The blue wave is fading and I am angry. We are beginning to look like a bunch of cowards.

[mfcorey1]

You cannot tell me that there is nothing, immediately, that the democratic party can do without waiting forever on the courts that are now filled with rethug sycophants. Each day, millions of my fellow democrats awake feeling like Nancy and the party are going to make a move. At the end of the day we are left wondering if this corrupt administration will ever end!

Some days I have to turn off all news for a reset. The talking heads talk hope and then snatch it away, riding the tide of what will give them the greatest ratings. Dr. Martin Luther King speaks of the ultimate measure of a man, not when he is comfortable but when he is challenged. We have even resorted to being divided. I know we can meet the challenge.

Take drump's ass to prosecution anyway. This crap about a sitting president cannot be prosecuted is a crock. Put a law on the floor, even if it is rejected, that says he can go to jail. Please, Democratic legislators, give us hope again or you will never get another blue wave. Use AOC more if you are reluctant to speak out. She is fierce and will call them out without a filter. For God's sake, do something.

[cwydro]

1. You're not alone. nt

[Iliyah]

2. Blue wave is strong as ever.

[bronxiteforever]

11. +1000

[DownriverDem]

29. Come on

What's with all the downers? The Blue Wave is just starting.

[handmade34]

3. "For God's sake, do something!"

[empedocles]

4. 2018 was an anti trump wave, which enabled Dems to win the House. Period.

[sharedvalues]

20. Yes! And the Dem base has been lower-energy since then.

Use the base! Back the base! Save the country!!!

[Cary]

5. I hate these whiny posts

For God's sake get a grip and at least be good enough to be strong and disciplined through next November.

[kacekwl]

9. People (me included) whine because

We're scared, worried, disgusted, angry at what our government has become. We have no law enforcement for assholes like trump, McConnell, Barr and any other rich, powerful MF'ers who break the law. We don't think waiting until 2020 is the appropriate cause of action. Apparently waiting another 13 months is no problem at all. Me I can't wait sorry.

[Cary]

18. Never give up. Never surrender.

[AJT]

21. I really enjoyed Galaxy Quest.

[bearsfootball516]

34. You'll have to wait, you have no other choice.

I’m fine with impeachment, but I’m also realistic about the results. If he does get impeached, it’ll fail in the Senate, and he’ll still be running for president in 2020.

You say you aren’t willing to wait 13 months. You don’t have any other choice.

[mfcorey1]

13. I'm trying. Some of us are stronger than others. Some words of encouragement

might be better than hating feelings expressed in the post. There are some good days and there are some that kind of drag on your emotions. However, blue no matter who!!!

[Cary]

16. Wait.

I object to negativity and expressions of gloom and doom and I am accused of not being positive?

smh

[LakeArenal]

6. I only speak for myself. I am not fading.

[FrankBooth]

7. FFS

This is a huge steaming pile of BS.

[bdamomma]

8. We can dump this

bully. He thinks he's untouchable he's highly mistaken.

[Bettie]

39. The problem there is that

his history shows that he IS untouchable.

He has never, ever had any real consequence for any action he's taken.

So far, he has done whatever comes into his addled brain with zero consequences beyond a few "bazinga" moments and a couple of somewhat stern letters directed toward him. He has brought corruption to the DOJ to new and startling heights, he has little children taken from their parents and locked in cages and so fucking much more it makes my head hurt to think about it all.

Oh, and we've lost the judiciary for at least 20 years. He just sent a batch of new appointments to Moscow Mitch, who will likely have them placed by the end of the month. Yet another reward for his bad behavior. 1 in 6 federal judges are his, chosen specifically for their lack of ethics and devotion to right wing ideology by the Heritage Foundation.

Oh, and our side is utterly helpless to do anything.

So, tell me how this looks like he and his people aren't winning.

Heck, our side is reluctant to even use the power allocated by the constitution.

[MyOwnPeace]

10. I'm with 'ya!

Not everybody here agrees. Trust me, I know.
I've asked questions and have not gotten answers.
We can and should "support Democrats" - but we should be able to ask and expect them to do something!

[Scurrilous]

12. LOL

[leftstreet]

14. In 'normal' times, a POTUS this corrupt would have resigned

Well, normal probably isn't the word because apparently the new normal assumes corruption is just another gossipy 15 minute scandal

[jmbar2]

19. Beware of despair trolling

The fastest way for the bastards to consolidate control is to encourage despair and defeatism.

I don't see the blue wave fading in my neck of the woods. Take a look online at all the climate protests today. Those are not young Republicans.

[sharedvalues]

22. Yes! Two kinds of trolling: "Trust Pelosi's secret plan" and despair trolling.

No!

Be active. Volunteer. Organize. Canvass. Call your reps and demand impeachment!

[bdamomma]

41. I think that if

enough of us scream this out to our Reps and Senators Impeachment they will follow our lead. People are fed up with this thug.

[Thekaspervote]

35. This!! Stop with the despair! Get off your a.. and do something

[Tiggeroshii]

15. I think Virginias legislative elections will be the best indicator of how this blue wave will be nex

Just as it was in 2017

[hurple]

17. Beginning to?

Sorry, but dems in congress have been looking like cowards for a long time.

[Saint PeLSU]

24. Unfortunately...

n/m

[Thekaspervote]

36. Don't agree

[Tarc]

23. Your "concern" is noted

[yaesu]

25. Dems could turn Washington upside down if they had the backbone and could stick together

it wouldn't be pretty, it would mean not working with the fascists on anything, it would mean being as nasty as the fascists, ir would mean doing to them what they would do to us if they had a chance. Remember, there is no such thing as a good republican.

[smirkymonkey]

26. +1000

[ancianita]

27. Waves wear down walls, mf. We work like water, wear them down. We'll win this. Hang tough.

The old blue wave isn't fading, it's just a swell, gathering momentum. You can count on the tide turning.

It's hard to see, but Democrats are not failing, but working through the law.

Power is in the unseen undercurrent, while the surface looks as if we're just crashing. Until the wall cracks, collapses and goes under.

[LakeArenal]

28. One minute it's too early to pick a candidate...

The next it’s we’ve expended all our energy and we haven’t even picked a candidate

[UncleTomsEvilBrother]

30. Frankly,...

...I think "Blue Wave" was the best slogan for DEMS since "Hope and Change". Both were unifying cries that appealed to centrists and left leaning DEMS.

In classic DEM style, though, we've shelved the Blue Wave slogan for some reason. We were too successful with it, perhaps?

[gulliver]

31. I trust Pelosi and the Dems in Congress

[Thekaspervote]

37. As I do!! Anyone who thinks madam speaker is a push over, doesn't know her!!

[relayerbob]

32. Relax

It hasn't faded. Turn off the news. This all takes time, whether you, I or anyone else wants it to or not.

[Thekaspervote]

38. Absolutely!

[Ligyron]

33. YES the scale of corruption and lawbreaking lawlessness is beyond anything we've ever seen.

Certainly not in my or likely anyone here's lifetime. That is the problem, it's a big one and it demand immediate action of some type. Every day that goes by the more damage is done and the more it seems to get normalized.

Cut off their funds or something at least.

[pnwmom]

40. Do you have a specific suggestion?

There is no law that says he can't be prosecuted -- that's only a Justice Dept policy.

We do have the State of New York actively trying to prosecute him. Trump controls the Federal justice department, so he can't be prosecuted through that.

Nadler is working through the courts to try to get evidence to use in impeachment hearings and that seems to be where most of the bottleneck is right now.

[hunter]

42. People need to turn off the fucking television and put themselves out there.

Television spreads the hopelessness. That's what it's paid to do.