It's back.

[Tommy Carcetti]

That feeling is back.

The feeling of dread and uncertainty that existed for four plus years when we woke up every single morning.

That feeling of "What's he going to do now?" or what person he'll try to antagonize or how he'll plot or conspire to his own selfish ends.

What fresh hell will he bring today?

We had a four-year respite from it. Even President Biden's most staunch ideological opponents would have to truthfully and honestly admit he never put them in any such position himself.

But now we're back to this moment again. Every single morning.

[Septua]

1. "What fresh hell will he bring today?"

"We had a four-year respite from it. But now we're back to this moment again. Every single morning."

Those are understatements...multiple times during each 24 hour day.

[cilla4progress]

8. Exactly

Unconscionable

[kerry-is-my-prez]

62. But worse. He is on the warpath and out for revenge

That seems to be his only motive - how much can I make this country suffer for not electing me the last time around. He is purposefully picking the people who can create havoc and piss people off. It is no accident.

[LudwigPastorius]

66. ...and worse, he apparently controls all three branches of government.

The founders trusted that the establishment of the separation of powers would prevent this kind of thing, because, as Madison put it:

The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elected, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.

She is "going to go through some things".

[kentuck]

2. Yes, we gave him four more years to prepare...

...and he seems to have learned his lessons well.

[Walleye]

5. He has been scheming and plotting the whole time in the most evil way

Thanks America, good job

[DENVERPOPS]

30. The most frightening thing yet

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/go-bags-passports-foreign-assets-preparing-to-be-a-target-of-trump-s-revenge/ar-AA1u4Jzh?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=LCTS&cvid=0fbcbc6226bb49aadbf753e787464daf&ei=90

Shades of Hitler, he is getting ready to Obliterate anyone who has spoken out against him......The scariest shit yet.....and he has assembled a group of yes people, in top positions to carry out his wishes the second they can do it.....
Trump already loves Hitler's actions, and I am sure Putin is backing him up to do this, as a strong handed way to silence anyone from saying anything critical of him or his actions........

[Walleye]

31. He is so incompetent, even if he doesn't accomplish his goals. He will fuck everything up in the process.

[DENVERPOPS]

38. Agreed

A russian friend of mine who still talks to relatives and friends back home.
I asked him what they all think of Trump.

He says the Russian Citizens are all laughing about how easily Putin has been able to "Play" Trump.....saying that Putin, through Trump has been able to disrupt the U.S. economy, and the U.S. Constitution at the same time, without starting a war, or firing a single rocket or missile to accomplish bringing down the U.S...........

[Texin]

72. Well, that's depressing. Among other things.

[TheKentuckian]

75. Depressing yet obvious as 10,000 foot tall letters in fire.

[morillon]

3. I'm trying to change my approach on that

...because I was the same way for 4 years and it's freaking exhausting. Demoralizing. Frightening.

I'm working on a news AI for myself that filters out the shitty-but-insignificant from the shitty-and-"I need to do something" items. There's gotta be some way to be effective and aware without being eyeballs deep in bullshit every day.

[Lars39]

4. "There's a horse in the hospital"

[questionseverything]

56. The horse fires the horse catcher... can he do that?

[Prairie Gates]

6. Get a hobby - a different one than this. Ignore it

It's going to effect vyour mental health and physical health.

I'm not even kidding. Ignore it.

[BradBo]

7. The feeling,"What fresh hell?", is back.

[LittleGirl]

9. Nope

This time is different. I was too shocked in '16 now I'm fighting mad as hell.

I will not let that man rob my brain with "oh look what he said/did/signed" etc. for the next four years. Nope, I can't. My mental health can't. I'm going to get active doing something besides being a news junkie. The media has made their choice. They are going to report on that asswipe as soon as the first hour of the day comes and I'm not going to be listening.

I moved back to the states in April and I'm here to defend our rights and democracy. We may have lost this election (maybe) but I'm not giving up. I am woman hear me roar. I'm pissed off that even though I am out of the "child bearing years" I worry about my sister humans and their health and safety.

I'm going to contact a shelter or woman's shelter or planned parenthood here to see if I can help. New city, new state, new life. I'm not backing down. You should consider the same.

