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Brainstormy

(2,469 posts) Fri May 23, 2025, 10:07 AM May 23

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WHAT FRESH HELL? [View all]

Does anyone else feel that spasm of existential dread every morning before you turn on the TV or make your first click on the internet in anticipation of the newest horror emanating from the White House? If it weren't so terrifying it would almost be funny.

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WHAT FRESH HELL? [View all] Brainstormy May 23 OP

I do Playingmantis May 23 #1

A perfect description of how I feel. PittBlue May 23 #2

Same!!! Wuddles440 May 23 #23

Me too. MuseRider May 23 #36

He's not dead yet. milestogo May 23 #3

See you tomorrow Orrex May 23 #58

We know you're on it! Evolve Dammit May 23 #61

I never do morning cable news gab13by13 May 23 #4

I had those exact words in my mind when I got up this morning: "What fresh hell" Ocelot II May 23 #5

same. Sometimes we call it the "daily mayhem." Evolve Dammit May 23 #62

Every morning. Ilsa May 23 #6

It was like this during Trump I newdeal2 May 23 #7

No. mwmisses4289 May 23 #8

I keep reminding myself that "this, too, shall pass." calimary May 24 #73

I momentarily steel myself, sitting with my first cup of coffee, ready for what comes at me... CTyankee May 23 #9

It's colonoscopy prep day....everyday........e v e r y d a y ..... Submariner May 23 #10

Orange Anus considers it good for ratings True Dough May 23 #11

Why yes, yes I do. ms liberty May 23 #12

Me, too . . . but otchmoson May 23 #13

Well, all I can say is.....Yep ashredux May 23 #14

KnR - that's is right iline with how I feel as well. n/t iluvtennis May 23 #15

Absolutely Mr.Bee May 23 #16

Yes, just before opening the Guardian app I get very anxious. Each and every day. 😕 Dave Bowman May 23 #17

I'm fortunate in that my life is sufficiently chaotic as to provide distraction from the orange menace EYESORE 9001 May 23 #18

Every damn day. Just like his first term. CaptainTruth May 23 #19

Worse Jilly_in_VA May 23 #44

They've removed all the safeguards, all the adults in the room, MadameButterfly May 24 #74

My wife has stopped watching the news. Now, she watches old movies on TCM. surfered May 23 #20

I've not watched tv in over 10 yrs & am no doubt better off for it SheltieLover May 23 #32

Me too Jilly_in_VA May 23 #45

These 4+ months feel like 40 year kimbutgar May 23 #21

Just Can't Do It PhilG May 23 #22

It's pretty amazing how bad things are getting, so fast. ananda May 23 #24

Every. Single. Day. MIButterfly May 23 #25

Yes. pandr32 May 23 #26

YES YES YES vapor2 May 23 #27

No, the dread comes after I have turned the TV on republianmushroom May 23 #28

It's exhausting. He's exhausting. CrispyQ May 23 #29

You could shift to a more optimistic perspective & eagerly look for an obit. SheltieLover May 23 #30

Deportation of legal residents and citizens mountain grammy May 23 #31

Every minute. Every day. Being close to retirement especially. Social Security enshittified... CousinIT May 23 #33

YES!!!!!!!!! Metro135 May 23 #34

My financial planning has been in overdrive for months. BOSSHOG May 23 #35

Yes. piddyprints May 23 #37

I'm so tired. I don't feel like I can sustain this for 3.whatever years. Yet I'm even more stressed *not knowing* ... Alice B. May 23 #38

Been calling it that every day since he became the resident again AKwannabe May 23 #39

I wake up eagerly every morning! Linda ladeewolf May 23 #40

But we knew it would be like this BaronChocula May 23 #41

LOL! Yes, I do...and so does renowned software engineer Grady Booch, who used the same wording highplainsdem May 23 #42

This is how I feel every morning Ray Bruns May 23 #43

Every effing day. nt Laffy Kat May 23 #46

No. That's what they want you to feel. flvegan May 23 #47

It literally makes me sick to my stomach every morning! Initech May 23 #48

Harris warned us about Trump so nothing he does surprises me Kaleva May 23 #49

Hell ms.pamela May 23 #50

That's Trump's plan azureblue May 23 #51

Other times in my life FB47243 May 23 #52

Nope. k_buddy762 May 23 #53

Yep PJMcK May 23 #54

No, I don't. I refuse to be intimidated and/or bullied by this monster. And try to ignore him at every turn, including SWBTATTReg May 23 #55

These are the days,"What Fresh Hell", were meant for. BradBo May 23 #56

Yes, that mixed with the hope that Orrex finally got his wish and the Marie Marie May 23 #57

Yes. Silver Gaia May 23 #59

I feel existential dread on some occasions, but not every single morning. ShazzieB May 23 #60

I dream that the first news item I see is that "The President of the US has just been taken to Walter Read Hospital SheilaAnn May 23 #63

My clock radio is set to NPR and it goes off each morning with me just bracing myself for the aforementioned fresh hell. Xavier Breath May 23 #64

no, I don't. barbtries May 23 #65

Sparks - The Existential Threat (Official Video) via cyriak Grokenstein May 23 #66

How can I keep from singing? struggle4progress May 23 #67

Wayfaring Stranger struggle4progress May 23 #68

I definitely do. SleeplessinSoCal May 23 #69

and what if you miss 2 or more days of no news? you are lost in hell peacebuzzard May 23 #70

Every time I log on or hit the big screen (local, no networks) I get the feeling I'm joining the Twilight Zone again. Ford_Prefect May 23 #71

I have seen this before... OG MoneyClips May 23 #72

Every single morning HarryM May 24 #75

"Surviving Autocracy" by Masha Gessen thought crime May 24 #76

It's a disgusting as a... LaRaven May 24 #77