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NewHendoLib

(60,496 posts)
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 09:22 AM 20 hrs ago

Anyone else feel the weirdness of this unprecedented time? [View all]

The election results vs those who think that something was weird about the results
The parade of reality TV failures and worse for tfg's cabinet
Mentions of nukes due to escalation in Ukraine
More capitulation and normalization by some (all?) of the MSM
Inactivity on the climate front leading to likely accelerated disasters

It's been what - 2 weeks since the election. I as yet don't know how to feel (except angry, sick, confused).
I don't understand the rush to yet another social networking site (Bluesky) - I don't use such tools - DU is enough. Why?
I don't understand why the left has never (aside from Air America) put any resources in countering the massive right wing propaganda machine.

Things I am waiting for - clarity on what "the resistance" will look like. How are our Dem politicians going to fight this mess? What part are we going to play - not to just stay in an echo chamber and scream, but actually DO?

Lost and wandering in the wilderness here. Wondering how this could have possibly happened. Wondering how so many people have lost their minds.

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We've got to stop letting them call us "the left". There's maga and then there's everybody else. Walleye 19 hrs ago #1
We aren't the left so much as we are the opposition. Magoo48 19 hrs ago #21
It's hard, but keep up the good work Walleye 18 hrs ago #25
You As well Magoo48 17 hrs ago #51
We are the Resistance. TomSlick 7 hrs ago #104
I consider us Mossfern 18 hrs ago #27
That is accurate Walleye 18 hrs ago #32
perfect name! bluestarone 17 hrs ago #57
We are actually the conservatives. kerry-is-my-prez 15 hrs ago #77
Yes, I'm not happy with change sometimes. Specially when it's unnecessary. Walleye 14 hrs ago #81
Maggots are extreme far right, us "lefists" are in the center Clouds Passing 13 hrs ago #89
This is me all the time now bronxiteforever 19 hrs ago #2
The final days of our country Mountain Mule 10 hrs ago #96
It is worse than weird, I can't comprehend how someone like Trump could doc03 19 hrs ago #3
More like 'The Stand' Mr.Bee 18 hrs ago #33
The parallels are eerie. wnylib 17 hrs ago #46
If yoiu think those parallels are eerie, Mr.Bee 16 hrs ago #73
So true. After he was elected, I sincerely tried to make myself feel better by allegorical oracle 16 hrs ago #72
His most "redeeming" features are laziness, incompetence, and lack of conviction (he has plenty of convictions though). TheKentuckian 15 hrs ago #76
The American Empire has ended, and there's no good plan for what's next. Ron Green 19 hrs ago #4
I don't even think Delphinus 19 hrs ago #5
Try to get out of it as soon as you can Beck23 16 hrs ago #69
I use Bluesky as I used Twitter - as a news aggregate Dennis Donovan 19 hrs ago #6
What is BlueSky? bamagal62 19 hrs ago #12
It's a social media website Dennis Donovan 19 hrs ago #15
Thx! bamagal62 18 hrs ago #37
Dennis Donovan........ Upthevibe 13 hrs ago #82
Did you try logging out-back in? Dennis Donovan 13 hrs ago #83
I am having the same issue Dyedinthewoolliberal 10 hrs ago #98
Yoiks. DU by itself is already too much on my plate. hunter 13 hrs ago #86
I'm in step with all of you above. Diamond_Dog 19 hrs ago #7
Reagan was a puppet. They picked a genial actor for a reason. yardwork 19 hrs ago #10
Dump isn't the brains behind the destruction of the US. StarryNite 19 hrs ago #20
Never have truer words been spoken. usaf-vet 17 hrs ago #47
Yes. I agree Diamond_Dog 15 hrs ago #79
they didn't have a choice NJCher 6 hrs ago #109
A genial actor with alzheimers. BComplex 16 hrs ago #75
I remember speaking with a LittleGirl 5 hrs ago #112
Yep. bamagal62 19 hrs ago #13
And the mass media Dave says 18 hrs ago #39
The rethugs vowed during FDR's presidencies that they would someday regain total control and obliterate all that had Texin 16 hrs ago #68
It's how I felt after Bush the Lesser was appointed by the courts peregrinus 19 hrs ago #8
I'm feeling the same way. yardwork 19 hrs ago #9
I'm the first Rec for your post. With one caveat: UniqueUserName 19 hrs ago #11
I hear you-me too happy feet 17 hrs ago #52
Start by not letting them steal election. With the only REAL response is "thank you let me have another." Where is..... usaf-vet 17 hrs ago #54