[Walleye]

32. Good for you, that is a wonderful and encouraging attitude

[BonnieJW]

36. Where were you living before returning?

[LittleGirl]

59. Europe. nt

[PortTack]

58. Same...I'm just so f..king pissed!

Have been dealing with some fringe family that are all closet trumpers. I am so done. I do not care if I ever see or hear from them again.

I need to find some volunteer work as well…not sure what that will be. But, for right now I get up (retired) everyday and decide what I can do today to blow the fucking stink of t-rump off. It’s just ordinary stuff, but it clears my mind, and relieves the putrid smell.

I haven’t watched any cable news for at least 5 yrs and it’s incredibly freeing mentally, and time wise. I get so much more accomplished.

[LittleGirl]

60. All my liberal family has passed

And only the trumpers remain. I have not had a get together with family on holidays for almost 2 decades. With the Ds yes, but we’ve always stayed away before then. Now that I’m back in a far away state, I don’t have much contact with them anyway. I have to create a new family here.

[calimary]

61. Check out the Indivisible movement in your area.

I'm guessing (AND hoping) that by January, many of our friends and colleagues will have seen enough already, before the donald even takes office, that they'll be eager to find ways to fight back.

Indivisible was a great help for me when we moved to a new state, and that's where I found new friends. GOOD ones, too. And we do stuff, from sign-holding on busy street corners to campaign assistance, petition drives, and more. It's a good way to channel your frustration and energy into something positive. You'll feel like you're actually DOING SOMETHING, even if it's something small. Highly recommended - AND emotionally gratifying!

Wait til January or late December to start looking around, unless you get wind of something starting to happen sooner than that. Check out your local Democratic party or activist group - like Planned Parenthood or the shelters you mentioned. People are gonna need help, and they may be facing desperate times. They'll be hoping for a "guardian angel" or two.

[LittleGirl]

63. Thanks for the encouragement

I was in the Indivisible group in AZ. Great idea! My first protest was in front of McCain’s office. I’m really proud of that! 😎 I met some great people!

[Old Crank]

10. Already the parade of incompetents is on display.

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CAn't wait to see who else will be added to the clown car.

[Butterflylady]

21. Parade of incompetents is on display.

Now I like that. That's a great phrase.

[Old Crank]

34. Thanks

[StarryNite]

11. The only thing that gives me any solace is the fact that

the leopard will eat their faces. They only think we will suffer but they will suffer too. They're just too stupid to know it.

[Walleye]

33. I refuse to suffer because of Trump, I'm old and I have suffering on my own

[Different Drummer]

51. And when they find out they're suffering...

they won't have a clue as to why, so they'll find a way to blame Democrats.

[StarryNite]

52. Well you can't fix stupid but we'll know the truth.

[ancianita]

12. Yes. The next 3.5 years will be moment-to-moment life from now on.

But to suffer or fear before it's necessary is to give in to unnecessary suffering. Don't do that.

We just have to keep watch, pray, eat, sleep, and love -- and focus on what's right in front of us. (fwiw, the Bible says "fear not" 365 times. As it proves, we've been dealing with fear for thousands of years and have to give it up.)

[karin_sj]

13. We had a little bit of a respite from it during Biden's tenure

But the orange monster was still there, shooting off his mouth regularly and stirring up his followers the entire time.

I was saying to my husband last night that it has been about 15 years that we've had to see his ugly face regularly on the news and hear his vile, stupid comments (longer if you count the birther claims he pushed during the Obama years). I am so utterly sick of him. I was so happy to think that we were going finally be rid of him once and for all. But, no, here he is again, wreaking worse havoc than we could ever have imagined—and he hasn't even started his term yet. I just can't believe it...

[Dem4life1234]

50. I was thinking he would flee after he had lost

I didn't think they would throw him in prison, but wasn't expecting his trashy self to run again. So annoyed his diet hadn't caught up with him and done it's job. So here we are, not watching the news at all, his face is offensive, and so is his voice, everything about him is nauseating.

[mtngirl47]

14. I have stopped all notifications for news on my phone.

I don't want that feeling of dread every time there is an alert.

I can't hope and wish that the courts hold the line....too many trump appointed judges for that. Too easy to "shop" for a judge that will see it their way.

