The Day They Drove Miss Liberty Down (Page 1 of 2)

Even though I lived half my adult life in the US, I have no desire to see stories about the Antichrist (other than my own). I still read a little US politics at bedtime, but even that will soon end. I just want to watch Hurricane Orange make landfall and see the destruction begin. Musk is already contributing to the effort with his repeated Nazi salutes the other day.

I have honestly unplugged, but there's something about Felon and his sidekick Elon everywhere I turn. I even got a flyer in my mailbox today that asked me to contribute to his reelection in 2028. But the good news is they didn't ask what I thought about a new American flag with his face on it. I promptly wrote "Return to Sender" on it, and underneath, I wrote, "Quit filling my mailbox with this trash." I hope I don't die while he's in office. I don't want that as part of my sordid legacy.

Another headline in my local news feed said, "California farmers report 75% of workers did not show up today, and crops are rotting in the fields. This MAY affect grocery prices in your area." Duh, really? Who would've thought that? Eggs that were $2.99 a dozen two weeks ago were $6.99 a dozen today. But let's suck it up so we can get that $1.99/gallon gasoline he promised!! Ugh! With all I know, without plugging in, I'd go bananas if I watched the mainstream news every day.

I read a post this evening on Reddit, where someone used the term Mango Mussolini. Absolutely love that.   We have to figure out how to make that go viral.

I start a clinical trial for breast cancer in 10 days. At least I hope I do. Dumbfuck has frozen all travel, communications, and purchasing in the NIH--you know, the agency that funds 80% of cancer research? Supposedly, it's temporary and not uncommon for brief freezes to occur during an administration change, but according to the scientists freaking out on Reddit and social media, this feels more like a government shutdown.

The implications are astounding if this freeze continues much longer. There are studies already being cancelled, running out of supplies and can't purchase more, and people will die because of the ripple effect. for example, there has been a drug discovered that eliminated breast cancer in mice in one treatment--it is supposed to go into human trials this summer. Do you know how many women will die if there is a delay? It already takes too long to get new drugs approved, now this?

I'm trying not to panic, but if my trial gets postponed or canceled, that could literally take months or years off my life. I'm more pissed than scared at the moment, but this will affect not only breast cancer patients, not only America, but the world if it keeps going.

My cancer groups are going bonkers and it's pretty damn easy to pick out the MAGATs...at least I know who to block now.

Thanks for letting me vent. The FB group admins are shutting down comments.

Carry on.

Cookbooklady--

I think I speak for everyone, you're free to say whatever you want in this club, and you will not be censored, and we will not shut down because someone says something we disagree with.

I can't believe that asshat would do anything to delay cancer trials. I hope he's not that stupid. What can you do? Write your congressman, your senator, your governor and tell them how this is affecting your life. Get others in your cancer groups to do the same. And don't let up until you have an answer. Write Rachel Madow at Rachel@msnbc.com and tell her exactly what you told us. She's really into women's health. Get others in your group to do the same thing. Tell her you just want answers.

I'd hoped that I wouldn't get angry reading these posts, but this really pissed me off.

dags

We’ll be destroyed by midterms. Look how much damage he has done in 6 days. I hope we even have an election in midterm.

Thanks everyone for listening to the rant--I was swearing in my head loudly so if you heard that too (it's possible) sorry about that.

I'm a little calmer today than I was yesterday, so that's good. Not that I have a reason to be, but I can't make myself crazy. It will be what it will be. I live in Texas, so my reps are waist-deep in Trump's ass, so contacting them won't do a bit of difference, although many in my FB groups are doing it. Maddow is a good idea and at least wouldn't fall on deaf, bullshit-filled ears.

I'm not delayed yet, and like Marilyn said, he's interested in keeping his rich cronies in Big Pharma happy, so maybe clinical trials won't be affected too badly. No one knows, least of all the Orange Abomination. But the research in the early early phases is already being affected, along with scientists, students, lab employees, etc. etc. It's a mess but supposedly will resume on Feb 1. We'll see. The ripple effect will have unknown consequences for many people.

One of the scientists on Reddit said it's a DEI thing and projects based in DEI - aka including minorities, women, LGBTQ, rural dwellers in clinical trials since they are underrepresented in research--are being dismantled. Ridiculous and so dangerous. I don't know if that's the whole issue but eliminating DEI from government seems to be a factor. Breast cancer in particular was mentioned since that is often DEI because it affects women *breathe breathe breathe* so who the hell knows what they're doing to that research. *breathe bre...fuck it. I hate the bastard*

I have a foot in both camps when it comes to midterms/future elections... I'm cautiously pessimistic that we'll have more elections and the Democrats will have a shot at the majority in either body. Democrats need to collectively grow a pair and fight dirty and hard--I see no evidence of that happening right now, and until I do, I'll be avoiding the shitshow.

