Every day it feels as if we are one step closer to a dictatorship.

[Stinky The Clown]

How does he get curbed?

[BigmanPigman]

1. Swat him on his nose with a rolled up newspaper....

Hell, we all know he doesn't read so put it to good use.

[Kurt V.]

5. that really cracked me up. maybe bc the seriousness needs levity.

[leftieNanner]

2. And I just read Dana Milbank's column about having his WH Press Credentials pulled

We are on our way to a very dangerous place.

[handmade34]

3. we've been

in a dangerous place for 2+ years... this is serious stuff and most people aren't paying attention

[leftieNanner]

4. And every day it's been another outrage

I read a post recently that asked if we could remember all of the hideous things The Orange One has done lately. Can you make a list? It's not easy because it's constant and unrelenting.

For the past two years I haven't slept very well.

I'm 66 now and retired, so I'm unhappy mostly for my children. What will be left of our beautiful country for them? And what will be left for humanity after more years of burning climate? I don't have grandchildren yet, and if I were 25 now, I don't know if I would procreate. Sigh...

[Arkansas Granny]

8. Every day is a new outrage. It never lets up and it just wears you down.

Like you, I'm of an age that I'm not worried about myself, but I have children, grandchildren and great grandchildren who will feel the effects of this administration for years to come.

[handmade34]

12. hey

you are in the same place as me (age, retired, no grandchildren, not sleeping...) I am worried for my kids and future generations but also, I'm not quite done yet and still want to finish hiking the AT and others... I live in fear the woods won't be there when I am ale to get out there to enjoy them


...if to do again, I may not have had kids either

[leftieNanner]

16. Go do the AT!

We have the Pacific Crest Trail in our "back yard" and it's wonderful to see all the young people in town in the summer months with their backpacks and beards. I would do it myself, but too many years of running have done a job on my knees. So when I spot them down by the post office, sending packages to themselves in the next town, I do my "trail angel" bit and offer to drive them back to the trail head. Met some really nice people that way. My husband doesn't approve - I just can't seem to convince him that homicidal maniacs don't hike!

As far as my children go, I guess I wouldn't not have them, because they are my BEST things! And I love them beyond all possible measurable amounts. So we keep fighting to make things better for them and the future.

[Stinky The Clown]

10. Milbank's column was part of the inspiration for this thread.

[leftieNanner]

11. Brilliant minds

and all that.

Thanks Stinky. Some days the DU family is the only thing that keeps me going.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

14. The WH is engaging in a massive purge of "hand pass" holders.

Every one of WaPo reporters' press passes were revoked, along with many others news outlets.

Some new and ridiculous policy about how many days a reporter has been in the WH within the last 180 days (and other equally stupifying criteria) has curtailed almost every reporters' access now.

Sara The Serial Liar rarely gives press briefings anymore, preferring to release statements from the WH drive-way.

We are no longer a country served by a press corps as trmp has decided that they are "the enemy of the people" and depending on his mood that day, decides who will be able to get access to the WH.

I don't know how much more of this crap the country can take.

[bdamomma]

6. Who's the

"he" could be a number of them, Barr, Mnuchin, McConnell, Don Jr. take your pick.

[triron]

7. I fear the democrats may be moving with too much caution.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

9. Amen to that.

[struggle4progress]

13. How to identify a sociopath

[Maven]

15. Reminder (from 2015) (!)

https://www.vox.com/2015/3/2/8120063/american-democracy-doomed