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FirstLight

(13,366 posts)
Wed Oct 14, 2020, 09:47 PM Oct 2020

I'm so scared, discouraged, sickened... first time watching Rachel in over a week.

I've also kinda tried to avoid headlines, haven't been doing twitter, etc.
It's getting worse every fucking day!

I knew this SCOTUS thing was going to be horrible, but it is getting scarier by the second.

The Trumpers are outright emboldened, I see it here in nearby Nevada, and they scare the freaking crap out of me.

Election shenannigans are not only happening already, but expected to be worse... esp if SCOTUS gets involved.

It just feels like everything is on fire all around us.

I am honestly planning on trying to move to another fucking country if this fucking trainwreck continues to look like they are gonna get away with it all.
My daughter is supposed to have a big college class trip next year (got postponed due to Covid) the layover is in Munich... Im making sure we have passports ready and I'm going halfway with her. Maybe I will end up looking for a place while she's doing the school thing. Maybe we just won't come back.

I cannot stay here if this bastard and the horrors of his administration pull this shit off.

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I'm so scared, discouraged, sickened... first time watching Rachel in over a week. (Original Post) FirstLight Oct 2020 OP
Stay and help. Karadeniz Oct 2020 #1
+1 There are more of us than there are of them. flibbitygiblets Oct 2020 #2
exactly bdamomma Oct 2020 #14
I honestly dont think I can help... FirstLight Oct 2020 #4
If Trump is re-installed in 2021, daughter and I are with you. Laelth Oct 2020 #3
yeah, the whole Covid/travel thing is concerning too FirstLight Oct 2020 #7
Equivalent in my estimation. My heart is with you. triron Oct 2020 #10
Ironic, perhaps. REAL, definitely. Laelth Oct 2020 #12
I affirm you. cilla4progress Oct 2020 #5
They are cowards. They want you scared. Be Brave. Fight. Vote. Catcar Oct 2020 #6
It's not as bad as you're feeling. coti Oct 2020 #8
You know, I guess there's two types in any apocalypse or zombie movie... FirstLight Oct 2020 #9
it's bdamomma Oct 2020 #11
Do research...a lot of research. BigmanPigman Oct 2020 #13
yeah I know... FirstLight Oct 2020 #15
Trump is going to get hammered on election day. TwilightZone Oct 2020 #16
I sincerely hope so FirstLight Oct 2020 #18
I have to be here another 10 years before I can retire. Lisa0825 Oct 2020 #17
Don't watch Rachel budkin Oct 2020 #19

bdamomma

(63,941 posts)
14. exactly
Wed Oct 14, 2020, 10:03 PM
Oct 2020

the repigs are afraid of us (thus voter suppression), we have the power to kick them to the curb or off the cliff.

Repigs should be arrested for being treasonous bastards. It will be a bloodbath down ticket for repigs.



FirstLight

(13,366 posts)
4. I honestly dont think I can help...
Wed Oct 14, 2020, 09:52 PM
Oct 2020

but maybe that will change... i just feel too overwhelmed and down right now.

Laelth

(32,017 posts)
3. If Trump is re-installed in 2021, daughter and I are with you.
Wed Oct 14, 2020, 09:52 PM
Oct 2020

If we can’t put Biden in the Oval Office next year, this country isn’t worth saving. Daughter and I are looking at Mexico (one of the few countries that will let us in, currently, due to COVID-19).

-Laelth

FirstLight

(13,366 posts)
7. yeah, the whole Covid/travel thing is concerning too
Wed Oct 14, 2020, 09:54 PM
Oct 2020

I was hoping that by the time she goes on the trip (may 2021) we can use it as a way to get out.

I swear, it feels like we're planning on fleeing Nazi Germany...ironic?

Laelth

(32,017 posts)
12. Ironic, perhaps. REAL, definitely.
Wed Oct 14, 2020, 09:58 PM
Oct 2020

I can’t help seeing what I see. My daughter and I are dead meat in a fascist country. If the United States is going that way, we’ll get out if we can.

-Laelth

FirstLight

(13,366 posts)
9. You know, I guess there's two types in any apocalypse or zombie movie...
Wed Oct 14, 2020, 09:56 PM
Oct 2020

I would not be able to run and certainly not fight... I'd be the poor bastard that lays down in the street in the fetal position and just gives the fuck UP...

bdamomma

(63,941 posts)
11. it's
Wed Oct 14, 2020, 09:58 PM
Oct 2020

a hard horrible time right now. We got to VOTE in record numbers this is our last option.

This POS will not get in again, there would be mass protests if he steals it again.

We have the power to change the narrative. We can do this.



BigmanPigman

(51,646 posts)
13. Do research...a lot of research.
Wed Oct 14, 2020, 10:00 PM
Oct 2020

Will they provide you with health care is a big question. Most countries won't for various reasons.

TwilightZone

(25,505 posts)
16. Trump is going to get hammered on election day.
Wed Oct 14, 2020, 10:27 PM
Oct 2020

Current polls indicate a historic blowout. 10 million people have already voted and numbers are up everywhere.

The race will be called by all of the networks election night and no one will take anything Trump does afterward seriously. The SC isn't going to take any case from someone who lost by double digits. Roberts is very concerned about the legacy of "his" court and isn't about to turn it into a kangaroo court, Amy or no Amy. They'll simply refuse to take any cases from Trump.

The following comment is not directed at you; it's directed at those who constantly post gloom and doom posts on DU, expecting the worst from every, single development. That negativity breeds despondency and despair, resulting in posts like yours.

You deserve better. We all do. In the real world, Trump is about to get demolished.

FirstLight

(13,366 posts)
18. I sincerely hope so
Thu Oct 15, 2020, 03:04 AM
Oct 2020

Only a real blowout will do.
.

Not trying to post doom and gloom....but it's just getting to me 🥺😬🤬🤢

Lisa0825

(14,487 posts)
17. I have to be here another 10 years before I can retire.
Wed Oct 14, 2020, 10:33 PM
Oct 2020

Just hoping we don't completely implode by then.

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