Fingers crossed heads exit asses soon.

Lauren

I wish I were confident, but anything’s possible with the group he’s working with, especially since the Supreme Court gave him unlimited power. In less than two weeks, he’s upset the world, and he’ll probably claim he can change the Constitution whenever he wants. The spineless politicians would likely back him. He’ll drive this country into the ground before we can vote in two years... if we even can.

We're about to see food prices and gasoline prices go through the ceiling because of his stupid tariffs and his crybaby tantrums. Those who voted for him will get what's coming to them because they were warned, but in the meantime, he's dragging the ones like us who would've voted for the dogcatcher instead of him down with them. He thinks he can close his eyes, and suddenly, we own Greenland, Canada, and Panama. Canada is fighting back by buying oil from Russia, which they never really stopped doing, and trump is pissed about it. He will try something stupid; wait and see. Canada has threatened to turn off the electricity they supply to Michigan, New York, and other northern states... some of which were Red states... if this tariff thing continues. But the bad news is, once those trade deals we had with Canada, Mexico, and Colombia are broken, those countries don't sit around and cry about it... they find other countries to deal with, and we will never get them back again.

When he was in office the first time, he slapped tariffs on China, which killed our soybean business because our farmers sold soybeans to China, and China said, "Oh, no, we'll find another supplier." And so they did... Russia. But here's the stupidity of all that: I live in soybean country. All the big farms in my area raise soybeans or chickens, and some do both. When trump screwed up our relationship with China in 2018, my local farming community had no place for their soybeans to go. I saw them rotting in the field because they didn't waste money harvesting a crop that wouldn't sell. Then the payments came due on their huge John Deere harvesting machines and farms... but they had no money to make the payments, thanks to trump's stupidity. Next thing I knew, there were Bank Foreclosure signs at the end of almost every farm's driveway in Hart County. The banks took their farmland and their equipment. Lying trump told the farmers the government would pay for their crop losses, but it never did. At the end of every Foreclosed farm's driveway was a trump 2020 sign. I mean, how ignorant can you get? If he screws you over once, why do you want him back for another four years? I don't understand that logic!

America, it's been real... I enjoyed it for 75 years, but I guess all good things must end somewhere. I'm hoping for a shift in the midterm elections; however, Trump declared that voting for him would eliminate the need for future votes. I took him at his word, and I believe that's where we're headed.

Hey Folks,

i thought I'd be back, more or less fulltime, a couple of weeks ago, but my wife had a few medical emergencies. I'm hoping I can be here at least several days a week for the foreseeable future. I owe quite a few replies to a lot of reviews. Will get started on those late tonight.

Like Marilyn, Harry Truman was president when I was born (1947). I'll be 78 on March 22. Marilyn's birthday and mine are just a day or two apart. But it's easy to tell us apart - she's the pretty one. I share her sentiments almost word-for-word.

Back in December, Dick Van Dyke (who turned 100 years old on December 18th) had a great comment about this most recent US election. I'm paraphrasing, but it's real close to his literal words:  "The only good thing about this election is, that at 100 years old, I probably won't live long enough to have to endure it."

What I wonder at this point is, who do the Democrats have with enough name recognition and track record to run against whomever the Republicans try to push through? Newsome is too controversial, even for the centrist Dems and Harris has seen her star dim very quickly. Jeffries? I'd be okay with that, but I'm not sure he has the clout to get to the finish line first. Maybe Governor Shapiro of Pennsylvania?  He'd have to work hard to get name recognition beyond the Northeast.

Just some thoughts. Wishing everyone the very best.

Alan

Just now poking my nose in but there is one person I would whole heartedly support. Not sure exactly how much national recognition he has but he is a former Republican representative from Florida, David Jolly. He appears on MSNBC regularly and most everything he says makes sense and it is an obvious plus that he left the Republican/Trump party. He is the only person at this point in time that I would encourage to run and feel no reluctance to support in any way possible. Wonder if anyone else is familiar with him. Just my thoughts for what they're worth. Take care. Vern

I have not heard of David Jolly, or noticed him would be a better word. The biggest problem we will have with anybody is no limit on how much $$$ one person can donate to the candidates. If trump is still alive and still has a tongue in his mouth to lie with, Elon will pour it out again. Elon bought this election, which is a crying shame if you ask me. Russia bought trump the first time around, and now Elon. He needs to go back to South Africa. He has no business in our political system.

Thinking out loud...
MJ