Does anyone else here plan to take a break from politics after the midterms?

[Elessar Zappa]

I’m so worn out by the outrageous news every day that I think my mental health demands that I take a little break. I’ll catch up on my reading, binge some shows, rediscover nature, etc. Anyone else?

[LakeArenal]

1. I will probably pushing Biden 2024

I feel the war is still raging.

[Elessar Zappa]

11. I hear you.

I’ll probably just take a few months off and then jump right back in.

[MontanaMama]

2. I'm sorta taking a little break now.

I'm weary of the MSM doom and gloom projections for the Dems. I think it is BS and I believe we're going to do okay at the end of it all. VOTE!

[TreasonousBastard]

3. I hate to admit it, but I'm taking a bit of a break from it right now.

[hlthe2b]

4. Break? No, but a moderation of my time, yes.

[Walleye]

5. Hopefully we will be following indictments and trials

[Frasier Balzov]

9. Getting through the mid-terms is what Garland is waiting for.

[claudette]

6. Yes

I’m so tired of waiting for Dump to be punished for his crimes and worrying about the midterms. If Dems lose control of Congress I will NOT watch the news or look online. I will find something to take my mind off of the disaster and probably never vote again. Maybe

[a kennedy]

7. Have been on break from TV "news" for quite some time......I only come here now. 😄

[JustAnotherGen]

8. I'm planning to step down from Committee

Right after the election.

[bucolic_frolic]

10. You are not permitted to take a break because the opposition won't

Immediately after 2018 elections, Friday of the same week, my phone rang with a plea from a local GOP operative who spieled her case for working harder and getting more donations to capture more Senate seats. I don't know why they called me. I'm a registered Democrat, but there they were putting in more effort.

You will be granted 36 hour leave! Don't drink too much.

[JohnQFunk]

12. Never. Defense of democracy depends on all of us.

🇺🇸

[Tetrachloride]

19. +1 nt

[WhiskeyGrinder]

13. What?? Before the most important election we've ever faced??????

[dweller]

14. When does after begin ?

There will weeks and months of denials, contested results and recounts from all the big Lie election deniers … will it never end?

Once I early vote, I’ll take a mini break and prepare for the shit show that starts Nov 9 …


✌🏻

[Raine]

15. I'm taking a break now and later

I read DU but haven't been paying attention to the talking heads on cable.

[Demsrule86]

16. No. We need to be vigilant.

[Elessar Zappa]

17. I understand

but for my health’s sake, I need a break. If the democracy can’t survive without me paying attention, then I’d say we’re already fucked.

[FakeNoose]

18. I'll still be on DU, but I'm watching less of the daytime news

I'll always try to catch the dinnertime news - usually Lester Holt on NBC Nightly News. I try to catch Rachel's show and Lawrence's even if means DVR-ing it and watch the next day. However I've cut back on the all-day news watching, even before the midterm elections. I think I burned out after January 6th happened.

[Mr.Bill]

20. Only until after

my victory celebration hangover wears off.

[Elessar Zappa]

22. Yes.

Here’s to the Democrats kicking maga ass!

[pwb]

21. Let's make October Election month. Have a October Election News Network

Vote in November and live in Peace. for 11 months. Shut down the Cable driven devision and constant false Election horse race. . The Networks can tell us when Congress does something great or really bad. I give a shit less what the loud mouth minority pukes have to say at C-Span, another gift from Cable. A platform for hate. They are all very predictable, like robots.

I will be Streaming more for sure. I already voted so there's that. Blue straight across to restore my daughters freedoms.

[Emile]

23. Why can't you do both?

[Elessar Zappa]

24. I could but I need time away from the news and politics.

In any case, it will only be a temporary break.

[Fullduplexxx]

25. NO! 2024 is Coming

[Dirty Socialist]

26. World Cup. eom

[SallyHemmings]

27. Yes!

I’m writing cards with my sports teams in the back. Sadly, tfg and the news has worn me out. I check and see if tfg and Putin still breathe then I keep it moving.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

28. Depending on the outcome

If its repukes,I will never be able to relax again.

[niyad]

29. Absolutely not! Not taking my eyes off the bastards for one minute!

[niyad]

30. Absolutely not! Not taking my eyes off the bastards for one minute!

[Lettuce Be]

31. How, pray tell, does one avoid political stuff?

The minute the mid-terms are held, we'll start talking about 2024. It's now political all the time. Not sure how long it'll take to sort out the results from the mid-terms either since every race Repugs don't win will be mired in lawsuits and BS.

[DFW]

32. Naah. I've got nothing else to do, after all.

Yeah, right! I work 8 days a week, and usually in a different country every day*

But the world doesn't stop because I don't get enough sleep, so neither do I.

*
Actually, THIS week, except for Monday in France and a brief Monday night at home in Germany, I came down here to Spain (Catalunya, to be precise) because I had something to do here early today (Wednesday). So, I flew down here yesterday. When I told my wife about this week's plans, she suggested that, since we haven't had a lot of time together lately, that she join me here in Barcelona until Sunday. I thought this sounded like an excellent suggestion, so she's arriving here tomorrow. I canceled almost everything else and put most of it off until next week. She speaks no Catalan, and almost no Spanish, but I speak both (used to live here many moons ago), so this is familiar ground to me. One of the perks is watching the jaws of the Filipino hotel workers drop when I greet them in Tagalog without even asking them where they are from. Big smiles all around, and a second round of amazement when I tell them I've never been to the Philippines. Believe me, when you've spent enough time in hotels in Spain and Belgium, you don't need to go to the Philippines to learn Tagalog (just ask anyone who lives in Hawai'i).

If local politics would take a breather here, it would be a bonus, too. Although a majority of the Catalans don't want to split off from the rest of Spain, a noisy minority wants the world to think they do, and sometimes block off streets to make their point--usually right before I need to grab a taxi to the airport (who the hell keeps telling them, I've never found out).

[Kaleva]

39. A shipmate knew a Boatswain's Mate from the Philippines

When he was on watch on the bridge and there was an emergency, he'd get excited and be yelling on the 1mc in his native tounge,Tagalog. Nobody else on the ship understood Tagalog but all knew that if he was speaking it in an excited manner, something serious was happening.

[DFW]

40. LOL!!

A ship with only one Tagalog speaker has to be a rarity these days!

[JuJuChen]

34. I do, this shit is exhausting

gonna live while the country is still free

[kacekwl]

35. Depends on if certain

people are arrested or in jail.

[Samrob]

36. Hell no! Not going to give the bastards a foot hold for 2024. nt

[Kaleva]

37. I'll be doing projects in preparation for climate change

Had my shoulder replaced back in June and I'm getting more range of motion and strength back in that arm. Have a number of projects planned like completing the root cellar, building shelves in the basement, learning to can and preserve various foods, learn to make bread, working with a neighbor getting things ready for chickens next year, mulching the garden and so on.

[Meowmee]

38. I am taking a break for a while

I am taking a break for a while now. I rarely watch the news because I can’t stand to hear the same thing over and over and nothing changes. All it does is damage me, it’s not going to make any difference to what happens in any of these elections. I made the mistake of watching Ari on MSNBC for a few minutes earlier. He had a right wing nut job on and I had a terrible feeling of anxiety, it affected my heart, so I really have to stay away from it.

Unfortunately with our current situation, I’m not making any more contributions, I have to worry about myself, my family and my own future. I did my best my entire life. Always voting against fascism and it’s very stressful to see what has happened to this country, and what it did to my family, including the loss of my father. I always knew it was possible but I never thought it would actually happen and now it is. I just hope we win the midterms, that would give me some reason to feel better at least.