Anyone else feel the weirdness of this unprecedented time?

[AdamGG]

108. I had to change my laptop homepage away from Google News

and reduce my news consumption for now because it's just making me angry and depressed.

I will back whatever resistance coalesces, but I really fear that the government is going to be eviscerated in ways that are hard to undo. Do you remember when Grover Norquist talked about how they wanted to "starve the beast" to get the government small enough where they could strangle it in the bathtub? It seems that Trump and the rogue's gallery surrounding him will have the desire and means and nearly unchecked ability to do that.

Susan Collins said that she plans to seek re-election in 2026, so I hope that she will have some self-interest in voting against some of the worst aspects of this and that a few other quasi sane Republican Senators will join her. But, that's an extremely slim and unreliable reed to rest any hopes on.