It has been one week since I turned off the TV news....no ABC, NBC or CBS trying to normalize trumpism.

Not going to watch CNN try to both sides it for 4 years.

My local news is owned by Sinclair, so I don't even want to watch that. Will probably just go with our weekly local paper for local news.

No MSNBC on my cable line-up so I'll just watch that if someone from DU decides to post.

I cancelled the Washington Post; never been on X; and stopped looking at Facebook years ago.

I plan to stay on DU, but I have become weary of hearing how terrible Democrats are. Once again Democrats are giving credence to the news media's "Democrats are in disarray" reporting.

[state of stupid]

20. MSNBC over the internet

It cuts out every now and then since it is over the internet, but it is better than nothing.

https://usnewson.com/watch/msnbc-live

[calimary]

67. Hey mtngirl47 -

Yes we still have MSNBC.

But I wasn’t gonna start there. We still have DU, too.

And we still have this enlightened group here with which we can keep each other company. Not a single one of us has to face any of this completely alone.

Once again, I like to bring up the best-ever quote that’s as simple as it is profound:
“Someone’s always here.” A super important and memorable observation by DUer Skittles.

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve picked myself up by the minimal act of reminding myself of those “other” three little words. If NOTHING else, it’ll help give you something else to think about. Distractions can be your friend.

[dchill]

15. Bethlehem, your beast was just born.

[dawg]

16. No. This is orders of magnitude worse.

Back then, it was just four years of bad policy we had to deal with.

This time, it's likely that we won't have fully free and fair elections again in the foreseeable future. And things will have to get truly terrible for ordinary people before votes will swing hard enough to overcome the authoritarian thumb on the scales.

[Wicked Blue]

17. I'm trying to live with hope

Every morning I check the news to see if he's passed away.

[ramedy]

26. Do you think JD Vance is any better?

Vance is a true psycho. Except he is actually intelligent. Exceptionally dangerous. Magnitudes worse than the orange shitbag.

[dreamland]

18. G@d D@mn!

I've got PTSD just thinking about it.

[beaglelover]

19. You have the power to NOT let Trump live rent free in your head the next 4 years. That's what my friends and I are

planning to do. Turn off cable news, exercise more, do more things we enjoy and live our lives. No reason fretting over things anymore that we have NO control over. Whatever will happen will happen. This is what America has voted for. Let them have it.

[Elessar Zappa]

22. Yes.

Many here would do good to read the serenity prayer, even if they’re not religious.

[ratchiweenie]

23. That's exactly what he's hoping for. Don't read or watch any news and you will feel so much better.

Better to be clueless and happy.

[Different Drummer]

49. That's been my philosophy since 11/6/24.

[Skittles]

69. sorry, no

that is EXACTLY how NOT to fight fascism

taking a break is fine - but being clueless made people end up voting for DONALD FUCKING TRUMP

[Helicoptercatmom]

24. This is exactly how I feel.

I know I have to pull myself together, as sinking into a deeper hole of despair will not improve anything. So, I stopped watching cable news---even MSNBC---because I can't tolerate the endless "why the democrats failed" analysis. (I have sunk to watching "The Curse of Oak Island" and "Expediation Bigfoot" reruns. And a new season Oak Island just started! Okay, my taste in TV is questionable.) No. The Democrats did not fail. The harsh reality is that most of the country knowingly chose this monster. And no amount of canvassing, phone banking and uplifting rallys were going to change anything. The reasons for Trump's election are not complicated---racism, sexism and greed won. The odds that the Lagina brothers find their treasure are higher than the likihood of American finding its soul.

[Moostache]

29. Catch up on TV series you may have skipped...

I have begun watching series I wanted to but never made time for in place of ANY time watching ANY news analysis shows. I am also redoubling my effort to hit my goal of reading 100 novels in 2024...I sit at 91 as of today, but think I just may make it to 100 over the holidays...

[Helicoptercatmom]

41. Rejoining life.

Thanks! After two years of caring for my husband (had Alheizmeirs, he died in late September. He was a kind soul even as Alheizmeirs destroyed his memories) I am trying to slowly shake this depressive fog. Anyway, today I contacted my piano instructor to resume lessons after a hiatus. I took lessons for a few years as a kid, quit when became a teenager, and resumed about a year and a half ago. Had to stop as my husband's Alheizmeirs progressed. One stop closer to rejoining the living....

