aren't they using this moment - THIS MOMENT - to build their platforms and show that they can be the one to lead us out of this horror?

Unless all the naysayers were/are right and all the hopefulls just suck. Maybe there isn't a one who is going to rise up when we need them.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We don't need to protest. The J6 people are the types to shoot up their own local communities and the media will be sure to inform everyone of the latest J6 pardon mayhem.

We don't need to protest but I do wish elected Dems were actually talking about the terrible things he's already doing. I understand that I feel beaten, beleaguered, and ready for people to simply experience the consequences of what they asked for. But I do think that elected Dems have SOME responsibility to, you know, communicate effectively.

I think the combo of him actually winning, winning the popular vote, and being forced to go through this all again, is just too much. I'm just hunkering down trying to survive and stay sane this time. I don't have it in me to do anything else.

Some Dems are but I agree they should be doing more of it. EVERY SINGLE DAY. T

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:for me personally, I will benefit from the GOP tax policy and for the rest of it, I can only hope enough Americans are so negatively impacted that things turn for the 2026 elections.

What is protesting going to do? change Speaker Johnson's mind? Leader Thune's mind? Elon's mind?

This is me exactly and how so many of my Democratic friends feel. We are wealthy enough that we'll benefit from his tax policies. The other asinine policies he puts in place won't harm us. If drug prices raise, eh, no biggie. I can afford it.

But you know who can't? My Maga relatives in WV who are poor. My Maga relatives who had to crowd-source funds to buy insulin in the past. My Maga relatives, who have believed the lies of and voted for every Republican since they were old enough to vote, who relied on me to pay for them to attend family vacations. My Maga relatives who post publicly about kicking everyone off government assistance while privately asking me for money to cover their rent, utilities, buy their kid's gifts, etc.

I did a lot and gave a lot leading up to the election. I campaigned non-stop for Harris. And frankly, I just don't care now. I'm exhausted. Trying to get them to see the error of their ways and proof of Trump's lies is like screaming at a brick wall. It's totally useless. So, let it all burn down. I'll get richer. They'll get poorer. Maybe they'll learn. Let's hope they learn. If not, I'll still be wealthy enough to where nothing the orange bozo does will hurt me.

But the Bank of Me is closed. I'll still send gifts to their kids on their birthdays, but that's it. I'm not paying their rents and mortgages. I'm not flying everyone for spring break and summer vacation. I'm done.