Do you think the United States is lost?
Some days it's hard not losing hope. Anti-choicers are targeting non-abortion related services, especially those that poor women need the most. Climate rules are being rolled back at an unprecedented rate. Workers are losing their rights. Rules in place that doesn't allow for discrimination are disappearing. The wealthy and large corporations are making more money than ever through tax cuts designed for them. Wages are not keeping up with inflation. Rent across the country is skyrocketing and people are having to spend a large chunk of their income. Ben Carson wants to triple rent for the poorest households in federally subsidized housing.
On top of it all we have a criminal president that assaults the press in order to destroy them and who thinks he's above the law. That's not to mention his unwillingness to defend our elections from foreign intrusion. I think he's just allowing it to try to secure his next term.
This list goes on and on. This is just at the top of my head.
It's depressing. We'll all vote and hope the Dems can at least take the house, but some days like today...I feel like this country is lost.
The USA has it's faults and it's been crappy when the repubs had the WH, but never did I feel like this about where we're at today.
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A breakup of the United States would cement Russia as the dominant world power. Which would give them any excuse to take out any country they wanted- whether by force or by election fraud or other means. 
We are tired and depressed but we have a good reason to feel this way. All is not lost though. As long as people are real patriots there is a chance we will survive this dark period in our country's history. I just hope that the citizens learn something when it is over and that is what worries me. This country has too many purposely ignorant people and that is why we are in this mess.
We have pulled through much worse and I really hope it doesn't come to that but I feel like it might.
I'm one of the most skeptical and pessimistic folks on the planet 
, trust me.
But I still hear the old adage that my late parents used to tell me constantly while growing up:
"What goes up, must come down."
Yeah fatso's riding HIGH in terms of controlling the media, breaking the laws of this country, and he's succeeding in destroying his tRumpers lives IE: Taxes for the rich are permanent, while tRumpers get an increase of $12-20 in their pay checks that will go AWAY next year, and these folks don't know what he's doing TO them. Their health care costs are going through the roof. Gasoline, food and electricity costs are all going up. I mean, many of his dumber than a bag of hammers thuglicans are still mostly with him even though he's screwing THEM.
I will say that I'm surprised to learn from friends however, that their tRump-loving buddies/relatives are becoming a bit hocked off now, because amongst other things their health insurance premiums are going up, because some didn't get any tax refund checks AND, they're tired of him tweeting. I'll say this also, and it's that some tRumpers with a bit of a functioning brain are also realizing that he's enriching himself/his family as president off of our treasury dollars. One friend told me recently that her uncle who lives near Gilbert Arizona and who hated Pres. Obama (Her son heard this uncle call him a ni**er), and whose childish beyond belief, and who actually bought $600 worth of MAGA hats for his employees--and who gave nice size donation to tRump said out of the blue @ Mother's Day dinner (Where no one was talking politics) that "The fat Son of a bitch has spent more time & money vacationing & golfing in 2 years than that other guy did in 8." She said she couldn't believe he said that. And those at the table and going past him to their pool (About 12 family members/cousins, His wife) who are tRump lovers didn't say ONE word.
I'm rambling, but the point I made a gazillion years ago: "What goes up, must come down." Yeah, fatso's doing permanent damage to our country via Deep state mems, continually lying, tearing down our highest law enforcement agencies while at the same time allowing a foreign entity to continue interfere with our elections. He's exacerbating racism, sexism and most thuglicans are either helping him or they're sitting back afraid too afraid to challenge him unless they're leaving office 
But his fat ass won't be in the White House for 8 years IMHO. And Dems, in spite of not being able to speak up or say loudly enough that this White House is corrupt, or that there are people connected with/to tRump who've actually committed CRIMES and that there are convictions, are flipping seats all across this country from red to blue, and are registering voters in very large numbers thus far.