Hope you make it to 100!

[Xavier Breath]

25. I was married during the Trump years and was working at my company's office building

(before the pandemic), and my wife worked from home. So, each day when I walked through the door, she would greet me or I would greet her with, "Did you hear what he said/did today?" Like clockwork.

One of the great things about the last four years was not having to worry about what Joe did or said on any given day. On occasion it might be something I didn't necessarily agree with, but there would be no insanity certainly, so I could live my life and not worry. I'm going to miss that.

[jimfields33]

27. It's been that way for 9 years.

He’s been so weirdly quiet the last 8 days.

[Moostache]

28. On the positive side, I have not changed...

I still wake up every morning hoping that THIS is the day I read the blessed headline:
"Trump found dead on toilet...phone at feet, post unsent."

[Self Esteem]

35. Idk I've had dread pretty much all of 2024.

I had a sinking feeling Trump was likely to win all year. So, this feeling has been here for a bit.

[Think. Again.]

37. Yes, I feel it too.

[MontanaMama]

39. It's the feeling that I remember so well

after my dad died…I’d wake up and think all was well then I’d remember my dad was gone and then the veil would fall. It feels like that.

[kimbutgar]

40. The main reason I can no longer watch cable news

And I'm having a mild depression that is making me lose my appetite. So I could lose some pounds in grief.

[kentuck]

42. I hate to say it but...

...I think it will have to get worse before it gets better.

[Skittles]

70. do you also predict the sun will rise?

[KT2000]

43. the feeling I had during the Cold War

I did not know what was really going on because that was adult talk, but the tension during the Cuban Missile Crisis was palpable to this kid. KC-135s were flown low over my house late at night for finishing at another plant, and they shook the windows. I just knew they were Russian bombs coming in. The Boeing plant where they built military aircraft was just across the water and all the kids knew we were on the hit list if a war started.

I was trained for this moment but the difference is, my fellow citizens voted for this.

[erodriguez]

44. Whatever you do resist the urge to watch cable news.

They wanted this.

[BigmanPigman]

71. BINGO!!!!!

[Mira]

45. Even worse.

I feel it as well, and I again have the TV on mute to monitor the chaos unleashed all day long. I have on classical music, and it helps some.
Repeat of a tragedy, except it's worse already this time around.

[Dem4life1234]

46. It started when he announced his bid for the presidency

After losing to Biden.

It's like this vile rapist conman creature keeps coming back.

Now that madman is gonna ruin the economy because people were too fucking stupid to understand how tariffs work. I hate this place.

[Meowmee]

65. If this were a sane country with a good political system

he would not have been allowed to run at all, much less again.

[Dem4life1234]

73. Yeah

I have no clue why the founding fathers didn't put that in place, a felon should never run for president.

[Meowmee]

74. Nor should someone inciting violence

Which he was doing in the 2016 campaign.

They also failed to devise a system where the president can be quickly and easily removed for reasons of insanity and corruption, etc. In the parliamentary system, such a person would never be allowed to run, and they can quickly get rid of people for various reasons.

[Skittles]

68. he has turned America into a fucking joke

he's a fascist piece of utter SHIT

[Evolve Dammit]

47. maga is insane. They have NO idea how this will hit them

[Different Drummer]

48. I hope the media enjoys it.

They were getting bored with the competency of the Biden administration.

[Blue_Tires]

53. I'm 100% tuning that shit out this time

I got my own health to look after

[JCMach1]

54. Current mood

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[Woodwizard]

55. This time around.

I just keep laughing, it's like being in a really bad movie. I can't let anger take over.

[diane in sf]

57. The sawdust is running out of his head so fast he's not going to be able to retain his hypnotic powers.

So foul to live in interesting times.

[Meowmee]

64. yes

It is awful. This time we will heed the warning and make preparations to flee if necessary. We had planned to leave eventually anyway.

It's all awful but this is perhaps the hardest for me, to watch this psycho who murdered my father take power again. I am not watching it this time for the most part and stopped long ago. Except for online news etc.

Hopefully once again good will triumph over evil.