Do you ever get the feeling we are teetering on the edge of a cliff?

[milestogo]

I can't believe our country is unable to remove a completely unfit president.

[MontanaMama]

1. Every damned day

all day long, milestogo.

[dlk]

2. Since Day 1 of the Trump "Presidency"

[lunatica]

3. I do indeed!

I feel the longer we wait to get rid of Trump the more irreversible harm he’ll cause. Not just to Democracy but to people. Their lives. For many of them it is already too late. I’m thinking of the unnecessary deaths of Puerto Ricans after Hurricane Maria, and the brown children not given life saving medical care.

Trump and his Republican enablers are killing people.

[geralmar]

4. I like this statement attributed to an Egyptian cab driver:

"Remember the good old days when we were staring into the abyss?"

[sdfernando]

11. I want to laugh but find that statement sadly accurate. /nt

[FiveGoodMen]

5. We are waiting for help from those in power who really WANT to remove Trump

...and waiting...

[Amishman]

6. A tightrope

I see strife if we go to far to either end of the spectrum, especially on social issues. The risk on the right is dramatically more urgent and severe, but I'd be lying if I wasn't somewhat alarmed by some of the rhetoric from the extreme end of our side as well.

[Hortensis]

7. Otoh, it can also be considered as an expression of the

strength of the will of the people. The Koch alliance, which together could buy and sell most of the planet, haven't dared remove him and slot in whichever of their agents is next in succession.

Democracy was always a balancing act, but right now the boulder is overhead and at about 2 o'clock, and the cliff is to the right. We've discovered too late that we passed where the end begins back in 2016. Or it may turn out to have been 2010 or 2014.

So I often get that feeling. Like when someone still imagines this election is about which of two nearly identical healthcare systems Democrats should endorse. That sick feeling that 2016 could happen all over again. President Trump, Senate Majority Leader McConnell, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Just perhaps the closing curtain on the will of the people.

However, our grandparents didn't let it happen, and things were very grim before they took control.
Our turn.

[RKP5637]

8. Yes, like something is going to fracture any moment, and a democracy so entranced in

cronies, money and self-serving politics that the county is being sacrificed/fucked for GOP personal wealth and power as an outrageous asshole continues to be president.

[kimbutgar]

9. I am starting to be not so conservative about my money and enjoy life more

I’ve been cautious with money for my retirement but between mf45, a possible economic collapse of our country, Russian takeover from within and global warming, I’m starting a wtf why even try. 30% of our country is batshit cult crazy, 30% not even caring and 40% of us going oh hell no. I just don’t see the election of 2020 changing anything.

I’m trying to staying optimistic but it’s getting harder.

[handmade34]

10. I scream to the wind

everyday... why can't we get rid of him?? There is so much danger in allowing him to continue to pretend to be President...

where is Congress? this administration is destroying the Country

[smirkymonkey]

12. I know that feeling exactly and it is the most frustrating thing in the world.

I have never felt more angry or more impotent in my life.

[maxsolomon]

13. Congress is on vacation.

We can't get rid of him because our Constitution's Checks and Balances have been exposed as a toothless sham.

Enjoy the rest of the Summer!

[bdamomma]

17. Yep

we need not to be paralyzed and get in the streets, how about we the people???

[handmade34]

18. we need that one charismatic person

to inspire mass protests and action... I am constantly trying to come up with a plan but I am not that charismatic. I am a caregiver and am not in a place to get out and talk to people


I vote, write letters, make phone calls, resist in ways I can... it is this sense of helplessness that is getting to many of us

I posted this article a few days ago and it describes these feeling we have as how it feels to live under a dictator...

https://www.alternet.org/2019/08/welcome-to-the-trump-dictatorship/

[bdamomma]

19. I posted the same

article, chilling and so true. We have a sick sick MF'er who stole the presidency, when those who are in Congress have the ability to do and uphold the oath they took, they are not practicing what they swore to do.





https://foundationofpatriotism.org/new-exhibits/oath-of-office-us-house-of-representatives/

Snip of article:

“The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.”

[Initech]

14. As the Joker said, "Madness is like gravity - all it takes is a little push!".

[uponit7771]

15. No, we've technically falling off long ago. We're March 1933 Germany since Red Don called off the

... US election effectively by saying he's going to cheat to win.

[bdamomma]

16. We have the Constitution

and those filthy POS Repigs McConnell and the rest of them are not saying shit. What this one fucking man is going to take us all down??? Fuck that!

[Hekate]

20. The wind is whistling in our ears as gravity does its thing. I don't know if we'll know when...

...we actually go SPLAT, or if we have already and just don't know it.