yup MissB 19 hrs ago #14
The math can be stunning Tbear 18 hrs ago #30
I think we're holding fast MissB 12 hrs ago #92
Many people can't do that Cirsium 14 hrs ago #80
yeah, that is true. I'm able to shave my budget a lot MissB 12 hrs ago #91
Yup orangecrush 19 hrs ago #16
Longest two weeks of my almost 74 year life. KPN 19 hrs ago #17
Processing still... LoCo Cat Lady 19 hrs ago #18
I'm in NOVA too. BonnieJW 17 hrs ago #58
Hi Bonnie.. whathehell 17 hrs ago #63
What I 've Read Recently... LoCo Cat Lady 13 hrs ago #84
Sicily peregrinus 13 hrs ago #88
They want to dismantle the VA Beck23 17 hrs ago #66
At times it may not seem like it... Hugin 19 hrs ago #19
thanks for your most excellent post. NewHendoLib 19 hrs ago #22
You didn't mention it specifically... Hugin 17 hrs ago #45
Ask Stephen Spoonamore Beck23 16 hrs ago #70
Ghosted Doodles 17 hrs ago #48
I agree. It was rigged. BonnieJW 17 hrs ago #61
Perfect diagnosis. I'd like to add one thing here, as to your "they cheated" bluestarone 10 hrs ago #95
Yes, I'm glad you emphasized that... Hugin 9 hrs ago #101
I feel as I have lived to see the fall of the United States. NNadir 19 hrs ago #23
You mean that Trump will help Putin destroy Europe and America if he can then yes. It's weird. BradBo 19 hrs ago #24
I think I can answer some of these things: Gore1FL 18 hrs ago #26
Good points. I can agree withh most of your perspective wnylib 16 hrs ago #74
General Strike. Bluethroughu 18 hrs ago #28
Left Aaeia 18 hrs ago #29
Never did understand that myself k55f5r 18 hrs ago #41
The resistance looks like your local Democratic group bucolic_frolic 18 hrs ago #31
There is a sharp resistance Roc2020 18 hrs ago #34
It's not unprecedented. Black people lived through this in the Jim Crow South. Yavin4 18 hrs ago #35
It sure seems like... WestMichRad 18 hrs ago #36
Right with you... MiHale 18 hrs ago #38
Welcome to Shock Doctrine U.S.A. Auggie 18 hrs ago #40
That should be the headline on every newspaper in the country k55f5r 18 hrs ago #43
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism erronis 17 hrs ago #59
Very surreal indeed... FirstLight 18 hrs ago #42
"There's just a sense that something's gotta give, you know?" sprinkleeninow 8 hrs ago #103
On occasion I receive 'words of knowledge', if you will. It happens sprinkleeninow 6 hrs ago #107
I can only speak for myself GreenEyedLefty 18 hrs ago #44
Yes Beringia 17 hrs ago #49
i can hardly say anything to ease your mind barbtries 17 hrs ago #50
Weird is a too nice a word for evil. hay rick 17 hrs ago #53
There are so many Fox type news things playing round the clock and you can tell Maraya1969 17 hrs ago #55
Overwhelmingly what I hear is that we are numb, Prairie_Seagull 17 hrs ago #56
Yes. 1WorldHope 17 hrs ago #60
I felt it in 2016... Blue_Tires 17 hrs ago #62
Yes it's weird Beck23 17 hrs ago #64
I've never been on xitter Linda ladeewolf 17 hrs ago #65
Yep. I feel like I'm on a plane that's going down, waiting for the crash. CaptainTruth 16 hrs ago #67
Whatever was in Pandoras locked box is loose, Arne 16 hrs ago #71
We're not in Kansas any more, Toto. wnylib 15 hrs ago #78
Right and left are not really the main political divide any more soldierant 13 hrs ago #85
Strangely "The Daily Show" spoke to me. mwooldri 13 hrs ago #87
Dystopian NIghtmare cer7711 12 hrs ago #90
The plan was bdamomma 11 hrs ago #93
I feel as if I'm living markodochartaigh 10 hrs ago #94
The only part of that I'm not wondering as well is "how so many people have lost their minds" JHB 10 hrs ago #97
Our Forefathers seen this and knew this Smackdown2019 9 hrs ago #99
2016 already showed us what to do hydrolastic 7 hrs ago #105
The nuclear sabre rattling from russia has been going on for nearly 3 years. Crunchy Frog 9 hrs ago #100
I'm not over it. Sucked the juice out of me Jarqui 8 hrs ago #102
Yes .. I started a diary today proud patriot 7 hrs ago #106
I had to change my laptop homepage away from Google News AdamGG 6 hrs ago #108
Beside the billionaires and "Entrepreneur" Lawn service moguls Fish700 6 hrs ago #110
I think the best definition of what many of us are feeling is "anomie" HighFired49 6 hrs ago #111
Surreal is my word...and Fear! Through the "Funhouse" Mirror. electric_blue68 5 hrs ago #113
It's like 2016 - only worse. Marcuse 4 hrs ago #114
Me too... NT bee_peaceful 4 hrs ago #115
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