Been awake all night worrying

[maptap22]

About the latest SCOTUS announcement. I am finally realizing that yes he will get away with all his crimes and will most likely be elected and there is little that I can do about it besides voting.
Scary times for sure.

[Plectranthus]

1. Garland should resign now

Nt

[rzemanfl]

30. I am washing socks.

It will keep my mind off the doom you forecast.

[Dorian Gray]

2. Honestly

I think people are worrying more than they need to.

Also, get some sleep. Spend time with friends/family. Local action/local elections matter. Don't let Trump get to you. Do what you can (vote, rally, get out the vote) to win in November.

[yardwork]

20. I agree. I actually think this might help get rid of Trump.

I'm going to make an OP about it.

[Plectranthus]

3. We are so screwed

We really need to start preparing to resist a possible trump presidency

[Think. Again.]

4. Yes, but we also need to do EVERYTHING WE CAN...

...to avoid another trump presidency while we still have time.

[Plectranthus]

6. There are voters who say they won't vote for Biden over the Palestine thing

And these are young voters, I used to have faith in my generation and younger, but it looks like they have brain rot too.

Seriously, what do they think a Trump presidency will accomplish?

[MistakenLamb]

8. making extreme leftism palatable that's their goal they want to destroy the Democratic Party by any means

[Plectranthus]

9. I swear to dog all of the idiots live in extremeville

Sometimes centerist moderate repubs can be more bearable than extreme leftist.

Romney says he will not vote for trump because he’s too dangerous.

Romney understands the danger better than Ilhan Omar

[MistakenLamb]

11. a lot of them demand perfection or else

it’s like your house on fire but refusing the fire department because you don’t like the shade of red of the engine

[Plectranthus]

16. Contrarian crybabies

Ideology is poison

[Think. Again.]

18. In my opinion...

...they are the only ones who are trying to stop things from being pulled to right all the time.

Maybe we should be listening to those who are willing to fight for Democratic party principles.

[Texin]

26. The question I have for these young pro-Palestinian anti-Netanyahu/Biden "voters" is this:

What in the HELL do you think Trump would do to you in his regime?

[Plectranthus]

29. Gen Z brain rot

[moonscape]

32. Can only hope when the reality

of the choice is in front of them that they’ll opt to vote.

[EndlessWire]

37. Yeah, good question.

I don't understand it, either. Why would you surrender your country to a fascist dictator who will never leave office because you disagree with the decision your democratic Pres made over a different country? That's cutting your nose off to spite your face. It makes no sense. Protest, complain, bitch...but, turn your country over to the likes of Trump???

[3Hotdogs]

13. Quote removed.

[MotownPgh]

15. Shocked

So shocked that everyone isn't in panic mode. People still somehow believe there are checks and balances in place.

[orangecrush]

22. Welcome to DU

Slava Ukraini

and fuck every MAGAT.

[tetedur]

5. Last night someone on MSNBC said we cannot expect the institutions to hold or save us.

We have to get out and vote. The question is will the Republican legislatures allow the vote to count and be the determinative factor in certification of state votes for the Electoral college.

This is what frightens me.

I don't even know if they were successful but it seems like there were many attempts to pass laws in certain states that would allow legislatures to override the vote count.

[moondust]

10. Would they do that?

Knowing it could get them two more young SCOTUS judges and maybe a Czar for life?

[MistakenLamb]

7. the trials and courts were never gonna stop Trump from being a sneeze away from 1600 again

hopefully people realize they’ll actually have to do something this summer and fall now

[doc03]

12. I will be 76 in a few days, there is no use worrying. If Trump gets elected again

I will get along just fine. If the young people don't save us that will be their problem.

[SouthernDem4ever]

14. Well let's hope your security doesn't rely on government assistance

or a stable banking system because that asshole Dump will screw it all up.

[Paladin]

19. "There Is No Use Worrying"

Might as well be the official motto of the Democratic Party. I've been complaining about spineless Democratic responses to Republican outrages for decades, and absolutely nothing has changed. I was going to launch yet another of my rants, but doc03, your post changed my mind. I'm an old man, myself. What's the point?

[EndlessWire]

38. Well, it's good to be laid back and calm.

I take it you're white, male and Christian. Otherwise, your age won't save you, if you're in a group that can be deprived of citizen rights, deported, or displaced. Being old is tough; you have to be strong in the face of adversity.

I think you are saying you are adaptable. We are all going to have to adapt, if we don't leave. Please encourage the young ones to vote all Repubs everywhere out of office. This would be the best thing for the country.

