Angst. All this fucking angst. All the time. 24/7/365.

[LuckyCharms]

Trump stirs the shit and gaslights, over Christmas and New Years, a time for reflection and perhaps the generation of hope and positive thoughts heading into a new year.

I really REALLY hope that most people recognize what he is doing and how this guy operates. It makes me weary, and I would hope that even the most dense Trump followers will eventually grow weary of it. Well, I know that won't happen, but one can hope.

It has been said here many times before...it's getting difficult to remember what it was like when we had a normal president and we didn't have to wake up every goddamn morning wondering what stupid shit Trump did overnight.

In any case, happy new year to you all from me, for whatever that is worth. I can't say I am very enthused about it...it's probably going to be mostly the same old shit, the same old angst. I guess I am writing this because I am ill, I am tired, and when MSNBC flashed a picture of Trump on the TV this morning, I wasn't expecting it, and I actually gagged. No exaggeration...I fucking gagged. God how I hate this son of a bitch.

[Dennis Donovan]

1. I agree with every single point

I feel run down from it all, too...

[LuckyCharms]

2. It's so tiring, Dennis. Everything has been upside down...

for too long. It's getting harder to remember normalcy.

[donkeypoofed]

3. Thank You. Well said. You speak for so many of us .....

This is hard to watch and difficult to imagine ending peacefully.

[uponit7771]

4. Red Don can give a live abortion to Melanie on fifth avenue his cult will stay with him. It's that

... which is partly holding the KGOP knowing if he shaved off 10% in protest they lose everything.

[kentuck]

5. I think it is the lying and the deception that are most difficult to cope with...

It's like living in a fake world all the time.

[smirkymonkey]

6. I agree. It's so exhausting and demoralizing.

I am hoping for some kind of reprieve in 2019, but it's almost more painful to hope and be disappointed than it is just to accept the madness is going to be here with us for a while. I just want it to end and soon.

[CrispyQ]

7. I'm so fucking sick of the drama this vile, vulgar man creates.

Everyday I wake up & hope this is the day he croaks. The sooner in the day, the better.

[dalton99a]

8. Nothing but destruction and chaos

[subterranean]

9. "Never allow the public to cool off" was one of Hitler's primary rules.

Trump is following that rule to the letter -- never let up, always stir up some new controversy to keep the people on edge and in a state of anxiety. Unfortunately, it's not going to stop until he's gone. Actually, he may not stop even then, but he'll be much easier to ignore.

[calimary]

13. Didn't he keep a copy of "Mein Kampf" by his bedside?

[Akacia]

10. I spend time here hoping for news that this nightmare is over

and then get very depressed to read about more damage being done to this country. I feel the need to know but then after getting off I go do 3 things that bring me joy in an attempt to counteract all the Bullshit that goes on in this misadministration! It is the only way I can figure out how to keep my sanity!

[calimary]

16. Suggestion: find your local Indivisible group.

They’re ON IT. It’s grassroots activism at its best! You actually get a few things done, and your voice is amplified via a group of other like-minded people who actually focus on what can be DONE, realistically and practically.

It’ll make you feel like you’re actually DOING SOMETHING. And having an actual impact.

Our leader and the chairwoman of another local Indivisible group were on local radio, being interviewed about Indivisible. Our chairwoman prepped for the show by compiling a list of bills and proposals in which we’d actually pushed our DINO Congressman over toward the action WE wanted, as opposed to what he’d originally been leaning toward. I was pleasantly surprised at how long that list was!

DO it! It’ll help you feel like you’re actually making a difference. You’ll make some new friends, too!

[Akacia]

22. thank you for the suggestion. I will see if I can find a group in my area!

Just being passive watching all this go down is not good for me that is for certain.

[Bayard]

11. Same here

Sometimes I just have to tune it out for awhile--watch a movie instead of Rachel and Lawrence--or I would go absolutely batshit. I've also started just reading the headlines on DU sometimes when it is too overwhelming and depressing.

I'm pinning my hopes on our new House of Rep's for the immediate future.

[Silver Gaia]

12. I hear you.

And I feel it, too.

[saidsimplesimon]

14. Lucky, we will be

dancing on his grave soon. He is DOA for any hope of reelection. He is outnumbered and behaving like a rat hissing from a trap.

[dawnie51]

15. This is what he does.....

he tries to wear you down, blind you, grind you into little pieces. The constant bullshit and lies are his weapons, to make you give up, and give in. This past year has been hard on me, and my little family. Illness, job related problems, pet issues; add in the daily load of bullshit from dump and it's a hard row to hoe. But we know what he's doing, and we know why he's doing it, and we also know that he's one terrified son of a bitch. So I will keep on keeping on. Happy New Year one and all.

[bronxiteforever]

17. Dear Lucky your first paragraph is brilliant.

The holidays at year’s end are indeed time for reflection and to share light in a season of darkness. We remember loved ones we have lost and we seek out family and friends.

The Orange Nero lacks the human capacity to reflect or empathize. In fact he is most content when he is an authoritarian and a bully. He revels in mockery. It is difficult for feeling humans to deal with this concentrated and boundless hate. Whenever I deal with this type of narcissistic person it feels like being hit in the gut. We mean no harm, we do no person harm. In work and life there are strategies to handle these damaged people but strategies fail when the mighty power of the state is in the hands of one like him. It is exhausting and I call it “Trump fatigue”.

We struggle with the hate he unleashes within us. We know that this does us no good but it is a struggle to contain it lest we become what we despise. That battle is also exhausting.

It is very difficult to watch children and the refugees on the unarmed road of flight being bullied. That too is exhausting.

What we do know is that we are on the right side of history. The examples of past heroes and heroines may sustain us in our exhausted state.

My brother died this year. I wander this holiday season in a desert of nostalgia, pain and anger. I want the world to be a better place for nieces and nephews and children. I wish IQ 45 and his evil henchmen would just stop. I know from your posts you care deeply and I hope you and I and everyone will say in 2019:

I want to say right now I'm going to be around
When the walls and towers are tumbling down
And I will tune my spirit to the gentle sound
Of the waters lapping on a higher ground

Jackson Browne, The Fuse

[LuckyCharms]

20. I'm sorry about your brother...

Very nice post.

[bronxiteforever]

21. Thanks Lucky

[smorkingapple]

18. Stop being so emotional. They win when you are. It's a losing strategy

[LuckyCharms]

19. I'll do my best, I promise.

[klook]

23. 2019 is gonna be an excellent year.

Hang in there and invest in popcorn futures.