[doc03]

39. I am just fed up with the constant drip drip drip over Trump for 8 years now.

There is just no limit how low Trump can go and nothing makes a difference. There is nothing that will
change any of his cult, they are brainwashed with "alternative facts". The fix has been in over J6 for three
years now. Garland sat on his fucking hands for two years. Cannon gets picked for the Florida trial. It looks
like the case in Georgia will fall apart. Garland appointed a Trump SC to investigate Hunter.The SCOTUS of
the US is corrupted beyond belief. Trump may pay a fine in NY, I don't really care that won't stop him from running.
I don't have that long left to worry about it anymore, I am just one vote in Ohio that doesn't count.
The only vote I have is for Sharrod Brown, there are no Democrats even running for any local positions. The only
place you can blow off steam is here on DU. The only MSM that isn't totally in the tank for Trump is MSNBC and
I rarely watch that anymore. Just burned out.

[EndlessWire]

40. I understand.

I'm almost there myself. Need a break off the front line.

Binging on horror movies. I'm frustrated that you can watch 3 complete episodes, and then you have to buy. I love science fiction, romance, and disaster films.

My dog is facing embarrassment from being dressed in costumes and having to eat experimental food dishes. I have ordered toppers for his kibble, and soon he'll have a second dog to play with. Training should take care of the summer.

Meanwhile, I'm forking over for a guitar despite my mallet finger. Where there's a will, there's a way. I have a piano keyboard already. I love music and need that to stay sane.

I am very nervous now. I have a zillion frogs outside. They were gone for a long time, but now they are back. I generally like them, but they have the disturbing habit of suddenly stopping their croaks, all at once. What is out there?

I'm tired of being depressed. I firmly believe that you make your own happiness, if you can. My feeling is that as soon as I look away, something really bad will happen, and then I won't understand what happened. But, almost every day I tell myself, take the day off and do something fun and pleasurable. There are many things that I wanted to do, but didn't. Now's the time. While we are still a democracy.

[Rebl2]

41. What if they take

Away your social security and Medicare. I know it will hurt me and my husband. Also have pension from post office. If trump gets in I fear he will take both away from us and we will be in serious trouble. I loathe him.

[Aviation Pro]

17. You would be mistaken

Get some sleep.

[orangecrush]

21. Welcome to DU

Your concern is noted.

[orangecrush]

23. So many new posters

On one thread!

Exciting!

[BonnieJW]

24. Does anyone remember

the movie Judgment at Nuremberg?

At the end, it was noted that Hitler couldn't have succeeded without the judges. The judges could have ruled against Hitler's laws, yet they did not.

Our SCOTUS is now complicit with the election of a dictator. I pray that the voters have the wisdom to defeat a monster. We know now for certain there will be no help for us from the legal system.

[Ohioboy]

27. My fear is that the legal system will be called upon to decide the vote as it has in the past

I know there has been an effort by republicans to give more power to state legislators when it comes to elections. How successful have they been. There is so much to keep up with I don't know.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

25. take a deep breath

and remember there is no way he wins the election. However it is possible he's gonna not be charged for Jan 6 and that is a tragedy.

[All Mixed Up]

28. Why even vote then?

I've got friends like you who are convinced he'll win and have decided to not vote because of it.

[Basic LA]

31. Thinking back about dark spirals.

Reminds me of the hell of seeing Nixon, the old red-baiting cold warrior re-emerge to be elected & re-elected. Then Reagan, obvious cornpone front-man for far-right extremism do the same. Then idiot W arriving to aw-shucks us into war based on lies.
Now this orange turd giving us PTSD as he leads his rustic lynch-mob back to DC!
It's enough to give anyone the heebie jeebies.

[Ferrets are Cool]

33. I disagree with all your points

Respectably

[Oneironaut]

34. There's nothing you can do. Worrying is just going to make you sick.

This is from someone who is facing potential death / the death of my friends. My girlfriend is in a very red state.

Consider volunteering for political campaigns for example to turn your anxiety into action. That, and, (if you are willing), learn how to use a gun.

Just do the best you can, and, if that isn’t enough, then, you did all you could.

[FalloutShelter]

35. SImple request....

Can we please stop catastrophizing and start organizing?

Volunteer for GOTV. Let's make sure he cannot win.
WE ARE THE CAVALRY.

[samnsara]

36. back slowly away from the tv. Thats the only way Im surviving all this.

... I binge on anything to keep trump from seeping into my life. He's a cancer as real as anything.






........ the British Baking Shows will keep you entertained for hours and hungry too.